Frozen ammonia micropellet generator for Baseball II-T

Conference · Tue Oct 28 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:4153817

Denhoy, B S

A ''startup'' plasma at the center of the Baseball II-T magnet was studied. This startup plasma will be used as a target for high energy neutral beams to achieve the required build-up. The target plasma will be created by irradiating a solid pellet with a laser beam. Although a deuterium pellet would be superior because of purity, the development of an ammonia pellet was undertaken because it requires a simpler technology. The ammonia target plasma is physically acceptable for the initial experiment. A frozen ammonia pellet, about 100 $mu$m in diameter, will be irradiated with 300-J CO$sub 2$ laser, to produce a density of about 10$sup 13$ cm$sup -3$ and about 1 kV temperature. (auth)

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-33-007073
• OSTI ID: 4153817
• Report Number(s): UCRL--77230; CONF-751125--6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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