OPTIMIZATION OF NEUTRAL BEAM INJECTION IN THE BEAM-PLASMA NEUTRON SOURCE

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HOOPER, EB
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[1] Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA
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10.1088/0029-5515/35/7/I11
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
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The power efficiency of neutron production in the Beam Plasma Neutron Source (BPNS), proposed its a volumetric 14 MeV neutron source, is maximized at an energy of 110-120 keV for positive ion based (deuteron) neutral beams. Deuterons injected into a triton plasma and tritons into a deuteron plasma are shown to give equal results at the same injection energy per nucleon. For deuterons, this is the energy used in long pulse neutral beams on TFTR; thus, the required DC beams could be developed from the existing systems.
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