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| Title: | NEUTRON EMISSIONS FROM DEUTERIDED METALS | |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812701510_0045 | |
| Source: | CONDENSED MATTER NUCLEAR SCIENCE (pp 525-533) | |
| Author(s): | F. W. KEENEY
Particle Physics Research Co., LLC, 2000 Linda Flora Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA S. E. JONES Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, USA A. C. JOHNSON Particle Physics Research Co., LLC, 2000 Linda Flora Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA P. L. HAGELSTEIN Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA G. HUBLER U.S Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6370 Washington, D.C. 20375, USA D. B. BUEHLER Particle Physics Research Co., LLC, 2000 Linda Flora Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA F. E. CECIL Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA M. R. SCOTT Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, USA J. E. ELLSWORTH Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, USA |
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| Abstract: | Evidence is presented for neutrons emanating from partially deuterated titanium foils (TiDx) subjected to non-equilibrium conditions (charged particle results appear in a separate paper in this proceedings). Two types of deuteriding and varied currents were employed to produce the non-equilibrium conditions within the foils, and emissions lasted over long durations. Experiments were conducted in a deep underground tunnel having significant rock overburden to diminish cosmic backgrounds. Subtracting background rates and taking into account detector efficiency, we found the highest net yield to be 57 ± 13 counts/hour. Yields for all runs are reported and the theoretical fusion reaction defined. Totaling all experiments, reproducibility was 40%. See also “Charged particle emissions in deuterated metals,” by the same authors. | |
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