Neutron-induced reactions in the hohlraum to study reaction in flight neutrons

Journal Article · Fri Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4802392· OSTI ID:22117011

Boswell, M. S.; Elliott, S. R.; Tybo, J. ^[1]; Guiseppe, V.; Rundberg, B. ^[2]; Kidd, M. ^[3]

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1. Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)
2. Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)
3. Physics Department, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN (United States)

We are currently developing the physics necessary to measure the Reaction In Flight (RIF) neutron flux from a NIF capsule. A measurement of the RIF neutron flux from a NIF capsule could be used to deduce the stopping power in the cold fuel of the NIF capsule. A foil irradiated at the Omega laser at LLE was counted at the LANL low-background counting facility at WIPP. The estimated production rate of {sup 195}Au was just below our experimental sensitivity. We have made several improvements to our counting facility in recent months. These improvements are designed to increase our sensitivity, and include installing two new low-background detectors, and taking steps to reduce noise in the signals.

• OSTI ID: 22117011
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1525, Issue 1; Conference: 22. international conference on application of accelerators in research and industry, Ft. Worth, TX (United States), 5-10 Aug 2012; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CAPSULES
DESIGN
FOILS
GOLD 195
IRRADIATION
LANL
NEUTRON FLUX
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD
OMEGA FACILITY
STOPPING POWER
THERMONUCLEAR FUELS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY
WIPP