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Nuclear Fusion Driven by Coulomb Explosion of Molecular Clusters
Author(s) -
Jortner Joshua,
Last Isidore
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/1439-7641(20021018)3:10<845::aid-cphc845>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - coulomb explosion , homonuclear molecule , heteronuclear molecule , nuclear fusion , fusion , deuterium , nuclear reaction , cold fusion , neutron , nuclear physics , coulomb barrier , physics , atomic physics , chemistry , coulomb , molecule , nuclear magnetic resonance , electron , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , ion , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , ionization
Seventy years of searching for table‐top nuclear fusion , based on reactions induced by chemical processes, reflects a multitude of experimental and conceptual failures. Nuclear fusion reactions can now be induced by ultrafast, high‐energy dynamics of multicharged, large chemical systems. Compelling experimental and theoretical evidence has emergedfor nuclear fusion driven by the Coulomb explosion of multicharged deuterium containing homonuclear and heteronuclear molecular clusters (see graphic) in ultraintense laser fields. The perspectives of these fusion reactions in the laboratory have uses in time‐resolved short neutron pulses and in astrophysical applications.