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 …

Scope of plasma focus with argon as a soft X-ray source

M Zakaullah, K Alamgir, M Shafiq… - IEEE transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The X-radiation emission from a low energy plasma focus with argon as a filling gas is
investigated. Specifically, the attention is paid to determine the system efficiency for argon K …

Low-energy plasma focus as a tailored X-ray source

M Zakaullah, K Alamgir, M Shafiq, M Sharif… - Journal of fusion …, 2000 - Springer
Abstract A low-energy (2.3 kJ) plasma focus energized by a single 32-μF capacitor charged
at 12 kV with filling gases hydrogen, neon, and argon is investigated as an X-ray source …

Anode length optimization in a modified plasma focus device for optimal x-ray yields

NK Neog, SR Mohanty, E Hotta - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of anode length and operating gas pressure on the x-ray emission from a nitrogen-
filling modified plasma focus device has been investigated. The time-resolved investigation …

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 …

Enhanced copper K-alpha radiation from a low-energy plasma focus

M Zakaullah, K Alamgir, M Shafiq, SM Hassan… - Applied Physics …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
A low-energy (2.3 kJ) plasma focus is operated in an enhanced Cu Kα line emission mode.
The emission is dominated by the interaction of electrons in the current sheath with the …

Comparative studies of X-ray emission from a plasma focus with different metal inserts at the anode tip

S Hussain, S Ahmad, M Sharif, M Sadiq, A Waheed… - Physics Letters A, 2006 - Elsevier
X-rays emission from a low energy (1.4–5.3 kJ) Mather-type plasma focus device with
different (Cu, Mo, W and Pb) inserts at the anode tip is reported. The space and time …

Study of lateral spread of ions emitted from 2.3 kJ plasma focus with hydrogen and nitrogen gases

R Ahmad, M Hassan, G Murtaza, A Waheed… - Journal of fusion …, 2002 - Springer
The characteristics of ion beams of hydrogen and nitrogen with different filling pressures
emitted from the plasma focus device of 2.3 kJ energy are investigated. CR-39 SSNTDs are …

Dependence of plasma focus argon soft X-ray yield on storage energy, total and pinch currents

M Akel, S Lee - Journal of fusion energy, 2012 - Springer
Numerical experiments are carried out systematically to determine the argon soft X-Ray
yield Y sxr for optimized argon plasma focus with storage energy E 0 from 1 kJ to 1 MJ. The …