Published October 1993 | Version v1
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A linked mirror neutron source

Creators

  • 1. Texas Univ., Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Fusion Studies

Description

A toroidally linked mirror system is proposed as a neutron source. The mirror core has the favourable feature of a high plasma beta in a relatively small volume. A low β highly elliptical toroidal linkage prevents rapid electron thermal loss and enhances the power efficiency of previous designs of mirror machine based neutron sources to 30-40%. Specific problems related to the following are discussed: low β toroidal MHD equilibrium, finite β distortion of the plasma column, radial electric field, particle drift orbits, rotational stability, beam ion kinetics and cross-field transport. (author). 18 refs, 4 figs, 3 tabs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Fusion
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1471-1481.
ISSN
0029-5515
CODEN
NUFUAU

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
25018353
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH-BETA PLASMA; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT THEORY; NEUTRON SOURCES; ORBITS; PLASMA DRIFT; PLASMA POTENTIAL; PLASMA RADIAL PROFILES; STABILITY; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT THEORY; DATA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUILIBRIUM; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PARTICLE SOURCES; PLASMA; RADIATION SOURCES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TRANSPORT THEORY

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-FG05-80ET-53088