| Title: | PHONON-EXCHANGE MODELS: SOME NEW RESULTS |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812774354_0061 |
| Source: | CONDENSED MATTER NUCLEAR SCIENCE (pp 743-768)
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| Author(s): | PETER L. HAGELSTEIN
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Spindletop Corporation, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA
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| Abstract: | We have continued our studies on phonon-exchange models. Here we address the question of the deuteron–deuteron separation, and what materials maximize overlap and concentration. A new figure of merit is proposed that depends on the D2 concentration to the 3/2 power and the square root of the fusion rate. We present a simplified picture of the dynamics in which we separate the problems of excitation transfer and energy coupling between nuclear and low energy degrees of freedom. The dynamics of the excitation transfer in a simple unbalanced model is presented. A new classical picture for coupling with phonons is discussed. We examine an excess heat example with the unbalanced excitation transfer model. |
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