1. A Time-Resolved Imaging System for the Diagnosis of X-ray Self-Emission in High Energy Density Physics Experiments
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Jack W. D. Halliday, Simon N. Bland, Jack. D. Hare, Susan Parker, Lee G. Suttle, Danny R. Russell, Sergey V. Lebedev, U.S Department of Energy, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) ,02 Physical Sciences ,physics.plasm-ph ,Computer Science::Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ,FOS: Physical sciences ,03 Chemical Sciences ,Instrumentation ,09 Engineering ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,Applied Physics - Abstract
A diagnostic capable of recording spatially and temporally resolved x-ray self-emission data was developed to characterize experiments on the MAGPIE pulsed-power generator. The diagnostic used two separate imaging systems: a pinhole imaging system with two-dimensional spatial resolution and a slit imaging system with one-dimensional spatial resolution. The two-dimensional imaging system imaged light onto the image plate. The one-dimensional imaging system imaged light onto the same piece of image plate and a linear array of silicon photodiodes. This design allowed the cross-comparison of different images, allowing a picture of the spatial and temporal distribution of x-ray self-emission to be established. The design was tested in a series of pulsed-power-driven magnetic-reconnection experiments.
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- 2021
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