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Dannhoff SG, Wink CW, Mackie S, Berg GPA, Frenje JA. A compact and portable gamma-ray spectrometer (GRASP) for inertial confinement fusion and basic science experiments. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:083514. [PMID: 39101789 DOI: 10.1063/5.0219539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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A compact and portable gamma-ray spectrometer has been designed to diagnose different components of the inertial confinement fusion-relevant γ-ray spectrum with energies between ∼3.7-17.9 MeV. The system is designed to be as compact as possible for convenient transportation and fielding in diagnostic ports on the OMEGA laser, the National Ignition Facility, and other photon-source facilities. The system consists of a conversion foil for Compton scattering in front of four magnetic spectrometer "arms," each covering a different energy range and constructed out of cylindrical permanent magnet Halbach arrays. Monte Carlo simulations have been used to optimize and assess the performance of the conversion foil, and COSY INFINITY ion-optical simulations have been used to optimize the spectrometer magnets. The performance of the design is assessed for a simulated direct-drive γ-ray spectrum. Spanning its total γ-ray energy bandwidth and using a 1.7 mm thick boron conversion foil, the system's total energy resolution and efficiency are ∼15.8%-4.5% and 5.4 × 10-7-3.7 × 10-7e-/γ, respectively, with room for improvement. Spectral γ-ray measurements will provide guidance to the inertial confinement fusion program toward achieving high-energy gain relevant to inertial fusion energy and enable new measurement capabilities for basic discovery science.
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- S G Dannhoff
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Schmidt TR, Dwyer RH, Broughton DP, Hochanadel MP, Batha SH. A modular, high dynamic range passive neutron dosimeter and imaging diagnostic. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:073513. [PMID: 39007678 DOI: 10.1063/5.0216486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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The multi-decade neutron dosimeter and imaging diagnostic (MDND) is a passive diagnostic that utilizes the polyethylene (n, p) nuclear reaction to enhance the diagnostic's sensitivity for time and energy integrated neutron measurements in the range of 2.45-14.1 MeV. The MDND utilizes a combination of radiochromic film, phosphor image plates, and solid-state nuclear track detectors, with the goal of providing several orders of magnitude of dynamic range in terms of measured neutron fluence. The diagnostic design was guided by simulations in the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) transport code to determine the optimum thickness of the polyethylene convertor for maximum proton fluence incident on the detection medium as a function of incident neutron energy. In addition, the simulation results of complete diagnostic assemblies, or "stacks," were used to determine the total dynamic range of an MDND in terms of measured neutron source yield, which was found to be between around 107 and 1015 emitted into 4π with the detector located 1 m away from the source. Complimentary to these simulations, individual detectors within a stack were simulated and analyzed to determine response as a function of neutron energy and yield. This work presents the diagnostic design, MCNP simulation results, and analysis of expected signals for varying neutron sources.
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- T R Schmidt
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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Strehlow J, Kim J, Bailly-Grandvaux M, Bolaños S, Smith H, Haid A, Alfonso EL, Aniculaesei C, Chen H, Ditmire T, Donovan ME, Hansen SB, Hegelich BM, McLean HS, Quevedo HJ, Spinks MM, Beg FN. A laser parameter study on enhancing proton generation from microtube foil targets. Sci Rep 2022; 12:10827. [PMID: 35760862 PMCID: PMC9237049 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14881-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The interaction of an intense laser with a solid foil target can drive [Formula: see text] TV/m electric fields, accelerating ions to MeV energies. In this study, we experimentally observe that structured targets can dramatically enhance proton acceleration in the target normal sheath acceleration regime. At the Texas Petawatt Laser facility, we compared proton acceleration from a [Formula: see text] flat Ag foil, to a fixed microtube structure 3D printed on the front side of the same foil type. A pulse length (140-450 fs) and intensity ((4-10) [Formula: see text] W/cm[Formula: see text]) study found an optimum laser configuration (140 fs, 4 [Formula: see text] W/cm[Formula: see text]), in which microtube targets increase the proton cutoff energy by 50% and the yield of highly energetic protons ([Formula: see text] MeV) by a factor of 8[Formula: see text]. When the laser intensity reaches [Formula: see text] W/cm[Formula: see text], the prepulse shutters the microtubes with an overcritical plasma, damping their performance. 2D particle-in-cell simulations are performed, with and without the preplasma profile imported, to better understand the coupling of laser energy to the microtube targets. The simulations are in qualitative agreement with the experimental results, and show that the prepulse is necessary to account for when the laser intensity is sufficiently high.
