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Plasma isotope separation based on ion cyclotron resonance

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Experiments that have been conducted in the USA, France, and Russia to investigate isotopically selective ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) as a tool for plasma isotope separation are analyzed. Because this method runs into difficulties at low values of the relative isotope mass difference ΔM/M, for some elements (for gadolinium, as an example) isotope separation still remains a problem. There are ways to solve it, however, as experimental results and theoretical calculations suggest.

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DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0179.200904c.0369
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Citation: Dolgolenko D A, Muromkin Yu A "Plasma isotope separation based on ion cyclotron resonance" Phys. Usp. 52 345–357 (2009)
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Оригинал: Долголенко Д А, Муромкин Ю А «Разделение изотопов в плазме на основе ионного циклотронного резонанса» УФН 179 369–382 (2009); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0179.200904c.0369

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