ON A NEW TYPE OF ACCELERATOR FOR HEAVY IONS.
Abstract
A new device (called HIPAC - Heavy Ion Plasma Accelerator) which may be capable of accelerating ions of any atomic number to energies sufficient to overcome the nuclear Coulomb barrier is described. A closed potential well is created by filling a toroidal vacuum chamber with electrons; the electrons are contained by a magnetic field whose intensity is so low that its effect on the ions can be neglected. Ions are both accelerated and trapped in the well; the trapping effect allows sufficient time for the ions to become highly stripped by electron impact. The very large ion energies that can be achieved in this way would allow a wide variety of nuclear reactions to be studied, including inverse fission. The present primitive state of development of the HIPAC is described, and the future prospects assessed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0475149
Entities
People
- B. T. Feld
- G. S. Janes
- H. A. Bethe
- R. H. Levy