NEUTRON AND FAST ION EMISSION FROM PF-1000 FACILITY EQUIPPED WITH NEW LARGE ELECTRODES

Adam Szydlowski1, Marek Scholz2, Leslaw Karpinski2, Marek Sadowski1, Krzysztof Tomaszewski2, Marian Paduch2

1The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland,
2Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 23 Hery Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland


A PF-1000 facility was operated for the first time at an energy lovel of up to 1 MJ. The maximal emission of 2´1011 neutrons/shot was registered. Relatively low emission anisotropy was observed. Fast ion beams were generated only from shots performed at a low filling pressure (1-2 Torr).