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Development and study of a portable plasma focus neutron source

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The work is devoted to designing a compact pulsed neutron source on the basis of a plasma focus (PF) discharge. The main task was to study the physical processes accompanying a sub-kilojoule repetitive PF discharge. A device with a power supply energy of up to 600 J and pulse repetition rate of up to 10 Hz has been developed and put into operation. The dependence of the neutron yield as a function of the pulse repetition rate has been studied experimentally. A neutron flux of ∼108 neutrons/s has been obtained in the 3-s-long packet mode with a repetition rate of 10 Hz and discharge current of 80–90 kA.

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  1. National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    V. P. Vinogradov, V. I. Krauz, Yu. V. Vinogradova & V. V. Myalton

  2. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, pr. Lenina 30, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    A. V. Nashilevskii, G. E. Remnev & G. G. Kanaev

  3. Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research, Troitsk, Moscow, 142190, Russia

    K. N. Mitrofanov

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Vinogradov, A.V. Nashilevskii, V.I. Krauz, G.E. Remnev, Yu.V. Vinogradova, G.G. Kanaev, K.N. Mitrofanov, V.V. Myalton, 2014, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2014, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 172–186.

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Vinogradov, V.P., Nashilevskii, A.V., Krauz, V.I. et al. Development and study of a portable plasma focus neutron source. Plasma Phys. Rep. 40, 146–159 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X1402007X

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