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- Joseph Strehlow
- Center for Energy Research, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- General Atomics, Inertial Fusion Technologies, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, Inertial Fusion Technologies, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 94550, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 94550, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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Martin P, Ahmed H, Doria D, Alejo A, Clarke R, Ferguson S, Fernández-Tobias J, Freeman RR, Fuchs J, Green A, Green JS, Gwynne D, Hanton F, Jarrett J, Jung D, Kakolee KF, Krygier AG, Lewis CLS, McIlvenny A, McKenna P, Morrison JT, Najmudin Z, Naughton K, Nersisyan G, Norreys P, Notley M, Roth M, Ruiz JA, Scullion C, Zepf M, Zhai S, Borghesi M, Kar S. Absolute calibration of Fujifilm BAS-TR image plate response to laser driven protons up to 40 MeV. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:053303. [PMID: 35649771 DOI: 10.1063/5.0089402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Image plates (IPs) are a popular detector in the field of laser driven ion acceleration, owing to their high dynamic range and reusability. An absolute calibration of these detectors to laser-driven protons in the routinely produced tens of MeV energy range is, therefore, essential. In this paper, the response of Fujifilm BAS-TR IPs to 1-40 MeV protons is calibrated by employing the detectors in high resolution Thomson parabola spectrometers in conjunction with a CR-39 nuclear track detector to determine absolute proton numbers. While CR-39 was placed in front of the image plate for lower energy protons, it was placed behind the image plate for energies above 10 MeV using suitable metal filters sandwiched between the image plate and CR-39 to select specific energies. The measured response agrees well with previously reported calibrations as well as standard models of IP response, providing, for the first time, an absolute calibration over a large range of proton energies of relevance to current experiments.
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- P Martin
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- LULI - CNRS, CEA, UPMC Univ Paris 06 : Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris - F-91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schloßgartenstrasse 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Instituto de Fusion Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Helmholtz Institut Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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Nuclear reactions between protons and boron-11 nuclei (p–B fusion) that were used to yield energetic α-particles were initiated in a plasma that was generated by the interaction between a PW-class laser operating at relativistic intensities (~3 × 1019 W/cm2) and a 0.2-mm thick boron nitride (BN) target. A high p–B fusion reaction rate and hence, a large α-particle flux was generated and measured, thanks to a proton stream accelerated at the target’s front surface. This was the first proof of principle experiment to demonstrate the efficient generation of α-particles (~1010/sr) through p–B fusion reactions using a PW-class laser in the “in-target” geometry.
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Bonvalet J, Nicolaï P, Raffestin D, D'humieres E, Batani D, Tikhonchuk V, Kantarelou V, Giuffrida L, Tosca M, Korn G, Picciotto A, Morace A, Abe Y, Arikawa Y, Fujioka S, Fukuda Y, Kuramitsu Y, Habara H, Margarone D. Energetic α-particle sources produced through proton-boron reactions by high-energy high-intensity laser beams. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:053202. [PMID: 34134285 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.053202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In an experiment performed with a high-intensity and high-energy laser system, α-particle production in proton-boron reaction by using a laser-driven proton beam was measured. α particles were observed from the front and also from the rear side, even after a 2-mm-thick boron target. The data obtained in this experiment have been analyzed using a sequence of numerical simulations. The simulations clarify the mechanisms of α-particle production and transport through the boron targets. α-particle energies observed in the experiment and in the simulation reach 10-20 MeV through energy transfer from 20-30 MeV energy incident protons. Despite the lower cross sections for protons with energy above the sub-MeV resonances in the proton-boron reactions, 10^{8}-10^{9}α particles per steradian have been detected.
