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X-Ray Emission from High-Temperature Laboratory, Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

D. J. Nagel
D. J. Nagel*
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Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D. C. 20375
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Abstract

The radiation from plasmas hotter than 106 K falls in the x-ray region. Such plasmas are required for fusion power generation. They can also be used as x-ray sources. Measurements of x-ray emission from high temperature plasma yields (a) diagnostic information on the plasma conditions and (b) the characteristics of plasma x-ray sources which determine their applications. Hence, measurements of x-rays from plasmas are finding widespread use.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 18: Twenty-Third Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 7-9, 1974 , 1974 , pp. 1 - 25
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1974

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