R. Meharchand
Los Alamos National Laboratory
8 Papers
34 Citations
R. Meharchand is an academic researcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fission & Neutron. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 8 publications.
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A time projection chamber for high accuracy and precision fission cross-section measurements
M. Heffner,David M. Asner,Rich Baker,J. D. Baker,S. Barrett,Carl R. Brune,J. Bundgaard,Eric Burgett,D. Carter,M. Cunningham,Jenna Deaven,D. L. Duke,Uwe Greife,S. M. Grimes,U. Hager,Nolan E. Hertel,Tony S. Hill,D. Isenhower,Keith Jewell,Jonathan B. King,J. L. Klay,Verena Kleinrath,N. Kornilov,R. Kudo,Alexander B Laptev,M. Leonard,W. Loveland,T. N. Massey,C. McGrath,R. Meharchand,L. Montoya,N. Pickle,Hai Qu,Vincent J. Riot,J. Ruz,Samuele Sangiorgio,B. Seilhan,S. Sharma,L. Snyder,Sean C. Stave,G. Tatishvili,R. T. Thornton,Fredrik Tovesson,Dwayne Towell,R. S. Towell,S. Watson,B. Wendt,Lynn Wood,L. Yao +48 more
TL;DR: The fission Time Projection Chamber (fissionTPC) as mentioned in this paper is a two-chamber MICROMEGAS TPC designed to make precision cross-section measurements of neutron-induced fission.
A fission fragment detector for correlated fission output studies
Shea Mosby,Fredrik Tovesson,Aaron Couture,D. L. Duke,D. L. Duke,V. Kleinrath,V. Kleinrath,R. Meharchand,K. Meierbachtol,J.M. O׳Donnell,B.A. Perdue,D. Richman,D. Shields,D. Shields +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a digital data acquisition system has been combined with a double Frisch gridded ionization chamber for use at both moderated and unmoderated neutron sources at the Los Alamos Neutron Science (LANSCE) facility.
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Targets for Precision Measurements
W. Loveland,L. Yao,D. M. Asner,R. G. Baker,J. Bundgaard,Eric Burgett,M. Cunningham,J. Deaven,D. L. Duke,Uwe Greife,Steven M. Grimes,M. Heffner,Tony S. Hill,D. Isenhower,J. L. Klay,V. Kleinrath,N. Kornilov,Alexander B Laptev,Thomas N. Massey,R. Meharchand,H. Qu,J. Ruz,Samuele Sangiorgio,B. Selhan,L. Snyder,Sean C. Stave,G. Tatishvili,R. T. Thornton,Fredrik Tovesson,Dwayne Towell,R. S. Towell,S. Watson,B. Wendt,Lynn Wood +33 more
TL;DR: In this article, the general properties needed in targets (sources) for high precision, high accuracy measurements are reviewed and the application of these principles to the problem of developing targets for the Fission TPC is described.
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The Data Analysis Framework for the NIFFTE Fission Time Projection Chamber
Sean C. Stave,D. M. Asner,R. G. Baker,J. Bundgaard,Eric Burgett,M. Cunningham,J. Deaven,D. L. Duke,Uwe Greife,S. M. Grimes,M. Heffner,Tony S. Hill,D. Isenhower,J. L. Klay,V. Kleinrath,N. Kornilov,Alexander B Laptev,W. Loveland,T. N. Massey,R. Meharchand,H. Qu,J. Ruz,Samuele Sangiorgio,B. Seilhan,L. Snyder,G. Tatishvili,R. T. Thornton,Fredrik Tovesson,Dwayne Towell,R. S. Towell,S. Watson,B. Wendt,Lynn Wood +32 more
TL;DR: An overview of the analysis software that has been developed by the NIFFTE collaboration is provided, as well as examples of its success in analyzing data.
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An Ethernet-based Data Acquisition System for the NIFFTE Time Projection Chamber
Lynn Wood,D. M. Asner,R. G. Baker,J. Bundgaard,Eric Burgett,M. Cunningham,J. Deaven,D. L. Duke,Uwe Greife,S. M. Grimes,M. Heffner,Tony S. Hill,D. Isenhower,J. L. Klay,V. Kleinrath,N. Kornilov,Alexander B Laptev,W. Loveland,T. N. Massey,R. Meharchand,H. Qu,J. Ruz,Samuele Sangiorgio,B. Seilhan,L. Snyder,Sean C. Stave,G. Tatishvili,R. T. Thornton,Fredrik Tovesson,Dwayne Towell,R. S. Towell,S. Watson,B. Wendt +32 more
TL;DR: This application of commercially-available components made it possible to meet the requirements of the DAQ system with considerably less development cost and time than the a customized ASIC solution, and provides considerable flexibility in the final design.
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