Abstract
The Z-pinch experiments with deuterium gas-puff surrounded by an outer plasma shell were carried out on the GIT-12 generator (Tomsk, Russia) at currents of 2 MA. The plasma shell consisting of hydrogen and carbon ions was formed by 48 plasma guns. The deuterium gas-puff was created by a fast electromagnetic valve. This configuration provides an efficient mode of the neutron production in DD reaction, and the neutron yield reaches a value above 1012 neutrons per shot. Neutron diagnostics included scintillation TOF detectors for determination of the neutron energy spectrum, bubble detectors BD-PND, a silver activation detector, and several activation samples for determination of the neutron yield analysed by a Sodium Iodide (NaI) and a high-purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors. Using this neutron diagnostic complex, we measured the total neutron yield and amount of high-energy neutrons.
Highlights
The Z-pinch experiments with deuterium gas-puff surrounded by an outer plasma shell at currents of 2 MA were carried on the GIT-12 generator (Tomsk, Russia)
The plasma shell consisting of hydrogen and carbon ions was formed by 48 plasma guns
The deuterium gas-puff was created by a fast electromagnetic valve
Summary
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF NEUTRON YIELD AND SPECTRUM FROM DEUTERIUM GAS-PUFF Z-PINCH ON THE GIT-12 GENERATOR AT CURRENT ABOVE 2 MA SHISHLOV1, JAKUB CIKHARDT2, BALZHIMA CIKHARDTOVA2, DANIEL KLIR2, JOZEF KRAVARIK2, PAVEL KUBES2, KAREL REZAC2, GENNADY N.
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