Correlation of soft x-ray spots with hard radiation and neutron emission in a 1-kJ plasma focus
- 15 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 25 (10) , 547-549
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655304
Abstract
One to four x‐ray spots are always present in hydrogen and deuterium along the z axis during the dense pinch phase; ∼4% argon is required for pinhole photography. Spots have an observed 5–10‐ns lifetime and develop in succession within the first 30 ns of the x‐ray emission. The hard >80‐keV radiation shows the spot time structure and controls the neutron pulse. The x‐ray spots represent m = 0 plasma instabilities.Keywords
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