Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma focus’”
The main point of the comment Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 076101 2009 is that Eq. 2 and consequentially Eq. 3 of the commented paper Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 021503 2008 require correction. The alternative equation suggested in the comment is derived using Kirchhoff’s voltage rule. The comment consider on...
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| description | The main point of the comment Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 076101 2009 is that Eq. 2 and
consequentially Eq. 3 of the commented paper Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 021503 2008 require
correction. The alternative equation suggested in the comment is derived using Kirchhoff’s voltage
rule. The comment consider only the energy distribution in the inductive components and the
resultant equation confirms a progressive lowering of the Ipinch / Ipeak ratio as the static inductance L0
is reduced, lowering from 0.87 to 0.31 as L0 is reduced from 100 to 5 nH according to the revised
formula corresponding to Eq. 3, compared to 0.63–0.25 according to Eq. 3. This progressive
lowering of the ratio Ipinch / Ipeak due to the inductive energy distribution is one of two factors
responsible for the pinch current limitation. The other factor is the progressive reduction in the L-C
interaction time compared to the current dip duration denoted by cap in Eq. 2. The comment does
not deal with cap at all; hence, its conclusion based on inductive energy distribution only is not
useful, since in the low L0 region when pinch current limitation begins to manifest, cap becomes
more and more the dominant factor. In any case, the results of the paper do not depend on Eqs. 2
and 3, which are used in the paper only for illustrative purposes. |
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| spelling | intimal-2112016-04-28T08:30:12Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/211/ Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma focus’” Lee, S. Saw, S. H. QC Physics The main point of the comment Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 076101 2009 is that Eq. 2 and consequentially Eq. 3 of the commented paper Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 021503 2008 require correction. The alternative equation suggested in the comment is derived using Kirchhoff’s voltage rule. The comment consider only the energy distribution in the inductive components and the resultant equation confirms a progressive lowering of the Ipinch / Ipeak ratio as the static inductance L0 is reduced, lowering from 0.87 to 0.31 as L0 is reduced from 100 to 5 nH according to the revised formula corresponding to Eq. 3, compared to 0.63–0.25 according to Eq. 3. This progressive lowering of the ratio Ipinch / Ipeak due to the inductive energy distribution is one of two factors responsible for the pinch current limitation. The other factor is the progressive reduction in the L-C interaction time compared to the current dip duration denoted by cap in Eq. 2. The comment does not deal with cap at all; hence, its conclusion based on inductive energy distribution only is not useful, since in the low L0 region when pinch current limitation begins to manifest, cap becomes more and more the dominant factor. In any case, the results of the paper do not depend on Eqs. 2 and 3, which are used in the paper only for illustrative purposes. AIP Publishing 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/211/1/12.pdf Lee, S. and Saw, S. H. (2009) Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma focus’”. Applied Physics Letters, 94 (7). ISSN 1077-3118 10.1063/1.3081405 |
| spellingShingle | QC Physics Lee, S. Saw, S. H. Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma focus’” |
| title | Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma
focus’” |
| title_full | Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma
focus’” |
| title_fullStr | Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma
focus’” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma
focus’” |
| title_short | Response to “Comment on ‘Pinch current limitation effect in plasma
focus’” |
| title_sort | response to “comment on ‘pinch current limitation effect in plasma
focus’” |
| topic | QC Physics |
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