Improved yield and control of spectra from high-intensity laser-generated neutron beams

Albright, Brian J.; Yin, Lin; Favalli, Andrea

doi:10.1017/S0263034617000908

Improved yield and control of spectra from high-intensity laser-generated neutron beams

Journal Article · Tue Jan 09 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Laser and Particle Beams

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034617000908· OSTI ID:1503184

Albright, Brian J.; Yin, Lin; Favalli, Andrea

Abstract

Kinetic modeling of laser-ion beam generation from the “break-out afterburner” (BOA) has been modeled for several deuteron-rich solid-density target foils. Modeling the transport of these beams in a beryllium converter shows as much as a fourfold increase in neutron yield over the present state of the art through the use of alternative target materials. Additionally, species-separation dynamics during the BOA can be exploited to control the hardness of the neutron spectra, of interest for, for example, enhancing penetrability in shielded material in active neutron interrogation settings.

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: LDRD

DOE Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1503184

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-25475

Journal Information:: Laser and Particle Beams, Journal Name: Laser and Particle Beams Journal Issue: 01 Vol. 36; ISSN 0263-0346

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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