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X-Ray Generation during Piezoelectric Lighter Operation in Vacuum

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The results of experimental studies on the generation of x-rays when operating a piezoelectric kitchen lighter in a vacuum are presented. For the first time, a new method for increasing the intensity of x-ray radiation in the piezoelectric effect in a high vacuum through the use of an additional electron emitter is proposed and demonstrated. The maximum energy of x-ray bremsstrahlung reaches 14 keV. This means that electrons are accelerated in vacuum in the field of a piezoelectric ceramic to energy of at least 14 keV.

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This work was performed with financial support from the competitive part of the state task on the creation and development of laboratories, project No. FZWG-2020-0032 (2019-1569) and using equipment from the Center for Collective Use at the Federal Research Center for Crystallography and Photonics with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (project RFMEFI62119X0035).

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  1. International Research Laboratory of Radiation Physics, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

    O. O. Ivashchuk, A. V. Shchagin, A. S. Kubankin, A. A. Klenin, A. N. Oleinik & E. V. Bolotov

  2. National Scientific Center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine

    A. V. Shchagin

  3. P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    O. O. Ivashchuk & A. S. Kubankin

  4. Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, UK

    A. N. Oleinik

  5. A. V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, FSRC Crystallography and Photonics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. V. Grigor’ev & A. S. Kumskov

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Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 12, pp. 34 – 38, December, 2020.

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Ivashchuk, O.O., Shchagin, A.V., Kubankin, A.S. et al. X-Ray Generation during Piezoelectric Lighter Operation in Vacuum. Glass Ceram 77, 469–472 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-021-00334-8

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