Determination of the response for the National Ignition Facility particle time of flight (PTOF) detector using single particle counting
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Lawrence, Y
Reichelt, BL
Wink, CW
Rigon, G
Johnson, M Gatu
Li, CK
Frenje, JA
Date Issued
October 2, 2024
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Review of Scientific Instruments
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AIP Publishing
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Y. Lawrence, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, G. Rigon, M. Gatu Johnson, C. K. Li, J. A. Frenje; Determination of the response for the National Ignition Facility particle time of flight (PTOF) detector using single particle counting. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 October 2024; 95 (10): 103508.
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The Particle Time of Flight (PTOF) detector is a chemical vapor deposition diamond-based detector used to measure bang times in low-yield (≲ 1015 neutrons) experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Historically, the impulse response for PTOF diamond detectors has been obtained from x-ray timing shots on the NIF and shots on the MegaRay pulsed electron accelerator at LLNL. The impulse response may alternatively be obtained using single particle interactions with the detector, at substantially less cost and higher frequency compared to NIF timing shots, which typically occur months apart. Here, the response of a PTOF detector setup is characterized by statistically averaging a large number of single particle waveforms. A high fidelity instrument response function can be constructed in this way. This is confirmed by comparison of the single particle counting-constructed response to the impulse response function measured for the same detector at LLNL’s MegaRay facility.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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