TY - JOUR
T1 - Nuclear fusion induced by coulomb explosion of heteronuclear clusters
AU - Last, Isidore
AU - Jortner, Joshua
PY - 2001/7/16
Y1 - 2001/7/16
N2 - We propose a new mechanism for the production of high-energy (E > 3 keV) deuterons, suitable to induce dd nuclear fusion, based on multielectron ionization and Coulomb explosion of heteronuclear deuterium containing molecular clusters, e.g., (D2O)n, in intense (1016 − 2 × 1018 W/cm2) laser fields. Cluster size equations for E, in conjunction with molecular dynamics simulations, reveal important advantages of Coulomb explosion of (D2O)n heteronuclear clusters, as compared with (D)n clusters. These involve the considerably increased D+ kinetic energy and a narrow, high-energy distribution of deuterons.
AB - We propose a new mechanism for the production of high-energy (E > 3 keV) deuterons, suitable to induce dd nuclear fusion, based on multielectron ionization and Coulomb explosion of heteronuclear deuterium containing molecular clusters, e.g., (D2O)n, in intense (1016 − 2 × 1018 W/cm2) laser fields. Cluster size equations for E, in conjunction with molecular dynamics simulations, reveal important advantages of Coulomb explosion of (D2O)n heteronuclear clusters, as compared with (D)n clusters. These involve the considerably increased D+ kinetic energy and a narrow, high-energy distribution of deuterons.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.033401
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.033401
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AN - SCOPUS:85037220111
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 87
SP - 33401-1-33401-4
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 3
ER -