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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 9, 4404108 (2014)

Regular Articles


The Neutron Imaging Diagnostics and Reconstructing Technique for Fast Ignition
Hiroaki INOUE, Yasunobu ARIKAWA, Sinya NOZAKI1), Shinsuke FUJIOKA, Takahiro NAGAI, Sadaoki KOJIMA, Yuki ABE, Shohei SAKATA, Atushi KINJO2), Mitsuo NAKAI, Hiroyuki SHIRAGA and Hiroshi AZECHI
Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
1)
Okinawa National College of Technology, Nago 905-2192, Japan
2)
College of liberal arts, University of Tohoku Gakuin, Sendai 980-0065, Japan
(Received 24 July 2013 / Accepted 14 January 2014 / Published 27 June 2014)

Abstract

In Fast Ignition (FI) the imaging diagnostics of the fusion neutron is an advanced diagnostic. In this study a neutron or high energy x-ray imaging detector using multi-penumbral array, was developed. The unfolding technique by using Heuristic method was successfully demonstrated in simulation.


Keywords

neutron imaging, penumbra, Heuristic method, image reconstruction, hard Bremsstrahlung x-ray

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.9.4404108


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This paper may be cited as follows:

Hiroaki INOUE, Yasunobu ARIKAWA, Sinya NOZAKI, Shinsuke FUJIOKA, Takahiro NAGAI, Sadaoki KOJIMA, Yuki ABE, Shohei SAKATA, Atushi KINJO, Mitsuo NAKAI, Hiroyuki SHIRAGA and Hiroshi AZECHI, Plasma Fusion Res. 9, 4404108 (2014).