| Autor: |
Schlossberg DJ; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Moore AS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Kallman JS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Lowry M; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Eckart MJ; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Hartouni EP; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Hilsabeck TJ; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Kerr SM; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-0808, USA., Kilkenny JD; General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
In the dynamic environment of burning, thermonuclear deuterium-tritium plasmas, diagnosing the time-resolved neutron energy spectrum is of critical importance. Strategies exist for this diagnosis in magnetic confinement fusion plasmas, which presently have a lifetime of ∼10 12 longer than inertial confinement fusion (ICF) plasmas. Here, we present a novel concept for a simple, precise, and scale-able diagnostic to measure time-resolved neutron spectra in ICF plasmas. The concept leverages general tomographic reconstruction techniques adapted to time-of-flight parameter space, and then employs an updated Monte Carlo algorithm and National Ignition Facility-relevant constraints to reconstruct the time-evolving neutron energy spectrum. Reconstructed spectra of the primary 14.028 MeV n DT peak are in good agreement with the exact synthetic spectra. The technique is also used to reconstruct the time-evolving downscattered spectrum, although the present implementation shows significantly more error. |
