Weakly ionized plasma flash x-ray generator and its distinctive characteristics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5196, Issue , 2004, Pages 383-392

  Sato, Eiichi ^a   Hayasi, Yasuomi ^a   Germer, Rudolf ^b   Murakami, Kazunori ^a   Koorikawa, Yoshitake ^a   Tanaka, Etsuro ^c   Mori, Hidezo ^d   Kawai, Toshiaki ^e   Ichimaru, Toshio ^f   Obata, Fumiko ^a   Takahashi, Kiyomi ^a   Sato, Sigehiro ^a   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^g   Ido, Hideaki ^h  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^f HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flash x ray; K series characteristic x rays; Monochromatic x rays; Rectilinear power; Weakly ionized linear plasma; X ray divergence

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; TRIODES;

FLASH X-RAYS; K-SERIES CHARACTERISTIC X-RAYS; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; RECTILINEAR POWER; WEAKLY IONIZED LINEAR PLASMA; X-RAY DIVERGENCE;

X RAYS;

EID: 11144356048     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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