Characteristics of the dense plasma focus discharge

JW Mather, PJ Bottoms - The physics of fluids, 1968 - pubs.aip.org
… The lifetime of the plasma in its compressed state (plasma focus) is unexplained. On the
basis of a hydromagnetic containment, lifetimes r, greater than the radial dimension r divided by …

The first stages of the discharge in a low-energy dense plasma focus

MM Milanese, RL Moroso - IEEE Transactions on plasma …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… dense plasma focus, called PACO [16], [17], that is energized by a 4- , 31-kV fast discharging
… The discharge chamber contains a pair of coaxial electrodes (coaxial gun) made in brass; …

Design and construction of a very low energy plasma focus, operating at repetitive discharge mode and pinching evidences

H Jafari, M Habibi, GR Eta'ati - Physics Letters A, 2017 - Elsevier
… a very low energy discharge, we have designed and constructed a very small plasma focus
… is capable of operating in a repetitive discharge rate up to 5 Hz as well as very low energy

[PDF][PDF] Scientific status of plasma focus research

A Bernard, H Bruzzone, P Choi, H Chuaqui… - Journal-Moscow …, 1998 - plasmafocus.net
… Information about the dynamics of the plasma focus discharge can be deduced from these
parameters. "Ihe discharge current of the plasma focus is nost commonly measured using a …

New trends and future perspectives on plasma focus research

L Soto - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
… A plasma focus (PF) is a kind of pinch discharge. It reproduces the scenario of high energy
… to devices with lower energies (less than 1kJ), for not having enough energy and time to …

Ion beam emission in a low energy plasma focus device operating with methane

H Bhuyan, H Chuaqui, M Favre, I Mitchell… - Journal of Physics D …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
… The present experiment was conducted in a low energy, 1.8 kJ, Mather [1] type PF device.
A schematic diagram of the experimental arrangements along with the discharge circuit is …

Simulation of electrical discharge in a 3.6 Joule miniature plasma focus device using SIMULINK

H Jafari, M Habibi - The European Physical Journal D, 2014 - Springer
… to simulate the electrical discharge circuit of a 3.6 J miniature plasma focus device (PFD…
discharge current will have an intense dip. Hence, a very low energy is transferred to the plasma

Measurement and processing of fast pulsed discharge current in plasma focus machines

S Lee, SH Saw, RS Rawat, P Lee, R Verma… - … of fusion energy, 2012 - Springer
… the globe [1–4] and also due to construction of many new plasma focus facilities, particularly
at lower energies, by established research groups [2, 5–7]. The increasing popularity of …

Neutron emission from a fast plasma focus of 400 joules

P Silva, J Moreno, L Soto, L Birstein, RE Mayer… - Applied physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
… and fast plasma focus operating in deuterium is presented. The system operates at low energy
in … can emit x rays and intense neutron pulses when deuterium is used in the discharge. A …

Study of Momentum and Energy of Plasma Flow Generated in Plasma Focus Discharge

VI Krauz, VP Vinogradov, VV Myalton… - Physics of Atomic …, 2019 - Springer
… is devoted to the study of the plasma flows generated in the plasma focus discharge at the
PF-3 … of such important parameters as velocity, total energy, and momentum. Momentum and …