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- J Bonvalet
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France.,ELI-Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Za Radnici 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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- ELI-Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Za Radnici 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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- ELI-Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Za Radnici 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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- ELI-Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Za Radnici 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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- ELI-Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Za Radnici 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Sensors and Devices - Micro Nano Facility, 38122 Trento, Italy
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto 619- 0215, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- ELI-Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Za Radnici 835, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic.,Centre for Plasma Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT71NN Belfast, Northen Ireland, United Kingdom
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Kojima S, Miyatake T, Inoue S, Dinh TH, Hasegawa N, Mori M, Sakaki H, Nishiuchi M, Dover NP, Yamamoto Y, Sasaki T, Ito F, Kondo K, Yamanaka T, Hashida M, Sakabe S, Nishikino M, Kondo K. Absolute response of a Fuji BAS-TR imaging plate to low-energy protons (<0.2 MeV) and carbon ions (<1 MeV). THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:033306. [PMID: 33820038 DOI: 10.1063/5.0035618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This paper reports on the absolute response of a Fuji BAS-TR image plate to relatively low-energy protons (<0.2 MeV) and carbon ions (<1 MeV) accelerated by a 10-TW-class compact high-intensity laser system. A Thomson parabola spectrometer was used to discriminate between different ion species while dispersing the ions according to their kinetic energy. Ion parabolic traces were recorded using an image plate detector overlaid with a slotted CR-39 solid-state detector. The obtained response function for the protons was reasonably extrapolated from previously reported higher-ion-energy response functions. Conversely, the obtained response function for carbon ions was one order of magnitude higher than the value extrapolated from previously reported higher-ion-energy response functions. In a previous study, it was determined that if the stopping range of carbon ions is comparable to or smaller than the grain size of the phosphor, then some ions will provide all their energy to the binder resin rather than the phosphor. As a result, it is believed that the imaging plate response will be reduced. Our results show good agreement with the empirical formula of Lelasseux et al., which does not consider photo-stimulated luminescence (PSL) reduction due to the urethane resin. It was shown that the PSL reduction due to the deactivation of the urethane resin is smaller than that previously predicted.
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- Sadaoki Kojima
- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center for Beam Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center for Beam Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center for Beam Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center for Beam Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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Monte Carlo Study of Imaging Plate Response to Laser-Driven Aluminum Ion Beams. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11020820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We measured the response of BAS-TR imaging plate (IP) to energetic aluminum ions up to 222 MeV, and compared it with predictions from a Monte Carlo simulation code using two different IP response models. Energetic aluminum ions were produced with an intense laser pulse, and the response was evaluated from cross-calibration between CR-39 track detector and IP energy spectrometer. For the first time, we obtained the response function of the BAS-TR IP for aluminum ions with a kinetic energy as high as 222 MeV. On close examination of the two IP response models, we confirm that the exponential model fits our experimental data better. Moreover, we find that the IP sensitivity in the exponential model is nearly constant in this energy range, suggesting that the response function can be determined even with little experimental data.
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Bailly-Grandvaux M, Kawahito D, McGuffey C, Strehlow J, Edghill B, Wei MS, Alexander N, Haid A, Brabetz C, Bagnoud V, Hollinger R, Capeluto MG, Rocca JJ, Beg FN. Ion acceleration from microstructured targets irradiated by high-intensity picosecond laser pulses. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:021201. [PMID: 32942368 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.021201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Structures on the front surface of thin foil targets for laser-driven ion acceleration have been proposed to increase the ion source maximum energy and conversion efficiency. While structures have been shown to significantly boost the proton acceleration from pulses of moderate-energy fluence, their performance on tightly focused and high-energy lasers remains unclear. Here, we report the results of laser-driven three-dimensional (3D)-printed microtube targets, focusing on their efficacy for ion acceleration. Using the high-contrast (∼10^{12}) PHELIX laser (150J, 10^{21}W/cm^{2}), we studied the acceleration of ions from 1-μm-thick foils covered with micropillars or microtubes, which we compared with flat foils. The front-surface structures significantly increased the conversion efficiency from laser to light ions, with up to a factor of 5 higher proton number with respect to a flat target, albeit without an increase of the cutoff energy. An optimum diameter was found for the microtube targets. Our findings are supported by a systematic particle-in-cell modeling investigation of ion acceleration using 2D simulations with various structure dimensions. Simulations reproduce the experimental data with good agreement, including the observation of the optimum tube diameter, and reveal that the laser is shuttered by the plasma filling the tubes, explaining why the ion cutoff energy was not increased in this regime.
