Efficient neutron production from a novel configuration of deuterium gas-puff z-pinch

Abstract

A novel configuration of a deuterium z pinch has been used to generate fusion neutrons. Injecting an outer hollow cylindrical plasma shell around an inner deuterium gas puff, neutron yields from DD reactions reached Yn=(2.9±0.3)×1012 at 700 ns implosion time and 2.7 MA current. Such a neutron yield means a tenfold increase in comparison with previous deuterium gas puff experiments at the same current generator. The increase of beam-target yields was obtained by a larger amount of current assembled on the z-pinch axis, and subsequently by higher induced voltage and higher energies of deuterons. A stack of CR-39 track detectors on the z-pinch axis showed hydrogen ions up to 38 MeV. Maximum neutron energies of 15 and 22 MeV were observed by radial and axial time-of-flight detectors, respectively. The number of DD neutrons per one joule of stored plasma energy approached 5×107. This implies that deuterium gas puff z pinches belong to the most efficient plasma-based sources of DD neutrons.

Original language	English
Article number	095001
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	112
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.095001
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2014

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Klir, D., Kubes, P., Rezac, K., Cikhardt, J., Kravarik, J., Sila, O., Shishlov, A. V., Kovalchuk, B. M., Ratakhin, N. A., Kokshenev, V. A., Labetsky, A. Y., Cherdizov, R. K., Fursov, F. I., Kurmaev, N. E., Dudkin, G. N., Nechaev, B. A., Padalko, V. N., Orcikova, H., & Turek, K. (2014). Efficient neutron production from a novel configuration of deuterium gas-puff z-pinch. Physical Review Letters, 112(9), [095001]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.095001

Efficient neutron production from a novel configuration of deuterium gas-puff z-pinch. / Klir, D.; Kubes, P.; Rezac, K.; Cikhardt, J.; Kravarik, J.; Sila, O.; Shishlov, A. V.; Kovalchuk, B. M.; Ratakhin, N. A.; Kokshenev, V. A.; Labetsky, A. Yu; Cherdizov, R. K.; Fursov, F. I.; Kurmaev, N. E.; Dudkin, G. N.; Nechaev, B. A.; Padalko, V. N.; Orcikova, H.; Turek, K.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 112, No. 9, 095001, 03.03.2014.

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Klir, D, Kubes, P, Rezac, K, Cikhardt, J, Kravarik, J, Sila, O, Shishlov, AV, Kovalchuk, BM, Ratakhin, NA, Kokshenev, VA, Labetsky, AY, Cherdizov, RK, Fursov, FI, Kurmaev, NE, Dudkin, GN , Nechaev, BA , Padalko, VN, Orcikova, H & Turek, K 2014, 'Efficient neutron production from a novel configuration of deuterium gas-puff z-pinch', Physical Review Letters, vol. 112, no. 9, 095001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.095001

Klir, D. ; Kubes, P. ; Rezac, K. ; Cikhardt, J. ; Kravarik, J. ; Sila, O. ; Shishlov, A. V. ; Kovalchuk, B. M. ; Ratakhin, N. A. ; Kokshenev, V. A. ; Labetsky, A. Yu ; Cherdizov, R. K. ; Fursov, F. I. ; Kurmaev, N. E. ; Dudkin, G. N. ; Nechaev, B. A. ; Padalko, V. N. ; Orcikova, H. ; Turek, K. / Efficient neutron production from a novel configuration of deuterium gas-puff z-pinch. In: Physical Review Letters. 2014 ; Vol. 112, No. 9.

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