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Title: RFQ (radio-frequency quadrupole) accelerators for heating thermonuclear plasmas

Abstract

The radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator has been developed to generate high-current ion beams for a wide variety of applications. It has also been suggested that this type of accelerator could be used to produce megawatt ion beams to heat thermonuclear reactor plasmas. For a tokamak reactor, an RFQ accelerator can be designed to provide negative deuterium ions that are neutralized before injection through the tokamak magentic field. Also, it may be possible to use singly charged, positive, heavier ions that trasverse the magnetic field with minimal deflection and then become multiply ionized upon striking the tokamak plasma. We present preliminary RFQ beam-dynamics designs for both deuterium and oxygen ions.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6626427
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-87-648; CONF-870302-46
ON: DE87007465
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Washington, DC, USA, 16 Mar 1987; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BEAM INJECTION HEATING; QUADRUPOLE LINACS; BEAM DYNAMICS; DEUTERIUM IONS; EFFICIENCY; OXYGEN IONS; PHASE SPACE; TOKAMAK DEVICES; ACCELERATORS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; HEATING; IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PLASMA HEATING; SPACE; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; 700101* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Confinement, Heating, & Production; 430100 - Particle Accelerators- Design, Development, & Operation

Citation Formats

Stokes, R H, Wangler, T P, and Crandall, K R. RFQ (radio-frequency quadrupole) accelerators for heating thermonuclear plasmas. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Stokes, R H, Wangler, T P, & Crandall, K R. RFQ (radio-frequency quadrupole) accelerators for heating thermonuclear plasmas. United States.
Stokes, R H, Wangler, T P, and Crandall, K R. 1987. "RFQ (radio-frequency quadrupole) accelerators for heating thermonuclear plasmas". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6626427.
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abstractNote = {The radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator has been developed to generate high-current ion beams for a wide variety of applications. It has also been suggested that this type of accelerator could be used to produce megawatt ion beams to heat thermonuclear reactor plasmas. For a tokamak reactor, an RFQ accelerator can be designed to provide negative deuterium ions that are neutralized before injection through the tokamak magentic field. Also, it may be possible to use singly charged, positive, heavier ions that trasverse the magnetic field with minimal deflection and then become multiply ionized upon striking the tokamak plasma. We present preliminary RFQ beam-dynamics designs for both deuterium and oxygen ions.},
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year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
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