Polarization spectroscopy of x-ray transitions from beam-excited highly charged ions
- Department of Physics and Space Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (United States)
Polarization spectroscopy of x-ray lines represents a diagnostic tool to ascertain the presence of electron beams in high-temperature plasmas. Making use of the Livermore electron beam ion trap, which optimizes the linear x-ray line polarization by exciting highly charged ions with a monoenergetic electron beam, we have begun to develop polarization diagnostics and test theoretical models. Our measurement relies on the sensitivity of crystal spectrometers to the linear polarization of x-ray lines which depends on the value of the Bragg angle. We employed two spectrometers with differing analyzing crystals and simultaneously recorded the K-shell emission from heliumlike Fe{sup 24+} and lithiumlike Fe{sup 23+} ions at two different Bragg angles. A clear difference in the relative intensities of the dominant transitions is observed, which is attributed to the amount of linear polarization of the individual lines. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 451960
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960543-; ISSN 0034-6748; TRN: 97:006316
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 68, Issue 1; Conference: 11. annual high-temperature plasma diagnostics conference, Monterey, CA (United States), 12-16 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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