Inertial electrostatic confinement fusion device with an ion source using a magnetron discharge

Autor:	Kai Masuda, T. Takamatsu, T. Kyunai, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Hisayuki Toku
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Fusion Materials science Deuterium Proton Physics::Plasma Physics Nuclear fusion Atomic physics Condensed Matter Physics Inertial confinement fusion Ion source Inertial electrostatic confinement Ion
Zdroj:	Nuclear Fusion. 46:142-148
ISSN:	1741-4326 0029-5515
Popis:	An inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion device is studied for a compact fusion neutron/proton source using a built-in magnetron ion source. The addition of an ion source to the IEC fusion device enhances fusion reactions by allowing a lower operating gas pressure and by providing a beam-like ion energy distribution. Under lower gas pressures, charge exchange collisions are reduced, resulting in longer ion lifetime and thus enhanced ion re-circulation. The performance characteristics of this IEC fusion device found in the experiments were compared with the numerical calculations and found qualitatively in good agreement. An improvement in normalized neutron yield (defined as neutron yield divided by the product of grid current and operating gas pressure), more than a factor of two, has been observed compared with the conventional glow-discharge driven IEC fusion device.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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