Title :
Soft X-ray production in spark discharges in hydrogen, nitrogen, air, argon and xenon gases
Author :
Va´vra, J. ; Va´vra, P.M. ; Maly, J.
Author_Institution :
Linear Accel. Center, Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We describe a production of soft X-rays of energy 2-10 keV by sparking in gases at low pressure with sparking voltages as low as 0.8 kV. The sparking device operates with the peak spark currents 0.2-0.5 kA, the total spark charge 4/spl times/10/sup 14/ electrons/spark, and the spark stored energy 0.024-0.17 J/pulse. In addition, we measured a profile of V(t), I(t) and dI/dt during the spark and their relationship to the X-ray production.
Keywords :
X-ray production; air; argon; hydrogen; nitrogen; sparks; xenon; Ar; H; N; X-ray production; Xe; air; argon; hydrogen; nitrogen; peak spark currents; soft X-ray production; spark discharges; spark stored energy; sparking device; xenon; Argon; Charge-coupled image sensors; Corona; Gases; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Production; Sparks; Voltage; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1999. ICOPS '99. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5224-6
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1999.828778
