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Zhang, Shumlak and colleagues report the first sustained, quasi-steady neutron production from the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment, FuZE, running on 20% deuterium and 80% hydrogen by volume. The device uses sheared-flow stabilisation, which keeps the pinch plasma long-lived. Neutron emission lasting about 5 µs appears reproducibly at pinch currents near 200 kA, within a quiet plasma period of about 16 µs. Average yield is (1.25 ± 0.45) × 10^5 neutrons per pulse and scales with the square of the deuterium concentration. Integrated diagnostics measure 1 to 2 keV temperatures, densities near 10^17 cm^-3 and a 0.3 cm pinch radius alongside the neutrons.
Sustained Neutron Production from a Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z Pinch
- Y. Zhang(Author)
- U. Shumlak(Author)
- B. A. Nelson(Author)
- R. P. Golingo(Author)
- T. R. Weber(Author)
- A. D. Stepanov(Author)
- E. L. Claveau(Author)
- E. G. Forbes(Author)
- Z. T. Draper(Author)
- J. M. Mitrani(Author)
- H. S. McLean(Author)
- K. K. Tummel(Author)
- D. P. Higginson(Author)
- C. M. Cooper(Author)
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- 2019
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- Sustained Neutron Production from a Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z Pinch
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- Y. Zhang(Author)
- U. Shumlak(Author)
- B. A. Nelson(Author)
- R. P. Golingo(Author)
- T. R. Weber(Author)
- A. D. Stepanov(Author)
- E. L. Claveau(Author)
- E. G. Forbes(Author)
- Z. T. Draper(Author)
- J. M. Mitrani(Author)
- H. S. McLean(Author)
- K. K. Tummel(Author)
- D. P. Higginson(Author)
- C. M. Cooper(Author)
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- 2019
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