Neutron yield when fast deuterium ions collide with strongly charged tritium-saturated dust particles

The ultrahigh charging of dust particles in a plasma under exposure to an electron beam with an energy up to 25 keV and the formation of a flux of fast ions coming from the plasma and accelerating in the strong field of negatively charged particles are considered. Particles containing tritium or deu...

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Published inJournal of experimental and theoretical physics Vol. 124; no. 2; pp. 231 - 243
Main Authors Akishev, Yu. S., Karal’nik, V. B., Petryakov, A. V., Starostin, A. N., Trushkin, N. I., Filippov, A. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.02.2017
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Atoms
Charged particles
Charging
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
CURRENT DENSITY
CURRENTS
Deuterium
DEUTERIUM IONS
Dust
DUSTS
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
Elementary Particles
Flux (rate)
Gas pressure
HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS
KEV RANGE
Mathematical analysis
Molecules
NEUTRON EMISSION
NEUTRON SOURCES
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Optics
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Particle collisions
Particle physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
PLASMA DENSITY
Plasma physics
Plasmas (physics)
Quantum Field Theory
Relativity Theory
Solid State Physics
Thermonuclear fusion
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
Tritium
TRITIUM IONS
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Summary:The ultrahigh charging of dust particles in a plasma under exposure to an electron beam with an energy up to 25 keV and the formation of a flux of fast ions coming from the plasma and accelerating in the strong field of negatively charged particles are considered. Particles containing tritium or deuterium atoms are considered as targets. The calculated rates of thermonuclear fusion reactions in strongly charged particles under exposure to accelerated plasma ions are presented. The neutron generation rate in reactions with accelerated deuterium and tritium ions has been calculated for these targets. The neutron yield has been calculated when varying the plasma-forming gas pressure, the plasma density, the target diameter, and the beam electron current density. Deuterium and tritium-containing particles are shown to be the most promising plasmaforming gas–target material pair for the creation of a compact gas-discharge neutron source based on the ultrahigh charging of dust particles by beam electrons with an energy up to 25 keV.
ISSN:1063-7761
1090-6509
DOI:10.1134/S1063776117010101