Scenario of a magnetic dynamo and magnetic reconnection in a plasma focus discharge

• DOI: 10.1063/1.5133103
• Publication Date: 2020-07-17T19:31:26Z
• Authors: P. Kubes; M. Paduch; M. J. Sadowski; J. Cikhardt; D. Klir; J. Kravarik; R. Kwiatkowski; V. Munzar; K. Rezac; A. Szymaszek; K. Tomaszewski; E. Zielinska; M. Akel; B. Cikhardtova
• Keywords: Implosion

The paper discusses a possible energy transformation that leads to the acceleration of fast ions and electrons. In plasma-focus discharges occur during deuterium filling, which have maximum current about 1 MA, accelerated deuterons produce fusion neutrons electrons hard X-ray emissions. Their total energy, is order several kilojoules, can be delivered by discharge through magnetic dynamo self-organization ordered plasma structures are formed in pinch hundreds nanoseconds implosion, stagnation, evolution instabilities. This finally released decay volume between anode face umbrella front sheath form induced electric fields accelerate ions.