Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code

A range of plasma focus machines from the 200 J FMPF3 through the 2 kJ NX2 to the 20 kJ NX3 are operated at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. The neutron yield Yn versus pressure P curves for these machines have been measured and published. We use the Lee code to compute these Yn ver...

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Main Authors: Saw, S. H., Lee, P., Rawat, R. S., Verma, R., Subedi, D., Khanal, R., Gautam, P., Shrestha, R., Arwinder, Singh*, Lee, S.
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author Saw, S. H.
Lee, P.
Rawat, R. S.
Verma, R.
Subedi, D.
Khanal, R.
Gautam, P.
Shrestha, R.
Arwinder, Singh*
Lee, S.
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Lee, P.
Rawat, R. S.
Verma, R.
Subedi, D.
Khanal, R.
Gautam, P.
Shrestha, R.
Arwinder, Singh*
Lee, S.
author_sort Saw, S. H.
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description A range of plasma focus machines from the 200 J FMPF3 through the 2 kJ NX2 to the 20 kJ NX3 are operated at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. The neutron yield Yn versus pressure P curves for these machines have been measured and published. We use the Lee code to compute these Yn versus P curve for each machine after fitting a computed current waveform to a current waveform measured from each machine. Comparison of computed with measured Yn versus P curves show good agreement of peak Yn for the NX2 and NX3 whilst the measured peak Yn of FMPF3 is larger than the computed by a factor of 3. The computed curve is generally broader whilst the NX3 computed curve also shows a shift to higher pressures than the measured curve. The results are critically discussed.
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spelling intimal-262017-11-22T07:11:00Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/26/ Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code Saw, S. H. Lee, P. Rawat, R. S. Verma, R. Subedi, D. Khanal, R. Gautam, P. Shrestha, R. Arwinder, Singh* Lee, S. QC Physics A range of plasma focus machines from the 200 J FMPF3 through the 2 kJ NX2 to the 20 kJ NX3 are operated at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. The neutron yield Yn versus pressure P curves for these machines have been measured and published. We use the Lee code to compute these Yn versus P curve for each machine after fitting a computed current waveform to a current waveform measured from each machine. Comparison of computed with measured Yn versus P curves show good agreement of peak Yn for the NX2 and NX3 whilst the measured peak Yn of FMPF3 is larger than the computed by a factor of 3. The computed curve is generally broader whilst the NX3 computed curve also shows a shift to higher pressures than the measured curve. The results are critically discussed. Springer US 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/26/1/Comparison%20of%20Measured%20Neutron%20Yield%20Versus%20Pressure%20Curves%20for%20FMPF-3%2C%20NX2%20and%20NX3%20Plasma%20Focus%20Machines%20Against%20Computed%20Results%20Using%20the%20Lee%20Model%20Code.pdf Saw, S. H. and Lee, P. and Rawat, R. S. and Verma, R. and Subedi, D. and Khanal, R. and Gautam, P. and Shrestha, R. and Arwinder, Singh* and Lee, S. (2015) Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code. Journal of Fusion Energy, 34 (3). pp. 474-479. ISSN 1572-9591 10.1007/s10894-014-9824-0
spellingShingle QC Physics
Saw, S. H.
Lee, P.
Rawat, R. S.
Verma, R.
Subedi, D.
Khanal, R.
Gautam, P.
Shrestha, R.
Arwinder, Singh*
Lee, S.
Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code
title Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code
title_full Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code
title_fullStr Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code
title_short Comparison of Measured Neutron Yield Versus Pressure Curves for FMPF-3, NX2 and NX3 Plasma Focus Machines Against Computed Results Using the Lee Model Code
title_sort comparison of measured neutron yield versus pressure curves for fmpf-3, nx2 and nx3 plasma focus machines against computed results using the lee model code
topic QC Physics
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/26/
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