Recent advances in radiographic X-ray source development at Sandia

Author

Oliver, B.V. ; Hahn, K. ; Johnston, M.D. ; Leckbee, I. ; Portillo, S. ; Welch, D.R.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

6-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Recent experiments at Sandia National Laboratories have demonstrated electron beam diode X-ray sources capable of producing >; 350 rad@m with 1.7mm FWHM x-ray source distributions, and endpoint energy spectrum in the 6-7 MeV range. A review of our present theoretical understanding of the diode(s) operation and our experimental and simulation methods to investigate them will be presented. Emphasis is given to e-beam sources used on state-of-the-art Induction Voltage Adder (IVA) pulsed-power accelerators. In addition, a brief discussion of a proposed radiographic system based on Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) technology is discussed.

Keywords

X-ray apparatus; diodes; electron beam effects; electron beams; radiography; FWHM X-ray source distribution; LTD technology; electron beam diode X-ray sources; electron volt energy 6 MeV to 7 MeV; endpoint energy spectrum; induction voltage adder; linear transformer driver technology; radiographic X-ray source; state-of-the-art IVA pulsed-power accelerators; Acceleration; Adders; Diagnostic radiography; Fluids; Laboratories; Monte Carlo methods; Plasmas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2008 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xian

Type

conf

Filename

6202829