Development of a plasma focus neutron source powered by an explosive magnetic generator
V. E. Ablesimov, A. V. Andrianov, A. A. Bazanov, A. M. Glybin, Yu. N. Dolin, I. Yu. Drozdov, Yu. M. Drozdov, P. V. Duday, A. A. Zimenkov, V. A. Ivanov, A. V. Ivanovskii, A. E. Kalinychev, G. V. Karpov, A. I. Kraev, S. S. Lomtev, V. N. Nudikov, S. V. Pak, N. I. Pozdov, S. M. Polyushko, A. F. Rybakov, A. N. Skobelev, A. N. Turov, A. Yu. Fevralev
Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Russian Federation Nuclear Center, Sarov, 607188 Russia
Keywords: plasma focus discharge chamber, explosive magnetic generator, discharge current, neutron yield
Abstract
This paper presents the results of laboratory and explosive experiments with a plasma focus discharge Mather-type chamber at a discharge current amplitude of 1.3–1.4 MA. It has been found that in laboratory experiments, the yield of a deuterium-deuterium neutrons reached 1011, and in an explosive experiment using the chamber filled with a deuterium-tritium gas mixture, the integral yield of a deuterium-tritium neutrons with an energy of 14 MeV was more than 1012 neutrons.
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