Method and Apparatus for Generating High Energy Nuclear Reaction by Low Energy Ion Bombardment of Solids.

Abstract

A method and apparatus for producing an exoergic nuclear reaction. A target made of solid material is positioned in a vacuum chamber containing deuterium gas and having an operating pressure below atmospheric pressure. The target is ion bombarded with a deuterium ion beam produced by an electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma source.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADD015287

Entities

People

  • George Chambers
  • Grahma Hubler
  • James Eridon
  • Ken Grabowski

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Cyclotron Resonance
  • Deuterium
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Ion Beams
  • Ion Bombardment
  • Ions
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Resonance
  • Vacuum Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics