Bubble fusion [electronic resource] : Preliminary estimates.
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Online Access |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Dept. of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1995.
|
| Subjects: |
| Abstract: | The collapse of a gas-filled bubble in disequilibrium (i.e., internal pressure {much_lt} external pressure) can occur with a significant focusing of energy onto the entrapped gas in the form of pressure-volume work and/or acoustical shocks; the resulting heating can be sufficient to cause ionization and the emission of atomic radiations. The suggestion that extreme conditions necessary for thermonuclear fusion to occur may be possible has been examined parametrically in terms of the ratio of initial bubble pressure relative to that required for equilibrium. In this sense, the disequilibrium bubble is viewed as a three-dimensional ̀̀sling shot̀̀ that is ̀̀loaded̀̀ to an extent allowed by the maximum level of disequilibrium that can stably be achieved. Values of this disequilibrium ratio in the range 10⁻⁵--10⁻⁶ are predicted by an idealized bubble-dynamics model as necessary to achieve conditions where nuclear fusion of deuterium-tritium might be observed. Harmonic and aharmonic pressurizations/decompressions are examined as means to achieve the required levels of disequilibrium required to create fusion conditions. A number of phenomena not included in the analysis reported herein could enhance or reduce the small levels of nuclear fusions predicted. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 02/01/1995. "LA-UR--95-100" "DE95006337;" Krakowski, R.A. |
| Physical Description: | 21 p. |
| Type of Report and Period Covered Note: | Topical; |