X-RAY SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4788360

Ribe, F L; Sawyer, G A; Stratton, T F

A beryl, single-crystal, x-ray diffraction spectrometer was constructed and used to study the x-ray spectrum emitted from the deuterium plasma in the Scylla fast magnetic compression experiment. Prominent lines were identified from the HeI-like spectra of Na X, Mg Xl, Al XII, and Si XIII wall impurity ions as well as the H-like Lyman series of O VIII. The shape and absolute magnitude of the continuum spectrum indicated that the plasma electron temperature is 345 plus or minus 40 ev and that the soft x-radiation arises primarily from electron recombination with small amourts of highly stripped impurity ions. Results of broadening measurements of the x-ray optical spectral lines are also given. (auth)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• NSA Number: NSA-16-029908
• OSTI ID: 4788360
• Report Number(s): TID-12518; LADC-4791
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SURFACES
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