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Nuclear fusion driven by Coulomb explosion of homonuclear and heteronuclear deuterium- and tritium-containing clusters

Isidore Last, Joshua Jortner
2001 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  

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The ionization and Coulomb explosion of homonuclear D n and T n (nϭ959-8007) and heteronuclear (D 2 O) n and (T 2 O) n (nϭ459-2171) clusters in very intense (Iϭ5ϫ10 14 -5ϫ10 18 W cm Ϫ2 ) laser fields is studied using classical dynamics simulations. The efficiency of the dϩd and dϩt nuclear fusion driven by the Coulomb explosion ͑NFDCE͒ is explored. The dϩd NFDCE of (D 2 O) n heteronuclear clusters is enhanced by energetic and kinematic effects for D ϩ , while for (T 2 O) n heteronuclear
more » ... the kinetic energy of T ϩ is dominated by energetic effects. The cluster size dependence of the fusion reaction yield has been established. The heteronuclear clusters provide considerably higher dϩd and dϩt fusion reaction yields than the homonuclear clusters of the same size. The clusters consisting of both D and T atoms can provide highly efficient dϩt fusion reactions.
doi:10.1103/physreva.64.063201 fatcat:wwbwqymkz5eoph3nqcqtvkz6xe
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Isidore Last, Joshua Jortner. "Nuclear fusion driven by Coulomb explosion of homonuclear and heteronuclear deuterium- and tritium-containing clusters." Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 64.6 (2001)