Potential enhancement of warm x-ray dose from a reflexing bremsstrahlung diode
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
The potential for generating intense bursts of war x rays (20 to 60 keV) using electron reflexing diodes on pulsed-power accelerators is evaluated with the TIGER Monte Carlo code, showing that hundreds of kilojoules of warm x rays can be generated under idealized conditions. The calculation are compared with data from Gamble-II experiments and applied to two suggest Jupiter (60-MA, 5-MV, 100-ns) diode configurations. If the simultaneous irradiation from the high-energy tail of the bremsstrahlung which accompanies the warm x rays is a concern, then the reflexing technique is shown to be limited to the irradiation of targets thinner than {approximately} 400 {mu}m for low-Z targets like aluminum and thinner than {approximately} 5 {mu}m for high-Z targets like gold.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 100287
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-95-0087C; CONF-9507125-3; ON: DE95015436
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: BEM 17: Boundary element methods, Madison, WI (United States), 17-19 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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