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Design and Fabrication of 11.2 kJ Mather-Type Plasma Focus IR-MPF-1 with High Drive Parameter

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Drive parameter is one of the most important and influential factors in design and construction of plasma focus devices. This parameter controls the speed of current sheath both in the radial and the axial phases; as a result, the final temperature of the pinched plasma as well as the speed of moving-boiler (IEEE Trans Plasma Sci, 38:2096 in 2010). Therefore, to design a machine with high drive parameter, the IR-MPF-1 device (Iranian-Mather Type Plasma Focus1) was designed and constructed. In this work, Lee’s model and semi-empirical formulas were used to achieve the anode length. Using neutron counter (HVTC 1001 GM) in the IR-MPF-1 device (bank energy of 11.2 kJ and 3.2 torr pressure) with deuterium operational gas, the number of 5.7 × 108 neutron/shot was observed. High amount of neutron yield according to the relatively small size of the device represents the effective role of the drive parameter on the fusion products in plasma focus machines.

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  1. Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, PO Box 14155-1339, Tehran, Iran

    V. Damideh, A. A. Zaeem, A. Heidarnia, A. Sadighzadeh, M. A. Tafreshi, F. Abbasi Davani, M. Moradshahi, M. Bakhshzad Mahmoudi & R. Damideh

  2. Radiation Application Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

    V. Damideh & F. Abbasi Davani

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Damideh, V., Zaeem, A.A., Heidarnia, A. et al. Design and Fabrication of 11.2 kJ Mather-Type Plasma Focus IR-MPF-1 with High Drive Parameter. J Fusion Energ 31, 47–51 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-011-9427-y

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