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Sahand Plasma Focus Emitted More Than 35 J in Yield Neon Soft X-ray

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X-ray emission from neon plasma produced in Sahand Filippov type plasma focus device is investigated. Detecting system used in our experiments is a five channel pin diode detector. Soft X-ray emissions from neon gas at different charging voltages and working gas pressures are studied and optimum condition for production of soft X-ray for Sahand plasma focus facility is obtained. Results show that for every working pressure there is a charging voltage at which the average soft X-ray yield is maximum and this optimum charging voltage increases with increasing gas pressure. For 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 Torr neon the optimum voltages are 12, 13 and 16 kV respectively. The highest average soft X-ray yields produced at 0.50 Torr which is about 35.87 ± 1.18 J. Also soft X-ray production decreased after a certain pressure which for our experiments is 0.50 Torr. The variation of relative hard X-ray yield with charging voltage and working gas pressure is also investigated. The results show that 0.50 Torr is also the best operating gas pressure for optimum hard X-ray production in Sahand Filippov type plasma focus device.

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  1. Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    M. A. Mohammadi, A. Piri & M. Manochehrizadeh

  2. Research Center of Astrophysics and Applied Physics, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    M. A. Mohammadi

  3. Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    R. S. Rawat

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Mohammadi, M.A., Piri, A., Manochehrizadeh, M. et al. Sahand Plasma Focus Emitted More Than 35 J in Yield Neon Soft X-ray. J Fusion Energ 36, 240–245 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-017-0146-x

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