Data-analysis techniques for spectroscopy of charged particles with CCDs

Author

Seguin, F.H. ; Hicks, D.G. ; Li, C.K. ; Petrasso, R.D. ; Cable, M.C. ; Knauer, J.P.

Author_Institution

Plasma Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

3-5 June 1996

Firstpage

112

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. For a new system using charge-coupled devices (CCDs) and magnetic fields to determine the species and energy spectra of charged particles produced in laser-fusion experiments, it has been necessary to develop special analysis algorithms and software for extracting the desired information from raw CCD data. We will discuss the techniques used and illustrate sample results from calibration experiments involving the characterization of proton and alpha-particle energy spectra in the range 1-14 MeV. In addition from experimental data we shall show how 14-MeV neutron "noise" is handled.

Keywords

plasma diagnostics; CCD; alpha-particle energy spectra; analysis algorithms; charge-coupled devices; charged particle spectroscopy; data-analysis techniques; energy spectra; laser-fusion experiments; magnetic fields; neutron noise; proton energy spectra; software; species spectra; Algorithm design and analysis; Calibration; Charge coupled devices; Data mining; Information analysis; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Protons; Software algorithms; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1996. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3322-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1996.550246

Filename

550246