Preliminary results of Kansas State University dense plasma focus

A. E. Abdou; Mohamed I. Ismail; Amgad E. Mohamed; S. Lee; S. H. Saw; R. Verma

doi:10.1109/TPS.2012.2209682

Preliminary results of Kansas State University dense plasma focus

A. E. Abdou^*
, Mohamed I. Ismail
, Amgad E. Mohamed
, S. Lee
, S. H. Saw
, R. Verma

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Kansas State University (KSU) dense plasma focus (DPF) is a 2.5-kJ DPF machine newly commissioned at the Plasma Radiation Physics Laboratory at KSU. The machine was designed to be used as a multiradiation source for applications in nuclear science and engineering. Neutrons are emitted from deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion reactions during high-power electric discharges at 17 kV, 140 kA, and 5 mbar. The machine circuit parameters were calculated using the short-circuit test. The emitted neutrons were measured using several radiation detection techniques. The 2.45-MeV characteristic D-D neutron energy was confirmed using the time-of-flight technique using a BC-418 plastic scintillator. The maximum neutron yield was roughly measured to be 2.8 x10 ⁸ neutrons per shot using a set of BTI BD-PND bubble detectors. Moreover, the neutron yield variation with pressure was measured and compared with the computed neutron yield using Lee model. Finally, the measured current showed good agreement with Lee six-phase model.

Original language	English
Article number	6280679
Pages (from-to)	2741-2744
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	40
Issue number	10 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2012.2209682
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Manuscript received October 18, 2011; revised May 30, 2012; accepted July 5, 2012. Date of publication August 23, 2012; date of current version October 5, 2012. This work supported by the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University.

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Keywords

Dense plasma focus (DPF)
Lee model
Multiradiation source
Neutron yield

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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