Biological Detection of Physical Factors Related to the High-Current Electric Explosion of Conductors in a Vacuum
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ogical Detection of Physical Factors Related to the High-Current Electric Explosion of Conductors in a Vacuum E. A. Priakhina, *, L. I. Urutskoevb, E. V. Stiazhkinaa, c, G. A. Tryapitsynaa, c, A. E. Aldibekovaa, A. A. Peretykina, E. E. Priakhind, K. A. Alabine, N. D. Piliaf, N. Z. Chikovanif, D. A. Voitenkof, and R. M. Arshbaf aUrals
Research Center for Radiation Medicine, RF Medical Biological Agency, Chelyabinsk, 454076 Russia RF Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, 119571 Russia c Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, 454001 Russia dAlferov University, Saint Petersburg, 194021 Russia e Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia fMIREA—Russian Technological University, Moscow, 119454 Russia *e-mail: [email protected]
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Received June 18, 2020; revised July 10, 2020; accepted July 27, 2020
Abstract—The effect physical factors associated with the high-current electric explosion of conductors in a vacuum (pulsed magnetic field, light exposure, radiation leaving specific tracks on nuclear emulsions and other materials) have on biological systems is studied. The effect is assessed from the level of nuclear DNA damage in human peripheral blood leukocytes, the frequency of chromosomal aberrations in the dividing cells of an onion root, the growth rate of green unicellular algae, and the germination and growth rate of plant seeds. DOI: 10.3103/S1062873820110222
INTRODUCTION The electric explosion of metal microconductors have been studied intensively since the early 1960s. [1]. Interest in this phenomenon continues today, due to its wide use in both engineering and fundamental scientific research [2–5]. A number of studies have shown there is a connection between factors associated with the electric explosion of conductors (superhigh magnetic fields, dense nonideal low-temperature plasma) and weak nuclear processes [6–9]. It has been shown in a number of experiments that the electric explosion of conductors is accompanied by an unknown type of radiation that leaves unusual traces on nuclear emulsions and X-ray films [10, 11]. It was hypothesized that taken together, these graphic characteristics of the tracks can characterize a new type of penetrating radiation of unknown nature (so-called “strange” radiation) [10]. In addition to the fundamental physical aspect of the problem, the question of the nature and mechanisms of interaction between matter and “strange” radiation has an additional aspect associated with the need to study the interaction between this radiation and biological systems. Biological systems can be considered one way of detecting radiation and a tool for assessing the danger of “strange” radiation for human health and other biological objects. In addition to
“strange” radiation, the electric explosion of conductors is accompanied by the induction of a number of factors that can have biological effects: a light flash and a magnetic field pulse. In a number of experiments, changes were detected in the reactio
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