Chris Randall, SUNY GeneseoTitle: Calibration of a Plasma Calorimeter for Studies of Inertial Confinement FusionAuthors: C. Randall, C.G. Freeman, D. Goodemote, S.J. Padalino (SUNY Geneseo); J. Knauer (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester)Abstract: The Laboratory of Laser Energetics (LLE) is conducting experiments in inertial confinement fusion. A plasma calorimeter is one of the many nuclear diagnostics used to study the induced fusion reactions. The calorimeter consists of two 6 micron thick tantalum foils connected to thermocouples and a copper reference plate. The calorimeter will be calibrated using proton beams of several hundred keV from the 2MV Van de Graaff accelerator located at the Geneseo Nuclear Structure Laboratory (GNSL). The calorimeter signals are recorded and analyzed using the LabVIEW interface program. In this poster we report on the preliminary data obtained at the GNSL and describe plans for future experiments. |