Title :
Measurement and analysis on soft X-ray spectrum produced by Z-pinch plasma
Author :
Xiaobin Zou ; Guixin Zhang ; Min Han ; Xinxin Wang ; Peng Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Summary form only given. With a Ross filter spectrometer, the experiment of measuring soft X-ray energy spectrum produced by Z-pinch plasma has been performed. The Z-pinch device is powered by a capacitor bank of 16 /spl mu/F charged to a voltage of 23 kV. The discharge current reaches its peak value of 210 kA with a risetime of 2.4 /spl mu/s. Neon used as working gas is injected into the discharge chamber with a supersonic nozzle. The spectrometer, in the spectral range from 0.1 keV/spl sim/1.5 keV, includes a Ross filter system, 10 X-ray diodes, and electric measurement units. In this paper, the experimental results are presented; the errors of measured spectrum intensity are analyzed and estimated.
Keywords :
X-ray spectra; Z pinch; discharges (electric); neon; nozzles; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow; plasma sources; supersonic flow; 0.1 keV; 1.5 keV; 16 muF; 2.4 mus; 210 kA; 23 kV; Ne/sub 2/; Ross filter spectrometry; Ross filter system; X-ray diodes; Z-pinch device; Z-pinch plasma; capacitor bank; discharge chamber; discharge current; electric measurement; gas injection; neon; soft X-ray energy spectrum; spectrum intensity; supersonic nozzle; Capacitors; Diodes; Energy measurement; Filters; Performance evaluation; Plasma devices; Plasma measurements; Plasma x-ray sources; Spectroscopy; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2004. ICOPS 2004. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 31st IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8334-6
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2004.1339952
