Compact, rugged in-chamber transmission spectrometers (7-28 keV) for the Sandia Z facility

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3600610· OSTI ID:22062346

Sinars, D B; Wenger, D F; Jones, B; Geissel, M; Hansen, S B; Coverdale, C A; Ampleford, D J; Cuneo, M E; McPherson, L A; Rochau, G A ^[1]; Pikuz, S A ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
2. Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850 (United States)

We describe a pair of time-integrated transmission spectrometers that are designed to survey 7-28 keV (1.9 to 0.43 A) x-ray photons produced by experiments on the Sandia Z pulsed power facility. Each spectrometer uses a quartz 10-11 crystal in a Cauchois geometry with a slit to provide spatial resolution along one dimension. The spectrometers are located in the harsh environment of the Z vacuum chamber, which necessitates that their design be compact and rugged. Example data from calibration tests and Z experiments are shown that illustrate the utility of the instruments.

• OSTI ID: 22062346
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 82; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CALIBRATION
CRYSTALS
GEOMETRY
KEV RANGE
PHOTON TRANSMISSION SCANNING
PHOTONS
QUARTZ
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
X RADIATION
X-RAY SPECTROMETERS