Phys. Rev. E 69, 036109 (2004) [11 pages]Additional evidence of nuclear emissions during acoustic cavitationSee Also: Erratum Received 13 May 2003; published 22 March 2004 Time spectra of neutron and sonoluminescence emissions were measured in cavitation experiments with chilled deuterated acetone. Statistically significant neutron and gamma ray emissions were measured with a calibrated liquid-scintillation detector, and sonoluminescence emissions were measured with a photomultiplier tube. The neutron and sonoluminescence emissions were found to be time correlated over the time of significant bubble cluster dynamics. The neutron emission energy was less than 2.5 MeV and the neutron emission rate was up to ∼4×105 n/s. Measurements of tritium production were also performed and these data implied a neutron emission rate due to D-D fusion which agreed with what was measured. In contrast, control experiments using normal acetone did not result in statistically significant tritium activity, or neutron or gamma ray emissions. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.69.036109
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.69.036109
PACS:
89.90.+n
See AlsoErratum: R. P. Taleyarkhan, J. S. Cho, C. D. West, R. T. Lahey, R. I. Nigmatulin, and R. C. Block, Erratum: Additional evidence of nuclear emissions during acoustic cavitation [Phys. Rev. E 69, 036109 (2004)], Phys. Rev. E 71, 019901 (2005). |
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