Proton Radiography

Los Alamos National Laboratory has used high energy protons as a probe in flash radiography for a decade. The proton radiography project has used 800 MeV protons, provided by the LANSCE accelerator facility at LANL, to diagnose more than 300 dynamic experiments in support of national and international weapons science and stockpile stewardship programs. Through this effort significant experience has been gained in using charged particles as direct radiographic probes to diagnose transient systems. For additional information and an overall introduction, see Proton Radiography Primer.

Proton Radiography Primer

pRad Primer (Power Point, 23.2MB)
Movie files for Primer
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each movie file below to the same location as the Primer power point file.
Right-click on the files to select a download option. Files will also play in
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Prad240-239.avi : Material Strength, slide 34

Prad D0197.avi : Aluminum, slide 35

Prad 0199.avi : Copper, slide 35

Prad 0276.avi : He Burn Products, slide 39

Prad0167.avi : What damage occurs gehind the 1st spall layer? slide 41

PocketWatch5Hz.avi : Few hertz radiographic movies, slide 42

Proton Radiography Highlight.pdf

For more information about pRad, please contact Andy Saunders

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pRad Point of Contact:
Andy Saunders
505-665-3090