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Title: Intrinsic resolution limits of monolithic organic scintillators for use in rep-rated proton imaging

Abstract

Rep-rated diagnostics are a necessity for present and future laser facilities focused on the study of high-energy-density (HED) phenomena. Electromagnetic fields in HED systems are of particular interest to the community, but are inherently difficult to diagnose due to the high mass-densities involved. By utilizing high-energy protons that penetrate through dense plasmas, fields may be visualized by detecting variations in proton fluence caused by the Lorenz interaction of the protons with the field. Typical detecting media used for proton imaging are single-use and do not scale well to rep-rated operation. We propose the use of a scintillator-based detector and characterize the energy and spatial responses to demonstrate its feasibility as a viable option for rep-rated proton imaging and other diagnostics.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [5];  [2];  [6]
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  1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
  3. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. Central Laser Facility
  4. Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy
  5. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. Central Laser Facility; Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
  6. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; LLNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; General Atomics (United States); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
OSTI Identifier:
1498469
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1636279
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-761144
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 949940
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; EP/K022415/1; 17-ERD-039
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 913; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; scintillator; diagnostics; proton imaging

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Manuel, M. J. -E., Strehlow, J., Green, J. S., Parker, D., Alfonso, E. L., Jaquez, J., Carlson, L., Neely, D., Beg, F. N., and Ma, T. Intrinsic resolution limits of monolithic organic scintillators for use in rep-rated proton imaging. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.119.
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Manuel, M. J. -E., Strehlow, J., Green, J. S., Parker, D., Alfonso, E. L., Jaquez, J., Carlson, L., Neely, D., Beg, F. N., & Ma, T. Intrinsic resolution limits of monolithic organic scintillators for use in rep-rated proton imaging. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.119
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Manuel, M. J. -E., Strehlow, J., Green, J. S., Parker, D., Alfonso, E. L., Jaquez, J., Carlson, L., Neely, D., Beg, F. N., and Ma, T. Mon . "Intrinsic resolution limits of monolithic organic scintillators for use in rep-rated proton imaging". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.119. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1498469.
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@article{osti_1498469,
title = {Intrinsic resolution limits of monolithic organic scintillators for use in rep-rated proton imaging},
author = {Manuel, M. J. -E. and Strehlow, J. and Green, J. S. and Parker, D. and Alfonso, E. L. and Jaquez, J. and Carlson, L. and Neely, D. and Beg, F. N. and Ma, T.},
abstractNote = {Rep-rated diagnostics are a necessity for present and future laser facilities focused on the study of high-energy-density (HED) phenomena. Electromagnetic fields in HED systems are of particular interest to the community, but are inherently difficult to diagnose due to the high mass-densities involved. By utilizing high-energy protons that penetrate through dense plasmas, fields may be visualized by detecting variations in proton fluence caused by the Lorenz interaction of the protons with the field. Typical detecting media used for proton imaging are single-use and do not scale well to rep-rated operation. We propose the use of a scintillator-based detector and characterize the energy and spatial responses to demonstrate its feasibility as a viable option for rep-rated proton imaging and other diagnostics.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.119},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 913,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: (solid lines) Stopping power (d$E$/d$x$) and light yield per unit length (d$L$/d$x$) as a function of incident proton energy in a polyvinyltoluene-based scintillator. The Birks' constant is 0.01 g/MeV/cm2 as measured for Eljen (EJ) 228 scintillators. (dashed lines) Applying a weighting function of an exponential spectrum with amore » 5-MeV temperature sharpens the light emitted curve, but leaves the stopping power essentially unchanged due to the low-energy- weighted stopping power function.« less
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