Small Plasma Focus Studied as a Source of Hard X-ray

An experimental study on hard X-ray pulses emitted by a small plasma focus is performed, regarding its application to biological radiographs in fast dynamic situations. It is found that the radiation intensity in a single shot is high enough to obtain fine resolution radiographs in very short exposu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Castillo Mejía, Fermín, Milanese, Maria Magdalena, Moroso, Roberto Luis, Pouzo, Jorge Osvaldo, Santiago, Martin Alejo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/136318
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/136318
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:PLASMA FOCUS
RADIOGRAPHY
X-RAY SOURCES
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:An experimental study on hard X-ray pulses emitted by a small plasma focus is performed, regarding its application to biological radiographs in fast dynamic situations. It is found that the radiation intensity in a single shot is high enough to obtain fine resolution radiographs in very short exposures (about 10 ns). As an example, a radiograph on a live mouse is shown. It is found that the relation between responses of different detectors, i.e., thermoluminescence dosimeters and scintillator-photomultiplier, is linear.