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K. Masuda, K. Taruya, T. Koyama, H. Hashimoto, K. Yoshikawa, H. Toku, Y. Yamamoto, M. Ohnishi, H. Horiike, N. Inoue
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 562-566
Nonelectric Applications | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963296
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Simultaneous measurements of neutrons and protons were carried out to identify D-D fusion reactions in an Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion (IECF) device, which is theoretically expected to produce D-D protons and neutrons in a dense plasma core at the center. Experimental results showed an excellent agreement of a measured proton energy with the predicted one, and a strong linear correlation between neutron and proton yields, both indicating conclusively D-D fusion reactions in the IECF device. It is also found, through comparison between neutron and collimated proton yields, that more than 98 % of the fusion reactions take place outside the central core region under the present experimental conditions.