Published 1991 | Version v1
Book

Inertial confinement fusion with light ion beams

  • 1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Description

Advances are reported in the theory and experiments investigating Inertial Confinement Fusion with light ion beams on the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA II). Impedance of accelerating gap, electron-ion instabilities, proton beam generation and focusing at 300 kJ, proton driven target experiments to measure beam non-uniformity, lithium beam generation and focusing at 185 kJ, and plasma opening switch improvements for voltage and power gain are reported. (author). 18 refs, 4 figs

Part of:
Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research 1990. V. 3

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA.
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
92-0-130291-6
Imprint Title
Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research 1990. V. 3
Imprint Pagination
814 p.
Journal Issue
Suppl. 1991
Series
Nucl. Fusion.
Journal Page Range
v. 3 p. 3-12.
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
13. international conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research.
Dates
1-6 Oct 1990.
Place
Washington, DC (United States).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC04-76-DP00789
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--53/B-I-1.