Accession Number:

AD0785842

Title:

Filter and Film Method of Measuring the Temperature of a Hot, Dense, Low-Z Plasma from Its Quantum Bremsstrahlung.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Gerber,Kent A.
• Logan,B. Grant

Report Date:

1974-07-23

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

Results of calculations of the total integrated x-ray quantum bremsstrahlung emission transmitted through absorbers of aluminum, copper and carbon polyethylene are presented for a range of plasma temperatures and absorber thickness for both ideal detectors and for film. Such information is useful in obtaining values for the electron temperature in a plasma from measurements of the x-ray continuum emission. Author

Descriptors:

• *Plasmas(Physics)
• *Electron energy
• Quantum theory
• Bremsstrahlung
• Thin films
• Solid state physics

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE