Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Analysis of the Ion-Optical Systems of Portable Neutron Generators

  • Published:
Atomic Energy Aims and scope

The results of numerical modeling of the ion-beam dynamics and the dynamics of secondary ions and electrons formed in the ion-optical system of a portable neutron generator are presented. The calculation was performed with the aid of the KARAT code in a two-dimensional flat geometry and axisymmetric geometry. To suppress back electrons, the magnetic field of permanent magnets was used in the flat geometry and a blocking electric field of an additional electrode was used in the axisymmetric geometry. The working configurations of both systems are shown.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. A. N. Dolgov, V. G. Markov, A. A. Okulov, et al., “An integrated approach to the study of the dynamics of a particle beam in the ion-optical system of a neutron tube,” Usp. Prikl. Fiz., 2, No. 3, 267–273 (2014).

    Google Scholar 

  2. B. Yu. Bogdanovich, A. I. Didenko, A. V. Nesterovich, et al., “Neutron generators based on microwave sources of heavy hydrogen nuclides (review),” Prib. Tekhn. Eksperim., No. 4, 5–13 (2015).

  3. V. P. Tarakanov, User’s Manual for Code KARAT, BRA Inc. Va. USA (1992).

  4. J. Yoon, Y. Kim, D. Kwo, et al., “Electron-impact cross sections for hydrogen and deuterium molecules,” Rep. Prog. Phys., 73, No. 11, 116401 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. R. Janev and L. Presnyakov, “Collision processes of multiply charged ions with atoms,” Phys. Rep., 70, No. 1, 1–107 (1981).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. M. A. Gorbunov, “Heating dynamic of plasma components in resonator of microwave hydrogen ion source,” in: Conf. Proc. of Intern. Conf. on Actual Problems of Electron Devices Engineering (2017), Vol. 2, No. 7878986.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS), Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Agafonov

  2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia

    D. S. Stepanov & E. Ya. Shkol’nikov

Authors
  1. A. V. Agafonov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. S. Stepanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. E. Ya. Shkol’nikov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to D. S. Stepanov.

Additional information

Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 126, No. 2, pp. 108–112, February, 2019.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Agafonov, A.V., Stepanov, D.S. & Shkol’nikov, E.Y. Analysis of the Ion-Optical Systems of Portable Neutron Generators. At Energy 126, 124–128 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-019-00525-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-019-00525-1

Search

Navigation