Fusion energy production during ion injection into a nonneutral plasma

This paper reports on values of fusion energy multiplication [gt]1 which have been shown to be possible during energetic deuterium injection into high-electron-temperature (T[sub e] [gt] 3 keV), quasi-neutral tritium plasmas. The high-temperature requirement is eliminated when a nonneutral plasma is the beam's target. Fusion energy multiplication factors [gt]1 can be obtained in a low-temperature ([lt] 100 eV), nonneutral tritium plasma.