Speaker
Theresa Benyo
(NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration))
Description
NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is investigating electron screened, enhanced nuclear reactions in deuterated materials exposed to bremsstrahlung photons with kinetic energies above and below the deuteron photo-dissociation energy. Recent experiments used a continuous beam Dynamitron electron accelerator with a braking target. Previously published research shows gamma spin-up evidence of 111Cd to 111mCd with a minimum 1200 keV photon beam and 115In to 115mIn with a minimum 1078 keV photon beam. Instead, these experiments show that 111Cd spin-up occurs with a minimum 1020 keV photon beam and 115In spin-up occurs with a minimum 941 keV photon
beam. These lower thresholds are consistent with Brookhaven National Laboratories data.
Primary author
Theresa Benyo
(NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration))
