The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield
It is known that the radius ratio of a plasma pinch depends on the specific heat ratio γ of the pinch plasma, where radius pinch ratio is defined as: radius of plasma pinch column/radius of anode. The lower the specific heat ratio the lower would be the pinch radius ratio with corresponding inc...
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| description | It is known that the radius ratio of a plasma
pinch depends on the specific heat ratio γ of the pinch plasma,
where radius pinch ratio is defined as: radius of plasma pinch
column/radius of anode. The lower the specific heat ratio the
lower would be the pinch radius ratio with corresponding
increased compression and pinch density. The deuterium plasma
focus pinch is invariably fully ionized and has a specific heat ratio
of practically the highest possible value of 5/3. If the deuterium
plasma focus could have its specific heat ratio reduced below 5/3
we might expect its radius ratio to be correspondingly reduced,
increasing the pinch density, thus improving the D–D fusion
neutron yield. To demonstrate this effect we run the Lee model
code in deuterium but hypothetically fix the specific heat ratio,
reducing it at each run. The results show that indeed the radius
ratio is reduced, increasing the compression, and the neutron
yield is substantially increased. The effect is used to explain the
observed neutron yield enhancement when a deuterium plasma
focus doped with a small amount of krypton. |
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| spelling | intimal-632016-10-05T02:14:09Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/63/ The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield Saw, S. H. Chong, Perk Lin Rawat, Rajdeep S. Tan, Claudia Li Ching Lee, Paul Talebitaher, Alireza Lee, Sing QC Physics It is known that the radius ratio of a plasma pinch depends on the specific heat ratio γ of the pinch plasma, where radius pinch ratio is defined as: radius of plasma pinch column/radius of anode. The lower the specific heat ratio the lower would be the pinch radius ratio with corresponding increased compression and pinch density. The deuterium plasma focus pinch is invariably fully ionized and has a specific heat ratio of practically the highest possible value of 5/3. If the deuterium plasma focus could have its specific heat ratio reduced below 5/3 we might expect its radius ratio to be correspondingly reduced, increasing the pinch density, thus improving the D–D fusion neutron yield. To demonstrate this effect we run the Lee model code in deuterium but hypothetically fix the specific heat ratio, reducing it at each run. The results show that indeed the radius ratio is reduced, increasing the compression, and the neutron yield is substantially increased. The effect is used to explain the observed neutron yield enhancement when a deuterium plasma focus doped with a small amount of krypton. IEEE 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/63/1/The%20effect%20of%20specific%20heat%20ratio%20on%20neutron%20yield.pdf Saw, S. H. and Chong, Perk Lin and Rawat, Rajdeep S. and Tan, Claudia Li Ching and Lee, Paul and Talebitaher, Alireza and Lee, Sing (2014) The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 42 (1). pp. 99-104. ISSN 0093-3813 10.1109/TPS.2013.2288945 |
| spellingShingle | QC Physics Saw, S. H. Chong, Perk Lin Rawat, Rajdeep S. Tan, Claudia Li Ching Lee, Paul Talebitaher, Alireza Lee, Sing The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield |
| title | The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield |
| title_full | The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield |
| title_short | The Effect of Specific Heat Ratio on Neutron Yield |
| title_sort | effect of specific heat ratio on neutron yield |
| topic | QC Physics |
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