Nuclear diagnostics for the National Ignition Facility (invited)

The National Ignition Facility (NIF), currently under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will provide unprecedented opportunities for the use of nuclear diagnostics in inertial confinement fusion experiments. The completed facility will provide 2 MJ of laser energy for drivi...

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Published in:Review of Scientific Instruments 2001-01, Vol.72 (1), p.773-779
Main Authors: Murphy, Thomas J., Barnes, Cris W., Berggren, R. R., Bradley, P., Caldwell, S. E., Chrien, R. E., Faulkner, J. R., Gobby, P. L., Hoffman, N., Jimerson, J. L., Klare, K. A., Lee, C. L., Mack, J. M., Morgan, G. L., Oertel, J. A., Swenson, F. J., Walsh, P. J., Walton, R. B., Watt, R. G., Wilke, M. D., Wilson, D. C., Young, C. S., Haan, S. W., Lerche, R. A., Moran, M. J., Phillips, T. W., Sangster, T. C., Leeper, R. J., Ruiz, C. L., Cooper, G. W., Disdier, L., Rouyer, A., Fedotoff, A., Glebov, V. Yu, Meyerhofer, D. D., Soures, J. M., Stöckl, C., Frenje, J. A., Hicks, D. G., Li, C. K., Petrasso, R. D., Seguin, F. H., Fletcher, K., Padalino, S., Fisher, R. K.
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Language:English
Subjects:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRUCTION
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LASERS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
NEUTRONS
PHYSICS
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
PROTONS
TARGETS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY
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Summary:The National Ignition Facility (NIF), currently under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will provide unprecedented opportunities for the use of nuclear diagnostics in inertial confinement fusion experiments. The completed facility will provide 2 MJ of laser energy for driving targets, compared to the approximately 40 kJ that was available on Nova and the approximately 30 kJ available on Omega. Ignited NIF targets are anticipated to produce up to 10 19 DT neutrons. In addition to a basic set of nuclear diagnostics based on previous experience, these higher NIF yields are expected to allow innovative nuclear diagnostic techniques to be utilized, such as neutron imaging, recoil proton techniques, and gamma-ray-based reaction history measurements.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.1319356