ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Shelton, R.T.)

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National Ignition Facility (NIF) Dilation X-ray Imager (DIXI) Diagnostic Instrumentation and Control System

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J.R. Nelson, J. Ayers, M. A. Barrios Garcia, P.M. Bell, D.K. Bradley, G.W. Collins, B. Felker, S. Heerey, O.S. Jones, L.J. Lagin, S.R. Nagel, K.W. Piston, K. S. Raman, R.T. Shelton, R. F. Smith
LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
T. Chung, T. Hilsabeck, J. Kilkenny, B. Sammuli
GA, San Diego, California, USA
A.K.L. Dymoke-Bradshaw, J.D. Hares
Kentech Instruments Ltd., Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Funding: * This work was performed under the auspices of the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, (LLNS) under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344. #LLNL-ABS-633832
X-ray cameras on inertial confinement fusion facilities can determine the implosion velocity and symmetry of NIF targets by recording the emission of X-rays from the target gated as a function of time. To capture targets that undergo ignition and thermonuclear burn, however, cameras with less than 10 picosecond shutter times are needed. A Collaboration between LLNL, General Atomics and Kentech Instruments has resulted in the design and construction of an X-ray camera which converts an X-ray image to an electron image, which is stretched, and then coupled to a conventional shuttered electron camera to meet this criteria. This talk discusses target diagnostic instrumentation and software used to control the DIXI diagnostic and seamlessly integrate it into the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Integrated Computer Control System (ICCS).

Poster TUPPC073 [3.443 MB]

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TUPPC073	National Ignition Facility (NIF) Dilation X-ray Imager (DIXI) Diagnostic Instrumentation and Control System	751
	J.R. Nelson, J. Ayers, M. A. Barrios Garcia, P.M. Bell, D.K. Bradley, G.W. Collins, B. Felker, S. Heerey, O.S. Jones, L.J. Lagin, S.R. Nagel, K.W. Piston, K. S. Raman, R.T. Shelton, R. F. Smith LLNL, Livermore, California, USA T. Chung, T. Hilsabeck, J. Kilkenny, B. Sammuli GA, San Diego, California, USA A.K.L. Dymoke-Bradshaw, J.D. Hares Kentech Instruments Ltd., Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
	Funding: * This work was performed under the auspices of the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, (LLNS) under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344. #LLNL-ABS-633832 X-ray cameras on inertial confinement fusion facilities can determine the implosion velocity and symmetry of NIF targets by recording the emission of X-rays from the target gated as a function of time. To capture targets that undergo ignition and thermonuclear burn, however, cameras with less than 10 picosecond shutter times are needed. A Collaboration between LLNL, General Atomics and Kentech Instruments has resulted in the design and construction of an X-ray camera which converts an X-ray image to an electron image, which is stretched, and then coupled to a conventional shuttered electron camera to meet this criteria. This talk discusses target diagnostic instrumentation and software used to control the DIXI diagnostic and seamlessly integrate it into the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Integrated Computer Control System (ICCS).
	Poster TUPPC073 [3.443 MB]