Direct measurement of the fuel density-radius product in laser-fusion experiments

Journal Article · Mon Aug 16 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.463· OSTI ID:7037810

Kacenjar, S; Skupsky, S; Entenberg, A; Goldman, L; Richardson, M

The first direct measurement of fuel density-radius product rhoR in laser-fusion experiments is obtained by measuring the number of deuterium and tritium ions elastically scattered out of the fuel by 14-MeV fusion neutrons. They were recorded with the solid-state track detector CR-39. The energy spectrum of these particles is found to agree well with the theoretical result. This diagnostic was used in low- and high-compression experiments and measured rhoR values of 1.3 x 10/sup -4/ and 1.2 x 10/sup -3/ g/cm/sup 2/, with an uncertainty of approx.20%.

• Research Organization: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-80DP40124
• OSTI ID: 7037810
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 49:7; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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BARYONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHARGED PARTICLES
DATA
DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM IONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERMIONS
FUELS
HADRONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IMPLOSIONS
INFORMATION
IONS
ISOTOPES
LASER IMPLOSIONS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 10-100
NEUTRONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
RADIOISOTOPES
SCATTERING
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR FUELS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM IONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES