Neutron Emission Experiment on the Megajoule Plasma-Focus Facility Operated at the IPPLM

摘要

This report results from a contract tasking Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion as follows: The contractor will optimize the PF- 1000 Megajoule Plasma-Focus machine. Objectives are achievement of a maximum neutron yield for stored energy of 200-800 kJ and determination if and where the neutron yield saturates. He will also determine neutron emission characteristics and investigate the relation between the neutron yield and plasma sheath dynamics and plasma sheath structure, particular attention will be paid to the pinch filamentation phenomenon and its connection with the neutron yield.