Magnetic Compression of Charge-Neutralized Ion Beams.

Abstract

Magnetic compression of a cold, charge-neutralized ion beam due to passage through a slowly-varying magnetic-mirror field is studied. Conditions on the field and beam parameters are derived which permit the beam to be compressed to order-of-magnitude higher current densities while preserving the laminar nature of the flow. Effects associated with rotation, beam convergence, and velocity shear in the incident beam, and those due to self fields are included in the analysis. Utilization of compressed beams extracted from reflex triodes and ion diodes for heating of thermonuclear plasmas is discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA033859

Entities

People

  • David Mosher

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • California
  • Compression
  • Controlled Nuclear Fusion
  • Current Density
  • Electric Fields
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Ion Beams
  • Ions
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Mirrors
  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Radial Velocity
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.