Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a 134Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility

Bleuel, Daniel L.; Bernstein, Lee A.; Brand, Christopher A.; Cassata, William S.; Daub, Brian H.; Dauffy, Lucile S.; Goldblum, Bethany L.; Hall, James M.; Hagmann, Chris A.; Hopkins, Laura Berzak; Khater, Hesham Y.; Kritcher, Andrea L.; Schneider, Dieter H. G.; Siem, Sunniva; Velsko, Carol A.; Wiedeking, Mathis

doi:10.1585/pfr.11.3401075

Title: Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a ¹³⁴Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility

Abstract

Angular momentum changes due to nuclear-plasma interactions on highly-excited nuclei in high energy density plasmas created at the National Ignition Facility can be measured through a change in isomer feeding following gamma emission. Here, we propose an experiment to detect these effects in ¹³³Xe* in exploding pusher capsules.

Authors:

Bleuel, Daniel L. ^[1]; Bernstein, Lee A. ^[1]; Brand, Christopher A. ^[2]; Cassata, William S. ^[1]; Daub, Brian H. ^[2]; Dauffy, Lucile S. ^[1]; Goldblum, Bethany L. ^[3]; Hall, James M. ^[1]; Hagmann, Chris A. ^[1]; Hopkins, Laura Berzak ^[1]; Khater, Hesham Y. ^[1]; Kritcher, Andrea L. ^[1]; Schneider, Dieter H. G. ^[1]; Siem, Sunniva ^[4]; Velsko, Carol A. ^[1]; Wiedeking, Mathis ^[5]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Oslo, Oslo (Norway)
iThemba LABS (South Africa)

Publication Date:: Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1343015

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-674268
Journal ID: ISSN 1880-6821

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Plasma and Fusion Research

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1880-6821

Publisher:: Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 42 ENGINEERING; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; nuclear; plasma; laser; isomer; high energy density; activation; fusion

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                    Bleuel, Daniel L., Bernstein, Lee A., Brand, Christopher A., Cassata, William S., Daub, Brian H., Dauffy, Lucile S., Goldblum, Bethany L., Hall, James M., Hagmann, Chris A., Hopkins, Laura Berzak, Khater, Hesham Y., Kritcher, Andrea L., Schneider, Dieter H. G., Siem, Sunniva, Velsko, Carol A., and Wiedeking, Mathis. Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a 134Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Bleuel, Daniel L., Bernstein, Lee A., Brand, Christopher A., Cassata, William S., Daub, Brian H., Dauffy, Lucile S., Goldblum, Bethany L., Hall, James M., Hagmann, Chris A., Hopkins, Laura Berzak, Khater, Hesham Y., Kritcher, Andrea L., Schneider, Dieter H. G., Siem, Sunniva, Velsko, Carol A., & Wiedeking, Mathis. Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a 134Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.11.3401075

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                    Bleuel, Daniel L., Bernstein, Lee A., Brand, Christopher A., Cassata, William S., Daub, Brian H., Dauffy, Lucile S., Goldblum, Bethany L., Hall, James M., Hagmann, Chris A., Hopkins, Laura Berzak, Khater, Hesham Y., Kritcher, Andrea L., Schneider, Dieter H. G., Siem, Sunniva, Velsko, Carol A., and Wiedeking, Mathis. Fri .  
"Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a 134Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.11.3401075.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343015.

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@article{osti_1343015,

  title        = {Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a 134Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility},

  author       = {Bleuel, Daniel L. and Bernstein, Lee A. and Brand, Christopher A. and Cassata, William S. and Daub, Brian H. and Dauffy, Lucile S. and Goldblum, Bethany L. and Hall, James M. and Hagmann, Chris A. and Hopkins, Laura Berzak and Khater, Hesham Y. and Kritcher, Andrea L. and Schneider, Dieter H. G. and Siem, Sunniva and Velsko, Carol A. and Wiedeking, Mathis},

  abstractNote = {Angular momentum changes due to nuclear-plasma interactions on highly-excited nuclei in high energy density plasmas created at the National Ignition Facility can be measured through a change in isomer feeding following gamma emission. Here, we propose an experiment to detect these effects in 133Xe* in exploding pusher capsules.},

  doi          = {10.1585/pfr.11.3401075},

  journal      = {Plasma and Fusion Research},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 11,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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Title: Method for detection of nuclear-plasma interactions in a ¹³⁴Xe-doped exploding pusher at the National Ignition Facility

Dynamic high energy density plasma environments at the National Ignition Facility for nuclear science research
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