Calibration of imaging plate detectors to mono-energetic protons in the range 1-200 MeV

Rabhi, N.; Batani, D.; Boutoux, G.; Ducret, J. E.; Jakubowska, K.; Lantuéjoul-Thfoin, I.; Nauraye, C.; Patriarca, Annalisa; Said, A.; Semsoum, A.; Sérani, Laurent; Thomas, B.; Vauzour, B.

doi:10.1063/1.5009472

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“…The PETAL beam [75] consists in the addition of one short-pulse (500 fs-10 ps) ultra-high-power, high energy beam (a few kJ compressed energy) to the LMJ facility [12] . PETAL, commissioned at the end of 2016, extends the LMJ diagnostic capabilities to radiography with energetic particles (protons/ions/electrons) in the 0.1-200 MeV range [76] . In particular, the point projection proton radiography [77] could be of interest for our purpose.…”

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Turbulent hydrodynamics experiments in high energy density plasmas: scientific case and preliminary results of the TurboHEDP project

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The physics of compressible turbulence in high energy density (HED) plasmas is an unchartered experimental area. Simulations of compressible and radiative flows relevant for astrophysics rely mainly on subscale parameters. Therefore, we plan to perform turbulent hydrodynamics experiments in HED plasmas (TurboHEDP) in order to improve our understanding of such important phenomena for interest in both communities: laser plasma physics and astrophysics. We will focus on the physics of supernovae remnants which are complex structures subject to fluid instabilities such as the Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. The advent of megajoule laser facilities, like the National Ignition Facility and the Laser Megajoule, creates novel opportunities in laboratory astrophysics, as it provides unique platforms to study turbulent mixing flows in HED plasmas. Indeed, the physics requires accelerating targets over larger distances and longer time periods than previously achieved. In a preparatory phase, scaling from experiments at lower laser energies is used to guarantee the performance of future MJ experiments. This subscale experiments allow us to develop experimental skills and numerical tools in this new field of research, and are stepping stones to achieve our objectives on larger laser facilities. We review first in this paper recent advances in high energy density experiments devoted to laboratory astrophysics. Then we describe the necessary steps forward to commission an experimental platform devoted to turbulent hydrodynamics on a megajoule laser facility. Recent novel experimental results acquired on LULI2000, as well as supporting radiative hydrodynamics simulations, are presented. Together with the development of LiF detectors as transformative X-ray diagnostics, these preliminary results are promising on the way to achieve micrometric spatial resolution in turbulent HED physics experiments in the near future.

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Turbulent hydrodynamics experiments in high energy density plasmas: scientific case and preliminary results of the TurboHEDP project

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“…Incoming ions deposit kinetic energy in the 50 µm thick phosphor layer [11]. Beneath the 250 µm thick support layer, there is a 160 µm thick magnetic layer which allows for magnetic attachment of the IP to the scanner [12].…”

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“…Researchers have measured the response of IPs to various radiation types such as electrons [5,7,13,[17][18][19][20][21], protons [12,14,[22][23][24], and X-ray [16,25] for a wide energy range. The measurement of IP responses to energetic heavy ion beams, however, is more challenging because it is difficult to produce heavy ion beams with sufficient particle fluence for IP calibration at a range of energies in a reasonably short time.…”

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“…Bonnet et al designed an exponential model and calibrated the IP response to protons, electrons, photons, and 4 He ions, using Geant4 [14,16,29]. Recently, Rabhi et al reported on the responses of BAS-MS, SR, and TR for 1-200 MeV protons [12] and for 40-180 MeV electrons [21] using Geant4. Singh et al used FLUKA to calibrate the responses of BAS-MS and SR to 150 keV-1.75 MeV electrons [5].…”

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Monte Carlo Study of Imaging Plate Response to Laser-Driven Aluminum Ion Beams

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We measured the response of BAS-TR imaging plate (IP) to energetic aluminum ions up to 222 MeV, and compared it with predictions from a Monte Carlo simulation code using two different IP response models. Energetic aluminum ions were produced with an intense laser pulse, and the response was evaluated from cross-calibration between CR-39 track detector and IP energy spectrometer. For the first time, we obtained the response function of the BAS-TR IP for aluminum ions with a kinetic energy as high as 222 MeV. On close examination of the two IP response models, we confirm that the exponential model fits our experimental data better. Moreover, we find that the IP sensitivity in the exponential model is nearly constant in this energy range, suggesting that the response function can be determined even with little experimental data.

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“…These are used either in a stack arrangement [7] or, in the case of IP or CR-39, in the detection plane of a Thomson Parabola Spectrometer (TPS). Calibrations for these detectors exist up to 10s of MeV for protons and heavier ions [8][9][10]. The detectors are typically deployed within the evacuated interaction chamber and thus only after breaking vacuum and processing the detector, information on the energies achieved in a shot can be obtained.…”

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Absolute calibration of microchannel plate detector for carbon ions up to 250 MeV

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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory U.K. for investigating novel ion acceleration regimes employing ultrathin foil targets. An online detection system consisting of a Thomson Parabola Spectrometer (TPS) -Microchannel Plate (MCP) was used to determine maximum energies and spectra per species. The response of the MCP was calibrated for absolute particle (carbon) number per steradian using CR-39 up to 21 MeV/nucleon. This calibration provides a useful reference for a widely used diagnostic arrangement. K: Ion sources (positive ions, negative ions, electron cyclotron resonance (ECR), electron beam (EBIS)); Plasma diagnostics -charged-particle spectroscopy 1Corresponding author.

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Calibration of imaging plate detectors to mono-energetic protons in the range 1-200 MeV

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Turbulent hydrodynamics experiments in high energy density plasmas: scientific case and preliminary results of the TurboHEDP project

Turbulent hydrodynamics experiments in high energy density plasmas: scientific case and preliminary results of the TurboHEDP project

Monte Carlo Study of Imaging Plate Response to Laser-Driven Aluminum Ion Beams

Absolute calibration of microchannel plate detector for carbon ions up to 250 MeV

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