https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202329008005
Search for D-D Fusion initiated by Nuclear Hotspots in Boranes
1 IEAP, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
2 Nuclear Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
* Corresponding author: priesmeyer@physik.uni-kiel.de
Published online: 8 December 2023
In the group of boron hydrogen compounds, decaborane and aminoborane belong to those with a particularly high hydrogen density in the molecular volume. Almost 100% of the protons in the molecule can be replaced by deuterons. In the element boron, the isotope 10B is 19.9% naturally present. By capturing thermal neutrons in this isotope, the high-energy reaction products 4He and 7Li are formed. It thus forms a hotspot in a spatially stable cloud of deuterium nuclei, which can be triggered by external action and whose energy could be transferred to deuterium in a similar way to neutral beam injection, a successful method to heat a fusion plasma.
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