Overview of the Gamma Reaction History Diagnostic for the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

Robert M. Malone,Zaheer Ali,Brian C. Cox,S. C. Evans,Brent C. Frogget,H. W. Herrmann,Morris I. Kaufman,Yong H. Kim,Kevin D. McGillivray,J. M. Mack,E. Kirk Miller,Martin J. Palagi,W. Stoeffl,Aric Tibbitts,Thomas W. Tunnell,Carl Young

Overview of the Gamma Reaction History Diagnostic for the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

2010

Robert M. Malone
Zaheer Ali
Brian C. Cox
S. C. Evans
Brent C. Frogget
H. W. Herrmann
Morris I. Kaufman
Yong H. Kim
Kevin D. McGillivray
J. M. Mack
E. Kirk Miller
Martin J. Palagi
W. Stoeffl
Aric Tibbitts
Thomas W. Tunnell
Carl Young

Off-axis parabolic mirrors relay Cherenkov light from a volume of pressurized gas. This nonimaging optical system has the high-speed detector placed at a stop position with the light delayed until after prompt gammas have passed.

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Detector
Geometrical optics
Gamma ray
Parabolic reflector
Optical fiber
Cherenkov radiation
Nonimaging optics
Physics
Optics
National Ignition Facility
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