1997 Articles

A high-resolution transmission-type x-ray spectrometer designed for observation of the Kα transitions of highly charged high-Z ions

Savin, Daniel Wolf; Widmann, K.; Beiersdorfer, P.; Brown, G. V.; Lopez-Urrutia, J. R. Crespo; Decaux, V.

High-resolution reflection-type crystal spectrometers have been used for x-ray energies up to 13 keV, e.g., the K-shell radiation of heliumlike Kr. In order to extend crystal spectrometer measurements to higher energy x rays from higher-Z elements, we employ the crystal in transmission. The geometry we use is known as DuMond geometry. Using such a transmission-type crystal x-ray spectrometer, we have measured the K-shell radiation of various highly charged high-Z ions. In particular, we present a measurement of the 1s2p 1P1→1s2 1S0 transition in heliumlike xenon, Xe52+. For this transition, we measure a linewidth of 34 eV, which demonstrates that the resolving power we achieved with the new spectrometer is on the order of 1000