DocumentCode
1218128
Title
Properties of a Miniature X-Ray Source
Author
Skowronek, M. ; Romeas, P.
Volume
15
Issue
5
fYear
1987
Firstpage
589
Lastpage
592
Abstract
A miniature X-ray source, based on a small vacuum discharge, is studied. It was designed to be of small size and low cost. The electrical characteristics are given. Evidence of pinches is shown even with kiloampere pulses. The size and the reproducibility of the source are estimated by radiography: the source diameter and its excursion are certainly smaller than 50 ¿m. The total energy scales as V4 and is independent of Z, the anode atomic number. The spectrum is studied by the absorption method. The temperature varies in the range 7-10 keV.
Keywords
Anodes; Electrons; Fault location; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Plasma x-ray sources; Reproducibility of results; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.1987.4316758
Filename
4316758
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