The measurement technique and results are presented from studies of the spectral composition of X-ray emission from different regions of micropinch discharge plasma in a low-inductive vacuum spark device. X-ray spectra are measured in the photon energy range of 1–30 keV for the radiation emerging from the plasma spot, near-anode plasma, and anode regions of the micropinch discharge plasma. It is experimentally established that, in the energy range under study, the intensity of X-ray emission from the plasma spot exceeds that from the near-anode and anode regions.

The measurement technique and results are presented from studies of the X-ray spectra and X-ray yield from micropinch discharge plasma in a low-inductive vacuum spark device at different polarities of the discharge electrodes. The measurements were performed using the specially designed diagnostic system based on thermoluminescent and scintillation detectors. This made it possible to perform measurements in the photon energy range of 1–300 keV.

A single-channel compact (ø5 × 10 mm) noise-immune spectrometer has been developed for measuring X-ray spectra of micropinch-discharge plasma in the energy range of 1−25 keV using the filter method. The spectrometer is based on an array of lithium fluoride LiF thermoluminescent detectors placed in series, which are also used as filters for X-ray spectrum selection.

We analyzed the possibility of using different detector types (semiconductor, scintillator, thermoluminescent, nuclear emulsions) for plasma diagnostics. We investigated the main characteristics of such detectors, on the basis of which an X-ray spectrometer complex was created.

In this paper we studied the non-self mode of the auto-oscillation secondary- emission discharge (ASED) in a longitudinal magnetic field with autonomous electron gun to ignite the primary beam-plasma discharge (PPD).

Проведен анализ возможности использования термолюминесцентных детекторов для диагностики плазмы. Исследованы основные характеристики термолюминесцентных детекторов, на основе которых был создан малогабаритный спектрометр импульсного рентгеновского излучения. Представлены основные эксперименальные результаты исследования спектра рентгеновского излучения плазменных объектов.

A complex of diagnostic equipment for studying impulse X-ray radiation from high-current discharge plasma is presented. The complex provides measurements within an X-ray energy range of 1–300 keV and has a dynamic range of 10 12 . The results of investigating the spectral characteristics of X rays from plasma that is generated in the “low-inductive vacuum spark” device are presented as functions of the discharge current for various electrode materials.

A set of spectrometers for simultaneous research on spatial structure of x-ray and ion emission sources is described. Experimental results of micropinch plasma ion and x-ray emission sources and their origin are discussed. Spectral characteristics of ion emission from micropinch plasma discharge are discussed.

A procedure and basic experimental results of studying the spatial structure of plasma objects in the X-ray emission range are presented. The measurement results of spectral characteristics of X-ray sources of plasma objects are given. The studies are performed using the designed position-sensitive pulse X-ray spectrometer.

The possibility of using thermoluminescent detectors for diagnosing plasmas is analyzed. The key characteristics of the thermoluminescent detectors, based on which a small-sized pulse X-ray spectrometer was developed and constructed, are studied. The basic experimental results obtained in the investigation of the X-ray spectra of plasma objects are presented.