Neutron emission from a small 1-kJ plasma focus
- 15 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 24 (2) , 57-59
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655092
Abstract
Neutron emissions from a small 0.34–1.35‐kJ (10–20‐kV) plasma focus in D2 ranged between 1.2×106 and 2.8×108 neutrons per shot. Shapes of the neutron and the hard x‐ray pulses (half‐width [sine wave] 50 ns) agree, coinciding in time with the ``dip'' in the di/dt pulse. The angular neutron emission appears to follow the assumptions of the target beam model. Optical filament structures in the 30‐ns‐duration focus could not be observed.Keywords
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