Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Studying the D(p, γ)3He reaction in zirconium deuteride within the proton energy range of 9–35 keV

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters volume 12, pages 550–558 (2015)Cite this article

Abstract

This work is dedicated to measuring the dependences of the effective cross section and the astrophysical S factor for the pd reaction that proceeds in zirconium deuteride upon the proton-deuteron collision energy within a range of 6.0–23.3 keV. The experiment was performed using the heavy-current plasma Hall accelerator at the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. The gamma quanta produced in the pd reaction with the energy of 5.5 MeV was recorded using eight scintillation spectrometers based on NaI(Tl) crystals (400 × 100 × 100 mm), which were located around the target. The result of this work coincides with the result of our previous work obtained within a range of proton-deuteron collision energies of 7.3–12.7 keV and agrees well with the result obtained by the LUNA collaboration with the use of the gaseous deuterium target.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

References

  1. J. L. Friar, in Proceedings of the International Conference on the Theory of Few Body and Quark-Hadronic System, D4-87-692 (Dubna, 1987), p. 70.

    Google Scholar 

  2. H. Paetz gen Schieck, “Experiments on four-nucleon reactions,” Few Body Syst. 5, 171 (1988).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. V. F. Kharchenko, M. A. Navrotsky, and P. A. Katerinchuk, “Effects of the Coulomb interaction in protondeuteron scattering and radiative capture at zero energy,” Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 55, 49 (1992).

    Google Scholar 

  4. G. S. Chulick, Y. E. Kim, R. A. Rice, and M. Rabinowitz, “Extended parameterization of nuclear-reaction cross sections for few-nucleon nuclei,” Nucl. Phys. A 551, 255 (1993).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. J. Torre and B. Goulard, “Mesonic exchange currents and radiative thermal neutron capture by the deuteron,” Phys. Rev. C 28, 529 (1983).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. J. L. Friar, B. F. Gibson, H. C. Jean, and G. L. Payne, “Nuclear transition rates in μ-catalyzed p-d fusion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1827 (1991).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. J. L. Friar, B. F. Gibson, and G. L. Payne, “Thermal n-d radiative capture,” Phys. Lett. B 251, 11 (1990).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. H. J. Assenbaum, K. Langanke, and C. Rolfs, “Effects of electron screening of low-energy fusion cross sections,” Z. Phys. A 327, 461 (1987).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. J. N. Bahcall and M. H. Pinsonneault, “Standard solar models, with and without helium diffusion, and the solar neutrino problem,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 64, 885 (1992).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. V. B. Belyaev, A. Bertin, Vit. M. Bystritsky, Vyach. M. Bystritsky, A. Gula, O. I. Kartavtsev, A. V. Kravtsov, A. V. Luchinsky, G. A. Mesyats, L. A. Rivkis, N. A. Rotakhin, A. A. Sinebryukhov, S. I. Sorokin, S. G. Stetsenko, V. A. Stolupin, A. Vitale, and J. Woźniak, “New proposals for the investigation of strong interaction of light nuclei at super low energies,” Nucleonika 40, 85 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  11. W. A. Fowler, “Experimental and theoretical nuclear astrophysics: the quest for the origin of the elements,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 56, 149 (1984).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. C. Rolfs and W. S. Rodney, Cauldrons in the Cosmos (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1988).

