The dense plasma focus as a pulsed deuterium-tritium neutron source
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Date
1973-04
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Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Abstract
A dense plasma focus of the Mather type has been operated at a capacitor bank energy of 13 kJ with deuterium-tritium gas fillings. An average neutron yield of 1.1 x 10 11 neutrons per pulse was measured. The pulse width was 80 ± 5 nsec (FWHM) and the energy of the peak of the neutron pulse was determined by neutron time of flight to be 15.1 MeV in the 0º direction.
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Binary mixtures, Plasma focus, Scintillation counters, Deuterium, Tritium, Neutron sources
Citation
Hogg, G. R. (1973). The dense plasma focus as a pulsed deuterium-tritium neutron source. (AAEC/E279). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.