Development of methods to measure the build quality of the self magnetic pinch radiographic diode

Author

Steer, J.T.C. ; Webb, K. ; Hughes, J.B.M.

Author_Institution

AWE Aldermaston, Reading, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

8-13 July 2012

Abstract

Summary form only given. The repeatability of the radiographic performance of the Self Magnetic Pinch (SMP) diode is crucial to its use to diagnose Hydrodynamic experiments. The diode consists of an electron beam drawn from a cylindrical cathode and accelerated towards an anode foil, behind which a Bremsstrahlung converter target is placed in order to form the radiographic source. Years of experience of operation at AWE have shown that its repeatability is dependant upon the build quality of the diode, this includes component initial design, manufacture, storage, preparation and installation.

Keywords

anodes; bremsstrahlung; cathodes; electron beams; plasma X-ray sources; plasma applications; plasma diodes; radiography; Bremsstrahlung converter target; SMP diode; anode foil; cylindrical cathode; electron beam; hydrodynamic experiments; measurement methods; radiographic performance; radiographic source; self magnetic pinch radiographic diode; Acceleration; Anodes; Cathodes; Diagnostic radiography; Electron beams; Hydrodynamics; Quality control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2127-4

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383601

Filename

6383601