In this work we report the first observation of the screening effect in large-area, cold-cathode diodes. A framing camera was used to observe the formation of emission centers (ECs) on a 200 cm2 velvet emitter. The density of ECs increased as a function of applied magnetic field as predicted. The current per EC decreased as the magnetic field was increased. These phenomena suggest methods of increasing the spatial and temporal uniformity of high-power electron beams.
Muon tomography is a technique that uses cosmic ray muons to generate three dimensional images of volumes using information contained in the Coulomb scattering of the muons. Advantages of this technique are the ability of cosmic rays to penetrate significant overburden and the absence of any additional dose delivered to subjects under study above the natural cosmic ray flux. Disadvantages include the relatively long exposure times and poor position resolution and complex algorithms needed for reconstruction. Here we demonstrate a new method for obtaining improved position resolution and statistical precision for objects with spherical symmetry
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