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Title: Saturation of the neutron yield from megajoule plasma focus facilities

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Lebedev Institute of Physics (Russian Federation)

A relation is investigated between the saturation of the neutron yield from megajoule plasma focus facilities and that of the total discharge current. An analytic formula for the neutron yield as a function of the facility energy is derived by simple calculations of the discharge circuit and is verified by computer simulations of the dynamics of the current sheath. The dependence obtained differs from the generally accepted one but agrees well with experimental data.

OSTI ID:
21100187
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 33, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X07040022; Copyright (c) 2007 Nauka/Interperiodica; Article Copyright (c) 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English