Abstract
Neutral reflux from the first walls and beam dumps of the Tandem Mirror Experiment (TMX) Upgrade could erode the neutral-beam-fueled end-cell plasma or cool the neutral-beam-heated central-cell plasma. To allow the TMX Upgrade to meet its design parameters, the neutral reflux to the plasma must be much less than the fluxes of both charge-exchange neutral products to the first walls and transmitted neutral-beam atoms to the beam dumps. To achieve this, we intend to evaporate titanium as a getter on the first wall and install vanadium-foil beam dumps. The vanadium beam dumps will be heated by the neutral beam during the shot, releasing most of the implanted hydrogen as they cool radiatively after the shot. The deposited titanium will be thick enough to retain the implanted charge-exchange neutral products. We describe our design of these components, report our estimates of their performance, and compare their performance to the needs of TMX Upgrade.
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