<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper presents a set of diagnostics dedicated to PF-24 - new medium size - plasma focus (PF) device built and operated at the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN). The PF-24 can operate at energy level up to 93 kJ and charging voltage up to 40 kV. Each condenser is connected with a specially designed spark gap with a very small jitter, which ensures a high effi ciency and a low current rise time. The working parameters of PF-24 generator make it a suitable tool for testing new detection systems to be used in fusion research. Four types of such detection systems are presented in this article: three diagnostic systems used to measure electric quantities (Rogowski coil, magnetic probe, capacitance probe), neutron counter based on beryllium activation, fast neutron pinhole camera based on small-area BCF-12 plastic scintillation detectors and high-speed four-frame soft X-ray camera with microchannel plate.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a set of diagnostics dedicated to PF-24 - new medium size - plasma focus (PF) device built and operated at the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN). The PF-24 can operate at energy level up to 93 kJ and charging voltage up to 40 kV. Each condenser is connected with a specially designed spark gap with a very small jitter, which ensures a high effi ciency and a low current rise time. The working parameters of PF-24 generator make it a suitable tool for testing new detection systems to be used in fusion research. Four types of such detection systems are presented in this article: three diagnostic systems used to measure electric quantities (Rogowski coil, magnetic probe, capacitance probe), neutron counter based on beryllium activation, fast neutron pinhole camera based on small-area BCF-12 plastic scintillation detectors and high-speed four-frame soft X-ray camera with microchannel plate.

Diagnostic systems for the nuclear fusion and plasma research in the PF-24 plasma focus laboratory at the IFJ PAN

Department of Radiation Transport Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków,

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This paper presents a set of diagnostics dedicated to PF-24 - new medium size - plasma focus (PF) device built and operated at the Institute of Nuclear Physics...

Diagnostic systems for the nuclear fusion and plasma research in the PF-24 plasma focus laboratory at the IFJ PAN

Article Category: Proceedings of the Summer School of Plasma Diagnostics Phdiafusion 2015: “Soft X-Ray Diagnostics for Fusion Plasma” Bezmiechowa, Poland, 16-20 June 2015

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 413 - 418

Received: May 13, 2016

Accepted: May 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0068

Keywords
diagnostics for DD fusion products, fast neutron sources, plasma diagnostics, plasma focus, plasma imaging

© by Łukasz Marciniak

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diagnostic systems for the nuclear fusion and plasma research in the PF-24 plasma focus laboratory at the IFJ PAN

Article Category: Proceedings of the Summer School of Plasma Diagnostics Phdiafusion 2015: “Soft X-Ray Diagnostics for Fusion Plasma” Bezmiechowa, Poland, 16-20 June 2015

Published Online: Oct 26, 2016

Page range: 413 - 418

Received: May 13, 2016

Accepted: May 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0068

Keywordsdiagnostics for DD fusion products, fast neutron sources, plasma diagnostics, plasma focus, plasma imaging

© by Łukasz Marciniak

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diagnostics for DD fusion products, fast neutron sources, plasma diagnostics, plasma focus, plasma imaging