Neutron Energy Distribution Function Reconstructed From Time-of-Flight Signals in Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-Pinch

Neutron Energy Distribution Function Reconstructed From Time-of-Flight Signals in Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-Pinch

The implosion of a solid deuterium gas-puff Z -pinch was studied on the S-300 pulsed power generator [A. S. Chernenko, , Proceedings of 11th Int. Conf. on High Power Particle Beams, 154 (1996)]. The peak neutron yield above 10 10 was achieved on the current level of 2 MA. The fusion neutrons were ge...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 425 - 432
Main Authors: Klir, D., Kravarik, J., Kubes, P., Rezac, K., Ananev, S.S., Bakshaev, Y.L., Blinov, P.I., Chernenko, A.S., Kazakov, E.D., Korolev, V.D., Ustroev, G.I., Juha, L., Krasa, J., Velyhan, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York IEEE 01-03-2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Deuterium
Distribution functions
Energy distribution
Fusion power generation
fusion reaction
gas puff
Generators
Image reconstruction
Implosions
INT
Kinetic energy
Kinetics
Mathematical models
Monte Carlo methods
Monte Carlo reconstruction
Monte Carlo simulation
neutron energy spectra
Neutrons
Particle beams
Plasma
Plasma simulation
Power generation
Pulse generation
Solids
Z -pinch
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Summary:The implosion of a solid deuterium gas-puff Z -pinch was studied on the S-300 pulsed power generator [A. S. Chernenko, , Proceedings of 11th Int. Conf. on High Power Particle Beams, 154 (1996)]. The peak neutron yield above 10 10 was achieved on the current level of 2 MA. The fusion neutrons were generated at about 150 ns after the current onset, i.e., during the stagnation and at the beginning of the expansion of a plasma column. The neutron emission lasted on average 25 ns. The neutron energy distribution function was reconstructed from 12 neutron time-of-flight signals by the Monte Carlo simulation. The side-on neutron energy spectra peaked at 2.42 plusmn 0.04 MeV with about 450-keV FWHM. In the downstream direction (i.e., the direction of the current flow from the anode toward the cathode), the peak neutron energy and the width of a neutron spectrum were 2.6 plusmn 0.1 MeV and 400 keV, respectively. The average kinetic energy of fast deuterons, which produced fusion neutrons, was about 100 keV. The generalized beam-target model probably fits best to the obtained experimental data.
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ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2008.2010860