Initial stages in hundreds of Joules plasma focus operating in deuterium _ argon mixtures: Preliminary results

15th International Congress on Plasma Physics; 13th Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics

Veloso, Felipe^1,2 ; Soto, Leopoldo^1 ; Pavez, Cristian^1 ; Moreno, José^1

Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Chile^1

Center for Research and Applications in Plasma Physics, Pulsed Power-P4, Chile^2

关键词: Argon mixture;    Different stages;    Electrical signal;    Low energy plasma focus;    Plasma focus;    Radiation yield;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/511/1/012027/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/511/1/012027

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In plasma focus research, the mixture of deuterium with noble gases has been one of the attempts for both improving the radiation yield and for understanding of the origin of the fusion reactions. However, differences on the neutron emission from the plasma focus operating with gas mixtures according to the device energy have been reported. In an attempt to improve the understanding of such experimental observations, experiments in a very low energy plasma focus device (400J) working with gas mixtures are presented. Different stages prior to the final compression of the plasma focus discharges were studied; such as the breakdown phase and the plasma sheath movement. The electrical signals analysis shows differences on the breakdown voltage but similar axial sheath velocities. Nonetheless, these preliminary observations must be corroborated with additional experimental data.