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Title: New Developments in Proton Radiography at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE)

Journal Article · · Experimental Mechanics
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Goethe Univ., Frankfurt (Germany)
  4. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD, (United States)
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Here, we report that an application of nuclear physics, a facility for using protons for flash radiography, has been developed at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). Protons have proven far superior to high energy x-rays for flash radiography because of their long mean free path, good position resolution, and low scatter background. Although this facility is primarily used for studying very fast phenomena such as high explosive driven experiments, it is finding increasing application to other fields, such as tomography of static objects, phase changes in materials and the dynamics of chemical reactions. The advantages of protons are discussed, data from some recent experiments will be reviewed and concepts for new techniques are introduced.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC5206NA25396; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1239117
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1329853
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-14-27803; LA-UR-14-28127; PII: 77
Journal Information:
Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 56, Issue 1; ISSN 0014-4851
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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