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 …

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 …

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 …

Applications of the dense plasma focus to nuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics

JO Pouzo, MM Milanese - IEEE transactions on plasma …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the dense plasma focus (DPF) for applications to nuclear fusion
processes in reactors and in astrophysical plasmas. The scaling derived from experiments …

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 powerful hard X-ray source for ultrafast imaging of moving metallic objects

V Raspa, L Sigaut, R Llovera, P Cobelli… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
Using high energy, pulsed X-rays, generated by a 4.7 kJ Plasma Focus operated with
deuterium-argon admixtures, images of fast rotating metallic pieces were obtained. This …

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 …

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 …

Hard X-ray dosimetry of a plasma focus suitable for industrial radiography

P Knoblauch, V Raspa, F Di Lorenzo, A Clausse… - Radiation Physics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dosimetric measurements of the hard X-ray emission by a small-chamber 4.7 kJ Mather-type
plasma focus device capable of producing neat radiographs of metallic objects, were carried …