Characterization of Composite Rod-Pinch-Diode Radiographic Sources at 5 to 6 MV on Asterix

Abstract

Composite-rod-pinch loads on Asterix consisting of hollow aluminum tubes supporting either 1-cm-long, 1-mm-diam blunt-end or tapered gold slugs, or 1.5- to 2-mm-diam gold spheres are characterized. Composite-slug loads have slightly-lower doses than the 1.6- or 2-mm-diam standard rod pinches reported elsewhere and smaller spot sizes, leading to higher measured radiographic figures-of-merit (FOM). The FOM for the gold-sphere loads is substantially-smaller than for the slug loads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA635214

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People

  • C. Vermare
  • Deane F. Mosher
  • E. Merle
  • Frank C. Young
  • Gerald Cooperstein
  • J. Delvaux
  • Raymond J. Allen
  • Robert J. Commisso
  • Stephen B. Swanekamp
  • Y. Horde

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aluminum
  • Composite Materials
  • Couplings
  • Diameters
  • Diodes
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Emission
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Impedance
  • Pulsed Power
  • Radiation
  • Standards
  • X Rays

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrochemical Surface Science
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.