Ion Beam Propagation in a Filamented Channel

Technical Report · Mon Mar 03 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5152004· OSTI ID:5152004

Ottinger, P. F. ^[1]; Goldstein, S. A. ^[1]; Mosher, D. ^[2]

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1. JAYCOR, Alexandria, VA (United States)
2. Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States)

The production of intense focused ion beams has led to the consideration of using z-discharge plasma channels to transport them several meters to inertial fusion targets. Analysis has shown that current bunching will occur in the channel during transport. In this report ion beam propagation in a filamented channel is investigated in order to determine the effects on radial beam containment in channels and on the radial beam density profile.

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-77DP40042
• OSTI ID: 5152004
• Report Number(s): NRL-MR--4180
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700208* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
BEAM BUNCHING
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAM TRANSPORT
BEAMS
CONFINEMENT
FOCUSING
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
ION BEAM TARGETS
ION BEAMS
ION SOURCES
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
TARGETS
filamented channel
ion beam propagation
radial confinement of beam
single particle orbits