Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules
- Autores
- Soto, Leopoldo; Pavéz, Cristián; Moreno, José; Altamirano, Luis; Huerta, Luis; Barbaglia, Mario Oscar; Clausse, Alejandro; Mayer, Roberto Edmundo
- Año de publicación
- 2017
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- We report on D-D fusion neutron emission in a plasma device with an energy input of only 0.1 J, within a range where fusion events have been considered very improbable. The results presented here are the consequence of scaling rules we have derived, thus being the key point to assure the same energy density plasma in smaller devices than in large machines. The Nanofocus (NF) - our device - was designed and constructed at the P4 Lab of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission. Two sets of independent measurements, with different instrumentation, were made at two laboratories, in Chile and Argentina. The neutron events observed are 20σ greater than the background. The NF plasma is produced from a pulsed electrical discharge using a submillimetric anode, in a deuterium atmosphere, showing empirically that it is, in fact, possible to heat and compress the plasma. The strong evidence presented here stretches the limits beyond what was expected. A thorough understanding of this could possibly tell us where the theoretical limits actually lie, beyond conjectures. Notwithstanding, a window is thus open for low cost endeavours for basic fusion research. In addition, the development of small, portable, safe nonradioactive neutron sources becomes a feasible issue.
Fil: Soto, Leopoldo. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile
Fil: Pavéz, Cristián. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile
Fil: Moreno, José. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile
Fil: Altamirano, Luis. Dicontek; Chile. Center for Research and Applications in Plasma Physics and Pulsed Power Technology; Chile
Fil: Huerta, Luis. Universidad de Talca; Chile
Fil: Barbaglia, Mario Oscar. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. - Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina
Fil: Clausse, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Mayer, Roberto Edmundo. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina - Materia
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 JoulesSoto, LeopoldoPavéz, CristiánMoreno, JoséAltamirano, LuisHuerta, LuisBarbaglia, Mario OscarClausse, AlejandroMayer, Roberto EdmundoPlasma FocusNeutronsFusionMiniaturehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2We report on D-D fusion neutron emission in a plasma device with an energy input of only 0.1 J, within a range where fusion events have been considered very improbable. The results presented here are the consequence of scaling rules we have derived, thus being the key point to assure the same energy density plasma in smaller devices than in large machines. The Nanofocus (NF) - our device - was designed and constructed at the P4 Lab of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission. Two sets of independent measurements, with different instrumentation, were made at two laboratories, in Chile and Argentina. The neutron events observed are 20σ greater than the background. The NF plasma is produced from a pulsed electrical discharge using a submillimetric anode, in a deuterium atmosphere, showing empirically that it is, in fact, possible to heat and compress the plasma. The strong evidence presented here stretches the limits beyond what was expected. A thorough understanding of this could possibly tell us where the theoretical limits actually lie, beyond conjectures. Notwithstanding, a window is thus open for low cost endeavours for basic fusion research. In addition, the development of small, portable, safe nonradioactive neutron sources becomes a feasible issue.Fil: Soto, Leopoldo. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; ChileFil: Pavéz, Cristián. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; ChileFil: Moreno, José. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; ChileFil: Altamirano, Luis. Dicontek; Chile. Center for Research and Applications in Plasma Physics and Pulsed Power Technology; ChileFil: Huerta, Luis. Universidad de Talca; ChileFil: Barbaglia, Mario Oscar. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. - Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; ArgentinaFil: Clausse, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Mayer, Roberto Edmundo. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; ArgentinaAmerican Institute of Physics2017-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/67569Soto, Leopoldo; Pavéz, Cristián; Moreno, José; Altamirano, Luis; Huerta, Luis; et al.; Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules; American Institute of Physics; Physics Of Plasmas; 24; 8; 8-2017; 827031-8270351070-664XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4989845info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1063/1.4989845info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:56:01Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/67569instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:56:01.768CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules Soto, Leopoldo Plasma Focus Neutrons Fusion Miniature |
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
title_full |
Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
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Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
title_sort |
Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules |
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Soto, Leopoldo Pavéz, Cristián Moreno, José Altamirano, Luis Huerta, Luis Barbaglia, Mario Oscar Clausse, Alejandro Mayer, Roberto Edmundo |
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Soto, Leopoldo |
author_facet |
Soto, Leopoldo Pavéz, Cristián Moreno, José Altamirano, Luis Huerta, Luis Barbaglia, Mario Oscar Clausse, Alejandro Mayer, Roberto Edmundo |
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Pavéz, Cristián Moreno, José Altamirano, Luis Huerta, Luis Barbaglia, Mario Oscar Clausse, Alejandro Mayer, Roberto Edmundo |
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Plasma Focus Neutrons Fusion Miniature |
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Plasma Focus Neutrons Fusion Miniature |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2 |
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We report on D-D fusion neutron emission in a plasma device with an energy input of only 0.1 J, within a range where fusion events have been considered very improbable. The results presented here are the consequence of scaling rules we have derived, thus being the key point to assure the same energy density plasma in smaller devices than in large machines. The Nanofocus (NF) - our device - was designed and constructed at the P4 Lab of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission. Two sets of independent measurements, with different instrumentation, were made at two laboratories, in Chile and Argentina. The neutron events observed are 20σ greater than the background. The NF plasma is produced from a pulsed electrical discharge using a submillimetric anode, in a deuterium atmosphere, showing empirically that it is, in fact, possible to heat and compress the plasma. The strong evidence presented here stretches the limits beyond what was expected. A thorough understanding of this could possibly tell us where the theoretical limits actually lie, beyond conjectures. Notwithstanding, a window is thus open for low cost endeavours for basic fusion research. In addition, the development of small, portable, safe nonradioactive neutron sources becomes a feasible issue. Fil: Soto, Leopoldo. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile Fil: Pavéz, Cristián. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile Fil: Moreno, José. Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear; Chile. Universidad Andrés Bello; Chile Fil: Altamirano, Luis. Dicontek; Chile. Center for Research and Applications in Plasma Physics and Pulsed Power Technology; Chile Fil: Huerta, Luis. Universidad de Talca; Chile Fil: Barbaglia, Mario Oscar. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. - Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina Fil: Clausse, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Mayer, Roberto Edmundo. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Centro Atómico Bariloche; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro; Argentina |
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We report on D-D fusion neutron emission in a plasma device with an energy input of only 0.1 J, within a range where fusion events have been considered very improbable. The results presented here are the consequence of scaling rules we have derived, thus being the key point to assure the same energy density plasma in smaller devices than in large machines. The Nanofocus (NF) - our device - was designed and constructed at the P4 Lab of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission. Two sets of independent measurements, with different instrumentation, were made at two laboratories, in Chile and Argentina. The neutron events observed are 20σ greater than the background. The NF plasma is produced from a pulsed electrical discharge using a submillimetric anode, in a deuterium atmosphere, showing empirically that it is, in fact, possible to heat and compress the plasma. The strong evidence presented here stretches the limits beyond what was expected. A thorough understanding of this could possibly tell us where the theoretical limits actually lie, beyond conjectures. Notwithstanding, a window is thus open for low cost endeavours for basic fusion research. In addition, the development of small, portable, safe nonradioactive neutron sources becomes a feasible issue. |
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