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Pyroelectric crystals are used to produce self-focused electron beams with energies greater than 170 keV. No high voltage power supply or electron gun is needed. The system works by simply changing the temperature of a crystal of LiNbO3 or…
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An idea of producing a focused parametric X-ray radiation (PXR) is presented. The PXR is emitted by relativistic charged particles channeling along a bent crystal. Then the PXR emitted from the whole length of the bent crystal is going to…
The usage of channelling radiation arising from a high energy electron beam traversing a crystal for the production of an intense low emittance muon beam is investigated. The optimal energy and divergence of the electron beam are computed…
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Spectra of parametric X-ray radiation (PXR) are considered in the range of anomalous dispersion for one of the atoms in a crystal elementary cell. The PXR spectra are calculated both for the ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic electrons…
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A new effect, gas amplification of electron energy is reported here; namely when a cylindrical pyroelectric crystal such as (LiNbO3) is contained in a concentric cylindrical chamber and is heated and then allowed to cool in a dilute gas the…
A source of medical x-rays based on a 50 Mev storage ring and a quasi-continues picosecond laser is considered. It is shown that such generator produces useful X-ray flux with higher average power and higher efficiency than that of…
Based on kinematic model of parametric X-ray Radiation (PXR), an approach for calculation of PXR characteristics (spectrum, intensity, polarization and yield) has been developed. The approach allows to take into account the beam divergence,…
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Self-focusing, spatially stable, electron beams arising from heating up to 160 degrees C and cooling to room temperature pyroelectric LiNbO3 crystals in dilute gases have been observed for the first time. The current (up to nanoamperes) and…
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