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We report new experimental results on the acceleration of deuterons in a compact coaxial diode with the suppression of electronic conductance by a constant longitudinal magnetic field. Plasma containing deuterons is created on a laser TiD target located on the anode. The pulse of accelerating voltage is formed by means of the Arkad’ev−Marx generator. The cathode symmetrically surrounds the anode and comprises a hollow permanent ring magnet with an inner radius of no more than 0.02 m and an on-axis induction of up to 0.4 T, which provides the magnetic insulation of the accelerating gap. The experiments demonstrate the possibility of obtaining accelerated deuterons with energy of up to 300 keV and a current of up to 0.5 kA with a pulse duration of 0.2 μs.
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Original Russian Text © A.E. Shikanov, E.D. Vovchenko, K.I. Kozlovskii, V.L. Shatokhin, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2016.
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Shikanov, A.E., Vovchenko, E.D., Kozlovskii, K.I. et al. Acceleration of deuterons with suppression of electronic conductance in a vacuum diode with a laser target on the anode. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 13, 1009–1011 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477116070475
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