METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR PRODUCING X-RAY RADIATION

摘要

In order to produce X-ray radiation, a plasma (16) is produced by a gas discharge in a discharge area (17) which is open away from an axis (3), with the plasma (16) collapsing in a magnetic field produced by the discharge current, towards the axis (3) which is predetermined by the direction of the discharge current, and with the collapsing plasma (16) being pumped with light (8) which is directed at the plasma (16) on the axis (3) towards which the plasma (16) collapses.