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Overview of neutral beam injectors for plasma heating and diagnostics developed at Budker INP

Part of: Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2024

Igor Shikhovtsev Open the ORCID record for Igor Shikhovtsev [Opens in a new window] ,
Alexander Ivanov ,
Vladimir Davydenko ,
Yuri Belchenko ,
Grigoriy Abdrashitov ,
Viktor Belov ,
Timur Akhmetov ,
Vladislav Amirov ,
Alexander Brul  and
Peter Deichuli
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Igor Shikhovtsev*
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Ivanov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladimir Davydenko
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Yuri Belchenko
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Grigoriy Abdrashitov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Viktor Belov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Timur Akhmetov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladislav Amirov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Brul
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Peter Deichuli
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Nikita Deichuli
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Donin
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Dranichnikov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Roman Finashin
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Daniil Gavrisenko
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexander Gorbovsky
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Valerian Kapitonov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vyacheslav Kolmogorov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexey Kondakov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Ivan Maslakov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladimir Oreshonok
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladimir Rashchenko
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Andrey Sanin
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Alexey Sorokin
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Oleg Sotnikov
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Nikolay Stupishin
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Roman Vakhrushev
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vadim Vointsev
Affiliation:
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
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†Email address for correspondence: i.v.shikhovtsev@inp.nsk.su
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Abstract

An overview of the neutral beam injectors developed at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk during the last 10 years is presented. These neutral injectors are used for plasma diagnostics, heating and current drive in modern fusion devices with magnetic confinement. An arc or a radio-frequency (RF) discharge generates a plasma in the ion sources of the injectors, and a positive hydrogen or deuterium ion beam is extracted and accelerated by a multiaperture ion-optical system (IOS). The accelerated ion beam is converted into a neutral one in a gas target. The precision multiaperture IOS with spherically concave electrodes provides ballistic focusing of the neutral beam. The high-energy, high-power beam injector based on negative ions, which is currently under development, is described as well. It comprises a RF negative ion source and a wide-aperture electrostatic accelerator separated from the source by a low-energy beam transport line, thereby improving the injector reliability.

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intense particle beams

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , February 2024 , 155900301
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