[HTML][HTML] Influence of electrode geometry on x-ray emission, plasma inductance, voltage, and current derivative signals obtained from a plasma focus device

J Jain, J Moreno, B Bora, L Soto - Results in Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasma focus devices have been investigated as a pulsed radiation source. Different studies
have shown that the shape of the anode affects strongly the plasma dynamic and X-ray …

Comparative study of neutron emission from a plasma focus device using two different anode shapes

N Talukdar, S Borthakur, NK Neog, TK Borthakur - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The neutron emission from a low energy (2.2 kJ) plasma focus (PF) device operated with two
different shapes (cylindrical and converging) of anodes has been investigated by employing …

Effects of anode geometry on forward wide-angle neon ion emissions in 3.5 kJ plasma focus device by novel mega-size panorama polycarbonate image detectors

M Sohrabi, Z Soltani, Z Sarlak - Journal of Instrumentation, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Forward wide-angle neon ion emissions in a 3.5 kJ plasma focus device (PFD) were studied
using 5 different anode top geometries; hollow-end cylinder, solid triangle, solid …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of insulator surface conditioning on the pinch dynamics and x-ray production of a Ne-filled dense plasma focus

D Housley, EN Hahn, J Narkis, JR Angus… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The dense plasma focus (DPF) can be an intense source of x rays, wherein the insulator
sleeve strongly dictates the electrical breakdown, which subsequently affects the formation …

Investigation of nitrogen soft X-ray emission from dense plasma focus with anode with curved tip using the lee model

H Barati - Journal of Fusion Energy, 2023 - Springer
The Lee model has been employed to investigate the nitrogen soft x-ray emission from a
Mather-type dense plasma focus device with an elliptical anode head. The simulations have …

Use of a plasma focus device to study pulsed x-ray effects on peripheral blood lymphocytes: Analysis of chromosome aberrations

V Verdejo, A Radl, JF Barquinero, J Jain… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
X-ray pulses (full width at half maximum∼ 90 ns, dose rate∼ 10 7 Gy s− 1) were used to
irradiate the monolayer of peripheral blood mononucleated cells using the PF-2kJ kilojoule …

Study on neutron emission from 2.2 kJ plasma focus device

N Talukdar, NK Neog, TK Borthakur - Physics of Plasmas, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The neutron emission from a low energy (2.2 kJ) plasma focus device operated in deuterium
medium has been investigated by employing photo-multiplier tube (PMT) and bubble …

Effects of Electrode Geometric Parameters on Argon Soft X-Ray Radiation From Plasma Focus Machine: An Investigation by the Modified Lee Model

H Barati - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a modified version of the Lee model is utilized to research the effect of
variation of the geometric parameters of the electrode system on the amount of the soft X-ray …

Thermonuclearizing the plasma focus—converting plasma focus fusion mechanism from beam-gas target to thermonuclear

S Lee - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
It has been reported that over a range of 3–280 kJ, neutron-optimized deuterium plasma
focus machines operate with a near constant speed factor S= 89±8 kA cm− 1 per (torr) 0.5 …

Conceptual design of a hybrid fusion-fission reactor with intrinsic safety and optimized energy productivity

H Talebi, SMS Kiai - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A hybrid fission-fusion reactor with a Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) as a fusion core and the
dual layer fissionable blanket as the energy multiplier were conceptually designed. A …