title: Note: Repetitive operation of the capacitor bank of the low-voltage miniature plasma focus at 50 Hz.
abstract: We have already reported the low-voltage operation of a plasma focus describing the operation of plasma focus at 4.2 kV which proposes possibility of making a repetitive system using compact driving source. Another recent article describes that the same capacitor-bank can drive the plasma focus for a measured ~5 × 10(4) neutrons per shot at 5 kV and 59 kA current. In the present work, repetitive operation of the capacitor-bank of plasma focus is done and that too is being reported at a very high repetition rate of 50 Hz using very simple scheme of charging and triggering the bank. The bank is continuously discharged to burst duration of 20 s in this configuration admeasuring a thousand shots.
authors.affiliation: Energetics and Electromagnetics Division, BARC Facility, Vishakhapatnam 530012, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shyam