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

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 Papers

Ankara NURER 2010 I: 15April to 11 May II: 5 & 6 July Completed ICTP OAA Papers

Kansas State U 24 May-8 June 2010 Completed Important Papers

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

RCWS 2011 20-30June2011 Download materials Completed Templates

ISMFA2011 WS 9-16 September 2011 Download materials

Research Projects Rationale of IPFS S Lee Selections of Papers

S H Saw Selections of Papers

IWPCA 2008 International Workshop on PlasmaComputations & Applications, 14-15 July 2008, Malaysia-completed

IWPDA 2009 International Workshop on Plasma Diagnostics & Applications, 2-3 July 2009, Singapore-completed

Conference on Nuclear & Renewable Energy Resources with International Participation 28-29 September 2009, Ankara, Turkey-completed

NURER 2010 2^nd International Conference on nuclear & Renewable Energy Resources 4-7 July 2010, Ankara, Turkey-completed

International Workshop on Plasma Science and Applications (IWPSA 2010) 25-26 October 2010, Xiamen, China-completed

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Dense Magnetized Plasmas and Plasma Diagnostics 15-26 November 2010, Trieste, Italy-completed

5^th International Conference on the Frontiers of Plamsa Physics and Technology 18-22 April 2011, Singapore link-completed

Regional Collaborative Workshop on Plasma Focus Diagnostic Development & Applications & SPFE, 20 June-1 July 2011, INTI IU, Nilai, Malaysia-completed

ISMFA 2011 International School on Magnetohydrodynamics and Fusion Applications, 9-16 September, 2011, Turunc, Marmaris, Turkey-completed

The 4^th International Workshop on Plasma Science and Application, 27-28 October 2011, Tehran, Iran

ISMFA 2012 2^nd International School on Magnetohydrodynamics and Fusion Applications, 1-7 September, 2012, Tehran, Iran

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

PF400 0.4kJ-Chilean NX2 3kJ-Singapore

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

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

Y_n vs E₀ –note Yⁿ~E₀² at low E₀. Y_n~I_peak^3.8;Y_n~I_pinch^4.5 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

Useful files Plasma concepts

Updated: 19 October 2011 links: http://www.fusionenergy.net.au/