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¿Una ruta hacia la fuente de neutrones más brillante posible?
Andrew Taylor1, Mike Dunne, Steve Bennington
1Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK. andrew.taylor@rl.ac.uk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 27, 2007
Resumen
La fusión de la energía de fusión inercial con la ciencia de la dispersión de neutrones podría crear fuentes de neutrones ultra poderosas. Este avance promete un salto significativo en el rendimiento para las aplicaciones de dispersión de neutrones dentro de 20-30 años.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencia de la dispersión de neutrones.
- Energía de fusión inercial energía de fusión inercial.
Sus antecedentes:
- El brillo de la fuente de neutrones ha experimentado un avance limitado (10x) en más de 40 años, a diferencia de la ciencia del sincrotrón y el láser.
- Las fuentes de neutrones actuales limitan el alcance y el impacto de las aplicaciones de dispersión de neutrones.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Explorar el potencial de la energía de fusión inercial para el desarrollo de fuentes de neutrones de próxima generación.
- Proponer una fusión de la energía de fusión inercial y la ciencia de la dispersión de neutrones para un cambio significativo en el rendimiento.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión del potencial de la energía de fusión inercial para el desarrollo de fuentes de neutrones.
- Cálculo del rendimiento proyectado de una fuente de neutrones basada en la fusión.
Principales resultados:
- Una fuente de neutrones tres órdenes de magnitud más poderosa que las instalaciones existentes es calculable.
- Este avance es alcanzable en una escala de tiempo de 20 a 30 años.
Conclusiones:
- Una fusión con la energía de fusión inercial ofrece una vía para mejorar drásticamente la potencia de la fuente de neutrones.
- Una fuente de neutrones tan poderosa revolucionaría la ciencia de la dispersión de neutrones.
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