Bremsstrahlung characterization at PBFA Z

Author

Derzon, M.S. ; Mock, R. ; Ruiz, C.L. ; Sweeney, M.A. ; Lazier, S. ; Schmidlapp, A. ; Cooper, G.W.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

19-22 May 1997

Firstpage

300

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. Sandia National Laboratories has developed a >1 MJ soft X-ray source using Z-pinch implosions. The machine generates a high energy (>2 MeV) bremsstrahlung background that affects diagnostic development and may preheat the fuel in proposed inertial confinement fusion experiments. In this presentation we will show calculations of the bremsstrahlung spectrum and the estimated heating of the fuel. Measurements of the bremsstrahlung as a background noise source will also be discussed.

Keywords

X-ray production; Z pinch; bremsstrahlung; fusion reactor fuel; fusion reactor ignition; particle accelerators; particle beam fusion accelerators; plasma diagnostics; plasma inertial confinement; 1 MJ; 2 MeV; PBFA Z; Z-pinch implosions; background noise source; bremsstrahlung characterization; diagnostic development; fuel heating; inertial confinement fusion; soft X-ray source; Background noise; Contracts; Fuels; Fusion power generation; Heating; Inertial confinement; Laboratories; Noise measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3990-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1997.605119

Filename

605119