DocumentCode
1501953
Title
Temporal Correlations Between Hard X-Ray and Neutron Pulses in the PACO Plasma Focus Device
Author
Bruzzone, Horacio ; Milanese, María Magdalena ; Niedbalski, Jorge J. ; Acuña, Hugo Néstor ; Moroso, Roberto Luis ; Supán, Jorge L. ; Guichón, Santiago ; Malamud, Florencia
Author_Institution
IFIMAR, Univ. Nac. de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Volume
38
Issue
7
fYear
2010
fDate
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1592
Lastpage
1597
Abstract
An experimental study on the fluctuations in the instants of time and amplitudes of the peaks in the voltage, current time derivative, X-rays, and neutron signals during a 150-shot series in a 2 kJ Plasma Focus device is presented. The results show a reasonable correlation between the time of the voltage peak and that of X-ray emission, in agreement with the picture of the formation of an electron beam accelerated by this voltage. However, the time differences between X-rays and neutron maximum emission are difficult to interpret in terms of a common origin.
Keywords
plasma X-ray sources; plasma focus; current time derivative; hard X-ray pulses; neutron pulses; pinch; plasma focus device; temporal correlations; Nuclear fusion; pinch; plasma focus (PF);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2010.2049274
Filename
5471225
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