Characterization of nuclear transmutations by 638 nm laser beams ( ¹ ) STMicroelectronics, via Tolomeo, 1 200010 Cornaredo Milano-I ( ² ) Applied Electronics.

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Characterization of nuclear transmutations by 638 nm laser beams ( ¹ ) STMicroelectronics, via Tolomeo, Cornaredo Milano-I ( ² ) Applied Electronics Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lecce, I.N.F.N., C.P.193, Lecce-I ( ³ ) Departments of Material Science, University of Lecce C.P. 193, Lecce-I U. Mastromatteo ( ¹ ), V. Nassisi ( ² ) and G. Caretto ( ² ), A. Buccolieri ( ³ ), G. Buccolieri ( ³ ), D. Manno ( ³ ) and L. Famà ( ³ ) The samples used were silicon wafers having a 50 nm Ti layer with a 500 nm Pd layer on it. They were cut in small dies of about 1 cm 2 and implanted with boron. The Ti layer was necessary to improve the adhesion between the substrate and the Pd layer. A 150 keV accelerating voltage allowed to the B ions to reach a maximum concentration at 158 nm depth in the palladium layer. The chambers used in this experiment was filled by hydrogen or deuterium gas. The maximum pressure was 4 bar. The samples were irradiated at a laser power density of 2 mW/cm 2. They were processed from July 16 th to September 29 th After the treatments the samples were analysed by a Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and an electron probe micro analyser (EDX), followed by a further plasma spectrometer (ICP) analysis. As a control some specimens were kept in air and analyzed in the same way as the processed samples. The cause of the transmutation of elements is not clear. It can be due to the metal electrons (plasmon) which generate an intense oscillating electric field reducing the distance between two ions below 0.1Å. Besides, the probability of fusion in Pd-H system could be also due to the deformation of crystalline lattice which increases the probability at least 2-3 order of magnitude with respect to the probability of fusion on the surface of the lattice. On the other hand this fact could be explained by the phonon distribution. Experimental works are in progress to explain the above results. Transmutations of elements observed in palladium films irradiated by cw HeNe laser beams are presented. Fig. 2- SEM micrograph of the 76 processing days Pd surface by laser. Fig. 1- SEM micrograph of the 76 processing days Pd surface without laser. Fig. 4- EDX Spectrum of a spot on sample processed 76 days with laser. Fig. 3- EDX Spectrum of a spot on sample processed 76 days without laser. The main detected elements were: Photo of experimental apparatus. Scheme of experimental apparatus. INTRODUCTION METHODE AND EXPERIMENT The samples showed morphological modifications compared with those kept in air, which film surface did not change. In the processed samples was evident the presence of many coloured spots (black and white) with sizes varying between 1-50  m. The density of spots number increases for irradiated samples with respect the non- irradiated ones. Qualitative elemental analysis (EDX) made inside the spots, for both the H2 and the D2 loaded samples treated with laser beam, revealed the presence of “new” elements, inexistent in samples not processed. This fact was the sign that elemental transmutation occurred. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Boron atoms distributions vs. the target depth. H2H2 D2D2 No-laserLaserNo-laserLaser Si Pd Ti CCC OOO CaNa Al CrSK FeCa NiKMg AlMg S K P Co Mn Looking at relative atomic masses of elements, we could think to nuclear fusion phenomena between boron and hydrogen or deuterium nucleus.