Intense neutron production in a plasma-focus discharge begins when the visible plasma light fades abruptly. This correlation is interpreted in terms of enhanced plasma resistivity that causes Ohmic heating and permits a rapid constriction of the discharge current distribution; the latter phenomenon leads to deuteron acceleration resulting in intense neutron production.
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Bernstein et al. (1970) studied this question.
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