Simulation of self-pinched chamber transport of ions for heavy ion fusion

Author

Welch, D.R. ; Rose, D.V. ; Oliver, B.V. ; Clark, R.E. ; Olson, C.L. ; Yu, S.S.

Author_Institution

Mission Res. Corp., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3000

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the self-pinched transport of heavy ions in an inertial confinement fusion reactor chamber environment. The bulk of this work is carried out using a hybrid particle-in-cell code. The initial results show that a neutral flibe pressure of roughly 5-50 mtorr is sufficient to produce a net current capable of confining the ions at small radius (<5 mm). The source and sensitivity to chamber conditions of the self-pinch force are discussed

Keywords

fusion reactor reaction chamber; high energy physics instrumentation computing; ion beams; particle beam dynamics; particle beam fusion accelerators; particle beam injection; pinch effect; plasma inertial confinement; 0 to 5 mm; 5 to 50 mtorr; HIF; PIC; heavy ion fusion; high perveance beams; hybrid particle-in-cell code; inertial confinement fusion reactor chamber; ion confinement; ion transport; net current; neutral flibe pressure; self-pinch force; self-pinched chamber transport; Electromagnetic forces; Electron beams; Inertial confinement; Ion beams; Laboratories; Nose; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma confinement; Plasma density;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987984

Filename

987984