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arxiv: physics/0603060 · v2 · pith:UXA22NE2new · submitted 2006-03-08 · ⚛️ physics.gen-ph · nucl-ex· nucl-th

Comment on "Nuclear Emissions During Self-Nucleated Acoustic Cavitation"

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In a recent Letter to PRL, Taleyarkhan and coauthors claim to observe DD fusion produced by acoustic cavitation. Among other evidence, they provide a proton recoil spectrum that they interpret as arising from 2.45 MeV DD fusion neutrons. My analysis concludes the spectrum is inconsistent with 2.45 MeV neutrons, cosmic background, or a PuBe source, but it is consistent with a Cf-252 source.

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