NEUTRON PRODUCTION IN LINEAR DEUTERIUM PINCHES

Journal Article · Sun Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1958 · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.110.1375· OSTI ID:4311488

Anderson, O A; Baker, W R; Colgate, S A; Ise, J Jr; Pyle, R V

Approximately 10/sup 8/ neutrons per discharge have been observed from magnetically self-constricted columns of deuterium plasma. These neutrons originated uniformly and simultaneously along a filament at the center of the discharge tune, but measurements of their kinetic energies showed that they were produced by a small group of deuterons with large axial velocities and were therefore not of thermonuclear origin. It is proposed that the deuterons were accelerated by axial electric fields created by the growth of m =0 (''sausagetype '') instabilities. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Berkeley and Livermore
• NSA Number: NSA-12-014070
• OSTI ID: 4311488
• Journal Information: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Journal Name: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D Vol. Vol: 110; ISSN PHRVA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CONFINEMENT
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON TUBES
ENERGY
MEASURED VALUES
NEUTRONS
NUMERICALS
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLASMA
PRODUCTION
STABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TUBES
VELOCITY