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Title: On three-dimensional reconstruction of a neutron/x-ray source from very few two-dimensional projections

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936319· OSTI ID:1334125

The neutron imaging system at the National Ignition Facility is an important diagnostic tool for measuring the two-dimensional size and shape of the source of neutrons produced in the burning deuterium-tritium plasma during the stagnation phase of inertial confinement fusion implosions. Few two-dimensional projections of neutronimages are available to reconstruct the three-dimensionalneutron source. In our paper, we present a technique that has been developed for the 3Dreconstruction of neutron and x-raysources from a minimal number of 2D projections. Here, we present the detailed algorithms used for this characterization and the results of reconstructedsources from experimental data collected at Omega.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1334125
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1227078
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-27143; JAPIAU
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 20; ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 17 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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