Measurements of D-D fusion neutrons generated in nanowire array laser plasma using Timepix3 detector
Instrumentation and Detectors
2020-10-28 v1 Nuclear Experiment
Plasma Physics
Abstract
We present the results of neutron detection in a laser plasma experiment with a CD nanowire target. A hybrid semiconductor pixel detector Timepix3 covered with neutron converters was used for the detection of neutrons. D-D fusion neutrons were detected in a polyethylene converter through recoiled protons. Both the energy of recoiled protons and the time-of-flight of neutrons (and thus their energy) were determined. We report neutrons generated for 1~J of incoming laser energy. Furthermore, we proved that Timepix3 is suitable for difficult operational conditions in laser experiments.
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@article{arxiv.2010.03457,
title = {Measurements of D-D fusion neutrons generated in nanowire array laser plasma using Timepix3 detector},
author = {Peter Rubovic and Aldo Bonasera and Petr Burian and Zhengxuan Cao and Changbo Fu and Defeng Kong and Haoyang Lan and Yao Lou and Wen Luo and Chong Lv and Yugang Ma and Wenjun Ma and Zhiguo Ma and Lukas Meduna and Zhusong Mei and Yesid Mora and Zhuo Pan and Yinren Shou and Rudolf Sykora and Martin Veselsky and Pengjie Wang and Wenzhao Wang and Xueqing Yan and Guoqiang Zhang and Jiarui Zhao and Yanying Zhao and Jan Zemlicka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.03457},
year = {2020}
}
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pdflatex, accepted for publication in NIM A