Detecting Charged Particles Using Charge Injection Devices
Abstract
CID cameras, used for x-ray imaging on the University of Rochester's OMEGA laser system, can also be used to detect charged particles, such as those emitted in fusion reactions. The charged-particle sensitivity of CID cameras is being measured using both radioactive alpha sources and fusion reactions generated by the SUNY Geneseo 2 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. To determine the efficiency of such measurements, we simultaneously detected the energetic particles with a surface barrier detector and a CID placed at identical angles in the scattering chamber. Future work will focus on tests of the system using inertial confinement fusion products at the OMEGA laser facility. (Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy through the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics.)
- Publication:
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APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004APS..DPPJP1087F