Effect of nuclear elastic scattering on ion heating in thermonuclear plasmas

Hideaki Matsuura; Y. Nakao

doi:10.1109/FUSION.2005.252979

Effect of nuclear elastic scattering on ion heating in thermonuclear plasmas

Hideaki Matsuura, Y. Nakao

Nuclear Energy Systems

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Distortion in the fuel-ion (deuteron and triton) velocity distribution functions due to nuclear elastic scattering (NES) by beam ion and a-particle during neutral-beam-injection (NBI) plasma heating operation is studied by simultaneously solving the Boltzmann-Fokker-Planck (BFP) equations for deuteron, triton, α-particle and beam ion in the deuterium-tritium (DT) thermonuclear plasmas. Using the obtained distribution functions, enhancement in the T(d,n)⁴He fusion reaction rate coefficient between background deuteron and triton are estimated. It is shown that the enhancement in the T(d,n)⁴He reaction rate coefficient becomes appreciable in low-density operations, i.e. n_e ≤ 5×10¹⁹m ^-3.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	21st IEEE/NPS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE'05
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FUSION.2005.252979
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2006
Event	21st IEEE/NPS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE'05 - Knoxville, TN, United States Duration: Sept 26 2005 → Sept 29 2005

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Name	Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering

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Other	21st IEEE/NPS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE'05
Country/Territory	United States
City	Knoxville, TN
Period	9/26/05 → 9/29/05

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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