Neutron streak tube

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1139170· OSTI ID:5642496

Wang, C L; Lerche, R A; Medecki, H; Phillips, G E; Singh, M S

We present the design and construction of a simple neutron streak tube. The cathode is a 10-..mu..m-thick U/sup 238/ strip, 25 mm wide and 1.5 mm high, vacuum deposited on a stainless-steel substrate which replaces the cathode of a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) model 3 x-ray streak camera. Accompanying a fission fragment, about 200 low-energy secondary electrons are emitted from the cathode. The streak tube was tested at a rotating target neutron source and at the Nova laser which produced 10/sup 13/ neutrons from the fusion target. Preliminary results are presented.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P. O. Box 5508, Livermore, California 94550
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5642496
• Journal Information: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States), Vol. 57:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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