The Influence of B4C Film Density on Damage Threshold Based on Monte Carlo Method for X-ray Mirror
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Computational Method and Details
2.1. Computational Method
2.2. Simulation Details
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. The Physical Processes and Simulation Accuracy
3.2. Influence of B4C Density Change on Damage Threshold at Grazing Incident Angle of 2 Mrad
3.3. The Influence of Film Density with the Designed Grazing Incident Angle
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Photon Energy (keV) | Coherence Scattering (cm2/g) | Incoherence Scattering (cm2/g) | Photoelectric Absorption (cm2/g) | Total Cross Section (cm2/g) | ||||
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Simulation | Database | Simulation | Database | Simulation | Database | Simulation | Database | |
3 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 55.57 | 55.63 | 56.12 | 56.16 |
10 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 1.231 | 1.24 | 1.49 | 1.50 |
15 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.56 | 0.55 |
20 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
25 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.22 |
Density of B4C Film (g/cm3) | Reflectivity with Photon Energy (2 mrad) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 keV | 10 keV | 15 keV | 20 keV | 25 keV | |
2.40 | 0.9967 | 0.9988 | 0.9952 | 0.0498 | 0.0149 |
2.44 | 0.9968 | 0.9989 | 0.9967 | 0.0498 | 0.0149 |
2.48 | 0.9968 | 0.9989 | 0.9966 | 0.0498 | 0.0149 |
2.52 | 0.9968 | 0.9989 | 0.9974 | 0.0497 | 0.0149 |
2.56 | 0.9968 | 0.9989 | 0.9973 | 0.0497 | 0.0149 |
Standard deviations | 0.00004 | 0.00004 | 0.0009 | 0.00005 | 0 |
Materials | B4C | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Photon energy (keV) | 3 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
Grazing angle (mrad) | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
Reflectivity | 0.9940 | 0.9973 | 0.9990 | 0.9992 | 0.9990 |
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Sui, T.; Zhuo, H.; Tang, A.; Ju, X. The Influence of B4C Film Density on Damage Threshold Based on Monte Carlo Method for X-ray Mirror. Materials 2024, 17, 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051026
Sui T, Zhuo H, Tang A, Ju X. The Influence of B4C Film Density on Damage Threshold Based on Monte Carlo Method for X-ray Mirror. Materials. 2024; 17(5):1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051026
Chicago/Turabian StyleSui, Tingting, Haohui Zhuo, Anchun Tang, and Xin Ju. 2024. "The Influence of B4C Film Density on Damage Threshold Based on Monte Carlo Method for X-ray Mirror" Materials 17, no. 5: 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051026