Characterization of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 neutron yields from laser produced ion beams for fast neutron radiography

K.L. Lancaster; S. Karsch; H. Habara; F.N. Beg; E.L. Clark; R. Freeman; M.H. Key; J.A. King; R. Kodama; K. Krushelnick; K.W.D. Ledingham; P. McKenna; C.D. Murphy; P.A. Norreys; R. Stephens; C. Stoeckl; Y. Toyama; M.S. Wei; Matthew Zepf

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Characterization of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 neutron yields from laser produced ion beams for fast neutron radiography

K.L. Lancaster, S. Karsch, H. Habara, F.N. Beg, E.L. Clark, R. Freeman, M.H. Key, J.A. King, R. Kodama, K. Krushelnick, K.W.D. Ledingham, P. McKenna, C.D. Murphy, P.A. Norreys, R. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, Y. Toyama, M.S. Wei, Matthew Zepf

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Investigations of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 reactions using Cu and CH primary and LiF secondary targets were performed using the VULCAN laser [C.N. Danson , J. Mod. Opt. 45, 1653 (1997)] with intensities up to 3x10(19) W cm(-2). The neutron yield was measured using CR-39 plastic track detector and the yield was up to 3x10(8) sr(-1) for CH primary targets and up to 2x10(8) sr(-1) for Cu primary targets. The angular distribution of neutrons was measured at various angles and revealed a relatively anisotropic neutron distribution over 180degrees that was greater than the error of measurement. It may be possible to exploit such reactions on high repetition, table-top lasers for neutron radiography. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3404-3408
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	11
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1756911
Publication status	Published - Jul 2004

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Lancaster, K. L., Karsch, S., Habara, H., Beg, F. N., Clark, E. L., Freeman, R., Key, M. H., King, J. A., Kodama, R., Krushelnick, K., Ledingham, K. W. D., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Norreys, P. A., Stephens, R., Stoeckl, C., Toyama, Y., Wei, M. S., & Zepf, M. (2004). Characterization of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 neutron yields from laser produced ion beams for fast neutron radiography. Physics of Plasmas, 11(7), 3404-3408. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1756911

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Characterization of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 neutron yields from laser produced ion beams for fast neutron radiography

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