Electron beams in X-pinches

Author

Shelkovenko, Tatiana A. ; Pikuz, Sergey A. ; Ivanenkov, Georiy V. ; Mingaleev, Albert R. ; Romanova, Vera M. ; Ter-Oganesyan, Alexey E. ; Chandler, K.M. ; Mitchell, M.D. ; Hammer, D.A.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Plasma Studies, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

18-23 July 2004

Firstpage

806

Lastpage

809

Abstract

X-pinch radiation produced by electron beams accelerated in the X-pinch mini diode has been studied and used to image a variety of different objects. The experiments have been carried out using the XP pulser (470 kA, 100 ns) at Cornell University and the BIN pulser (280 kA, 120 ns) at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute. This electron-beam-generated X-ray source´s geometric, temporal and spectral properties have been studied over different energy ranges between 8 and 50 keV. The imaging was carried out in a low magnification scheme, and spatial resolution of a few tens of μm was demonstrated.

Keywords

Z pinch; electron beams; plasma X-ray sources; plasma diagnostics; plasma diodes; BIN pulser; Cornell University; P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute; X-pinch minidiode; X-pinch radiation; X-ray source; XP pulser; current 280 kA; current 470 kA; electron beams; electron volt energy 50 keV; electron volt energy 8 keV; time 100 ns; time 120 ns; Biology; Wires; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS 2004), 2004 International Conference on

Conference_Location

St. Petersburg

Print_ISBN

978-5-87911-088-3

Type

conf

Filename

6220666