Opacity Spectrometer development for the National Ignition Facility

Title: Opacity Spectrometer development for the National Ignition Facility

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Presentation describes collaboration between five laboratories to develop and opacity spectrometer for use at the National Ignition Facility.

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Ross, P. W. ^[1]; Heeter, R. F. ^[2]; Koch, J. A. ^[1]; Liedahl, D. A. ^[2]; Opachich, Y. P. ^[1]; Schneider, M. B. ^[2]; Perry, T. S. ^[1]

National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2015-10-05

Research Org.:: Nevada National Security Site/National Security Technologies, LLC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1530563

Report Number(s):: DOE/NV/25946-2632

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC52-06NA25946

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Presentation for Source Physics Experiment briefing held on October 5, 2015.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; NIF, Opacity Spectrometer

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                    Ross, P. W., Heeter, R. F., Koch, J. A., Liedahl, D. A., Opachich, Y. P., Schneider, M. B., and Perry, T. S. Opacity Spectrometer development for the National Ignition Facility.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Ross, P. W., Heeter, R. F., Koch, J. A., Liedahl, D. A., Opachich, Y. P., Schneider, M. B., & Perry, T. S. Opacity Spectrometer development for the National Ignition Facility.  United States.

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                    Ross, P. W., Heeter, R. F., Koch, J. A., Liedahl, D. A., Opachich, Y. P., Schneider, M. B., and Perry, T. S. Mon .  
        "Opacity Spectrometer development for the National Ignition Facility".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1530563.

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