Application of the coincidence counting technique to DD neutron spectrometry data at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z
A compact neutron spectrometer, based on a CH foil for the production of recoil protons and CR-39 detection, is being developed for the measurements of the DD-neutron spectrum at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z facilities. As a CR-39 detector will be used in the spectrometer, the principal sources of background are neutron-induced tracks and intrinsic tracks (defects in the CR-39). To reject the background to the required level for measurements of the down-scattered and primary DD-neutron components in the spectrum, the Coincidence Counting Technique (CCT) must be applied to the data. Using a piece of CR-39 exposed to 2.5-MeV protons at the MIT HEDP accelerator facility and DD-neutrons at Z, a significant improvement of a DD-neutron signal-to-background level has been demonstrated for the first time using the CCT. In conclusion, these results are in excellent agreement with previous work applied to DT neutrons.
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2016-6470J
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; RSINAK
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002949; NA0002726; NA0001857; AC04-94AL85000; 1340868
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 11; Conference: 21. Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics (HTPD 2016), Madison, WI (United States), 5-9 Jun 2016; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Research Org:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; HEDP Div.; Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; neutron; protons; etching; inertial confinement
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1285035
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1338308
Lahmann, B., Milanese, L. M., Han, W., Gatu Johnson, M., Séguin, F. H., Frenje, J. A., Petrasso, R. D., Hahn, K. D., and Jones, B.. Application of the coincidence counting technique to DD neutron spectrometry data at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z. United States: N. p.,
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4958910.
Lahmann, B., Milanese, L. M., Han, W., Gatu Johnson, M., Séguin, F. H., Frenje, J. A., Petrasso, R. D., Hahn, K. D., & Jones, B.. Application of the coincidence counting technique to DD neutron spectrometry data at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z. United States. doi:10.1063/1.4958910.
Lahmann, B., Milanese, L. M., Han, W., Gatu Johnson, M., Séguin, F. H., Frenje, J. A., Petrasso, R. D., Hahn, K. D., and Jones, B.. 2016.
"Application of the coincidence counting technique to DD neutron spectrometry data at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z". United States.
doi:10.1063/1.4958910. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1285035.
@article{osti_1285035,
title = {Application of the coincidence counting technique to DD neutron spectrometry data at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z},
author = {Lahmann, B. and Milanese, L. M. and Han, W. and Gatu Johnson, M. and Séguin, F. H. and Frenje, J. A. and Petrasso, R. D. and Hahn, K. D. and Jones, B.},
abstractNote = {A compact neutron spectrometer, based on a CH foil for the production of recoil protons and CR-39 detection, is being developed for the measurements of the DD-neutron spectrum at the NIF, OMEGA, and Z facilities. As a CR-39 detector will be used in the spectrometer, the principal sources of background are neutron-induced tracks and intrinsic tracks (defects in the CR-39). To reject the background to the required level for measurements of the down-scattered and primary DD-neutron components in the spectrum, the Coincidence Counting Technique (CCT) must be applied to the data. Using a piece of CR-39 exposed to 2.5-MeV protons at the MIT HEDP accelerator facility and DD-neutrons at Z, a significant improvement of a DD-neutron signal-to-background level has been demonstrated for the first time using the CCT. In conclusion, these results are in excellent agreement with previous work applied to DT neutrons.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4958910},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 11,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {7}
}
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