New Capabilities of Proton Radiography for Recording Fast Gas-Dynamic Processes

Abstract

For about 15 years, studies of fast gas-dynamic processes have been conducted at the Logunov Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center using the proton radiography system developed jointly with the Logunov Institute of High Energy Physics on the basis of a U-70 accelerator. The main advantages of flash proton radiography over widely used flash x-ray radiography are high spatial resolution, multiframe mode, transmission capability, dynamic range of recording, etc. In recent years, effort has continued to extend the capabilities of the proton radiography system by increasing the total time and recording field and supplementing it with additional diagnostic techniques and new explosion-proof chambers. This paper presents the results of studies that illustrate these capabilities.