Generation of Intense Directional Radiation during the Fast Motion of a Liquid Jet through a Narrow Dielectric Channel

Abstract

The results of theoretical and experimental studies of the cavitation phenomena in the volume of a moving liquid jet after its passing through thin and long oriented channels in dielectrics are considered. It is shown that the stationary generation of intense directional radiation in the optical range occurs in the moving jet volume as a threshold pressure is reached in the liquid (pure spindle oil). The parameters of radiation are close to those of laser radiation. The effective temperature of the generation region was estimated as corresponding to 50-100 eV. In some cases, optical radiation is accompanied by the pulsed generation of directional gamma radiation. These processes are accompanied by a sequence of high-voltage electric discharges of a great length in the liquid bulk and at the surface, corresponding to potential differences of 50-100 kV. One of the causes of the observed phenomena can be energetically favorable nuclear fusion reactions involving light nuclei in the liquid jet volume. It was shown that such processes can be efficiently stimulated by multibubble cavitation.