Field-enhanced REB deposition and Bremsstrahlung production

Conference · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7300269

Halbleib, Sr., J. A.; Widner, M. M.

Recently developed models are employed to describe the interaction of a high-current REB (relativistic electron beam) with planar gold foils in the presence of macroscopic electromagnetic fields. It is shown that, under certain conditions, azimuthal magnetic fields which either penetrate into the foil and/or exist on the transmission side of the foil can significantly enhance the specific power deposited in the foil over that which would be deposited for diode fields alone. Similar field effects suggest methods for improving the external conversion efficiencies, softening the spectra and focussing the source intensities of flash x-ray facilities. Finally, preliminary results are shown from a new trajectory-field model for self-consistent REB transport.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 7300269
• Report Number(s): SAND-77-0242C; CONF-770714-3; TRN: 77-016588
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE conference on nuclear and space radiation effects, Williamsburg, VA, USA, 12 Jul 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ELECTRON BEAMS
COLLISIONS
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ENERGY ABSORPTION
GOLD
FOILS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
ABSORPTION
BEAMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
LEPTON BEAMS
METALS
PARTICLE BEAMS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
640301* - Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics- Beams & their Reactions