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dc.contributor.authorVotruba, Paul Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-15T23:31:51Z
dc.date.available2013-02-15T23:31:51Z
dc.date.issued1991-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/28226
dc.description.abstractWe have demonstrated the ability of a nickel elliptical tube to focus the conical ly diverging pattern of x-ray transition radiation. The x-ray TR was produced by passing moderate-energy (60 to 100 MeV) electron beams through targets consisting of thin (1 urn) multiple foils of aluminum and titanium. The foils were placed in a vacuum chamber; perpendicular to the Naval Postgraduate School's linac primary beamline. An elliptical nickel tube, with a length of 30.5 cm, was placed concentric to the axis of the conical photon beam (as defined by the axis of the electron beam) with an entrance and exit of 1.4 m and 1.7 m, respectively, from the source of the TR at the end of the foil stack. The intensity profile was subsequently measured with a linear image detector placed 3.0 m from the exit of the foil stack. Through a series of experiments, taking into account the effects of surface roughness, the nickel elliptical tube demonstrated the ability to collect 3 to 5 times more energy than a cylindrical quartz tube.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/focusingtransiti1094528226
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.titleFocusing transition radiation with cylindircal and elliptical opticsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.secondreaderPiestrup, Melvin A.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School
dc.contributor.schoolNaval Postgraduate School
dc.contributor.departmentPhysics
dc.subject.authorFocusing Opticsen_US
dc.subject.authorTransition Radiationen_US
dc.subject.authorX-Raysen_US
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Physicsen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.disciplinePhysicsen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
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