Published November 1983 | Version v1
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A nuclear diagnostic for fast alpha particles

Creators

  • 1. Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Description

The authors investigate the possibility of seeding a fusion plasma with nuclei that can undergo nuclear reactions with energetic alpha particles to produce product nuclei that are radioactive. If a fraction of these product nuclei can be collected and measured, one can obtain information about the presence of fast alpha particles. It appears that a feasible diagnostic could be based on the 10B(α,n)13N reaction

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Technol.
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
3
Series
Nucl. Technol.
Journal Page Range
452-455
ISSN
0029-5450

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15065461
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA PARTICLES; ALPHA REACTIONS; BORON 10; DATA ACQUISITION; FUSION YIELD; NITROGEN 13; NUCLEI; PLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RADIOISOTOPES
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BORON ISOTOPES; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HELIUM IONS; IONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; STABLE ISOTOPES