    Google Scholar 

  13. S. W. Stahler, “Deuterium and the stellar birthline,” Astrophys. J. 332, 804 (1988).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. C. Casella, H. Costantini, A. Lemut, B. Limata, R. Bonetti, C. Broggini, L. Campajola, P. Corvisiero, J. Cruz, A. D’Onofrio, A. Formicola, Z. Fülöp, G. Gervino, L. Gialanella, A. Guglielmetti, C. Gustavino, G. Gyurky, G. Imbriani, A. P. Jesus, M. Junker, A. Ordine, J. V. Pinto, P. Prati, J. P. Ribeiro, V. Roca, D. Rogalla, C. Rolfs, M. Romano, C. Rossi-Alvarez, F. Schuemann, E. Somorjai, O. Straniero, F. Strieder, F. Terrasi, H. P. Trautvetter, and S. Zavatarelli, “First measurement of the d(p, γ)3He cross section down to the solar Gamow peak,” Nucl. Phys. A 706, 203 (2002).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. G. M. Griffiths, M. Lal, and C. D. Scarfe, “The reaction d(p, γ)3He below 50 KeV,” Can. J. Phys. 41, 724 (1963).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. G. J. Schmid, B. J. Rice, M. A. Godwin, R. M. Chasteler, M. A. Godwin, G. C. Kiang, L. L. Kiang, C. M. Laymon, R. M. Prior, D. R. Tilley, and H. R. Weller, “The 2H(p→, γ)3He and 1H(d→, γ)3He reactions below 80 KeV,” Phys. Rev. C 56, 2565 (1997).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. V. M. Bystritsky, V. V. Gerasimov, A. R. Krylov, S. S. Parzhitskii, G. N. Dudkin, V. L. Kaminskii, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, A. V. Petrov, G. A. Mesyats, M. Filipowicz, J. Wozniak, and Vit. M. Bystritskii, “Study of the pd reaction in the astrophysical energy region using the Hall accelerator,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 595, 543 (2008).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. V. M. Bystritsky, A. P. Kobzev, A. R. Krylov, S. S. Parzhitskii, A. V. Philippov, G. N. Dudkin, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, F. M. Pen’kov, Yu. Zh. Tuleushev, M. Filipowicz, Vit. M. Bystritskii, S. Gazi, and J. Huran, “Study of the d(p, γ)3He reaction at ultralow energies using a zirconium deuteride target,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 737, 248–252 (2014).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. V. M. Bystritsky, Vit. M. Bystritskii, G. N. Dudkin, M. Filipowicz, S. Gazi, J. Huran, B. A. Nechaev, V.N. Padalko, S. S. Parzhitskii, F. M. Pen’kov, A. V. Philippov, and Yu. Zh. Tuleushev, “First experimental evidence of D(p, γ)3He reaction in deuteride titanium in ultralow collision energy region,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 753, 91–96 (2014).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. M. Viviani, R. Schiavilla, and A. Kievsky, “Theoretical study of the radiative capture reactions 2H(n, γ)3H and 2H(p, γ)3He at low energies,” Phys. Rev. C 54, 553 (1996).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. V. M. Bystritsky, Vit. M. Bystritskii, G. N. Dudkin, M. Filipowicz, S. Gazi, J. Huran, A. P. Kobzev, G. A. Mesyats, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, S.S. Parzhitskii, F. M. Pen’kov, A. V. Philippov, V. L. Kaminskii, Yu. Zh. Tuleushev, and J. Woz-niak, “Measurement of astrophysical S factors and electron screening potentials for d(d, n)3He reaction in ZrD2, TiD2, D2O, and CD2 targets in the ultralow energy region using plasma accelerators,” Phys. At. Nucl. 75, 53–62 (2012).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. V. M. Bystritsky, Vit. M. Bystritskii, G. N. Dudkin, M. Filipowicz, S. Gazi, J. Huran, A. P. Kobzev, G. A. Mesyats, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, S.S. Parzhitskii, F. M. Pen’kov, A. V. Philippov, V. L. Kaminskii, Yu. Zh. Tuleushev, and J. Woz-niak, “Investigation of temperature dependence of neutron yield and electron screening potential for the d(d, n)3He reaction proceeding in deuterides ZrD2 and TiD2,” Phys. At. Nucl 75, 913–922 (2012).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. V. M. Bystritsky, Vit. M. Bystritskii, G. N. Dudkin, M. Filipowicz, S. Gazi, J. Huran, A. P. Kobzev, G. A. Mesyats, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, S.S. Parzhitskii, F. M. Pen’kov, A. V. Philippov, V. L. Kaminskii, Yu. Zh. Tuleushev, and J. Woźniak, “Measurement of astrophysical S-factors and electron screening potentials for view the d(d, n)3He source reaction in ZrD2, TiD2 and TaD0.5 targets in the ultralow energy region using plasma accelerator,” Nucl. Phys. A 889, 93–104 (2012).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. F. Raiola, B. Burchard, Zs. Fülöp, Gy. Gyürky, S. Zeng, J. Cruz, A. di Leva, B. Limata, M. Fonseca, H. Luis, M. Aliotta, H.W. Becker, C. Broggini, A. D’Onofrio, L. Gialanella, G. Imbriani, A. P. Jesus, M. Junker, J. P. Ribeiro, V. Roca, C. Rolfs, M. Romano, E. Somorjai, F. Strieder, and F. Terrasi, “Enhanced d(d, p)t fusion reaction in metals,” Eur. Phys. J. A 27, 79 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. F. Raiola, L. Gang, C. Bonomo, G. Gyürky, M. Aliotta, H. W. Becker, R. Bonetti, C. Broggini, P. Corvisiero, A. D’Onofrio, Zs. Fülöp, G. Gervino, L. Gialanella, M. Junker, P. Prati, V. Roca, C. Rolfs, M. Romano, E. Somorjai, F. Strieder, F. Terrasi, G. Fiorentini, K. Langanke, and J. Winter, “Enhanced electron screening in d(d, p)t for deuterated metals,” Eur. Phys. J. A 19, 283 (2004).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. K. Czersky, A. Huke, L. Martin, N. Targosz, D. Blauth, A. Görska, P. Heide, and H. Winter, “Measurements of enhanced electron screening in d + d reactions under UHV conditions,” J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 35, 014012 (2008).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. K. Czerski, A. Huke, L. Martin, N. Targosz, D. Blauth, A. Görska, P. Heide, and H. Winter, “Measurements of enhanced electron screening in d + d reactions under UHV conditions,” J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 35, 014012 (2008).

