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Moore AS, Schlossberg DJ, Appelbe BD, Chandler GA, Crilly AJ, Eckart MJ, Forrest CJ, Glebov VY, Grim GP, Hartouni EP, Hatarik R, Kerr SM, Kilkenny J, Knauer JP. Neutron time of flight (nToF) detectors for inertial fusion experiments. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:061102. [PMID: 37862497 DOI: 10.1063/5.0133655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Neutrons generated in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments provide valuable information to interpret the conditions reached in the plasma. The neutron time-of-flight (nToF) technique is well suited for measuring the neutron energy spectrum due to the short time (100 ps) over which neutrons are typically emitted in ICF experiments. By locating detectors 10s of meters from the source, the neutron energy spectrum can be measured to high precision. We present a contextual review of the current state of the art in nToF detectors at ICF facilities in the United States, outlining the physics that can be measured, the detector technologies currently deployed and analysis techniques used.
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- A S Moore
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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- Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 E River Rd., Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 E River Rd., Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 E River Rd., Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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Ewings RA, Stewart JR, Perring TG, Bewley RI, Le MD, Raspino D, Pooley DE, Škoro G, Waller SP, Zacek D, Smith CA, Riehl-Shaw RC. Upgrade to the MAPS neutron time-of-flight chopper spectrometer. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:035110. [PMID: 30927771 DOI: 10.1063/1.5086255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The MAPS direct geometry time-of-flight chopper spectrometer at the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source has been in operation since 1999, and its novel use of a large array of position-sensitive neutron detectors paved the way for a later generations of chopper spectrometers around the world. Almost two decades of experience of user operations on MAPS, together with lessons learned from the operation of new generation instruments, led to a decision to perform three parallel upgrades to the instrument. These were to replace the primary beamline collimation with supermirror neutron guides, to install a disk chopper, and to modify the geometry of the poisoning in the water moderator viewed by MAPS. Together, these upgrades were expected to increase the neutron flux substantially, to allow more flexible use of repetition rate multiplication and to reduce some sources of background. Here, we report the details of these upgrades and compare the performance of the instrument before and after their installation as well as to Monte Carlo simulations. These illustrate that the instrument is performing in line with, and in some respects in excess of, expectations. It is anticipated that the improvement in performance will have a significant impact on the capabilities of the instrument. A few examples of scientific commissioning are presented to illustrate some of the possibilities.
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- R A Ewings
- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex III: Neutron Devices and Computational and Sample Environments. QUANTUM BEAM SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/qubs1020010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- M. Küchle
- Max-Planck Institut für Physik Böttingerstrasse 4 Göttingen, Germany
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Abernathy DL, Stone MB, Loguillo MJ, Lucas MS, Delaire O, Tang X, Lin JYY, Fultz B. Design and operation of the wide angular-range chopper spectrometer ARCS at the Spallation Neutron Source. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2012; 83:015114. [PMID: 22299993 DOI: 10.1063/1.3680104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The wide angular-range chopper spectrometer ARCS at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is optimized to provide a high neutron flux at the sample position with a large solid angle of detector coverage. The instrument incorporates modern neutron instrumentation, such as an elliptically focused neutron guide, high speed magnetic bearing choppers, and a massive array of (3)He linear position sensitive detectors. Novel features of the spectrometer include the use of a large gate valve between the sample and detector vacuum chambers and the placement of the detectors within the vacuum, both of which provide a window-free final flight path to minimize background scattering while allowing rapid changing of the sample and sample environment equipment. ARCS views the SNS decoupled ambient temperature water moderator, using neutrons with incident energy typically in the range from 15 to 1500 meV. This range, coupled with the large detector coverage, allows a wide variety of studies of excitations in condensed matter, such as lattice dynamics and magnetism, in both powder and single-crystal samples. Comparisons of early results to both analytical and Monte Carlo simulation of the instrument performance demonstrate that the instrument is operating as expected and its neutronic performance is understood. ARCS is currently in the SNS user program and continues to improve its scientific productivity by incorporating new instrumentation to increase the range of science covered and improve its effectiveness in data collection.
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- D L Abernathy
- Neutron Scattering Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
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Burcham W, Freeman JM. XXVII. The emission of short-range alpha particles from light elements under proton bombardment. —II. Further observations on the reaction10B(pα)7Be. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/14786445008560970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Measurement of neutron spectra in the thermal column of the reactor of a power station. ATOM ENERGY+ 1958. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01587530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vladimirskii VV, Panov AA, Radkevich IA, Sokolovskii VV. The interaction of slow neutrons with nuclei. ATOM ENERGY+ 1957. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01507242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gavin GB. Determination of the Neutron Temperature at the Center of the Thermal Test Reactor. NUCL SCI ENG 1957. [DOI: 10.13182/nse57-a15567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- G. B. Gavin
- General Electric Company, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, New York
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von Dardel G, Sjöstrand NG. Absorption Cross Section of Boron for Thermal Neutrons. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1954. [DOI: 10.1103/physrev.96.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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von Dardel G, Waltner AW. Determination of the Neutron-Proton Capture Cross Section. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1953. [DOI: 10.1103/physrev.91.1284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bethe HA, Longmire C. The Effective Range of Nuclear Forces II. Photo-Disintegration of the Deuteron. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1950. [DOI: 10.1103/physrev.77.647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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King LDP, Goldstein L. The Total Cross Section of theHe3Nucleus for Slow Neutrons. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1949. [DOI: 10.1103/physrev.75.1366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Brill T, Lichtenberger HV. Neutron Cross-Section Studies with the Rotating Shutter Mechanism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1947. [DOI: 10.1103/physrev.72.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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