0587588 - ÚJF 2025 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Munzar, V. - Dowhan, G. - Klír, D. - Novotný, J. - Řezáč, K. - Chen, J. - Cikhardt, J. - Cikhardtová, B. - Juráš, V. - Jordan, N. - Kubeš, P. - Malíř, J. - Tafoya, L. - Turek, Karel - McBride, R.
Self-driven ion deflectometry measurements using MeV fusion-driven protons and accelerated deuterons in the deuterated hybrid x-pinch on the MAIZE LTD generator.
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. Roč. 66, č. 7 (2024), č. článku 075021. ISSN 0741-3335. E-ISSN 1361-6587
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : ion deflectometry * proton imaging * z-pinch * hybrid x-pinch * ion acceleration * magnetic fields * deuteron beams
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 2.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad5104

We report on the results of point-projection ion deflectometry measurements from a mid-size university z-pinch experiment. A 1 MA 8 kJ LTD generator at the University of Michigan (called MAIZE) drove a hybrid x-pinch (HXP) with a deuterated polyethylene fiber load to produce a point-like source of MeV ions for backlighting. In these experiments, 2.7 MeV protons were generated by DD beam-target fusion reactions. Due to the kinematics of beam-target fusion, the proton energies were down-shifted from the more standard 3.02 MeV proton energy that is released from the center-of-mass rest frame of a DD reaction. In addition to the 2.7 MeV protons, strongly anisotropic beams of 3 MeV accelerated deuterons were detected by ion diagnostics placed at a radial distance of 90 mm from the x-pinch. Numerical reconstruction of experimental data generated by deflected hydrogen ion trajectories evaluated the total current in the vacuum load region. Numerical ion-tracking simulations show that accelerated deuteron beams exited the ion source region at large angles with respect to the pinch current direction.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0354725