Further investigations on the Neutron Flux Generation in a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell

• Main Authors: Faccini, R, Pilloni, A, Polosa, A. D, Angelone, M, Castagna, E, Lecci, S, Loreti, S, Pietropaolo, A, Pillon, M, Sansovini, M, Sarto, F, Violante, V, Bedogni, R, Esposito, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.01.2014
• Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; Physics - Nuclear Experiment
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1401.8218

Our recent paper on the "Search for Neutron Flux Generation in a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell" [1] has as main goal the validation of the experiment in Ref.[2]. As a follow-up, Ref.[3] moves a set of objections on our procedure and presents argumentations on why the experiments should not yield the same results. We collect here additional material and calculations that contribute to understanding the observed discrepancies. Furthermore we prove that the absence of signals from Indium activation detectors reported also for the experiment of Ref.[2] is a clear indication that neutron production does not occur. [1] R.Faccini et al arXiv:1310.4749 [2] D.Cirillo et al, Key Engineering Materials 495, 104 (2012). [3] A.Widom et al. arXiv:1311.2447