Generation of hard breaking radiation on the MIG system with a plasma opening switch

This paper presents the results of experiments on the generation of pulsed γ radiation of average photon energy ∼1.2 MeV and duration ≤20 ns on the MIG system with a plasma opening switch. Operating modes with a maximum dose downstream of the anode of (1–2)·10¹³ and 10¹² R/s over an area of 2–3 and 100 cm² are obtained, respectively. Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 26–30, December, 1999.