X-RAY SOURCE WITH ROTATING LIQUID-METAL TARGET

An X-ray beam (3) is generated in an interaction zone (4) of an electron beam (5) and a target (6), the target being an annular layer of a molten fusible metal in an annular groove (7) of a rotating anode assembly (8). The groove (7) has a surface profile which prevents the molten metal to leave in...

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Hauptverfasser: SIDELNIKOV, Yury Viktorovich, KHRISTOFOROV, Oleg Borisovich, MEDVEDEV, Vyacheslav Valerievich, YAKUSHEV, Oleg Feliksovich, VINOKHODOV, Aleksandr Yurievich, IVANOV, Vladimir Vitalievich, LASH, Aleksandr Andreevich, KRIVOKORYTOV, Mikhail Sergeyevich, GLUSHKOV, Denis Alexandrovich, KOSHELEV, Konstantin Nikolaevich, KRIVTSUN, Vladimir Mikhailovich, ELLWI, Samir
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Zusammenfassung:An X-ray beam (3) is generated in an interaction zone (4) of an electron beam (5) and a target (6), the target being an annular layer of a molten fusible metal in an annular groove (7) of a rotating anode assembly (8). The groove (7) has a surface profile which prevents the molten metal to leave in radial direction and in the directions along the rotation axis. The liquid-metal target (6) forms a circular cylindrical surface due to the centrifugal force acting thereupon. The linear velocity of the target is preferably higher than 80 m/s. In a vacuum chamber, a replaceable membrane made of carbon nanotubes is installed in the X-ray beam path and a protective shield with apertures for the electron beam entry and for the X-ray beam exit is arranged around the interaction zone (4).