Plasma focus radiative model: Review of the Lee model code

S Lee - Journal of Fusion Energy, 2014 - Springer
The code couples the electrical circuit with plasma focus (PF) dynamics, thermodynamics
and radiation. It is energy-, charge-and mass-consistent and accounts for the effects 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Z-pinch fusion

U Shumlak - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The Z-pinch configuration offers the promise of a compact fusion device owing to its simple
geometry, unity beta, and absence of external magnetic field coils. Increasing the axial …

The response of CR-39 nuclear track detector to 1–9 MeV protons

N Sinenian, MJ Rosenberg, M Manuel… - Review of Scientific …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The response of CR-39 nuclear track detector (TasTrak®) to protons in the energy range of
0.92–9.28 MeV has been studied. Previous studies of the CR-39 response to protons have …

High-voltage charging power supply based on an LCC-type resonant converter operating at continuous conduction mode

H Jafari, M Habibi - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article describes the design, implementation, and testing of a 2.0-kW high-voltage rep-
rate charging power supply based on an non-isolated inductor-capacitor-capacitor (LCC) …

High-energy-density pinch plasma: A unique nonconventional tool for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-temperature (<; 10 eV) plasmas with densities varying over a very wide range from 10
13 m-3 at the lower end to as high as 10 23 m-3 have firmly established themselves as one …

The plasma focus—numerical experiments, insights and applications

S Lee, SH Saw - Plasma Science and Technology for Emerging …, 2017 - Springer
In this chapter we review numerical experiments using the Lee Model code. We describe the
contributions made by this code in the past 30 years in the light of overall work on …

Experimental study of the hard x-ray emissions in a plasma focus of hundreds of Joules

M Barbaglia, H Bruzzone, H Acuña… - Plasma Physics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
An experimental study on hard x-ray production in a small plasma focus device operating in
a few hundreds of Joule range is presented. A threshold in the voltage drop on the pinch …

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 …

Correlations among neutron yield and dynamical discharge characteristics obtained from electrical signals in a 400 J plasma focus

F Veloso, C Pavez, J Moreno, V Galaz, M Zambra… - Journal of fusion …, 2012 - Springer
Dynamical discharge characteristics and their relation with the total neutron yield emitted
from a 400 J plasma focus operating in deuterium gas are presented. The dynamical nature …