Title :
X-ray source production in foil implosion machines
Author :
Rich, M. ; Matuska, W.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
A number of 2-D radiation magnetohydrodynamic foil implosion calculations are discussed which explore ways of producing warm X-ray sources (/spl sim/60 eV) in a reproducible manner and which would permit close-in access to the source. The discussions include the effects of contoured electrodes on the foil implosion and source output, and of tapering the average mass distribution along the length of the foil. Primarily, source evaluation by jet formation and stagnation against a dense stopping block is treated.
Keywords :
X-ray production; electrodes; exploding wires; plasma jets; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 60 eV; average mass distribution; contoured electrodes; dense stopping block; foil implosion pulsed power supplies; jet formation; jet stagnation; warm X-ray source production; Electrodes; Kinetic energy; Laboratories; Mass production; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma temperature; Production systems; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tungsten;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2791-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1995.599742
