Editing Bubble fusion (section)

== Original experiments ==
[[File:Sonofusion.svg|thumb|right|300px|Sonofusion device used by Rusi Taleyarkhan. 1. Vacuum pump 2. Liquid scintillator 3. Neutron source 4. Acoustic wave generator 5. Test chamber with fluid 6. Microphone 7. Photomultiplier tube 8. Two deuterium atoms collide 8a. Possible fusion event creating Helium and a neutron 8b. Possible fusion event creating Tritium and a proton]]US patent 4,333,796,<ref>{{Ref patent|country= US|number= 4333796|title= Method of generating energy by acoustically induced cavitation fusion and reactor therefor|gdate = 1982-06-08|fdate= 1978-05-19|invent1= Flynn, Hugh G.}}</ref> filed by Hugh Flynn in 1978, appears to be the earliest documented reference to a sonofusion-type reaction.

In the March 8, 2002 issue of the peer-reviewed journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', [[Rusi Taleyarkhan|Rusi P. Taleyarkhan]] and colleagues at the [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory|Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]] reported that acoustic cavitation experiments conducted with [[Deuterium|deuterated]] [[acetone]] ({{chem2|C3[[deuterium|D6]]O}}) showed measurements of [[tritium]] and [[neutron]] output consistent with the occurrence of fusion. The neutron emission was also reported to be coincident with the [[sonoluminescence]] pulse, a key indicator that its source was fusion caused by the heat and pressure inside the collapsing bubbles.<ref name="Taleyarkhan-2002-03-08">{{cite journal|last=Taleyarkhan|first=R. P.|author-link=Rusi Taleyarkhan|author2=C. D. West|author3=J. S. Cho|author4=R. T. Lahey|author5=Jr. R. Nigmatulin|author6=R. C. Block|s2cid=11405525|date=2002-03-08|title=Evidence for Nuclear Emissions During Acoustic Cavitation|journal=Science|volume=295|issue=1868|pages=1868–73|bibcode=2002Sci...295.1868T|doi=10.1126/science.1067589|issn=0036-8075|pmid=11884748}}</ref>