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
The neutron emission from a small and fast plasma focus operating in deuterium is
presented. The system operates at low energy in the hundred of joules range (880 nF …

Dense plasma focus-from alternative fusion source to versatile high energy density plasma source for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The dense plasma focus (DPF), a coaxial plasma gun, utilizes pulsed high current electrical
discharge to heat and compress the plasma to very high density and temperature with …

Soft X-ray optimization studies on a dense plasma focus device operated in neon and argon in repetitive mode

D Wong, A Patran, TL Tan, RS Rawat… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the emission characteristics of a high-performance low-energy (3-kJ)
repetitive dense plasma focus device, NX2, operated at up to 1-Hz repetition rate to develop …

Research with plasma foci in countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

AE Dubinov, EI Fomicheva, LA Senilov - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2020 - Springer
This paper considers the modern level of technique, research, and application of “plasma
focus” facilities in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A description of the …

Soft X-ray yield from NX2 plasma focus

S Lee, RS Rawat, P Lee, SH Saw - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The Lee model code is used to compute neon soft x-ray yield Y sxr for the NX2 plasma focus
as a function of pressure. Comparison with measured Y sxr shows reasonable agreement in …

Research on pinch plasma focus devices of hundred of kilojoules to tens of joules

L Soto, P Silva, J Moreno, G Silvester… - Brazilian journal of …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
At present the Plasma Physics and Plasma Technology Group of the Comisión Chilena de
Energía Nuclear (CCHEN) has the experimental facilities in order to study fast dense …

Plasma focus as a high intensity flash X-ray source for biological radiography

S Hussain, S Ahmad, MZ Khan, M Zakaullah… - Journal of Fusion …, 2003 - Springer
A study on X-ray emission from a low energy (3.3 kJ) plasma focus (PF) device operated
with hydrogen is reported. X-ray are detected by using an X-ray detector consisting of three …

Numerical experiments in plasma focus operated in various gases

M Akel, S Lee, SH Saw - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We adapted the Lee Model code as a branch version RADPF5. 15K to gases of special
interest to us, namely, nitrogen and oxygen and applied numerical experiments specifically …

Surface modification of AlFe1. 8Zn0. 8 alloy by using dense plasma focus

M Hassan, R Ahmad, A Qayyum, G Murtaza, A Waheed… - Vacuum, 2006 - Elsevier
We report here the surface modification of Al alloy (AlFe1. 8Zn0. 8), by energetic ion streams
emitted from 2.3 kJ Mather type dense plasma focus device. The samples placed at different …

Soft X-ray imaging using a neon filled plasma focus X-ray source

RS Rawat, T Zhang, GJ Lim, WH Tan, SJ Ng… - Journal of fusion …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract A 3 kJ Mather-type UNU/ICTP plasma focus device with neon filling is used, for the
first time, as a soft X-ray source for imaging of thin biological samples including insects. A …