Wide angle crystal spectrometer for angularly and spectrally resolved X-ray scattering experiments.

A novel wide angle spectrometer has been implemented with a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite crystal coupled to an image plate. This spectrometer has allowed us to look at the energy resolved spectrum of scattered x rays from a dense plasma over a wide range of angles (approximately 30 degrees ) i...

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Main Authors: Saiz, E, Khattak, F, Gregori, G, Bandyopadhyay, S, Clarke, R, Fell, B, Freeman, R, Jeffries, J, Jung, D, Notley, M, Weber, R, van Woerkom, L, Riley, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Summary:A novel wide angle spectrometer has been implemented with a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite crystal coupled to an image plate. This spectrometer has allowed us to look at the energy resolved spectrum of scattered x rays from a dense plasma over a wide range of angles (approximately 30 degrees ) in a single shot. Using this spectrometer we were able to observe the temporal evolution of the angular scatter cross section from a laser shocked foil. A spectrometer of this type may also be useful in investigations of x-ray line transfer from laser-plasmas experiments.