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X-Ray Absorption Imaging of High-Pressure Lighting Plasmas

Published

Author(s)

John J. Curry, Craig J. Sansonetti

Abstract

X-ray absorption has been used to image the distribution of Hg in high-pressure arc lamps used for lighting (Curry, Sansonetti, and Wang, in progress). Here, several images are presented showing the analytic transformation of raw x-ray data into an image of the Hg vapor density in a cylindrically symmetric arc.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume
33
Issue
No 2

Keywords

Hg plasma, high-intensity discharge, lighting plasma, metal-halide arc, x-ray absorption imaging

Citation

Curry, J. and Sansonetti, C. (2005), X-Ray Absorption Imaging of High-Pressure Lighting Plasmas, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created April 1, 2005, Updated February 17, 2017