A nearly real-time high temperature laser-plasma diagnostic using photonuclear reactions in tantalum

I. Spencer; K.W.D. Ledingham; R.P. Singhal; T. McCanny; P. McKenna; E.L. Clark; K. Krushelnick; Matthew Zepf; F.N. Beg; M. Tatarakis; A.E. Dangor; R.D. Edwards; M.A. Sinclair; P.A. Norreys; R.J. Clarke; R.M. Allott

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A nearly real-time high temperature laser-plasma diagnostic using photonuclear reactions in tantalum

I. Spencer, K.W.D. Ledingham, R.P. Singhal, T. McCanny, P. McKenna, E.L. Clark, K. Krushelnick, Matthew Zepf, F.N. Beg, M. Tatarakis, A.E. Dangor, R.D. Edwards, M.A. Sinclair, P.A. Norreys, R.J. Clarke, R.M. Allott

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A method of measuring the temperature of the fast electrons produced in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions is described by inducing photonuclear reactions, in particular (gamma,n) and (gamma,3n) reactions in tantalum. Analysis of the gamma rays emitted by the daughter nuclei of these reactions using a germanium counter enables a relatively straightforward near real-time temperature measurement to be made. This is especially important for high temperature plasmas where alternative diagnostic techniques are usually difficult and time consuming. This technique can be used while other experiments are being conducted. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3801-3805
Number of pages	5
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	73
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1511802
Publication status	Published - Nov 2002

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Spencer, I., Ledingham, K. W. D., Singhal, R. P., McCanny, T., McKenna, P., Clark, E. L., Krushelnick, K., Zepf, M., Beg, F. N., Tatarakis, M., Dangor, A. E., Edwards, R. D., Sinclair, M. A., Norreys, P. A., Clarke, R. J., & Allott, R. M. (2002). A nearly real-time high temperature laser-plasma diagnostic using photonuclear reactions in tantalum. Review of Scientific Instruments, 73(11), 3801-3805. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1511802

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A nearly real-time high temperature laser-plasma diagnostic using photonuclear reactions in tantalum

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