Dependence of Potential Well Depth on the Magnetic Field Intensity in a Polywell Reactor
@article{Kazemyzade2012DependenceOP, title={Dependence of Potential Well Depth on the Magnetic Field Intensity in a Polywell Reactor}, author={F. Kazemyzade and Hamid Reza Mahdipoor and Abbasali Bagheri and S. Khademzade and E. Hajiebrahimi and Z. Gheisari and Asghar Sadighzadeh and Vahid Damideh}, journal={Journal of Fusion Energy}, year={2012}, volume={31}, pages={341-345} }
Using OOPIC-Pro assisted-two dimensional simulation we have considered the dependencies of the electron and ion densities, as well as the central electric potential on the magnetic-field intensity in the Polywell fusion reactor. It is shown that the potential well depth increases with decreasing the magnetic intensity, while much narrower well width (thus more effective deuteron trapping) is achieved with increasing the magnetic field intensity. The results obtained can be employed to adjust…
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