PLASMA MOTION AND NEUTRON EMISSION IN AN 18-KJ PLASMA-FOCUS

Authors
LU MF
Citation
Mf. Lu, PLASMA MOTION AND NEUTRON EMISSION IN AN 18-KJ PLASMA-FOCUS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 117(4), 1996, pp. 452-456
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
117
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
452 - 456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1996)117:4<452:PMANEI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Investigations at the DPF-40 Mather-type plasma focus (20 kV, 18 kJ) s how that the anode end structures notably influence the neutron yield via plasma motion. The hollow anode forms an uniform plasma pinch in a pure magnetically confined state. The plasma motion is more reproduci ble with a hollow anode structure and produces a neutron yield of Y-n= (2.2 +/- 0.5) X 10(8) per shot, Delta Y-n/Y-n = +/-23%, which is more suitable for the plasma focus neutron source and for plasma fusion/phy sics research.