APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ABSORPTION OF INCIDENT GAMMA RADIATION AND ITS CONVERSION TO OUTGOING RADIATION AT LESS PENETRATING, LOWER ENERGIES AND FREQUENCIES

摘要

Gamma radiation is shielded by producing a region of heavy electrons and receiving incident gamma radiation in such region. The heavy electrons absorb energy from the gamma radiation and re-radiate it as photons at a lower energy and frequency. The heavy electrons may be produced in surface plasmon polaritons. Multiple regions of collectively oscillating protons or deuterons with associated heavy electrons may be provided. Nanoparticles of a target material on a metallic surface capable of supporting surface plasmons may be provided. The region of heavy electrons is associated with that metallic surface. The method induces a breakdown in a Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Apparatus and method are described.