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 …

Plasma focus as a possible x-ray source for radiography

S Hussain, M Shafiq, R Ahmad… - Plasma Sources …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
A study of x-ray emission from a low energy (1.8 kJ) plasma focus (PF) device powered by a
9 µF capacitor bank, charged at 20 kV and giving peak discharge current of about 175 kA by …

DD neutron yield in the 125 J dense plasma focus nanofocus

M Milanese, R Moroso, J Pouzo - The European Physical Journal D …, 2003 - Springer
We present here a very small transportable dense plasma focus with 125 J of energy able to
be used mainly as an intense fast neutron source. The aim of this work was to design …

An improved radiative plasma focus model calibrated for neon-filled NX2 using a tapered anode

D Wong, P Lee, T Zhang, A Patran… - Plasma Sources …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a 4-phase radiative plasma focus model, where the dynamics of the
current sheath is represented using Lee's model. The model is based on the snowplow …

Parametric optimisation of plasma focus devices for neutron production

LK Lim, SL Yap, LH Lim, YS Neoh, MZ Khan… - Journal of Fusion …, 2016 - Springer
A large number of experimental investigations have been carried out on plasma focus
devices especially at low energy level of several kJ or over 100 kJ. There are few machines …

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 …

Plasma-focus-based tabletop hard x-ray source for 50ns resolution introspective imaging of metallic objects through metallic walls

C Moreno, V Raspa, L Sigaut, R Vieytes… - Applied physics …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
A tabletop 4.7 kJ⁠, 30 kV plasma focus device was used as a pulsed hard x-ray source for
fast radiography (⁠ 50 ns exposure time) of metallic pieces even through several millimeter …

A simple plasma diagnostic based on processing the electrical signals from coaxial discharges

H Bruzzone, H Acuña, M Barbaglia… - Plasma physics and …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
A technique for the determination of the inductance evolution in coaxial discharges based
on measurements of the voltage between the electrodes and of the discharge current time …

Experimental study of current discharge behavior and hard X-ray anisotropy by APF plasma focus device

M Habibi, R Amrollahi, M Attaran - Journal of fusion energy, 2009 - Springer
Amirkabir (APF) is a new Mather-type plasma focus device (16 kV, 36 μf, and 115 nH). In this
work we present some experimental results as variation of discharge current signal respect …