Electric discharge device for producing interactions between nuclei

摘要

1,024,750. Thermonuclear apparatus. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES Ltd. Dec. 7, 1962 [Jan. 11, 1962], No. 46330/62. Addition to 903,870. Heading G6P. A thermonuclear reaction chamber of the type described in the parent Specification, comprises a spherical chamber having a central anode structure surrounded by cathodes supported on the chamber inner surface. Charged particles are injected radially into the anode zone from ion guns mounted at the chamber wall. By adjustment of the gas pressure and electrode potentials a concentration of oscillating ions is formed at the chamber centre and the conditions favour nuclear interactions. Deuterium and tritium gases may be employed. To reduce scattering of secondary electrons formed at the cathodes, collector electrodes are formed round each cathode edge. In addition electrons having a momentum transverse to the cathode surfaces are prevented from escaping from the main beam by a trapping cavity formed in the cathode surface.