Extended performance gas Cherenkov detector for gamma-ray detection in high-energy density experiments.
Rev Sci Instrum
; 85(11): 11E124, 2014 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25430303
ABSTRACT
A new Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD) with low-energy threshold and high sensitivity, currently known as Super GCD (or GCD-3 at OMEGA), is being developed for use at the OMEGA Laser Facility and the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Super GCD is designed to be pressurized to ≤400 psi (absolute) and uses all metal seals to allow the use of fluorinated gases inside the target chamber. This will allow the gamma energy threshold to be run as low at 1.8 MeV with 400 psi (absolute) of C2F6, opening up a new portion of the gamma ray spectrum. Super GCD operating at 20 cm from TCC will be â¼400 × more efficient at detecting DT fusion gammas at 16.7 MeV than the Gamma Reaction History diagnostic at NIF (GRH-6m) when operated at their minimum thresholds.
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Diagnostic_studies
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En
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Rev Sci Instrum
Year:
2014
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Article
Affiliation country:
United States