A Consistency Study for Manganese-He$_\alpha$ Emission with Z-Beamlet
ORAL
Abstract
Sandia National Laboratories' Z-Backlighter Facility is using a monochromatic X-ray crystal imaging concept at the Manganese He$_\alpha$ energy of 6.151\,keV to backlight HEDP experiments on the Z-Acelerator [1]. We will report on the first campaign dedicated to study and optimize the consistency of image brightness with respect to varying target and laser properties. It will be explained how physical insights and mechanical improvements are contributing to the continuous development of the backlighting capabilities and how they will feed back into the planning of the next optimization campaigns.\\[4pt] [1] D.B. Sinars, G.R. Bennett, D.F. Wenger et al.: Rev. Sci. Instrum., {\bf 75}/10, 3672 (2004)
*Sandia National Labs is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL8500
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