A Novel Neutron Imaging Calibration System Using a Neutron Generating Accelerator Tube
Abstract
Neutron Imaging is a key diagnostic for use in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments, and has been fielded on experiments at Omega and Z. It will also be a key diagnostics at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and eventually at the Laser Megajoule in France. Most systems are based on a neutron pinhole array placed at the target chamber while it is imaged by a scintillating fiber block. The light output of this scintillator is coupled via a reducer to a fiber bundle which transports the image to a CCD camera. Alternatively some systems use optical lens assemblies to focus the light onto a camera.For ICF applications the neutron imaging systems will primarily look at 14.2 MeV neutrons. However, 2.2 MeV and 20+ MeV neutrons will also be present and will potentially provide key information.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Nevada Test Site (NTS), Mercury, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1035357
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/25946-795
TRN: US1201014
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC52-06NA25946
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Inertial Fusion Science Applications Conference; San Francisco, CA; September 6–11, 2009; www.ifsa09.org
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATORS; CALIBRATION; FIBERS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASERS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; TARGET CHAMBERS; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; neutron, calibration, accelerator tube
Citation Formats
Ali, Z., Davis, B., Tinsley, J. R., Miller, E. K. A Novel Neutron Imaging Calibration System Using a Neutron Generating Accelerator Tube. United States: N. p., 2009.
Web.
Ali, Z., Davis, B., Tinsley, J. R., Miller, E. K. A Novel Neutron Imaging Calibration System Using a Neutron Generating Accelerator Tube. United States.
Ali, Z., Davis, B., Tinsley, J. R., Miller, E. K. 2009.
"A Novel Neutron Imaging Calibration System Using a Neutron Generating Accelerator Tube". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1035357.
@article{osti_1035357,
title = {A Novel Neutron Imaging Calibration System Using a Neutron Generating Accelerator Tube},
author = {Ali, Z., Davis, B., Tinsley, J. R., Miller, E. K.},
abstractNote = {Neutron Imaging is a key diagnostic for use in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments, and has been fielded on experiments at Omega and Z. It will also be a key diagnostics at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and eventually at the Laser Megajoule in France. Most systems are based on a neutron pinhole array placed at the target chamber while it is imaged by a scintillating fiber block. The light output of this scintillator is coupled via a reducer to a fiber bundle which transports the image to a CCD camera. Alternatively some systems use optical lens assemblies to focus the light onto a camera.For ICF applications the neutron imaging systems will primarily look at 14.2 MeV neutrons. However, 2.2 MeV and 20+ MeV neutrons will also be present and will potentially provide key information.},
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year = {Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
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