Nuclear science experiments with a bright neutron source from fusion reactions on the OMEGA Laser System

Forrest, C. J.; Knauer, J. P.; Schroeder, W. U.; Glebov, V. Yu.; Radha, P. B.; Regan, S. P.; Sangster, T. C.; Sickles, M.; Stoeckl, C.; Szczepanski, J.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.072

Title: Nuclear science experiments with a bright neutron source from fusion reactions on the OMEGA Laser System

Journal Article · Wed Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.072· OSTI ID:1431296

Forrest, C. J. ^[1]; Knauer, J. P. ^[1]; Schroeder, W. U. ^[2]; Glebov, V. Yu. ^[1]; Radha, P. B. ^[1]; Regan, S. P. ^[1]; Sangster, T. C. ^[1]; Sickles, M. ^[1]; Stoeckl, C. ^[1]; Szczepanski, J. ^[1]

Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)

Subnanosecond impulses of 10¹³ to 10¹⁴ neutrons, produced in direct-drive laser inertial confinement fusion implosions, have been used to irradiate deuterated targets at the OMEGA Laser System [T. R. Boehly et al., Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)]. The target compounds include heavy water (D₂O) and deuterated benzene (C₆D₆). Yields and energy spectra of neutrons from D(n,2n)p to study the breakup reaction have been measured at a forward angle of θlab = 3.5 degrees plus/minus 3.5 degrees with a sensitive, high-dynamic-range neutron time-of-flight spectrometer to infer the double-differential breakup cross section d2sigma/dEdomega for 14-MeV D–T fusion neutrons.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1431296

Report Number(s):: 2017-218, 1387; PII: S0168900218301013

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 888, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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