Published October 2010
| Version v1
Journal article
Gamma bang time analysis at OMEGA
Creators
- 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- 2. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR (United Kingdom)
- 3. National Security Technologies-Special Technologies Laboratory, Santa Barbara, California 93101 (United States)
- 4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
- 5. National Security Technologies, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
Description
Absolute bang time measurements with the gas Cherenkov detector (GCD) and gamma reaction history (GRH) diagnostic have been performed to high precision at the OMEGA laser facility at the University of Rochester with bang time values for the two diagnostics agreeing to within 5 ps on average. X-ray timing measurements of laser-target coupling were used to calibrate a facility-generated laser timing fiducial with rms spreads in the measured coupling times of 9 ps for both GCD and GRH. Increased fusion yields at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) will allow for improved measurement precision with the GRH easily exceeding NIF system design requirements.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.3485083;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 10D322-10D322.4
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- CODEN
- RSINAK
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44019132
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; DESIGN; FUSION YIELD; GAMMA DETECTION; LASER TARGETS; LASERS; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TIME MEASUREMENT; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; TARGETS; YIELDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics