Studies of Plasma-Focus discharges within the PF-360 facility equipped with a planar D2O-ice target

The paper reports on investigations of dense magnetized plasmas produced wi thin a modernized PF-360 facility, which was operated with an additional pl anar cryogenic target placed in the front of the electrode outlet and cover ed with D2O-ice layers. The main aim of these studies was to overcome the n eutron saturation effect and to increase the maximum neutron yield from PF discharges by using fast deuteron beams. Such beams are usually emitted fro m a pinch region and can produce fast neutrons from D-D reactions during th eir interactions with the additional target.