Space-time dependences of the temperature and concentration of hydrogen nuclides in the plasma-forming target of a laser source of deuterons

The space-time dependence of the temperature and concentration of hydrogen nuclides in a plasma-forming target with the composition ZrD of a laser source of deuterons is calculated taking into account the decomposition of zirconium hydride, occurring deep in the target, together with the laser evaporation of matter on the surface of the target. The results obtained enable qualitative explanation of the behavior of the deuteron emission during the operation of the ion source.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 49–53, May, 1988.