1. Gamma-ray measurements in D fusion plasma experiments on JET
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Iliasova, M, Shevelev, A, Khilkevich, E, Kazakov, Y, Kiptily, V, Nocente, M, Giacomelli, L, Craciunescu, T, Stancar, Z, Dal Molin, A, Rigamonti, D, Tardocchi, M, Doinikov, D, Gorini, G, Naidenov, V, Polunovsky, I, Gin, D, M. Iliasova, A. Shevelev, E. Khilkevich, Ye. Kazakov, V. Kiptily, M. Nocente, L. Giacomelli, T. Craciunescu, Z. Stancar, A. Dal Molin, D. Rigamonti, M. Tardocchi, D. Doinikov, G. Gorini, V. Naidenov, I. Polunovsky, D. Gin, Iliasova, M, Shevelev, A, Khilkevich, E, Kazakov, Y, Kiptily, V, Nocente, M, Giacomelli, L, Craciunescu, T, Stancar, Z, Dal Molin, A, Rigamonti, D, Tardocchi, M, Doinikov, D, Gorini, G, Naidenov, V, Polunovsky, I, Gin, D, M. Iliasova, A. Shevelev, E. Khilkevich, Ye. Kazakov, V. Kiptily, M. Nocente, L. Giacomelli, T. Craciunescu, Z. Stancar, A. Dal Molin, D. Rigamonti, M. Tardocchi, D. Doinikov, G. Gorini, V. Naidenov, I. Polunovsky, and D. Gin
- Abstract
Using capabilities of the gamma-ray spectrometry, fusion born alpha-particles were studied in recent D-3He plasma experiments on JET. A substantial population of the alpha-particles was generated in the He-3-rich plasma due to the He-3(D, p)He-4 reaction. Fast deuterium ions of the neutral beam injection (NBI) heating were accelerated to MeV energies with three-ion scenario D-(DNBI)-He-3 using radio frequency waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF). A high reaction rate allowed to measure the alpha-particle production rate and their spatial distribution in the plasma by detecting 16.7-MeV gamma-rays from the He-3(D, y)Li-5 reaction, which is a weak branch of He-3(D, p)He-4 reaction. A branching ratio of gamma-ray transitions to the ground and the first excited states of Li-5 was obtained. Due to the beryllium is a main impurity of JET plasmas, intensive gamma-rays from the Be-9(D, ny)10B, Be-9(D, py)Be-10 and Be-9(a, ny)C-12 reactions were observed. Exploitation of the reaction cross-sections and the Doppler shape analysis (DSA) of gamma-lines in the recorded spectra provided the possibility to reconstruct distribution functions of the confined D-ions and the fusion-born alpha-particles.
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- 2022