(a) is Longditudinal cross section of accumulated neutron number density. The blue curve in (b) represents the number of nuclear reactions produced per femtosecond, while the red curve depicts the time evolution of deuterium maximum density. (IMAGE)

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(a) is Longditudinal cross section of accumulated neutron number density. The blue curve in (b) represents the number of nuclear reactions produced per femtosecond, while the red curve depicts the time evolution of deuterium maximum density.

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 (a) is Longditudinal cross section of accumulated neutron number density. The blue curve in (b) represents the number of nuclear reactions produced per femtosecond, while the red curve depicts the time evolution of deuterium maximum density.

Due to the extremely high particle number density, it is seen that nuclear reactions primarily take place around the axis of the nanowire. The extremely short compression leads to a burst of reactions within femtoseconds.

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Guo-Qiang Zhang

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