Identification of D-D fusion reaction by simultaneous neutron and proton measurements man inertial electrostatic confinement fusion device

Citation
K. Masuda et al., Identification of D-D fusion reaction by simultaneous neutron and proton measurements man inertial electrostatic confinement fusion device, FUSION TECH, 39(2), 2001, pp. 562-566
Citations number
8
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Emgineering
Journal title
FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
0748-1896 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Part
2
Pages
562 - 566
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-1896(200103)39:2<562:IODFRB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Simultaneous measurements of neutrons and protons were carried out to ident ify D-D fusion reactions in an Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion (I ECF) device, which is theoretically expected to produce D-D protons and neu trons in a dense plasma core at the center. Experimental results showed an excellent agreement of a measured proton energy with the predicted one, and a strong linear correlation between neutron and proton yields, both indica ting conclusively D-D fusion reactions in the IECF device. It is also found , through comparison between neutron and collimated proton yields, that mor e than 98 % of the fusion reactions take place outside the central core reg ion under the present experimental conditions.