  28. A. Huke, K. Czersky, P. Heide, G. Ruprecht, N. Targosz, and W. Zebrowski, “Enhancement of deuteron-fusion reactions in metals and experimental implications,” Phys. Rev. C 78, 015803 (2008).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. V. M. Bystritsky and F. M. Pen’kov, “Analytic estimates of the product yields for nuclear reaction in the ultralow energy range,” Phys. At. Nucl 66, 75–80 (2003).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. A. P. Kobzev, J. Huran, D. Maczka, and M. Turek, “Investigation of light element contents in subsurface layers of silicon,” Vacuum 83, 124 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Chu. Wei-Kan, J. W. Mayer, and M. A. Nicolet, Backscattering Spectrometry (Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, London, 1978).

    Google Scholar 

  32. H. Yagi, K. Tanida, K. Nishimura, A. Hatta, T. Ito, and A. Hiraki, “Elastic recoil detection analysis for hydrogen near the surface of chemical-vapor-deposited diamond,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 34, L577 (1995).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  33. V. M. Bystritsky, G. N. Dudkin, S. I. Kyznetsov, B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko, A. V. Philippov, A. B. Sadovsky, V. A. Varlachev, and O. A. Zvaygintsev, “Research methods for parameters of accelerated lowenergy proton beam,” Part. Nucl. Lett. 12 (2015, in press).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

    V. M. Bystritsky, A. R. Krylov, A. B. Sadovsky & A. V. Philippov

  2. Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

    S. Gazi & J. Huran

  3. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

    G. N. Dudkin, A. S. Lysakov, B. A. Nechaev & V. N. Padalko

  4. Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    M. Filipowicz

Authors
  1. V. M. Bystritsky
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S. Gazi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. J. Huran
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. G. N. Dudkin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. A. R. Krylov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. A. S. Lysakov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. B. A. Nechaev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. V. N. Padalko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. A. B. Sadovsky
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. M. Filipowicz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. A. V. Philippov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to V. M. Bystritsky.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © V.M. Bystritsky, S. Gazi, J. Huran, G.N. Dudkin, A.R. Krylov, A.S. Lysakov, B.A. Nechaev, V.N. Padalko, A.B. Sadovsky, M. Filipowicz, A.V. Philippov, 2015, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2015.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Bystritsky, V.M., Gazi, S., Huran, J. et al. Studying the D(p, γ)3He reaction in zirconium deuteride within the proton energy range of 9–35 keV. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 12, 550–558 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477115040111

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477115040111

Keywords

search

Navigation