Abstract
A neutron generator is considered in which a beam of tritons is incident on a hypothetical cold deuterium target with degenerate electrons. The energy efficiency of neutron generation is found to increase substantially with electron density. Recent reports of potential targets are discussed.
Highlights
A neutron generator is considered in which a beam of tritons is incident on a hypothetical cold deuterium target with degenerate electrons
An instantaneous efficiency factor is defined to have two parts: the energy lost to electrons in the target and the neutrons produced by fusion reactions between ions and nuclei. (Only the incident beam ions will be referred to as “ions.”) References 2–4 provide theoretical descriptions of the average energy loss per unit path length of slow charged particles within a non-relativistic degenerate electron gas
Nf is the average rate at which neutrons are produced per ion, Eis the average rate at which an ion losses energy to electrons, nn is the density of target nuclei, σ f is the fusion reaction cross section, and Nf is the number of neutrons produced by one reaction
Summary
Accelerator-based neutron source using a cold deuterium target with degenerate electrons A neutron generator is considered in which a beam of tritons is incident on a hypothetical cold deuterium target with degenerate electrons. The energy efficiency of neutron generation is found to increase substantially with electron density.
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