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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
A.N. Karpushov, A.V. Anikeev, P.A. Bagryansky, A.A. Ivanov, S.A. Korepanov, A.A. Lizunov, V.V. Maximov, S.V. Murakhtin, K. Noack, K.N. Saunichev
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 190-194
Oral Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963849
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The paper reports on the results of neutral beam heated high-β two-component plasma confinement studies in Gas-Dynamic Trap experiment1,2. The diagnostic set enabled us to characterize the different energy losses channels in the GDT3. The energy balance models were applied for analysis of plasma heating4. The experimental results on the measurements of the local energy and angular distributions of the fast ions minority are described. These measurements were done by injection of focused diagnostic neutral beam served to produce local charge-exchange target for fast ions5. Charge-exchange atoms were registered by an electrostatic energy analyzer. The energy distribution function obtained with this diagnostic was compared in detail with the results of Monte-Carlo6 and Fokker-Planck simulations7.