Design and commissioning of a neutron counter adapted to high-intensity laser matter interactions

被引：2

作者：

Lelasseux, V ^{[1
]}

Soderstrom, P-A ^{[2
]}

Aogaki, S. ^{[2
]}

Burdonov, K. ^{[1
,3
,4
]}

Cerchez, M. ^{[5
]}

Chen, S. N. ^{[2
]}

Dorard, S. ^{[1
]}

Fazzini, A. ^{[1
]}

Gugiu, M. ^{[2
]}

Pikuz, S. ^{[6
]}

Rotaru, F. ^{[2
]}

Willi, O. ^{[5
]}

Negoita, F. ^{[2
]}

Fuchs, J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UPMC Univ Paris 06 Sorbonne Univ, Inst Polytech Paris, Ecole Polytech, LULI CNRS,CEA, F-91128 Palaiseau, France

[2] Horia Hulubei Natl Inst Phys & Nucl Engn IFIN HH, Extreme Light Infrastruct Nucl Phys ELI NP, Str Reactorului 30, Bucharest 077125, Romania

[3] Univ PSL, Sorbonne Univ, Observ Paris, CNRS,LERMA, F-75005 Paris, France

[4] Russian Acad Sci, IAP, Nizhnii Novgorod 603950, Russia

[5] Heinrich Heine Univ Dusseldorf, HHU Inst Laser & Plasma Phys, Univ Str 1, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany

[6] RAS, Joint Inst High Temp, 13-2 Izhorskaya St, Moscow 125412, Russia

来源：

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 2021年 / 92卷 / 11期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会; 俄罗斯基础研究基金会;

关键词：

PHYSICS;

D O I：

10.1063/5.0057828

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The advent of multi-PW laser facilities world-wide opens new opportunities for nuclear physics. With this perspective, we developed a neutron counter taking into account the specifics of a high-intensity laser environment. Using GEANT4 simulations and prototype testings, we report on the design of a modular neutron counter based on boron-10 enriched scintillators and a high-density polyethylene moderator. This detector has been calibrated using a plutonium-beryllium neutron source and commissioned during an actual neutron-producing laser experiment at the LULI2000 facility (France). An overall efficiency of 4.37(59)% has been demonstrated during calibration with a recovery time of a few hundred microseconds after laser-plasma interaction.

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