A new neutron time-of-flight detector for fuel-areal-density measurements on OMEGA
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623 (United States)
A new neutron time-of-flight (nTOF) detector for fuel-areal-density measurements in cryogenic DT implosions was installed on the OMEGA Laser System. The nTOF detector has a cylindrical thin-wall, stainless-steel, 8-in.-diam, 4-in.-thick cavity filled with an oxygenated liquid xylene scintillator. Four gated photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) with different gains are used to measure primary DT and D{sub 2} neutrons, down-scattered neutrons in nT and nD kinematic edge regions, and to study tertiary neutrons in the same detector. The nTOF detector is located 13.4 m from target chamber center in a well-collimated line of sight. The design details of the nTOF detector, PMT optimization, and test results on OMEGA will be presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 22308795
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 85; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
D-T OPERATION
DENSITY
DEUTERIUM
GAIN
IMPLOSIONS
LASERS
MEASURING METHODS
NEUTRON DETECTORS
OPTIMIZATION
PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS
STAINLESS STEELS
TARGET CHAMBERS
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
XYLENES