Plasma diagnostic calibrations and characterizations at National Security Technologies´ High Energy X-ray calibration Facility

Author

Ali, Z.A. ; Buckles, R.A. ; Haugh, M.J. ; Traille, A.J. ; Maddox, B.R. ; Chen, C.D. ; DeWald, E.L.

Author_Institution

Nat. Security Technol., LLC, Livermore, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. National Security Technologies´ high energy X-ray (HEX) facility is unique in the U.S. Department of Energy complex. The HEX provides fluorescent X-rays of 5 keV to 100 keV with fluence of 10⁵-10⁶ photons/cm²/second at the desired line energy. Low energy lines can be filtered, and both filters and fluorescers can be changed rapidly. We present results of calibrating image plates (sensitivity and modulation transfer function), a Bremsstrahlung spectrometer (stacked filters and image plates), and the National Ignition Facility´s filter-fluorescer experiment (FFLEX) high energy X-ray spectrometer. We also show results of a scintillator light yield and alignment study for a neutron imaging system.

Keywords

bremsstrahlung; calibration; filters; optical transfer function; plasma diagnostics; scintillation; Bremsstrahlung spectrometer; electron volt energy 5 keV to 100 keV; fluorescent X-rays; high energy X-ray calibration facility; image plates; modulation transfer function; neutron imaging system; plasma diagnostic calibrations; scintillator light yield; stacked filters; Calibration; Filters; Fluorescence; Ignition; National security; Neutrons; Plasma diagnostics; Spectroscopy; Transfer functions; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science - Abstracts, 2009. ICOPS 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2617-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2009.5227549

Filename

5227549