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Quantum Nuclear Trigger Activated by Signal Loss: Initiation Mechanisms in Fullerene and Borane Matrices

Martin Kováč

Published Mar 2, 2026• 0 citations
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Traditional initiation of nuclear fission requires active energy delivery or the achievement of critical mass through physical compression. This paper proposes an inverse paradigm: a "fail-deadly" nuclear trigger activated by the sudden absence of a stabilizing signal. By utilizing the Quantum Zeno Effect (QZE) within resonant molecular cages (endohedral fullerenes and closo-boranes), unstable isotopes can be maintained in a frozen, highly correlated phase state via continuous electromagnetic measurement. The loss of this signal acts as a trigger, leading to immediate Dicke superradiance and a synchronized nuclear avalanche. This paper further analyzes the divergent post-initiation behaviors: while the fullerene matrix (M@C60) functions as a transparent macroscopic emitter of thermalized neutrons, the borane matrix acts as an intrinsic absorber, converting the released nuclear energy into a strict, localized thermal pulse.

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10.5281/zenodo.18835689

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The continuous observation of a quantum system is known to suppress its time evolution, a phenomenon recognized as the Quantum Zeno Effect (QZE). While typically applied to discrete atomic transitions, extending this principle to nuclear decay processes offers profound implications for controlling nuclear fission. In this paper, we hypothesize a containment architecture utilizing endohedral buckminsterfullerenes (M@C60) as resonant structural cavities for metastable isotopes. The carbon-12 matrix provides a spin-zero, decoherence-free boundary, severely limiting magnetic interactions. By subjecting the system to continuous electromagnetic excitation, the secondary fluorescence of the cage acts as an unbroken projective measurement, effectively confining the nuclear state vector to its initial unstable sub-space. Furthermore, we theorize that the simultaneous removal of this monitoring field across a bulk medium of confined isotopes will lead to a highly correlated release from the Zeno-suppressed state. Drawing parallels to Dicke superradiance, this sudden restoration of normal decay channels in a dense, heavily correlated macroscopic ensemble precipitates an avalanche of stimulated nuclear transitions, acting as a triggered synchronization of fission.
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We discuss a simple and analytically solvable measurement model which describes the famous Quantum Zeno Effect (QZE) and Inverse Zeno Effect (IZE), that correspond to the slow down and to the increase of the decay rate caused by measurements (or, more in general, by the interaction of an unstable state with the detector and the environment). Within this model one can understand quite general features of the QZE and IZE: by considering an unstable quantum state, such as an unstable particle, whose decay width as function of energy is Γ(ω)=g2ωα,Γ(ω)=g^{2}ω^α,Γ(ω)=g2ωα, then -- under quite general assumptions -- the QZE occurs for α∈(0,1)α\in(0,1)α∈(0,1), while the IZE for α∈(−∞,0)∪(1,∞).α\in(-\infty,0)\cup(1,\infty).α∈(−∞,0)∪(1,∞). This result is valid also for more realistic measurement models than the one described in this work. We then apply these considerations to the decay of the neutron, for which α=5.α=5.α=5. Hence, the realization of the IZE for the neutron decay (and for the majority of weak decays) is in principle possible. Indeed, trap experiments find a lifetime that is 8.7±2.18.7\pm2.18.7±2.1 s shorter than beam experiments, suggesting that the IZE could have taken place.