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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UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, MECH ENGN DIV, FUS ENERGY RES PROGRAM, SAN DIEGO, CA 92093 USAUNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, MECH ENGN DIV, FUS ENERGY RES PROGRAM, SAN DIEGO, CA 92093 USA
Chia, PK
Schmitz, L
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Schmitz, L
Conn, RW
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