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Neutron Generation in a Plasma Diode with Electrons Insulated by a Constant Magnetic Field

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Neutron generation in a vacuum plasma diode with accelerating voltage to 280 kV and laser source of deuterons in the anode was investigated. The maximum neutron yield in a regime with magnetic insulation of the electrons in the reaction D(d, n)3 He is Qdd = 5·107 per count, which is 10 times higher than the value without a magnetic field. A hollow cylindrical NdFeB magnet, which is placed inside the vacuum volume of the diode and is also the diode’s cathode, is used to create a magnetic field. The conversion on the basis of numerical modeling showed that the neutron yield in the reaction T(d, n)4 He can reach 5·109 per count.

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 119, No. 4, pp. 210–215, October, 2015.

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Shikanov, A.E., Vovchenko, E.D. & Kozlovskii, K.I. Neutron Generation in a Plasma Diode with Electrons Insulated by a Constant Magnetic Field. At Energy 119, 258–264 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0057-3

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