Stability considerations for light-ion beam transport in Z-discharge channels. Memorandum report

Technical Report · Wed Jul 08 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5865330

Ottinger, P F; Mosher, D; Goldstein, S A

Light-ion beams, appropriate for use as inertial-confinement fusion drivers, can be transported in z-discharge channels over distances of several meters. Here stability considerations for light-ion beam transport in such channels are reviewed. Many aspects of the important velocity-space instabilities are considered and the resulting conditions for good transport are discussed. The results will be presented in a general form so that they may be applied to beams of various species (e.g. H+, D+, C+4, etc.) propagating in channel plasmas of different composition (e.g. hydrogen, argon, air, etc.).

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5865330
• Report Number(s): AD-A-101426/5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700103* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Kinetics
BEAM TRANSPORT
BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS
BEAMS
CARBON IONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
DEUTERIUM IONS
HYDROGEN IONS
ION BEAMS
IONS
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PINCH DEVICES
STABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES