Laser-assisted deuterium-tritium fusion: A quantum dynamical model
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion is a key to generating safe, clean, and limitless energy on Earth in future fusion power plants. Its understanding at low collision energies is incomplete, as D-T fusion is a quantum tunneling process affected by resonances whose origin is linked to properties of not fully understood nuclear forces. Simplified quantum dynamical calculations of laser-assisted D-T fusion are presented, suggesting that laser-nucleus interaction can enhance the average D-T fusion probability by 7– 70 % at deep subbarrier energies using laser fields of intensity 10 27 – 10 29 W cm − 2 and a photon energy of 1 eV. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
Source: Physical Review C
Authors: N. Thomson, L. Moschini, A. Diaz-Torres
Institution: University of Surrey
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4402641458