Plasma window performance and scaling for an accelerator-based neutron source
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|November 29, 2023
Abstract:
A "plasma window" was developed for use with a SHINE accelerator-based neutron source. In this work, the design of the plasma window is presented along with results demonstrating successful operation in deuterium over a range of aperture diameters (5-12 mm), gas flow rates (3.5 to 12.5 slm), and input powers (10-55 kW). An empirically determined relationship between the aperture diameter, deuterium gas flow rate, input power, and plasma window pressure differential is also presented.
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