Dynamics of Fusion in Plasmas

We investigate the possibility of gaining energy from nuclear fusion reactions using different mixtures of D, T and 6 Li. First, a plasma in equilibrium is studied at different densities and temperatures. In a second, highly non equilibrium case, the plasma is at high densities and excitation energies. While the first case could lead to an energy gain especially when coupled to an accelerator, in the second case the energy given to the system might be larger than the output energy even for a D+T plasma. This is due to the small number of particles which can be treated numerically. Furthermore, there is a possible double counting between the elementary fusion cross section and the exact Coulomb potential used in the calculations.