[HTML][HTML] Update on the scientific status of the plasma focus

S Auluck, P Kubes, M Paduch, MJ Sadowski, VI Krauz… - Plasma, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper is a sequel to the 1998 review paper “Scientific status of the Dense Plasma
Focus” with 16 authors belonging to 16 nations, whose initiative led to the establishment of …

The dense plasma focus: A versatile dense pinch for diverse applications

M Krishnan - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dense plasma focus (DPF) is a Z-pinch that has been studied for 50 years. Within ten
years of its discovery by Fillipov and Fillipova in Russia and Mather in the USA, this dense …

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 …

Demonstration of neutron production in a table-top pinch plasma focus device operating at only tens of joules

L Soto, P Silva, J Moreno, M Zambra… - Journal of Physics D …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutron emission from a deuterium plasma pinch generated in a very small plasma focus (6
mm anode diameter) operating at only tens of joules is presented. A maximum current of 50 …

Studies on scalability and scaling laws for the plasma focus: Similarities and differences in devices from 1 MJ to 0.1 J

L Soto, C Pavez, A Tarifeno, J Moreno… - … Sources Science and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
A comprehensive analysis of scaling laws for plasma focus devices producing neutrons is
presented. Similarities and differences in plasma focus devices working with stored energies …

Characterization of the axial plasma shock in a table top plasma focus after the pinch and its possible application to testing materials for fusion reactors

L Soto, C Pavez, J Moreno, MJ Inestrosa-Izurieta… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The characterization of plasma bursts produced after the pinch phase in a plasma focus of
hundreds of joules, using pulsed optical refractive techniques, is presented. A pulsed Nd …

Ion acceleration and neutron production in hybrid gas-puff z-pinches on the GIT-12 and HAWK generators

D Klir, SL Jackson, AV Shishlov… - Matter and Radiation …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Z-pinch experiments with a hybrid configuration of a deuterium gas puff have been carried
out on the HAWK (NRL, Washington, DC) and GIT-12 (IHCE, Tomsk) pulsed power …

Numerical experiments on plasma focus neutron yield versus pressure compared with laboratory experiments

S Lee, SH Saw, L Soto, SV Springham… - Plasma Physics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Published literature shows that the neutron yield of the plasma focus has been modeled in
two papers using a thermonuclear mechanism. However, it is more widely held that plasma …

Progress in plasma focus research and applications

VI Krauz - Plasma physics and controlled fusion, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
An analysis of the current state of the plasma focus (PF) research is presented. Some new
opportunities for the use of PF in studies on high-energy-density physics are discussed. The …

Morphological and structural effects on tungsten targets produced by fusion plasma pulses from a table top plasma focus

MJ Inestrosa-Izurieta, E Ramos-Moore, L Soto - Nuclear Fusion, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A table top plasma focus device operating at hundreds of joules was used to simulate an
equivalent damage factor than the obtained on the divertor in tokamak experiments. Using …