Magnetron-Discharge-Based Ion Source for Improvement of an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device
| Autor: | T. Takamatsu, Kazunobu Nagasaki, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Kai Masuda, Hisayuki Toku, Toshiyuki Kyunai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering Ion current 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences Ion source 010305 fluids & plasmas Anode Ion Nuclear Energy and Engineering Physics::Plasma Physics 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Neutron source Nuclear fusion General Materials Science Atomic physics Inertial confinement fusion Civil and Structural Engineering Inertial electrostatic confinement |
| Zdroj: | Fusion Science and Technology. 47:1290-1294 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7641 1536-1055 |
| Popis: | A magnetron discharge as a built-in ion source have studied both experimentally and numerically for a compact discharge-type fusion neutron source called IECF (Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion). With this magnetron discharge, ions are produced in the vicinity of the vacuum chamber (anode) at negative electric potential. Therefore, produced ions are expected to have nearly full energy corresponding to the applied voltage to the IECF cathode but slightly smaller energy preventing them from hitting the anode of the opposite end, eventually improving both fusion reaction rate and ion recirculation life. Also, the magnetron ion source was found to produce ample ion current for maintenance of the discharge. With the optimization of the configuration of the magnetron discharge, further improvement of the fusion reaction rate is found feasible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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