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Experiments on speed-enhanced neutron yield from a small plasma focus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

A. SERBAN  and
S. LEE
A. SERBAN
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, 469 Bukit Timah Road, 259756 Singapore
S. LEE
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, 469 Bukit Timah Road, 259756 Singapore
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Abstract

In order to operate a plasma focus at high axial sheath velocities, the geometry of the inner electrode (anode) of a 3 kJ Mather-type device was modified. Double-stage stepped-anode configurations were tested with the speed-enhanced region sufficiently long for a significant increase in speed but not long enough to allow the development of force-field flow-field separation at the end of the axial phase. Peak axial speeds up to 15 cm μs−1 were achieved. The neutron and soft X-ray productions were found to be sheath-velocity-dependent. A new scaling law for the non-beam component of the neutron yield is proposed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , August 1998 , pp. 3 - 15
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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