Neutron streak tube

Wang, C L; Lerche, R A; Medecki, H; Phillips, G E; Singh, M S

doi:10.1063/1.1139170

Title: Neutron streak tube

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We present the design and construction of a simple neutron streak tube. The cathode is a 10-..mu..m-thick U/sup 238/ strip, 25 mm wide and 1.5 mm high, vacuum deposited on a stainless-steel substrate which replaces the cathode of a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) model 3 x-ray streak camera. Accompanying a fission fragment, about 200 low-energy secondary electrons are emitted from the cathode. The streak tube was tested at a rotating target neutron source and at the Nova laser which produced 10/sup 13/ neutrons from the fusion target. Preliminary results are presented.

Authors:: Wang, C L; Lerche, R A; Medecki, H; Phillips, G E; Singh, M S

Publication Date:: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P. O. Box 5508, Livermore, California 94550

OSTI Identifier:: 5642496

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 57:8

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ICF DEVICES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; NEUTRON CAMERAS; DESIGN; PERFORMANCE TESTING; CATHODES; FISSION FRAGMENTS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY; NEUTRON FLUX; NOVA FACILITY; SECONDARY EMISSION; STREAK CAMERAS; URANIUM 238; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CAMERAS; ELECTRODES; EMISSION; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS; NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION FLUX; RADIOISOTOPES; TESTING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 700102* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Diagnostics

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                    Wang, C L, Lerche, R A, Medecki, H, Phillips, G E, and Singh, M S. Neutron streak tube.  United States: N. p., 1986. 
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                    Wang, C L, Lerche, R A, Medecki, H, Phillips, G E, & Singh, M S. Neutron streak tube.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1139170

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                    Wang, C L, Lerche, R A, Medecki, H, Phillips, G E, and Singh, M S. 1986.  
        "Neutron streak tube".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1139170.

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  title        = {Neutron streak tube},

  author       = {Wang, C L and Lerche, R A and Medecki, H and Phillips, G E and Singh, M S},

  abstractNote = {We present the design and construction of a simple neutron streak tube. The cathode is a 10-..mu..m-thick U/sup 238/ strip, 25 mm wide and 1.5 mm high, vacuum deposited on a stainless-steel substrate which replaces the cathode of a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) model 3 x-ray streak camera. Accompanying a fission fragment, about 200 low-energy secondary electrons are emitted from the cathode. The streak tube was tested at a rotating target neutron source and at the Nova laser which produced 10/sup 13/ neutrons from the fusion target. Preliminary results are presented.},

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  journal      = {Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States)},
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  year         = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986},

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