Experiments and simulations on the possibility of radiative contraction/collapse in the PF-1000 plasma focus

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Akel, Cikhardt, Jakub, Kunze, Hans Joachim, Lee, S., Paduch, Marion, Saw, S. H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2016
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/758/1/%5BNukleonika%5D%20Experiments%20and%20simulations%20on%20the%20possibility%20of%20radiative%20contractioncollapse%20in%20the%20PF-1000%20plasma%20focus.pdf; http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/758/

Experimental studies of discharges in the plasma focus facility with neon fi lling and respective numerical simulations employing the radiative Lee code are reported. The pinch currents exceed the Pease-Braginskii current, which indicates that radiative losses are larger than heating and that cont...