PF-1000 DEVICE

Marek Scholz1, Ryszard Miklaszewski1, Vladymir A. Gribkov1, Franco Mezzetti2

1 Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Hery 23, Poland,
2 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (INFM), Via del Paradiso 12, 44100 Ferrara, Italy


The paper presents the megajoule plasma focus facility operated at IPPLM. In order to study plasma focus (PF) discharges several diagnostics tools have been prepared. The preliminary observations of current sheath motion, as well as measurements of the current signals are reported.