MAGO-IX Experiment.

Authors :: Chernyshev, V. K.
Korchagin, V. P.
Babich, L. P.
Burenkov, O. M.
Volkov, G. I.
Dolin, Yu. N.
Dudin, V. I.
Ivanov, V. A.
Ivanovskiy, A. V.
Karpov, G. V.
Krayev, A. I.
Kudelkin, V. B.
Morozov, I. V.
Pak, S. V.
Polyushko, S. M.
Skobelev, A. N.
Tokarev, V. A.
Zubaerova, R. R.
Source :: Plasma Physics Reports. Feb2018, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p180-189. 10p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: The results of the last (in the thermonuclear program "Magnetic compression") MAGO-IX experiment with a plasma chamber including a third compartment designed to compress plasma with a converging liner are presented. An X-ray pulse consisting of an intense peak of 1-µs duration, followed by a low-intensity tail with a duration of more than 10 µs, was recorded. In the MAGO-IX experiment, the neutrons were generated mainly in the third compartment. A neutron yield of 2 × 1012 was obtained. The results demonstrate that the expected compression of preheated plasma in chambers similar to MAGO-IX is promising for achieving thermonuclear ignition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]