Proposed design for an electrostatic beam to target p-B11 fusion device.

[Carl Willis]

>What you are saying is 'forget about RF ion sources, and concentrate on the alternatives'

Not the reading I'd take home...

John was stating that his RF source is good at making atomic (H+) ions. An (H2)+ or molecular ion beam is a generally undesirable product if the end goal is to use protons, though there are exceptions, and the RF ion sources have been popular largely because they CAN produce a high atomic ion (H+) fraction. They can also be designed to produce molecular ions.

-Carl

[Quantum]

Thanks for putting me straight on that, Carl.

If the number of neutrons produced by John Hendron is unavoidable, I'm beginning to doubt whether aneutronic fusion has any real prospects, but if protons are hitting the tungsten slug, this will also produce neutrons, will it not?

[Starfire]

I have a gamma spectrometer to make qualitive measurement Ash and look for particular energys - there may be Neutrons from many materials and they will have different energys - my big problem is that the design will produce a very fast burst of Neutrons of different energys from second sources. I doubt if there is such a thing as a totally aneutronic reaction.