Electrical oscillations of the UNU-ICTP plasma focus device in the early breakdown phase

• Main Author: Seng, Y. S.
• Other Authors: Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Circuit Theory; Current Sheath
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141333
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent circuit driven electromagnetic particle in cell simulation of the United Nations University-International Centre for Theoretical Physics plasma focus device revealed regular oscillations in both the voltage and current profiles. The simulated voltage waveform agreed well with the experimental...