The possibility for superconductor fusion in metallic hydrogen
Creators
- 1. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
Description
Hydrogen varies its stable state in accordance with its temperature and density. Though molecular gas is stable in the environment, the monatomic state is stable in high density ranges more than about 1g/cc. Such dense hydrogen has many aspects never seen in the molecular state. For example, in the range over about 108K temperature and over 103g/cc density, great efforts are taken to realize Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). Additionally, in the range of temperature lower than about 105K in temperature and of density more than 104g/cc in density, pycno nuclear fusion is supposed to be occurred. We have derived the expression for the Debye screening length of inter ionic potential and investigated nuclear reaction rates in the superconductive solid metallic hydrogen. It is revealed that the screening length is shortened by correlated electron pairs follow the Bose-Einstein distribution in the superconductive state. The bosonization increases the number of the lower energy states of the electrons to increase the screening effects on the potential with decreases in the temperature, resulting in the significant enhancement of the nuclear reaction rates by more than 10 orders of magnitude
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/112/4/042081Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 112
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- 5. international conference on inertial fusion sciences and applications
- Acronym
- IFSA2007
- Dates
- 9-14 Sep 2007
- Place
- Kobe (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40037051
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BOSE-EINSTEIN STATISTICS; BOSON EXPANSION; DEBYE LENGTH; DENSITY; ELECTRON CORRELATION; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; ICF DEVICES; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; METALS; NUCLEAR SCREENING; SUPERCONDUCTORS; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFINEMENT; CORRELATIONS; DIMENSIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; LENGTH; LEPTONS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SYNTHESIS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES