Effect of nuclear elastic scattering on ion heating in thermonuclear plasmas

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作者
Matsuura, H. [1 ]
Nakao, Y. [1 ]
机构
[1] Kyushu Univ, Dept Quantum Phys & Nucl Engn, Fukuoka 8128581, Japan
关键词
nuclaear elastic scattering (NES); neutral-beam injection (NBI); deuterium-tritium (DT) thermonuclear plasma;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Distortion in the fuel-ion (deuteron and triton) velocity distribution functions due to nuclear elastic scattering (NES) by beam ion and a-particle during neutral-beam-injection (NBI) plasma heating operation is studied by simultaneously solving the Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck (BFP) equations for deuteron, triton, a-particle and beam ion in the deuterium-tritium (DT) thermonuclear plasmas. Using the obtained distribution functions, enhancement in the T(d,n)He-4 fusion reaction rate coefficient between background deuteron and triton are estimated. It is shown that the enhancement in the T(d,n)He-4 reaction rate coefficient becomes appreciable in low-density operations, i.e. n(e) <= 5 x 10(19) m(-3).
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页码:574 / 577
页数:4
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