A primer for electroweak induced low-energy nuclear reactions |
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Authors: | Y N Srivastava A Widom and L Larsen |
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Institution: | (1) Dept. Informatics, Kansai University, 569 Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | Under special circumstances, electromagnetic and weak interactions can induce low-energy nuclear reactions to occur with observable
rates for a variety of processes. A common element in all these applications is that the electromagnetic energy stored in
many relatively slow-moving electrons can — under appropriate circumstances — be collectively transferred into fewer, much
faster electrons with energies sufficient for the latter to combine with protons (or deuterons, if present) to produce neutrons
via weak interactions. The produced neutrons can then initiate low-energy nuclear reactions through further nuclear transmutations.
The aim of this paper is to extend and enlarge upon various examples analysed previously, present order of magnitude estimates
for each and to illuminate a common unifying theme amongst all of them. |
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