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X-ray shadowgraphy applications in ablatively accelerated planar foil studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

V. A. Bolotin
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
I. N. Burdonsky
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
V. V. Gavrilov
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
A. Yu. Gol'tsov
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
E. V. Zhuzhukalo
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
S. V. Zavyalets
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
V. N. Kondrashov
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
N. G. Kovalsky
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia
M. I. Pergament
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow reg., Russia

Abstract

The article reviews experiments on flash X radiography of laser-accelerated foils. The spatial resolution, sensitivity, spectral range, and signal-to-noise ratio of measurements were carefully optimized and characterized. The method was used at the Mishen facility to measure a distribution of mass ablative rate across the focal spot and for observation of the transverse plasma flows during the drive laser pulse.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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