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Neutron emission during a nanosecond discharge in deuterium in a nonuniform electric field

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Neutron emission during a nanosecond deuterium discharge formed at the nonuniform electric field is investigated. A stable neutron yield is observed when the cathode is made of metallic plates covered by a layer of deuterated zirconium and the anode is made of stainless steel in the form of a tube. It is shown that, when the deuterium pressure equals several Torr, neutrons are emitted from both deuterated and deuterium-free cathodes. The influence of the anode design on the neutron yield is studied.

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  1. Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademicheskii pr. 4, Tomsk, 634055, Russia

    M. I. Lomaev, D. A. Sorokin & V. F. Tarasenko

  2. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Akademicheskii pr. 2/3, Tomsk, 634055, Russia

    B. A. Nechaev, V. N. Padalko & S. I. Kuznetsov

  3. South Ural State University, pr. Lenina 78, Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia

    A. P. Yalovets

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Lomaev, B.A. Nechaev, V.N. Padalko, S.I. Kuznetsov, D.A. Sorokin, V.F. Tarasenko, A.P. Yalovets, 2012, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 126–132.

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Lomaev, M.I., Nechaev, B.A., Padalko, V.N. et al. Neutron emission during a nanosecond discharge in deuterium in a nonuniform electric field. Tech. Phys. 57, 124–130 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378421201015X

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