ICR Heating in Ion Separation Systems

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2147647· OSTI ID:20718857

Timofeev, A V ^[1]

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1. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182 (Russian Federation)

A systematic procedure for analyzing the physical processes that govern ICR heating in systems for ion separation is developed. The procedure is based on an analytic model of an rf antenna generating rf fields within a plasma column in a magnetic field and includes such issues as the calculation of rf fields, examination of the ICR interaction of ions with these fields, and determination of the distribution function of the ion flow at the exit from the ICR heating system. It is shown that, even in ICR heating systems with easily achievable parameter values, ions with appreciably different masses can be efficiently separated by energy.

• OSTI ID: 20718857
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 31, Issue 12; Other Information: Translated from Fizika Plazmy, ISSN 0367-2921, 31, 1087-1103 (No. 12, 2005); DOI: 10.1134/1.2147647; (c) 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); TN:; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANTENNAS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ICR HEATING
ION CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
PLASMA
RF SYSTEMS