Fuel areal density measurement of laser-imploded targets by use of elastically scattered protons
- 3 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 54 (14) , 1308-1310
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100702
Abstract
A new method for the measurement of the density‐radius product (ρR) of laser‐imploded plasmas is presented. Deuterium‐tritium‐hydrogen fuel mixture is used and the spectrum of protons elastically scattered by 14.1 MeV neutrons is measured with nuclear emulsion. The reliability of this method was certified by comparing the inferred ρR value with that from the secondary reaction method in equivalent experimental conditions.Keywords
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