Abstract
By exploding a thin tungsten wire in vacuum, it is found that an ultrafast (20 nsec half-width), reproducible x-ray pulse is emitted from the wire during the first half-cycle of the discharge. The half-width of the pulse seems to be independent of the ringing frequency of the discharge circuit. It is shown that it is possible to use the exploding wire as a flash x-ray source for taking radiographs of high speed events, e.g., an exploding copper wire.
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