Identification of D-D Fusion Reaction by Simultaneous Neutron and Proton Measurements in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device
| Autor: | Nobuyuki Inoue, Takahiro Koyama, Kai Masuda, Masami Ohnishi, Hiroshi Horiike, K. Taruya, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hisayuki Toku, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, H. Hashimoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Fusion
Thermonuclear fusion Materials science Proton 020209 energy Nuclear Theory technology industry and agriculture General Engineering 02 engineering and technology Plasma 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Nuclear physics Neutron generator Physics::Plasma Physics 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Physics::Accelerator Physics Nuclear fusion Neutron Atomic physics Nuclear Experiment Inertial electrostatic confinement |
| Zdroj: | Fusion Technology. 39:562-566 |
| ISSN: | 0748-1896 |
| Popis: | Simultaneous measurements of neutrons and protons were carried out to identify D-D fusion reactions in an Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion (IECF) device, which is theoretically expected to produce D-D protons and neutrons in a dense plasma core at the center. Experimental results showed an excellent agreement of a measured proton energy with the predicted one, and a strong linear correlation between neutron and proton yields, both indicating conclusively D-D fusion reactions in the IECF device. It is also found, through comparison between neutron and collimated proton yields, that more than 98 % of the fusion reactions take place outside the central core region under the present experimental conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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