Aa. Korotkov et al., Observation of MeV energy deuterons produced by knock-on collisions between deuterium-tritium fusion alpha-particles and plasma fuel ions, PHYS PLASMA, 7(3), 2000, pp. 957-962
This paper reports first observations in a tokamak plasma of MeV energy ion
s produced by close elastic collisions (knock-on) between deuterium-tritium
fusion alpha-particles and thermal plasma fuel ions. Measurements of flux
of MeV energy helium and deuterium atoms from the plasma in the Joint Europ
ean Torus [P.-H. Rebut, A. Gibson, M. Huget , Nucl. Fusion 32, 187 (1992)]
were made from which line-integrated energy distribution function of knock-
on deuterons, (F) over bar(d)(E), was deduced. Neutralization of the deuter
ons and alpha-particles was effected by charge-exchange with one- and two-e
lectron species of the main intrinsic plasma impurities, carbon, beryllium,
and helium. Deduced (F) over bar(d)(E) is shown to be in agreement with ca
lculations using classical confinement and slowing-down of fusion alpha-par
ticles and knock-on deuterons. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S10
70-664X(00)00503-6].