TIME-RESOLVED ENERGY-SPECTRUM OF THE AXIAL ION-BEAM GENERATED IN PLASMA-FOCUS DISCHARGES

Authors
BOSTICK WH KILIC H NARDI V POWELL CW
Citation
Wh. Bostick et al., TIME-RESOLVED ENERGY-SPECTRUM OF THE AXIAL ION-BEAM GENERATED IN PLASMA-FOCUS DISCHARGES, Nuclear fusion, 33(3), 1993, pp. 413-420
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear fusion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295515
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
413 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5515(1993)33:3<413:TEOTAI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The energy spectrum of the deuteron beam along the electrode axis (0-d egrees) in a plasma focus discharge has been determined with a time of flight (TOF) method and with a differential filter method in the ion energy interval E = 0.3-9 MeV. The ion TOF method is applied to single -ion pulse events with an ion emission time t(E) that is only weakly d ependent on the ion energy E for E > 0.3 MeV. The correlation of the i on beam intensity with the filling pressure, the neutron yield and the hard X-ray intensity is also reported.