Some generalised characteristics of the electro-dynamics of the plasma focus in its axial phase: illustrated by an application to independantly determine the drive current fraction and the mass swept-up fraction

• Main Authors: Lee, Sing, Saw, Sor Heoh, Hegazy, Hosam, Ali, Jalil, Damideh, Vahid, Fatis, N., Kariri, H., Khabrani, A., Mahasi, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer New York LLC 2014
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62625/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10894-013-9658-1

We describe the axial phase of the Mather plasma focus by two coupled equations of motion and circuit. We non-dimensionalised these equations resulting in two coupled equations which are characterised by only three scaling parameters α, β and δ which are ratios of electrical to transit times, induct...