MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-ENERGY DEUTERONS IN PLASMA-FOCUS DEVICE

被引：125

作者：

GULLICKSON, RL ^{[1
]}

SAHLIN, HL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV CALIF, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 1978年 / 49卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.325045

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

Nuclear activation techniques have been used to measure the fluence of high-energy deuterons in a plasma-focus device. Substantial activation of carbon and aluminum targets was observed on most shots where the deuterium pressure was less than 3 Torr. Carbon activation indicates more than 1015 deuterons above 330 keV on some high-intensity shots. These deuterons are strongly forward directed with 0°to 90°ratios exceeding 104 on high-yield shots. Ratios of 13N to 28Al, foil-stack activation measurements, and neutron time of flight all consistently show some deuterons have energies above 2 MeV. Measured 13N/28Al ratios also indicate more than 1012 deuterons of energy greater than 5 MeV, but this result has not been verified by an independent threshold-activation measurement. These measurements illustrate that the plasma-focus device can be operated in two distinctly different modes, with low-pressure operation resulting in the acceleration of ions and electrons to many times the capacitor-bank charging voltage. Most of the neutron emission in low-pressure operation may come from beam-target reactions.

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页码：1099 / 1105

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