Discharge Characteristics of Anode Size in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion

Author

Osawa, Hodaka ; Yoshimura, Shigehisa ; Tabata, Takehiro ; Ohnishi, Masami

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kansai Univ., Osaka

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

25-29 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

722

Lastpage

725

Abstract

An IECF (Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion) device is a very simple and safe neutron source using the glow discharge in deuterium gas and deuterium - deuterium fusion. The discharge characteristic is studied experimentally. The gas pressure - applied voltage characteristics are examined altering the device´s anode size. The gas pressure range that the device is able to work is differed by the anode´s radius differs. With larger anode, the glow discharge is occurred even in less pressure and it is very stable for current change

Keywords

anodes; glow discharges; neutron sources; nuclear fusion; plasma inertial confinement; D; anode size; applied voltage characteristics; deuterium fusion; discharge characteristics; gas pressure; glow discharge; inertial electrostatic confinement fusion; neutron source; Anodes; Cathodes; Deuterium; Electrostatics; Feeds; Glow discharges; Inertial confinement; Ion beams; Neutrons; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2006. ISDEIV '06. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Matsue

ISSN

1093-2941

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0191-7

Electronic_ISBN

1093-2941

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.2006.357404

Filename

4194985