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C. L. Morris , Eric Brown , C. Agee , Thomas Bernert , M.A.M. Bourke , Michael W. Burkett , W. T. Buttler , Darrin Byler , C. F. Chen , Amy J. Clarke , J. C. Cooley , Paul J. Gibbs , Seth Imhoff , Reese E. Jones , K. Kwiatkowski , Fesseha Mariam , F. E. Merrill , M. Murray , C. T. Olinger , D. Oró , Paul Nedrow , A. Saunders , Guillermo Terrones , F. Trouw , D. Tupa , W. S. Vogan , B. Winkler , ‪Zhehui Wang , Michael B. Zellner ·

YOU? · · 2015 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-015-0077-2 · OA: W2205587841

An application of nuclear physics, a facility for using protons for flash radiography, was developed at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). Protons have proven far superior to high energy x-rays for flash radiography because of their long mean free path, good position resolution, and low scatter background. Although this facility is primarily used for studying very fast phenomena such as high explosive driven experiments, it is finding increasing application to other fields, such as tomography of static objects, phase changes in materials and the dynamics of chemical reactions. The advantages of protons are discussed, data from some recent experiments will be reviewed and concepts for new techniques are introduced.