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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Vladimir S. Burmasov, Eduard P. Kruglyakov, Viktor F. Gurko, Oleg I. Meshkov, Igor V. Kandaurov, Andrei L. Sanin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 301-304
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963466
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A diagnostic system to measure the spatial and frequency spectra of ion-acoustic waves in plasma with strong Langmuir turbulence is being designed. High power pulsed CO2 laser system is used as primary source of radiation. A heterodyne light mixing scheme is used to detect the scattered power. Diagnostics is tested in the experiment on the interaction of high power relativistic electron beam with magnetized plasma.