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PRODUCTION AND CONTAINMENT OF HOT DEUTERIUM PLASMAS IN MULTISTAGE MAGNETIC COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS

Author
Coensgen, F. H.
Published
United States : [publisher not identified], 1961.
[Oak Ridge, Tennessee] : [U.S. Atomic Energy Commission], 1961.
Physical Description
microopaque : positive ; 8 x 13 cm
Additional Creators
Cummins, W. F., Nexsen, Jr, W. E., and Sherman, A. E.

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Summary
A hot D/sup +/ plasma is produced by multi-stsge magnetic compression of a cold gas containing D/sup +/. The cold gas enters a cylinder containing a weak coaxial magnetic field, and the field is increased to a high value B in a time that is short compared to the ion-ion relaxation time but long compared to the ion cyclotron period. After this initial heating, the plasma is moved, by means of a transfer magnet, into a region having a field strength about 4B, thus causing farther heating. The hot plasma is contained in this region for about 1 msec in a volume of abcut 2 liters, and achieves a density of around 10/sup 13/ ions/cm/sup 3/ and a temperature of around 3.6 deg K. Evidence for the occurrence of the fusion reactions D(D,n)He/sup 3/ and D(D,p)H/sup 3/ in this plasma is presented. (T.F.H.)
Report Numbers
UCRL-6381
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Collection
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.
Note
DOE contract number: W-7405-ENG-48
NSA number: NSA-15-025535
OSTI Identifier 4015727
Research organization: California. Univ., Livermore. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
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