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2017

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Time And Energy Characterization Of A Neutron Time Of Flight Detector Using A Novel Coincidence Method For Constraining Neutron Yield, Ion Temperature And Liner Density Measurements From Maglif Experiments, Jedediah Styron Jul 2017

Time And Energy Characterization Of A Neutron Time Of Flight Detector Using A Novel Coincidence Method For Constraining Neutron Yield, Ion Temperature And Liner Density Measurements From Maglif Experiments, Jedediah Styron

Nuclear Engineering ETDs

The focus of this work is the characterization of a typical neutron time-of-flight (NTOF) detector that is fielded on inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments conducted at the Z-experimental facility with emphasis on the Magnetized Liner Fusion (MagLIF) concept. An NTOF detector consisting of EJ-228 scintillator and two independent photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), a Hamamatsu-mod 5 and Photek-PMT240, has been characterized in terms of the absolute time and energy response. The characterization was done by measuring single, neutron-induced events in the scintillator by measuring the alpha particle and neutron produced from the D-T reaction in kinematic coincidence. The results of these experiments …