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A source with a 1013 DT neutron yield on the basis of a spherical plasma focus chamber

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Results from preliminary experimental research of neutron emission generated by a spherical plasma focus chamber filled with an equal-component deuterium-tritium mixture are presented. At a maximum current amplitude in the discharge chamber of ∼1.5 MA, neutron pulses with a full width at half-maximum of 75–80 ns and an integral yield of ∼1.3 × 1013 DT neutrons have been recorded.

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  1. Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, ul. Mira 37, Sarov, 607188, Russia

    N. V. Zavyalov, V. V. Maslov, V. G. Rumyantsev, I. Yu. Drozdov, D. A. Ershov, D. S. Korkin, D. A. Molodtsev, V. I. Smerdov, A. P. Falin & A. A. Yukhimchuk

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Zavyalov, V.V. Maslov, V.G. Rumyantsev, I.Yu. Drozdov, D.A. Ershov, D.S. Korkin, D.A. Molodtsev, V.I. Smerdov, A.P. Falin, A.A. Yukhimchuk, 2013, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2013, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 276–280.

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Zavyalov, N.V., Maslov, V.V., Rumyantsev, V.G. et al. A source with a 1013 DT neutron yield on the basis of a spherical plasma focus chamber. Plasma Phys. Rep. 39, 243–247 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X12120070

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