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Journal Articles J.Plasma Phys. Year : 2024

Global characterization of a laser-generated neutron source

M.M Gugiu
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M Borghesi
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O Willi
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F Negoita
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Abstract

Laser-driven neutron sources are routinely produced by the interaction of laser-accelerated protons with a converter. They present complementary characteristics to those of conventional accelerator-based neutron sources (e.g. short pulse durations, enabling novel applications like radiography). We present here results from an experiment aimed at performing a global characterization of the neutrons produced using the Titan laser at the Jupiter Laser Facility (Livermore, USA), where protons were accelerated from 23µm thick plastic targets and directed onto a LiF converter to produce neutrons. For this purpose, several diagnostics were used to measure these neutron emissions, such as CR-39, activation foils, time-of-flight detectors and direct measurement of 7Be residual activity in the LiF converters. The use of these different, independently operating diagnostics enables comparison of the various measurements performed to provide a robust characterization. These measurements led to a neutron yield of 2.0x10 9 neutrons per shot with a modest angular dependence, close to that simulated.
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hal-04608551 , version 1 (17-06-2024)

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D.P Higginson, R. Lelièvre, L Vassura, M.M Gugiu, M Borghesi, et al.. Global characterization of a laser-generated neutron source. J.Plasma Phys., 2024, 90 (3), pp.905900308. ⟨10.1017/S0022377824000618⟩. ⟨hal-04608551⟩
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