2013/05/19 by A. Widom, Widom, A., John Swain +3
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.4899
openalex publication_date 2013/05/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Employing the weak interaction reaction wherein a heavy electron is captured by a proton to produce a neutron and a neutrino, the neutron production rate for neutral hydrogen gases and for fully ionized plasmas is computed. Using the Coulomb atomic bound state wave functions of a neutral hydrogen gas, our production rate results are in agreement with recent estimates by Maiani \it et al. Using Coulomb scattering state wave functions for the fully ionized plasma, we find a substantially enhanced neutron production rate. The scattering wave function should replace the bound state wave function for estimates of the enhanced neutron production rate on water plasma drenched cathodes of chemical cells.