System Radiographic Characterization of 7MV Self-Magnetic Pinch Diode on RITS-6
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Abstract
The 7 MV, 160 kA induction voltage adder RITS-6 is used as a test bed for research and development of sub-100 ns flash x-ray radiography of which the self-magnetic pinch (SMP) diode is an example. The x-ray source properties such as dose, source spatial distribution, and energy spectrum couple with the imaging detector sensitivity and blur to form the radiologic system performance which is also highly dependent on the imaging geometry. The system performance of some SMP diode configurations will be presented.
*Sandia is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.