Gravity Effects on Nuclear Reactions at Low Energies



Título del documento: Gravity Effects on Nuclear Reactions at Low Energies
Revista: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000309133
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1


2
Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Fisica, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Fisica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 27
Número: 4
Paginación: 464-467
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés We consider the effect of the Earth gravitational attraction on nuclear reactions at very low energies. In particular, the Mott oscillation characteristic of scattering of two identical nuclei is found to be slightly but significantly modified. The effect discussed here is different but complementary to the COW effect in cold neutron interferometry. We take as an example 208Pb+208Pb. An angle precision of about 10-3 deg. is required to detect the effect
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Física nuclear,
Reacciones nucleares,
Atracción gravitacional
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Nuclear physics,
Nuclear reactions,
Gravitational attraction
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