Transition radiation as a source of x rays

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Abstract
The generation of transition radiation resulting from the passage of relativistic charged particles through a periodic structure can produce intense and highly directional x rays. An optimization analysis accounting for material properties, multiple scattering, and statistical random errors in foil thicknesses is used to design an x-ray emitter. The results demonstrate that transition radiation sources can be comparable in brightness to synchrotron emitters.