NUKLEONIKA 2006, 51(1):5-13

DENSE MAGNETIZED PLASMA AND ITS APPLICATIONS: REVIEW OF THE 3-YEAR ACTIVITY OF THE IAEA CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMME

Vladimir A. Gribkov1, Artur Malaquias2

1 Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Department of Dense Magnetized Plasma, 23 Hery Str., 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
2 International Atomic Energy Agency, 5 Wagramer Strasse, P. O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria


A review of the results received in the course of fulfillment of the International Atomic Energy Agency Co-ordinated Research Project “Dense Magnetized Plasma” for the last 3 years is presented. Niche of the plasma type within the plasma physics field is outlined. Efforts of the CRP participants concentrated on design and operation of new Dense Magnetized Plasma devices are described. All of them designed for plasma heating and for other applications mainly based on the interaction of radiations generated by the devices with different objects. Materials exploitable, diagnostics of the interaction processes, as well as analytical equipment used by the participants to process the irradiated targets are described. Works developed in the frame of the CRP are covered thermonuclear fusion applications, fundamental plasma physics and material science issues, medicine, biology, and some other spheres. New data on the interaction of the radiations generated in this apparatus with various materials are given. E.g. it was found that the necessary dose producing activation/inactivation of enzymes can be much lower if used at a high-power flux density in comparison with those received with classical sources. All these experiments are discussed in the framework of pulsed radiation chemistry in its perfect sense thereto the criteria are formulated. New foreseen applications of DMP devices mainly based on neutron radiation are proposed and discussed.