Generation of Deuterium Ions in a Vacuum Arc with Composite Gas-Saturated Cathode and in a Low-pressure Arc
- Authors: Nikolaev A.G.1, Oks E.M.1,2, Frolova V.P.1,2, Yushkov G.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of High-Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
- Issue: Vol 62, No 7 (2019)
- Pages: 1109-1116
- Section: Article
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/1064-8887/article/view/242023
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-019-01824-7
- ID: 242023
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Abstract
Plasma containing deuterium ions is used, for example, to generate neutron flows. Neutrons are generated in nuclear reactions of interaction of accelerated ion beams extracted from deuterium plasma with a solid-state target containing heavy hydrogen isotopes – deuterium or tritium. Deuterium plasma was produced in two types of arc discharge with cold cathode: in a vacuum arc with composite cathode saturated with deuterium and in a low-pressure arc with inlet of gaseous deuterium into the discharge gap. Results of studies of the mass-to-charge fractions of the plasma of these discharges are presented, and a comparative analysis of the methods of deuterium ion generation in such discharge systems is performed.
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About the authors
A. G. Nikolaev
Institute of High-Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: nik@opee.hcei.tsc.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
E. M. Oks
Institute of High-Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
Email: nik@opee.hcei.tsc.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk; Tomsk
V. P. Frolova
Institute of High-Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
Email: nik@opee.hcei.tsc.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk; Tomsk
G. Yu. Yushkov
Institute of High-Current Electronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: nik@opee.hcei.tsc.ru
Russian Federation, Tomsk
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