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13Complex Systems of Charged Particles and their Interactions with Electromagnetic Radiation 2017
PIC SIMULATION OF PROTON - BORON NUCLEAR BURNING IN THE POTENTIAL WELL OF VIRTUAL CATHODE AT NANOSECOND VACUUM DISCHARGE
Yu. K. Kurilenkov JIHT RAS, Moscow, Russia
The neutron-free reaction of proton- boron nuclear burning accompanied with the yield of three alpha particles (p+ 11B -—a + 8Be 3a)is of great fundamental and applied interest. However, the implementation of the proton- boron reaction requires such extreme plasma parameters that are difficult to achieve at well-known schemes of controlled thermonuclear fusion. Earlier, the yield of DD neutrons in a compact nanosecond vacuum discharge (NVD) of low energy with deuterated Pd anode have been observed. Further detailed PIC simulation by the electrodynamic code have recognized that this experiment represents the realization of rather old scheme of inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC). This IEC scheme is one of the few where the energies of ions needed for p+ 11B reaction are quite possible. The purpose of this work on simulation of proton- boron reaction is studying the features of possible p+ 11B burning at the IEC scheme based on NVD, thus, to look forward and planning the real experiment.
This work was supported by grant No.14-50-00124 of the Russian Science Foundation.
