Email this article Piezoelectric Transformer Aided X-Ray Generation in Vacuum
- Authors: Shchagin A.V.1,2, Miroshnik V.S.2, Volkov V.I.2, Kubankin A.S.1, Ivashchuk O.O.1
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Affiliations:
- International Scientific and Educational Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Belgorod State National Research University
- National Scientific Center – Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
- Issue: Vol 74, No 11-12 (2018)
- Pages: 404-405
- Section: At Enterprises and Institutes
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0361-7610/article/view/244953
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-018-0004-y
- ID: 244953
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Abstract
The results of an experimental study of x-ray generation aided by a ceramic piezoelectric transformer placed in vacuum are presented. X-rays were emitted with the piezoelectric transformer tuned to resonance at about 20 kHz. A characteristic emission peak of a titanium target at energy of 4.5 keV against the Bremsstrahlung background was observed in the measured x-ray spectra. The maximum energy of the x-ray Bremsstrahlung reaches 12 keV. This means that the electrons are accelerated in vacuum in the field of the piezoelectric transformer to at least 12 keV.
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A. V. Shchagin
International Scientific and Educational Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Belgorod State National Research University; National Scientific Center – Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
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Email: shchagin@kipt.kharkov.ua
Russian Federation, Belgorod; Kharkov
V. S. Miroshnik
National Scientific Center – Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
Email: shchagin@kipt.kharkov.ua
Ukraine, Kharkov
V. I. Volkov
National Scientific Center – Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
Email: shchagin@kipt.kharkov.ua
Ukraine, Kharkov
A. S. Kubankin
International Scientific and Educational Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Belgorod State National Research University
Email: shchagin@kipt.kharkov.ua
Russian Federation, Belgorod
O. O. Ivashchuk
International Scientific and Educational Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Belgorod State National Research University
Email: shchagin@kipt.kharkov.ua
Russian Federation, Belgorod
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