Measurement of screening enhancement to nuclear reaction rates using a strongly magnetized and strongly correlated non-neutral plasma

An analogy is uncovered between the nuclear reaction rate in a dense neutral plasma and the energy equipartition rate in a strongly magnetized non-neutral plasma. In strong magnetic fields, cyclotron energy, like nuclear energy, is released only through rare close collisions between charges. The pro...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2005-01, Vol.94 (2), p.025002.1-025002.4, Article 025002
Main Author: DUBIN, Daniel H. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basic studies of specific kinds of plasmas
Exact sciences and technology
Nonneutral plasmas
Nuclear physics
Nuclear reactions: general
Nuclear-reaction models and methods
Physics
Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
Physics of plasmas and electric discharges
Thermal and statistical models
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Summary:An analogy is uncovered between the nuclear reaction rate in a dense neutral plasma and the energy equipartition rate in a strongly magnetized non-neutral plasma. In strong magnetic fields, cyclotron energy, like nuclear energy, is released only through rare close collisions between charges. The probability of such collisions is enhanced by plasma screening effects, just as in nuclear reactions. Enhancements of up to 10(10) are measured in simulations of cyclotron energy equipartition and are compared to the theory of screened nuclear reactions.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.025002