Modern Diagnostic X-Ray Sources, 2nd Edition

Symbols

Latin Characters

a	acceleration
aFN	constant in the Fowler–Nordheim equation
A	surface area
Aambient	inner surface area of a surrounding body
Aatom	atomic mass number
AR	Richardson–Dushman constant
AHC	anode heat content
AHCmax	maximum anode heat content
c	speed of light
cp	specific heat capacity per mass unit
const	constant of generally different value in different formulas
conv	convolution function
Canode	heat capacity gain of the anode per temperature gain in [kJ/K]
Ch/v	output capacitance of a high-voltage generator and the connected high-voltage cable
CTSPI	CT scan power index (term of the IEC 60613 standard)
d	anode–cathode spacing in an X-ray tube
danode	anode diameter
dtrack	diameter of the ...