Paper Info
Title
Theory of instability-generated divergence of intense ion beams from applied-B ion diodes
Abstract
Recent advances in the analytic theory and numerical simulation of applied-B ion diodes in general and, in particular, the diodes being tested experimentally on the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, are described. Numerical simulation of these diodes using the three-dimensional particle-in-cell code QUICKSILVER and analytic stability analysis have provided new insight into the physics governing instability-induced beam divergence. Experimental evidence of these instabilities is described and compared with the theory. When simulation parameters are chosen to model present experiments, QUICKSILVER calculates beam divergence near the measured value. A new understanding of the nature of the electromagnetic instabilities and their effects on beam divergence has led to suggestions for improved diode design. A simulation of one of these design concepts shows divergence levels in the vicinity of 10 mrad, a level considered adequate for ignition experiments
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1109/5.149459
Proceedings of the IEEE  
Keywords
DocType
Volume
beam handling techniques,fusion reactor theory and design,ion beams,nuclear engineering computing,Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II,QUICKSILVER,analytic stability analysis,applied-B ion diodes,electromagnetic instabilities,ignition experiments,inertial confinement fusion,instability-generated divergence,intense ion beams,numerical simulation,three-dimensional particle-in-cell code
Journal
80
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
0018-9219
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
J. P. Quintenz100.34
M. P. Desjarlais200.34
T. D. Pointon300.34
S. A. Slutz400.34
D. B. Seidel500.34
T. A. Mehlhorn600.34
R. S. Coats700.34
M. l. Kief800.34
N. A. Krall900.34
L. D. Bacon1000.34