METHOD OF GENERATING INTENSE FLOWS OF CHARGED CARBON NANOPARTICLES Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC G21B1/03 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for generating intense flows of charged carbon nanoparticles. In the process, carbon nanoparticles are pre-charged to produce positively charged polyatomic carbon ions , where N is the number of carbon atoms in the nanoparticle, Z is an integer electric charge of a nanoparticle. Charging is performed up to the specific charge Q/m, selected in the range from 5.3⋅10⁵ C/kg up to 1.1⋅10⁶ C/kg, where Q=Z⋅e, m is the mass of the nanoparticle, e is the elementary electric charge. Charged nanoparticles accelerate to achieve a speed of at least 10⁷ m/s at a specific kinetic energy per carbon atom E/N of not less than 8 MeV, where E is the kinetic energy of a charged nanoparticle. Acceleration of charged nanoparticles is carried out at a magnitude of the accelerating potential of the electric field of not less than 10⁸ V. Fullerenes or nanotubes are used as carbon nanoparticles. Acceleration of charged nanoparticles is carried out with the help of accelerators of charged particles of various types: linear accelerators, cyclic accelerators with linear accelerating sections, cyclotrons. At the input and output of the accelerator, longitudinal and transverse compression of the flow of charged nanoparticles is carried out using phase flow sealers. As longitudinal phase seals, accelerating interelectrode gaps along the direction of motion of charged nanoparticles are used, and magnetic lenses are used as transverse phase seals.

EFFECT: technical result is to provide conditions for achieving velocities of the order of 10⁷ m/s and charged-particle energies required for research related to the interaction of high-speed and high-energy flows of charged nanoparticles with each other and with the target material, in particular from the point of view of investigating the feasibility of performing thermonuclear fusion reactions.

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