Plasma focus radiative model: Review of the Lee model code

S Lee - Journal of Fusion Energy, 2014 - Springer
The code couples the electrical circuit with plasma focus (PF) dynamics, thermodynamics
and radiation. It is energy-, charge-and mass-consistent and accounts for the effects of …

Pinch current limitation effect in plasma focus

S Lee, SH Saw - Applied Physics Letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The Lee model couples the electrical circuit with plasma focus dynamics, thermodynamics,
and radiation. It is used to design and simulate experiments. A beam-target mechanism is …

Plasma focus ion beam fluence and flux—Scaling with stored energy

S Lee, SH Saw - Physics of Plasmas, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Measurements on plasma focus ion beams include various advanced techniques producing
a variety of data which has yet to produce benchmark numbers [A Bernard et al., J. Mosc …

Plasma focus ion beam fluence and flux—For various gases

S Lee, SH Saw - Physics of Plasmas, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A recent paper derived benchmarks for deuteron beam fluence and flux in a plasma focus
(PF)[S. Lee and SH Saw, Phys. Plasmas 19, 112703 (2012)]. In the present work we start …

Numerical experiments providing new insights into plasma focus fusion devices

S Lee, SH Saw - Energies, 2010 - mdpi.com
Recent extensive and systematic numerical experiments have uncovered new insights into
plasma focus fusion devices including the following:(1) a plasma current limitation effect, as …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling laws for plasma focus machines from numerical experiments

SH Saw, S Lee - Energy and Power Engineering, 2010 - scirp.org
Numerical experiments carried out systematically using the Lee Model code unveil insightful
and practical wide-ranging scaling laws for plasma focus machines for nuclear fusion …

Optimizing UNU/ICTP PFF plasma focus for neon soft X-ray operation

SH Saw, PCK Lee, RS Rawat… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The United Nations University/International Centre for Theoretical Physics Plasma Focus
Facility (UNU/ICTP PFF), a 3.3-kJ plasma focus, was designed for operation in deuterium …

Computing plasma focus pinch current from total current measurement

S Lee, SH Saw, PCK Lee, RS Rawat… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The total current I total waveform in a plasma focus discharge is the most commonly
measured quantity, contrasting with the difficult measurement of I pinch⁠. However, yield …

Numerical experiments on plasma focus neon soft X-ray scaling

S Lee, SH Saw, P Lee, RS Rawat - Plasma Physics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Numerical experiments are carried out systematically to determine the neon soft x-ray yield
Y sxr for optimized neon plasma focus with storage energy E 0 from 0.2 kJ to 1 MJ. The ratio …

Numerical experiments on radiative cooling and collapse in plasma focus operated in krypton

S Lee, SH Saw, J Ali - Journal of Fusion Energy, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Plasma Focus has wide-ranging applications due to its intense radiation of
SXR, XR, electron and ion beams and fusion neutrons when operated in deuterium. The 5 …