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A Pinhole Camera for Photographing X-Rays from Laser-Produced Plasmas*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J. J. Hohlfelder  and
M. A. Palmer
J. J. Hohlfelder
Affiliation:
Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87115
M. A. Palmer
Affiliation:
Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87115
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Abstract

A pinhole camera has been used to record low-energy x rays produced from CD2 microsphere irradiation with Sandia Laboratories four-beam, pulsed laser system. Camera useful energy range, spatial resolution, and x-ray energy sensitivity are discussed. Camera x-ray energy sensitivity which was determined by laboratory calibration is compared with measurements obtained with a multi-channel x-ray spectrometer. X-ray photographs of laser-irradiated microspheres are presented. Spatial information about the x-ray source derived from these photographs is discussed.

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Research Article
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 18: Twenty-Third Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 7-9, 1974 , 1974 , pp. 136 - 145
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1974

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Work supported by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

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