The paper is downloadable from http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/epjap/abs/2007/12/ap07222/ap07222.html by simply registrating on their website for free (only for 15 days after online publication though, a first timid step towards totally open access?)
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:28 PM Subject: [Vo]:New paper in Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. > Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 40, 293-303 (2007) > DOI: 10.1051/epjap:2007152 > > > > Use of CR-39 in Pd/D co-deposition experiments > > P.A. Mosier-Boss1, S. Szpak1, F.E. Gordon1 and L.P.G. Forsley2 > > 1 SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego, Code 2373, San Diego, CA 92152, USA > 2 JWK International Annandale, VA 22003, USA > > > (Received: 11 June 2007/ Accepted: 28 August 2007 / Published online: > 13 December 2007) > > Abstract > The use of CR-39, a solid state nuclear track detector, to detect the > emission of energetic charged particles during Pd/D co-deposition is > demonstrated. The pits observed in the CR-39 are attributed to the > Pd/D cathode and are not due to radionuclide contamination in the > cell components; nor to the impingement of D2 bubbles on the surface > of the CR-39; nor to chemical attack by D2, O2, or Cl2. The features > (i.e., optical contrast, shape, and bright spot in the center of the > pit) of the pits generated during Pd/D co-deposition are consistent > with those observed for pits that are of a nuclear origin. > PACS > 29.30.Ep - Charged-particle spectroscopy. > 20.40.Wk - . > 81.15.Pq - Electrodeposition, electroplating. > >
