STUDIES OF A NEUTRON-PRODUCING MAGNETICALLY COMPRESSED DEUTERIUM PLASMA
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4772302
A device for plasma heating and containment is discussed which has led to the production of neutron pulses which are of possible thermonuclear origln. The method, which employs a rapidly rising magnetic field in a cylindrical mirror geometry to heat a deuterium plasma, was used initially in the Scylla experiment of the Los Alamos Scientific Lab. Two experimental facilities in the GE Research Lab. are described. Some observations of heated plasmas were made by optical, x- ray, electrical, and nuclear techniques; and the parameters for maximizing neutron output were explored in a preliminary way. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co. Research Lab., Schenectady, N.Y.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-032465
- OSTI ID:
- 4772302
- Report Number(s):
- 61-RL-2626E
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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