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- Schneider, M., et al.
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Modelling third harmonic ion cyclotron acceleration of deuterium beams for JET fusion product studies experiments
- 2016
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In: Nuclear Fusion. - : Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP). - 0029-5515 .- 1741-4326. ; 56:11, s. 112022-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Recent JET experiments have been dedicated to the studies of fusion reactions between deuterium (D) and Helium-3 (He-3) ions using neutral beam injection (NBI) in synergy with third harmonic ion cyclotron radio-frequency heating (ICRH) of the beam. This scenario generates a fast ion deuterium tail enhancing DD and (DHe)-He-3 fusion reactions. Modelling and measuring the fast deuterium tail accurately is essential for quantifying the fusion products. This paper presents the modelling of the D distribution function resulting from the NBI+ICRF heating scheme, reinforced by a comparison with dedicated JET fast ion diagnostics, showing an overall good agreement. Finally, a sawtooth activity for these experiments has been observed and interpreted using SPOT/RFOF simulations in the framework of Porcelli's theoretical model, where NBI+ICRH accelerated ions are found to have a strong stabilizing effect, leading to monster sawteeth.
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- Sharapov, S. E., et al.
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Fusion product studies via fast ion D-D and D-He-3 fusion on JET
- 2016
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In: Nuclear Fusion. - : Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP). - 0029-5515 .- 1741-4326. ; 56:11
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Dedicated fast ion D-D and D-He-3 fusion experiments were performed on JET with carbon wall (2008) and ITER-like wall (2014) for testing the upgraded neutron and energetic ion diagnostics of fusion products. Energy spectrum of D-D neutrons was the focus of the studies in pure deuterium plasmas. A significant broadening of the energy spectrum of neutrons born in D-D fast fusion was observed, and dependence of the maximum D and D-D neutron energies on plasma density was established. Diagnostics of charged products of aneutronic D-He-3 fusion reactions, 3.7 MeV alpha-particles similar to those in D-T fusion, and 14.6 MeV protons, were the focus of the studies in D-He-3 plasmas. Measurements of 16.4 MeV gamma-rays born in the weak secondary branch of D(He-3, gamma)Li-5 reaction were used for assessing D-He-3 fusion power. For achieving high yield of D-D and D-He-3 reactions at relatively low levels of input heating power, an acceleration of D beam up to the MeV energy range was used employing 3rd harmonic (f = 3f(CD)) ICRH technique. These results were compared to the techniques of D beam injection into D-He-3 mixture, and He-3-minority ICRH in D plasmas.
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