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Bubble Fusion

Bubble Fusion Confirmed by LETU Research

Fri, Nov 17 2006

LeTourneau University physics professor Edward R. “Ted” Forringer, Ph.D., and an undergraduate student have just returned from the American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter conference in Albuquerque, N. M. where they presented two papers confirming the existence of fusion in collapsing bubbles.

It has long been observed by scientists that sound waves in a liquid produce flashes of light when bubbles collapse. This phenomenon is called “sonoluminescence.” Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan, Ph.D., from Purdue University was the first to successfully show that these collapsing bubbles can produce fusion of two deuterium nuclei. This process is known as acoustic inertial confinement nuclear fusion, commonly called “bubble fusion.” Taleyarkhan’s results had been called into question, but now have been substantiated by Forringer and his students.

“Articles published March 2006 in the premiere international science journal, Nature magazine, prematurely dismissed Taleyarkhan’s work,” Forringer said. “Two students and I went to Purdue University in May to conduct our own research, collecting, analyzing and interpreting our own data that substantiated his previous work.”

One paper on bubble fusion, co-authored by professor Forringer, senior David Robbins and sophomore Jonathan Martin, has already been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in Transactions, a publication of the American Nuclear Society. A second paper with Robbins as lead author, along with Forringer and Martin, is currently being reviewed for publication.

And why has bubble fusion generated so much press?

“All other successful methods of producing nuclear fusion are very expensive, requiring large collaborations at national laboratories. But bubble fusion can be replicated inexpensively on a table top with the right conditions and equipment,” Forringer said. “Fusion holds promise for clean, cheap and abundant ‘green’ energy, and our work provides another promising step for further research.”

Forringer and his students are continuing their bubble fusion research at LeTourneau University.

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