CHANGING MASS LINER SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF SOFT X-RAYS

Powerful pulse installations are usually used to produce large yields of X-ray radiation. With an increase of the stored energy up to 100 MJ , the cost of a single experiment on these installations becomes compa rable to the cost of a shot with explosive magnetic generators (EMG), according to expert estimates. The physical scheme of a device with a changeable mass liner for large soft X-ray (in the range of 0.3 to 0.5 keV) yields generation is investigated. The scheme investigated is su bstantially free from difficulties connected with high precision liner s and fast switches for current pulse sharpening.