A study of CR-39 track response to charged particles from NOVA implosions

Conference · Fri Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:379056

Phillips, T W; Cable, M D ^[1]; Hicks, D G; Li, C K; Petrasso, R D; Seguin, F H ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
2. MIT, Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Fusion Center

We have exposed CR-39 track recording material to a number of NOVA implosions. Radiation from the implosion passed through an array of ranging filters, which aided identification of the incident particles and their energies. The etching procedure was calibrated by including a piece of track exposed to DD protons from a small accelerator. For the same shots, we quantitatively compare the DD neutron yield with the DD proton yield determined from the track. In DT implosions, tracks produced by neutron interactions prevent observation of charged-particle tracks that are produced by the processes of knock-on, secondary or tertiary fusion.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 379056
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-124231; CONF-960543-32; ON: DE96013655; TRN: 96:025543
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11. annual high-temperature plasma diagnostics conference, Monterey, CA (United States), 12-16 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 14 Jun 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
LASER IMPLOSIONS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
NOVA FACILITY
PARTICLE TRACKS
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
DEUTERON REACTIONS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
TRITIUM TARGET