Study of Neutron From a Dense Plasma Focus Paco Instrument by Means of Nuclear Tracks Detectors
- Milanese, Maria Magdalena
- Castillo Mejía, F..
- Moroso, Roberto Luis
- Barbaglia, Mario Oscar
- Golzarri, J. I.
- González, J.
- Espinosa, G.
DOIAbstract
most interesting feature of dense plasma foci is the acceleration of charge particle at energy in the range of MeV per nucleon. Using deuterium gas, this devices produce fusion D-D reactions, generation fast neutron pulses (~ 2.5 MeV). The device used in the present work is a Mather-type dense plasma focus, called PACO. It is a 2kJ device at 31 kV, with an oxygen-free copper anode, 50 mm long with 40 mm diameter. The coaxial cathode is formed by ten copper rods arranged in a squirrel cage configuration at a radius of 50 mm. The insulator in an annular Pyrex ® tube located at the base of the anode. The energy store is provided by four 1 μF (40 kV, 40 nH) capacitors in parallel. The plasma focus was operated at 1.5 mb deuterium gas pressure. ...
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