[HTML][HTML] Update on the scientific status of the plasma focus

S Auluck, P Kubes, M Paduch, MJ Sadowski, VI Krauz… - Plasma, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper is a sequel to the 1998 review paper “Scientific status of the Dense Plasma
Focus” with 16 authors belonging to 16 nations, whose initiative led to the establishment of …

Characterization of the axial plasma shock in a table top plasma focus after the pinch and its possible application to testing materials for fusion reactors

L Soto, C Pavez, J Moreno, MJ Inestrosa-Izurieta… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The characterization of plasma bursts produced after the pinch phase in a plasma focus of
hundreds of joules, using pulsed optical refractive techniques, is presented. A pulsed Nd …

Research with plasma foci in countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

AE Dubinov, EI Fomicheva, LA Senilov - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2020 - Springer
This paper considers the modern level of technique, research, and application of “plasma
focus” facilities in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A description of the …

Influence of a plasma focus device on the structural and optical properties of highly conductive AZO thin films

F Diab, AM Hassan - Materials Today Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present work, we deposited Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films on microscope glass slides
at different pressures (5, 10, 20, and 30 mTorr) using an EAEA-PFD (Plasma Focus Device …

Damage Study of Irradiated Tungsten using fast focus mode of a 2.2 kJ plasma focus

SH Saw, V Damideh, J Ali, RS Rawat, P Lee, S Lee - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, damage results of four 12 mm× 12 mm× 5 mm PLANSEE double forged
tungsten target samples exposed in INTI PF device at different distances from anode …

[HTML][HTML] One-dimensional theory and simulations of the dynamic Z-pinch

JR Angus, AJ Link, AEW Schmidt - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamical formation of a Z-pinch in the strong-shock limit is studied in this paper using
one-dimensional (1D) simulations of a two-temperature magnetohydrodynamic model. The …

[HTML][HTML] MagLIF: Dynamics and energetics of liner and fuel

S Lee, V Damideh, JC Btaiche - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
Pinch-based fusion reactors require multi-MA currents delivered to mm-radii at high fusion
fuel densities, leading to necessity of a metallic liner for the current path. One possible …

Design and optimization of a high thrust density air-breathing pulsed plasma thruster array

C Adkins, D Belcher, M Akhter, A Duggleby… - Journal of Electric …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract For satellites in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) or the upper atmosphere, Air-
Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) can be used to counteract the drag effects of the …

Implosion dynamics of triple-nozzle gas-puff z pinches on COBRA

ES Lavine, SV Rocco, JT Banasek, WM Potter… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Experiments on the 1-MA, 220-ns COBRA generator at Cornell University [JB Greenly et al.,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 073501 (2008)] were conducted to provide detailed measurements of …

Effect of insulator length and fill pressure on filamentation and neutron production in a 4.6 kJ dense plasma focus

EN Hahn, S Ghosh, V Eudave, J Narkis, JR Angus… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Optimization of neutron yields from dense plasma focus devices is a complex multi-faceted
challenge that necessitates the prudent selection of mechanical constraints such as the …