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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Y. Nakao, T. Honda, Y. Honda, K. Kudo, H. Nakashima, M. Ohta
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 824-828
Inertial Confinement Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946943
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A chain-like process of knock-on and suprathermal fusion events due to the introduction of a primary 14-MeV neutron is examined, on the basis of transport equations for neutrons and recoil ions of all possible generations. In reactor-grade DT pellets, the ratio of suprathermal-fusion to primary 14-MeV neutrons becomes 0.1 or more. The maximum energy of neutrons leaking out of the pellet surface reaches to 45 MeV, though the population above 30 MeV is negligibly small.