[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 …

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 …

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 …

Nanofocus: an ultra-miniature dense pinch plasma focus device with submillimetric anode operating at 0.1 J

L Soto, C Pavez, J Moreno, M Barbaglia… - … Sources Science and …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
As a method for investigating the minimum energy to produce a pinch plasma focus (PF)
discharge, an ultra-miniature device for pinch discharges has been designed, constructed …

New evidence about the nature of plasma filaments in plasma accelerators of type plasma-focus

C Pavez, M Zorondo, J Pedreros… - Plasma Physics and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, new evidence and information about both the origin and evolution of filamentary
structures observed in the current sheath of a small plasma focus (PF) discharge are …

Evidence of nuclear fusion neutrons in an extremely small plasma focus device operating at 0.1 Joules

L Soto, C Pavéz, J Moreno, L Altamirano, L Huerta… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We report on DD fusion neutron emission in a plasma device with an energy input of only
0.1 J, within a range where fusion events have been considered very improbable. The …

Neutron energy distribution and temporal correlations with hard x-ray emission from a hundreds of joules plasma focus device

J Moreno, F Veloso, C Pavez… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, experimental measurements of neutron energy distribution and hard x-ray
emission from a 320J deuterium operated plasma focus device are presented. Temporal …

Development of a portable pulsed fast⩾ 106 neutron generator based on a flexible miniature plasma focus tube

R Niranjan, R Srivastava, J Joycee… - Plasma Physics and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A plasma focus device is a laboratory fusion device that is used to produce pulsed neutrons
for a few tens of ns duration. A compact plasma focus tube (volume≈ 130 cm 3) has been …

Experimental study of neutron emission characteristics in a compact sub-kilojoule range miniature plasma focus device

R Verma, RS Rawat, P Lee, M Krishnan… - Plasma Physics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to gain insight into the possible neutron production mechanism in sub-kilojoule
miniature plasma foci, the anisotropy in neutron and hard x-ray emissions from a newly …