Channeling effect in polycrystalline deuterium-saturated CVD diamond target bombarded by deuterium ion beam

Abstract At the ion accelerator HELIS at LPI, the neutron yield is investigated in DD reactions within a strongly textured polycrystalline deuterium-saturated CVD diamond under irradiation by a deuterium ion beam with the energy of less than 30 keV. The measurements of the neutron flux in the beam direction are performed using a multichannel detector based on 3 He counters, in dependence on the target angle, β , with respect to the beam axis. A significant anisotropy in the neutron yield is observed. At β  = 0° the yield is higher by a factor of 3 as compared to that at β  = ±45°. The possible reasons for the anisotropy, including ion channeling, are discussed.