Diagnosing implosion performance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by means of neutron spectrometry

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Frenje, J A ^a   Bionta, R ^b   Bond, E J ^b   Caggiano, J A ^b   Casey, D T ^a   Cerjan, C ^b   Edwards, J ^b   Eckart, M ^b   Fittinghoff, D N ^b   Friedrich, S ^b   Glebov, V Yu ^c   Glenzer, S ^b   Grim, G ^f   Haan, S ^b   Hatarik, R ^b   Hatchett, S ^b   Johnson, M Gatu ^a   Jones, O S ^b   Kilkenny, J D ^d   Knauer, J P ^c   Landen, O ^b   Leeper, R ^e   Pape, S Le ^b   Lerche, R ^b   Li, C K ^a   Mackinnon, A ^b   McNaney, J ^b   Merrill, F E ^f   Moran, M ^b   Munro, D H ^b   Murphy, T J ^f   Petrasso, R D ^a   Rygg, R ^b   Sangster, T C ^c   Seguin F H ^a   Sepke, S ^b   Spears, B ^b   Springer, P ^b   Stoeckl, C ^c   Wilson, D C ^f   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNITION THRESHOLD; IMPLOSION PARAMETERS; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RECOIL SPECTROMETERS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; SCATTERED NEUTRON;

KINETICS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84876156473     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/53/4/043014     Document Type: Article

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