Exploratory Tests of a Curved-Crystal X-Ray Spectrograph for Diagnostics of the Casino Spectrum.

Abstract

Exploratory tests were carried out with the curved-crystal spectrograph and tantalum foil targets using the 1 MeV electron Van de Graaff and the Gamble I facilities. Characteristic Ta K alpha lines were readily observable with 0.1 Coulomb irradiation on the electron Van de Graaff or with one shot on Gamble I. Good Ta bremsstrahlung spectra required longer exposures as would be expected; faster film intensifying screens would reduce exposure requirements by two to five times. Ancillary tests included a balanced-filter experiment to measure Ta characteristic radiation independently of the crystal spectrograph and the use of secondary fluorescers excited by primary x-rays from the Ta target. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784402

Entities

People

  • C. M. Dozier
  • D. B. Brown
  • E. T. Johnson
  • J. W. Sandelin
  • L. S. Birks

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Spectra
  • Spectrographs
  • Subatomic Particles
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene