We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Empirical assessment of the detection efficiency of CR-39 at high proton fluence and a compact, proton detector for high-fluence applications.
- Authors
Rosenberg, M J; Séguin, F H; Waugh, C J; Rinderknecht, H G; Orozco, D; Frenje, J A; Johnson, M Gatu; Sio, H; Zylstra, A B; Sinenian, N; Li, C K; Petrasso, R D; Glebov, V Yu; Stoeckl, C; Hohenberger, M; Sangster, T C; LePape, S; Mackinnon, A J; Bionta, R M; Landen, O L; Zacharias, R A; Kim, Y; Herrmann, H W; Kilkenny, J D
- Abstract
CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors are widely used in physics and in many inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments, and under ideal conditions these detectors have 100% detection efficiency for ∼0.5-8 MeV protons. When the fluence of incident particles becomes too high, overlap of particle tracks leads to under-counting at typical processing conditions (5 h etch in 6N NaOH at 80 °C). Short etch times required to avoid overlap can cause under-counting as well, as tracks are not fully developed. Experiments have determined the minimum etch times for 100% detection of 1.7-4.3-MeV protons and established that for 2.4-MeV protons, relevant for detection of DD protons, the maximum fluence that can be detected using normal processing techniques is ≲3 × 10(6) cm(-2). A CR-39-based proton detector has been developed to mitigate issues related to high particle fluences on ICF facilities. Using a pinhole and scattering foil several mm in front of the CR-39, proton fluences at the CR-39 are reduced by more than a factor of ∼50, increasing the operating yield upper limit by a comparable amount.
- Publication
The Review of scientific instruments, 2014, Vol 85, Issue 4, p043302
- ISSN
1089-7623
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1063/1.4870898