Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2003-12-12
Phys.Rev.C70:047601,2004
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
4 pages, revtex, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.70.047601
A mechanism that uses the environment to enhance the probability of the nuclear reaction when a beam of accelerated nuclei collides with a target nucleus implanted in condensed matter is suggested. The effect considered is exponentially large for low collision energies. For t + p collision the mechanism becomes effective when the energy of the projectile tritium is below $\sim$ 1 Kev per nucleon. The gain in probability of the nuclear reaction is due to a redistribution of energy and momentum of the projectile in several ``preliminary'' elastic collisions with the target nucleus and the environmental nuclei in such a way that the final inelastic projectile-target collision takes place at a larger relative velocity, which is accompanied by a decrease of the center of mass energy. The gain of the relative velocity exponentially increases the penetration through the Coulomb barrier.
Altshuler Boris L.
Flambaum Victor V.
Kuchiev Michael Yu.
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