Institute for Plasma Focus Studies

 

To promote the understanding of Plasma Focus Devices

Using numerical experiments based on the Lee Model 

 in association with

Abdus Salam ICTP/OEA   AAAPT   INTI-IU   NTU-NIE Plasma Radiation Sources Lab    UM Plasma Research Lab    UTM

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Courses:                                                                                                                            UNU / ICTP PFF Network                                                                               Downloads:

IPFS-IBC1                           Completed                                                                                                                                                                                            Lee model   Description  Code       

IPFS-IBC-DIY                     On-going

IPFS-IBC2                           Completed                                                                                                                                                                                            IPFS 2008  2009  2010  2011 2012 2013 Papers

Ankara NURER 2010       I: 15April to 11 May  II: 5 & 6 July     Completed                                                                                                                    Important Papers             Dimensions & Lifetime of Plasma Focus

Kansas State U                    24 May-8 June 2010   Completed                                                                                                                                               Theses

ICTP-IAEA PFNE 2010   15-26 November 2010- Download Course Content   Completed                                                                                            Templates   

RCWS 2011                         20-30June2011 Download materials  Completed                                                                                                                   S Lee       Selections of Papers

ISMFA2011 WS                 9-16 September 2011  Download materials  Completed                                                                                                        S H Saw  Selections of Papers

ICTP School 2012              8-12 October 2012  Numerical Experiments with Bora  Completed

NEWPF (ICPSA 2013)     4-6 December 2013, (details to be announced by ICPSA 2013)

 

Exciting Developments:     6 Phase Lee Model code- DPF with anomalous resistances    Neutron Saturation Explained    Modelling Scaling Laws: SXR  Neutrons  Ion Beams

                                             Numerical Experiments with: Current-Step Plasma Focus      Radiative Collapse DPF

                                                           

 

Research Projects                                                                                 Rationale of IPFS  

                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Completed Conferences 2008-2011  

IPFS Conference- The Plasma Focus-Enhancing Knowledge and Application Potentials- 29 Mar-1st April 2012-  Bangkok, Thailand- completed

SPFE 2012 Seminar on Plasma Focus Experiments SPFE 2012, 12 July 2012- INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia-contact- sorheoh.saw@newinti.edu.my- completed

IWPSA 2012 International Workshop on Plasma Science & Applications- 4-5 October 2012- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand- rmongkolnavin@gmail.com -completed

AAAPT 5th General Meeting (with election of new Council) – 5 October 4 pm-Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand:- contact:  rajdeep.rawat@nie.edu.sg - completed

School and training course on DENSE MAGNETIZED PLASMA as a source of ionizing radiations, their diagnostics and applications- 8-12 Oct 2012 ICTP, Trieste, Italy- completed

8th Siam Physics Congress (SPC-2013)- 21-23 March 2013- Chiangmai, Thailand- Completed

Second Research Coordination Meeting of CRP on Investigations of Materials ..Intense Fusion Pulses-10-13 June 2013, Singapore & Malaysia- contact: R.Kamendje@iaea.org

           International Symposium on Plasma Focus (ISPF2013 in series SPFE 2013), INTI International University- contact: sorheoh.saw@newinti.edu.my

International Conference on Plasma Science & Applications (ICPSA 2013; 6th in AAAPT series) ) 4-6 December 2013- NTU NIE-AAAPT, Singapore

Numerical Experiments Workshop on Plasma Focus (NEWPF) –an activity of ICPSA 2013, details pending on ICPSA 2013, Singapore

 

 

                                                                               

Current waveforms of plasma focus machines from sub-kJ to multi-MJ- fitting measured to computed

                                                                                                PF400 0.4kJ-Chilean                                      NX2 3kJ-Singapore

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                      PF1000  1MJ-Polish, ICDMP              PF25MJ- mult-megajoule Numerical experiments

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Plasma Focus Neutron scaling laws from numerical experiments (up to 25MJ)

 

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   Yn vs E0 –note Yn~E02 at low E0.  Yn~Ipeak3.8;Yn~Ipinch4.5 from kJ to 25MJ

 

A complete DIY training course, click :

Internet-based Plasma Focus Course on Numerical Experiments

 

A complete computation package, click:

Description and Code of the Lee Model RADPF

 

More details from

Universal Plasma Focus Laboratory Facility

 

 

Associates & Awardees of IPFS

 

 

List of Research Projects

 

Turkey Lecture Tour September/October 2009

KSU, USA Research & Workshop May/June 2010

NURER Fusion WS Turkey to AEC Syria Visit July 2010

 

 

leesing@optusnet.com.au     sing.lee@newinti.edu.my

sorheoh.saw@newinti.edu.my

 

 

 

 

 

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Updated: 13 May 2013

 

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