https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2010-10937-7
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Electron screening in the 1H(7Li,
)4He reaction
Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
* e-mail: matej.lipoglavsek@ijs.si
Received:
20
October
2009
Revised:
2
February
2010
Accepted:
12
February
2010
Published online:
13
March
2010
We have measured the cross-section for the 1H(7Li,)4He reaction at lithium beam energies from 0.34 to 1.05MeV. Hydrogen was forced by diffusion into Pd and PdAg alloy foils. A large electron screening effect was observed only when foils were under tensile stress. A dependence of the screening potential on hydrogen concentration or Hall coefficient of the metallic host could not be established.
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