• DocumentCode
    776739
  • Title

    X-ray absorption imaging of high-pressure lighting plasmas

  • Author

    Curry, J.J. ; Sansonetti, Craig J.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    514
  • Lastpage
    515
  • Abstract
    X-ray absorption has been used to image the distribution of mercury (Hg) in high-pressure arc lamps used for lighting. Here, several images are presented showing the analytic transformation of raw X-ray data into an image of the Hg vapor density in a cylindrically symmetric arc.
  • Keywords
    arc lamps; mercury vapour lamps; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma pressure; Hg; Hg vapor density; X-ray absorption imaging; cylindrically symmetric arc; high-pressure arc lamps; high-pressure lighting plasmas; mercury distribution; Charge coupled devices; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fault location; Fluorescent lamps; High intensity discharge lamps; Laboratories; Mercury (metals); Optical imaging; Plasma x-ray sources; X-ray imaging; Arc discharges; density measurement; lamp; light sources; mercury; synchrotron radiation; x-ray imaging; x-rays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2005.845326
  • Filename
    1420553