Abstract
Abstract During the last two decades, the Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion (IECF) device has gained popularity as a table-top neutron/proton source due to its uncomplicated design and comparatively smaller volume which has the potential of providing high fusion rate. The basic concept of the device is to accelerate lighter ions like deuterium, tritium, etc., to collide and produce fusion-relevant energies by the application of a converging electrostatic field inside a spherical or cylindrical chamber. In the present work, we have discussed the ion dynamics in a single and triple-grid arrangement of the cylindrical IECF device by making use of an open-source particle-in-cell code known as XOOPIC. A comparative study of ion density and potential profiles has been performed at different input potentials. The simulated outcomes are compared with the experimentally obtained results. A detailed study on the obtained results has been presented here.
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