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Larry R. Grisham, Douglass E. Post, David R. Mikkelsen
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 3 | Number 1 | January 1983 | Pages 121-128
Technical Paper | Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A20822
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We discuss a method of probing the velocity distribution of confined energetic alpha particles resulting from deuterium-tritium fusion reactions in a magnetically contained plasma. We calculate the characteristics of the signals to be expected from injecting multi-MeV Li° into the plasma to undergo double charge-exchange reactions with the alpha particles. Neutralized alpha particles then escape from the plasma to be detected by a charge-exchange analyzer. We also examine the feasibility of producing a Li° beam of the required current and energy, and we discuss a conceptual design for an appropriate beam system.