1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Low-Energy Fusion Cross Sections of D+D Reaction
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02452288
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Nuclear engineering
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAGUCHI Sadae Tohoku Univ., Inst, Materials Research, Prof., 金属材料研究所, 教授 (80005892)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAGATA Shinji Tohoku Univ., Inst. Materials Research, Res. Assoc., 金属材料研究所, 助手 (40208012)
HASEGAWA Masayuki Tohoku Univ., Inst. Materials Research, Ass. Prof., 金属材料研究所, 助教授 (80005975)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1991
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| Keywords | Fusion reaction / D (d, p) T reaction / D (d, n) ^3He reaction |
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| Research Abstract |
In the present investigations, 500eV to 10 keV D^+ ions were injected into 0.02 mm thick TiD_<1.93> foils at room temperature. The protons and toritons from the D (d, p) T as well as ^3He from the D (d, n) ^3He were monitored using a solid state detector with large solid angle. The possible fusion rate was determined over a period of 65h. The D-D reaction rate follow closely those obtained by extraporation of the Gamow function to low energies. During irradiation of 500eV D^+ ions, few counts from the D (d. p) T reactions were monitored, showing that the possible "cold fusion" reaction rate is smaller than the background count rate.
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