Characterization of high energy deuteron pulses produced by dense magnetized plasma

Two external devices were employed (PF-1000, GIT-12) for the characterization of fast deuterons producing the fusion neutrons and for the more detailed description of the mechanisms of the acceleration of the fast particles using interferometric, X rays, neutron and corpuscular diagnostics. These devices recorded the evolution of the ordered dense structures. The generation of HXR and neutron radiation corresponds to the transformation of these structures, similarly as in fusion plasmas produced by the tokamaks and lasers. The generation of fast particles with energy of keV and MeV is based on the idea of reconnection of magnetic lines. In PF-1000, this reconnection can be realized with a filamentary structure. The plasma gun load in GIT-12 made possible to reach the high neutron yield of 1013 per shot, while the comprehensive neutron, corpuscular and X ray diagnostics show presence of the fast deuterons, protons and neutrons with energy up to 20-30 MeV. (author)