Production of Neutral Beams from Negative Ion Beam Systems in the USSR

Abstract

This report, a sequel to (The Development of High-Intensity Negative Ion Sources and Beams in the USSR), R-2816-ARPA, examines (1) Soviet research on the formation of intense, high-energy neutral particle beams and the associated investigation of charge exchange and beam stripping and (2) the deployment in the USSR of high-intensity negative ion sources of the direct-extraction and double-charge-exchange types, beam neutralizers, and neutral beam injectors, as reported in Soviet open-source technical publications. Based on open-source literature, the study finds no overt exoatmospheric particle-beam weapons in the USSR. The author suggest, however, that such a program may exist as a classified effort paralleling the nuclear fusion research described in the literature. Originator supplied keywords include: Thermonuclear reactions; Plasma temperatures; and Charged particles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA157109

Entities

People

  • Nikita Wells

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Detectors
  • Electric Arcs
  • Ion Beams
  • Ion Sources
  • Ionization
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Particle Beam Weapons
  • Particle Beams
  • Particle Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Proton Beams
  • Protons
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy