Plasma and Beams Dynamics in PF-1000 Device under the Full-Scale Energy Storage
- A.I. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, ul. Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya 25, 117218 Moscow (Russian Federation)
- The Andrzej Soltan Institute of Nuclear Studies, Otwock-Swierk (Poland)
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, ul. Hery 23, Warsaw 01-497 (Poland)
Plasma dynamics and radiation characteristics of the PF-1000 facility at its upper energy limit ({approx_equal} 1 MJ) were investigated by help of a number of diagnostics with ns temporal resolution. Special attention was paid to the temporal and spatial cross correlation between plasma, electron and ion beams dynamics as well as e/m radiation but in particular in relation to the neutron emission parameters. Results of these experiments are in favor of neutron emission model based on ion beam-plasma interaction with three important features: 1) plasma target is hot and confined during a few ''inertial confinement times''; 2) ions of the main part of the beam are magnetized and entrapped about the pinch plasma target for a longer period than the characteristic time of the plasma inductive storage system and accelerating diode existence; and 3) ion-ion collisions -- fusion and Coulomb ones -- are both responsible for neutron emission.
- OSTI ID:
- 20898868
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 875, Issue 1; Conference: 16. IAEA technical meeting on research using small fusion devices; 11. Latin American workshop on plasma physics, Mexico City (Mexico), 30 Nov - 3 Dec 2005; 5-9 Dec 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2405892; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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