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This paper investigates an analytical illustration of ignition conditions for the aneutronic reaction of proton-boron plasma in the presence of the magnetic field for fusion. In particular, the criterion for this plasma target is derived through two-temperature Lindl–Widner diagrams. Since the heating and cooling terms in the energy balance equation are affected by inequality between ions and electrons temperature combined with the impact of the magnetic field, the reduction of energy loss as well as the areal density parameter will increase the fusion rate. It will also relax the requirements of ignition conditions. Therefore, numerical derivations of ignition conditions at stagnation are performed involving the energy balance equation. The additional parameter applied other than electron and ion temperature as well as areal density is the magnetic field dependent B/ρ. It is shown that as B/ρ develops the required areal density decreases. For ions temperature of Ti < 1000 keV and electrons temperature of Te < 110 keV, the equation has real solutions for the areal density of ρR < 6 g/cm2. Furthermore, it is shown that the B/ρ parameter can be set at approximately 106 G cm3/g value. It shows the magnetic field has more effect than DT case and can reduce the driver requirements significantly. A comparison of this model with DT magnetized case shows that this model of p11B fuel is intermediate between experimental results of p11B non-magnetized and DT magnetized in the two-temperature model.
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Esmat Ghorbanpour, Ghasemizad, A. & Khoshbinfar, S. Non-Equilibrium Ignition Criterion for p-11B Advanced Fuel in Magnetized Target Fusion. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 17, 809–820 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477120060126
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