Recently, a new sub-field called quantum nucleonics has emerged which provides a new systematic way to study nuclear science.
Our experiments and simulations seek to determine whether nuclear polarization, nuclear excitation, and quantum population inversion in some nuclei can increase cross sections for nuclear reactions. If it is possible for lattice dynamics to influence nuclear dynamics in metals, then incoherent X-ray or gamma irradiation may make certain nuclear fission and fusion reactions easier to achieve.
More information about this project is coming soon.
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See Nuclear Engineering & MCNP Simulations, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions & Anomalous Heat, and our publications.