DARHT AXIS II Beam Position Monitors
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 875455 (United States)
- Bechtel Nevada (United States)
One of Los Alamos National Laboratory's (LANL's) primary responsibilities for national security is to certify the readiness of our nation's nuclear stockpile. Since the end of underground testing in 1994, LANL has used non-nuclear experiments and computational models to certify our stockpile. The Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) Facility is the next tool scientists will utilize for stockpile certification. DARHT will soon be capable of producing a three dimensional, time resolved radiographic image of a nuclear weapon pit during implosion. Data from these radiographic images will be used to validate the computational models used to study nuclear weapons. The first axis of DARHT with its single-pulse capability has been in use for about 2 years. Data returned from DARHT's First axis has been exceptional, producing the highest resolution radiographic image ever for a pit test.
- OSTI ID:
- 20630287
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 732, Issue 1; Conference: 11. beam instrumentation workshop, Knoxville, TN (United States), 3-6 May 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1831163; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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