Measurement of Ion Energies in a θ-Pinch

1 July 1964

journal article
conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids

Vol. 7 (7) , 1005-1010
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1711315

Abstract

The energy of the deuterons in a θ‐pinch device has been determined by comparing the rate of production of neutrons and 14.7 MeV protons when a plasma of D and ³He is compressed. The different energy dependence of the fusion cross sections for D + D → ³He + n and D + ³He → ⁴He + p allows a determination of the deuteron energy if the velocity distribution function is properly chosen. Using a monoenergetic velocity distribution, the energy of the deuterons undergoing fusion is found to be in the range of 10 keV for the conditions of the experiment.

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