Experimental determination of fuel density-radius product of inertial confinement fusion targets using secondary nuclear fusion reactions
- 8 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 49 (10), 555-557
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97093
Abstract
The first demonstration of a fuel density‐radius product measurement using secondary nuclear fusion reactions is presented. This technique involves using neutrons and protons generated by DT {T(d,n)α} and D3He {3He(d,p)α} fusion reactions, respectively, in a pure deuterium fuel.Keywords
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