Intense hard X-ray radiation source based on the plasma focus facility

Author

Filippov, N.V. ; Filippova, T.I. ; Karakin, M.A. ; Krauz, V.I. ; Vinogradov, V.P. ; Bakulin, Yu.P. ; Timofeev, V.V. ; Zinchenko, V.F.

Author_Institution

SRRC Kurchatov Inst., Moscow, Russia

fYear

1995

fDate

5-8 June 1995

Firstpage

174

Abstract

Summary form only given. The physical principles of hard X-ray (HXR) production at a facility of the plasma focus type with plane geometry of electrodes are represented. An internal selfgeneration of the accelerating field, as a result of sharp power peaking for the times/spl sim/1O**8 s, occurs in the given device. The transformation of practically the whole discharge current into the electron beam-the energy of the main part of electrons does not exceed 100-150 KeV-is attained by the corresponding regime selection. The results of studying the X-ray radiation field and its spectral and time characteristics are reported.

Keywords

X-ray production; X-rays; discharges (electric); electrodes; plasma diagnostics; plasma focus; plasma-beam interactions; 10 to 100 keV; 100 to 150 keV; X-ray radiation field; accelerating field; discharge current; electrodes; electron beam; hard X-ray radiation source; internal selfgeneration; plane geometry; plasma focus facility; plasma focus type; regime selection; spectral characteristics; time characteristics; Absorption; Detectors; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Radiation effects; Spectroscopy; Statistical analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1995. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1995 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madison, WI, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2669-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1995.531652

Filename

531652