Investigation of a Capillary Discharge in Xenon on the SIGNAL Accelerator

摘要

Investigations of an electric discharge in a capillary filled with preliminarily ionized xenon are currently performed on the SIGNAL accelerator. The discharge current is 20-50 kA, and the current rise time is 20-50 ns. The design of the accelerator is described and the results of studies of the capillary-emitted radiation performed with a vacuum X-ray diode and frame X-ray streak camera are presented. The total yield of X rays in the energy range 50-120 eV is ～(30-40) mJ/sr, and the maximum radiation power is 0.4-0.5 MW/sr.