An Ultra-Short Pulsed Neutron Source

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56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 59, Number 15

Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session BO5: Ion Acceleration, and Neutron Sources

9:30 AM–12:30 PM, Monday, October 27, 2014
Room: Galerie 2/3

Chair: Louise Willingale, University of Michigan

Abstract ID: BAPS.2014.DPP.BO5.13

Abstract: BO5.00013 : An Ultra-Short Pulsed Neutron Source

11:54 AM–12:06 PM

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Authors:

Ishay Pomerantz
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Eddie Mccary
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Alexander R. Meadows
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Alexey Arefiev
(Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Aaron C. Bernstein
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Clay Chester
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Jose Cortez
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Michael E. Donovan
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Gilliss Dyer
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Erhard W. Gaul
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

David Hamilton
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Donghoon Kuk
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Arantxa Lestrade
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Chunhua Wang
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Todd Ditmire
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

Manuel B. Hegelich
(Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

We report on a novel compact laser-driven neutron source with unprecedented short pulse duration (\textless 50 ps) and high flux (\textgreater 10$^{18}$ neutrons/cm$^{2}$/s), an order of magnitude higher than any existing source. In our experiments, high-energy electron jets are generated from thin (\textless 1 $\mu$m) plastic targets irradiated by a petawatt laser. These intense electron beams are employed to generate neutrons from a metal converter. Our method opens venues for enhancing neutron radiography contrast, conducting time-resolved neutron-damage studies at their characteristic evolution time-scales and for creating astrophysical conditions of heavy element synthesis in the laboratory.

To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2014.DPP.BO5.13

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 59, Number 15

Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana

Session BO5: Ion Acceleration, and Neutron Sources

Abstract: BO5.00013 : An Ultra-Short Pulsed Neutron Source

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