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The anisotropy of the yield and energy of neutrons generated in a small-size plasma focus chamber with a total neutron yield of about 4 × 109 DD neutrons per shot was investigated experimentally. The neutrons were recorded using scintillation detectors on a 3-m-long flight base. The measurements were performed at the angles 0° and 90° with respect to the chamber axis. The maximum neutron energy measured by the time-of-flight method at the angles 0° and 90° was found to be 2.8 and 2.5 MeV, respectively. The measured anisotropy of the neutron yield was in the range 1.15–1.88. The integral DD neutron yield of the source was measured using the activation method (by activating silver isotopes). It is found that the neutron yield and the yield anisotropy depend linearly on the discharge current jump ΔI at the instant of neutron generation.
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Original Russian Text © V.E. Ablesimov, Yu.N. Dolin, O.V. Pashko, Z.S. Tsibikov, 2010, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 436–439.
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Ablesimov, V.E., Dolin, Y.N., Pashko, O.V. et al. Correlation of the neutron yield anisotropy with the electrical characteristics of a plasma focus discharge. Plasma Phys. Rep. 36, 403–406 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X10050041
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