Ab initio predictions for polarized deuterium-tritium thermonuclear fusion

Thermonuclear fusion of nuclei of deuterium and tritium may provide the energy for the future and spin polarization is a potential mechanism for enhancing the nuclear reaction. Here the authors predict the enhanced DT fusion rate using chiral effective field theory and ab initio calculations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guillaume Hupin, Sofia Quaglioni, Petr Navrátil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08052-6