Aperture design for the third neutron and first gamma-ray imaging systems for the National Ignition Facility

Fatherley, V. E.; Fittinghoff, D. N.; Hibbard, R. L.; Jorgenson, H. J.; Martinez, J. I.; Oertel, J. A.; Schmidt, D. W.; Waltz, C. S.; Wilde, C. H.; Volegov, P. L.

doi:10.1063/1.5039328

Title: Aperture design for the third neutron and first gamma-ray imaging systems for the National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · 10 October 2018 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5039328 · OSTI ID:1525725

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

The current construction of a new nuclear-imaging view at the National Ignition Facility will provide a third line of sight for hotspot and cold fuel imaging and the first dedicated line of sight for 4.4-MeV γ-ray imaging of the remaining carbon ablator. To minimize the effort required to hold and align apertures inside the vacuum chamber, the apertures for the two lines of sight will be contained in the same array. We discuss the system requirements for neutron and γ-ray imaging and the resulting aperture array design.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1525725

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-774860; 966930

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 89, Issue 10; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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