학술논문

In situ calibration of the Gamma Reaction History instrument using reference samples ('pucks') for areal density measurements
Document Type
article
Source
EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 59, p 13019 (2013)
Subject
Physics
QC1-999
Language
English
ISSN
2100-014X
Abstract
The introduction of a sample of carbon, for example a disk or “puck”, near an imploding DT-filled capsule creates a source of 12C gamma rays that can serve as a reference for calibrating the response of the Gamma Reaction History (GRH) detector [1]. Such calibration is important in the measurement of ablator areal density ⟨ρR⟩abl in plastic-ablator DT-filled capsules at OMEGA [2], by allowing ⟨ρR⟩abl to be inferred as a function of ratios of signals rather than from absolute measurements of signal magnitudes. Systematic uncertainties in signal measurements and detector responses therefore cancel, permitting more accurate measurements of ⟨ρR⟩abl.