Simultaneous neutron and x-ray imaging of inertial confinement fusion experiments along a single line of sight at Omega
Abstract
Neutron and x-ray imaging provide critical information about the geometry and hydrodynamics of inertial confinement fusion implosions. However, existing diagnostics at Omega and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) cannot produce images in both neutrons and x-rays along the same line of sight. This leads to difficulty comparing these images, which capture different parts of the plasma geometry, for the asymmetric implosions seen in present experiments. Further, even when opposing port neutron and x-ray images are available, they use different detectors and cannot provide positive information about the relative positions of the neutron and x-ray sources. A technique has been demonstrated on implosions at Omega that can capture x-ray images along the same line of sight as the neutron images. Thus, the technique is described, and data from a set of experiments are presented, along with a discussion of techniques for coregistration of the various images. It is concluded that the technique is viable and could provide valuable information if implemented on NIF in the near future.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1233523
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1228190
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-21310
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; RSINAK
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 86; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; x-ray imaging; neutrons; neutron imaging; image reconstruction; neutron sources
Citation Formats
Danly, C. R., Day, T. H., Fittinghoff, D. N., Herrmann, H., Izumi, N., Kim, Y. H., Martinez, J. I., Merrill, F. E., Schmidt, D. W., Simpson, R. A., Volegov, P. L., and Wilde, C. H. Simultaneous neutron and x-ray imaging of inertial confinement fusion experiments along a single line of sight at Omega. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4918285.
Danly, C. R., Day, T. H., Fittinghoff, D. N., Herrmann, H., Izumi, N., Kim, Y. H., Martinez, J. I., Merrill, F. E., Schmidt, D. W., Simpson, R. A., Volegov, P. L., & Wilde, C. H. Simultaneous neutron and x-ray imaging of inertial confinement fusion experiments along a single line of sight at Omega. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918285
Danly, C. R., Day, T. H., Fittinghoff, D. N., Herrmann, H., Izumi, N., Kim, Y. H., Martinez, J. I., Merrill, F. E., Schmidt, D. W., Simpson, R. A., Volegov, P. L., and Wilde, C. H. Thu .
"Simultaneous neutron and x-ray imaging of inertial confinement fusion experiments along a single line of sight at Omega". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918285. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1233523.
@article{osti_1233523,
title = {Simultaneous neutron and x-ray imaging of inertial confinement fusion experiments along a single line of sight at Omega},
author = {Danly, C. R. and Day, T. H. and Fittinghoff, D. N. and Herrmann, H. and Izumi, N. and Kim, Y. H. and Martinez, J. I. and Merrill, F. E. and Schmidt, D. W. and Simpson, R. A. and Volegov, P. L. and Wilde, C. H.},
abstractNote = {Neutron and x-ray imaging provide critical information about the geometry and hydrodynamics of inertial confinement fusion implosions. However, existing diagnostics at Omega and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) cannot produce images in both neutrons and x-rays along the same line of sight. This leads to difficulty comparing these images, which capture different parts of the plasma geometry, for the asymmetric implosions seen in present experiments. Further, even when opposing port neutron and x-ray images are available, they use different detectors and cannot provide positive information about the relative positions of the neutron and x-ray sources. A technique has been demonstrated on implosions at Omega that can capture x-ray images along the same line of sight as the neutron images. Thus, the technique is described, and data from a set of experiments are presented, along with a discussion of techniques for coregistration of the various images. It is concluded that the technique is viable and could provide valuable information if implemented on NIF in the near future.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4918285},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 4,
volume = 86,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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