The five line-of-sight neutron time-of-flight (nToF) suite on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)
A. S. Moore, E. P. Hartouni, D. J. Schlossberg, S. Kerr, M. J. Eckart, J. Carrera, LY Ma, Cory Waltz, D. A. Barker, J. M. Gjemso, E. Mariscal, G. P. Grim, J. D. Kilkenny
Abstract
Measurement of the neutron spectrum from inertial confinement fusion implosions is one of the primary diagnostics of implosion performance. Analysis of the spectrum gives access to quantities such as neutron yield, hot-spot velocity, apparent ion temperature, and compressed fuel ρr through measurement of the down-scatter ratio. On the National Ignition Facility, the neutron time-of-flight suite has been upgraded to include five independent, collimated lines of sight, each comprising a high dynamic range bibenzyl/diphenylacetylene-stilbene scintillator [R. Hatarik et al., Plasma Fusion Res. 9, 4404104 (2014)] and high-speed fused silica Cherenkov detectors [A. S. Moore et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89, 10I120 (2018)].