Application of the ion beam emitted from plasma focus device for target activation

The paper reports on experimental results and numerical studies of a possibility of the application of ion beams emitted from plasma focus discharges for target activation. The complete data obtained from the activation of a carbon target and also numerical prognoses for the 13N isotope production are presented. Deuterons emitted from a plasma focus facility bombarded a carbon target and they produced positron-emitting isotopes. Gamma quanta with energy 511 keV were obtained from annihilation of positron-electron pairs. Gamma spectrometry has been used to measure the induced activity. The activity of isotopes was determined using a multichannel analyzer and a high purity germanium detector. The activity of the 13N isotope was of the order of tens of thousands Bq and was compared with that obtained by numerical estimation (Authors)