Nuclear fusion in ordered crystal targets bombarded by monochromatic beams of light or middle-mass isotopes

Abstract

In ordered crystal lattice there is very strong influence of crystal axes and planes electrical field on motion and interaction of fast charged particles with crystal atoms and nuclei. It is shown that in mono-crystal targets like LiD the rate of fusion process with the participation of both target nuclei (e.g. D) and beam of fast nuclei (e.g. T), directed at Lindhard angle, may be increased by 10–100 times compared to the alternative process of deceleration on atomic electrons. Such changes are based on the use of specific channeling physics regime of motion – “overbarrier motion”. At such regime the processes of spatial redistribution and dechanneling of accelerated ions take place. In this article the methods of optimization and practical realization of such a nuclear fusion are discussed in details.Another method for radical optimization of fusion processes with the use of monochromatic beams of middle mass isotopes is proposed. The features of optimized nuclear fusion model based on resonant tunneling effect were considered. This leads, in combination with the use of particle beams with optimum energy and energy spread, which correspond to total transparency “window” of reaction barrier, to the possibility of positive nuclear fusion energy release on one atomic monolayer! Such effect can be regarded as nuclear super absorption of accelerated beam. The possibility of nuclear reactions C12+O16 and C12+O18 at such motion regime with positive energy release is examined.