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Title: The magnetic recoil spectrometer (MRSt) for time-resolved measurements of the neutron spectrum at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center. HEDP Div.; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1285117
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1497273
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-750650
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; RSINAK
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0002949; NA0001857; AC52-07NA27344
Resource 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)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Neutrons; Protons; MRSt

Citation Formats

Frenje, J. A., Hilsabeck, T. J., Wink, C. W., Bell, P., Bionta, R., Cerjan, C., Gatu Johnson, M., Kilkenny, J. D., Li, C. K., Séguin, F. H., and Petrasso, R. D. The magnetic recoil spectrometer (MRSt) for time-resolved measurements of the neutron spectrum at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4959164.
Frenje, J. A., Hilsabeck, T. J., Wink, C. W., Bell, P., Bionta, R., Cerjan, C., Gatu Johnson, M., Kilkenny, J. D., Li, C. K., Séguin, F. H., & Petrasso, R. D. The magnetic recoil spectrometer (MRSt) for time-resolved measurements of the neutron spectrum at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959164
Frenje, J. A., Hilsabeck, T. J., Wink, C. W., Bell, P., Bionta, R., Cerjan, C., Gatu Johnson, M., Kilkenny, J. D., Li, C. K., Séguin, F. H., and Petrasso, R. D. Tue . "The magnetic recoil spectrometer (MRSt) for time-resolved measurements of the neutron spectrum at the National Ignition Facility (NIF)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959164. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1285117.
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year = {Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Post-shot simulations of ρR(t), Yn(t) and Ti(t) for shot N130927 with (a) no alpha heating included in the simulation, (b) with alpha heating artificially enhanced 4× relative to the experimentally inferred value, and (c) with alpha heating artificially enhanced 83×, which is enough heating for the implosion tomore » ignite. As discussed in detail in the text, the relative timing and evolution of these implosion parameters change with changing level of alpha heating.« less

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