A compact, transportable IVA concept for intense pulsed active detection

• Published in: 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) p. 1
• Main Authors: Corcoran, P. A., Smith, I. D., Altes, R. G., Stevens, R. A., McGlathery, D. D., Pearce, J. W., Allen, R. J., Commisso, R. J., Cooperstein, G., Hegeler, F., Schumer, J. W., Sethian, J. D.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2013
• Subjects: Cavity resonators; Hardware; Laboratories; Materials; Oil insulation; Power transformer insulation; Tablet computers

Intense pulsed active detection (IPAD) has been proposed as a means of detecting contraband fissile material using an intense bremsstrahlung pulse to induce photofission. (S.B. Swanekamp, et al., IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 58, 2011, pp. 2047-2056; also see presentations at this conference by B.V. Weber,...