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- M Bailly-Grandvaux
- Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.,Departamento de Física, FCEyN, UBA and IFIBA, CONICET, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Nishiuchi M, Sakaki H, Dover NP, Miyahara T, Shiokawa K, Manabe S, Miyatake T, Kondo K, Kondo K, Iwata Y, Watanabe Y, Kondo K. Ion species discrimination method by linear energy transfer measurement in Fujifilm BAS-SR imaging plate. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2020; 91:093305. [PMID: 33003787 DOI: 10.1063/5.0016515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We have developed a novel discrimination methodology to identify ions in multispecies beams with similar charge-to-mass ratios, but different atomic numbers. After an initial separation by charge-to-mass ratios using co-linear electric and magnetic fields, individual ions can be discriminated by considering the linear energy transfer of ions irradiating a stimulable phosphor plate (Fujifilm imaging plate) by comparison with the Monte Carlo calculation. We apply the method to energetic multispecies laser-driven ion beams and use it to identify silver ions produced by the interaction between a high contrast, high intensity laser pulse; and a sub-micrometer silver foil target. We also show that this method can be used to calibrate the imaging plate for arbitrary ion species in the range of Z ≥ 6 with dE/dx > 0.1 MeV/μm without requiring individual calibration.
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- M Nishiuchi
- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Research Group for Radiation Materials Engineering, Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Department of Accelerator and Medical Physics, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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Strehlow J, Forestier-Colleoni P, McGuffey C, Bailly-Grandvaux M, Daykin TS, McCary E, Peebles J, Revet G, Zhang S, Ditmire T, Donovan M, Dyer G, Fuchs J, Gaul EW, Higginson DP, Kemp GE, Martinez M, McLean HS, Spinks M, Sawada H, Beg FN. The response function of Fujifilm BAS-TR imaging plates to laser-accelerated titanium ions. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:083302. [PMID: 31472598 DOI: 10.1063/1.5109783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Calibrated diagnostics for energetic particle detection allow for the systematic study of charged particle sources. The Fujifilm BAS-TR imaging plate (IP) is a reusable phosphorescent detector for radiation applications such as x-ray and particle beam detection. The BAS-TR IP has been absolutely calibrated to many low-Z (low proton number) ions, and extending these calibrations to the mid-Z regime is beneficial for the study of laser-driven ion sources. The Texas Petawatt Laser was used to generate energetic ions from a 100 nm titanium foil, and charge states Ti10+ through Ti12+, ranging from 6 to 27 MeV, were analyzed for calibration. A plastic detector of CR-39 with evenly placed slots was mounted in front of the IP to count the number of ions that correspond with the IP levels of photo-stimulated luminescence (PSL). A response curve was fitted to the data, yielding a model of the PSL signal vs ion energy. Comparisons to other published response curves are also presented, illustrating the trend of PSL/nucleon decreasing with increasing ion mass.
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- J Strehlow
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Ducret JE, Batani D, Boutoux G, Chancé A, Gastineau B, Guillard JC, Harrault F, Jakubowska K, Lantuejoul-Thfoin I, Leboeuf D, Loiseau D, Lotode A, Pès C, Rabhi N, Saïd A, Semsoum A, Serani L, Thomas B, Toussaint JC, Vauzour B. Calibration of the low-energy channel Thomson parabola of the LMJ-PETAL diagnostic SEPAGE with protons and carbon ions. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:023304. [PMID: 29495838 DOI: 10.1063/1.5009737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The SEPAGE diagnostic will detect charged particles (electrons, protons, and ions) accelerated in the interaction of the PETAL (PETawatt Aquitaine Laser) laser with its targets on the LMJ (Laser MegaJoule)-PETAL laser facility. SEPAGE will be equipped with a proton-radiography front detector and two Thomson parabolas (TP), corresponding to different ranges of the particle energy spectra: Above 0.1 MeV for electrons and protons in the low-energy channel, with a separation capability between protons and 12C6+ up to 20 MeV proton energy and above 8 MeV for the high-energy channel, with a separation capability between protons and 12C6+ up to 200 MeV proton kinetic energy. This paper presents the calibration of the SEPAGE's low-energy channel TP at the Tandem facility of Orsay (France) with proton beams between 3 and 22 MeV and carbon-ion beams from 5.8 to 84 MeV. The magnetic and electric fields' integrals were determined with an accuracy of 10-3 by combining the deflections measured at different energies with different target thicknesses and materials, providing different in-target energy losses of the beam particles and hence different detected energies for given beam energies.
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- J-E Ducret
- CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), Université Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), Université Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), Université Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), Université Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), Université Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, F-91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, 15 rue Georges Clémenceau, F-91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Gradignan 33175, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Gradignan 33175, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
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