A Method for Determining the High Energy Photon Spectrum of a Pulsed Plasma Source.

Abstract

This investigation examined the feasibility of using an array of plastic scintillator photomultiplier tube radiation detectors to determine the high energy (h nu greater than 30keV) photon spectrum of SHIVA STAR. A method of determining the spectrum is outlined in which the detectors are filtered with different materials, and the spectrum is deconvoluted by an iterative technique on a computer. Data from SHIVA STAR was not available, so measurements of the radiation output of a plasma gun were analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA172786

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Beason

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electrons
  • Experimental Data
  • High Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Photomultiplier Tubes
  • Spectra
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Solar Physics
  • Spectroscopy.