I have a comment regarding the source voltage and the spectrum generated by a plasma heated by that voltage. The 10 volt supply can be used to generate heating of the plasma due to the power absorbed by the plasma. The resulting high temperature can ionize the plasma by itself and therefore the radiation energy that results from the recombination of the electron with the ion should be independent of the supply voltage.
If my above thought process is accurate then a 1 volt source would be capable of initiating 10 eV radiation if it can supply enough local heat to the system and that energy of radiation is possible when the ion recombines. Perhaps we should not be too concerned about the source voltage and instead concentrate upon the source power. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Feb 4, 2016 8:51 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:BLP demo video I wrote: I think Mills also mentioned soft x-rays early on, which are in the low keV. And the spectrum he spent time discussing had an endpoint somewhere above 100 eV. Such photons would presumably come from the excitation of inner shell electrons in heavier elements such as silver. I recall that the photons were mostly broadband, while emissions from de-excitation of inner shell electrons would be characteristic (sharp). So if the broadband spectra went back to energetic beta electrons, perhaps they were due to bremsstrahlung instead. Eric
