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A more open future for nuclear research
A growing number of institutional, national, and funder mandates are requiring researchers to make their published work immediately publicly accessible, through either open repositories or open access (OA) publications. In addition, both private and public funders are developing policies, such as those from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the European Commission, that ask researchers to make publicly available at the time of publication as much of their underlying data and other materials as possible. These, combined with movement in the scientific community toward embracing open science principles (seen, for example, in the dramatic rise of preprint servers like arXiv), demonstrate a need for a different kind of publishing outlet.
K. K. Dannenberg, C. A. Back, C. A. Frederick, E. M. Giraldez, R. R. Holt, W. J. Krych, D. G. Schroen, C. O. Russell
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 4 | May 2007 | Pages 673-676
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1462
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This paper concerns the methods that were used to build an imbedded sphere in foam target for use on Omega to test theories of astrophysical jets. The core of the target is comprised of a titanium slab that is driven through a titanium washer into a low-density foam with an imbedded sphere. The critical dimension that needed to be known was the location of the center of the sphere with respect to the drive region. Initially, attempts were made to fabricate the sphere imbedded foam precisely, however the foam changed dimensionally during the drying phase of fabrication. The dimensional changes observed were often as large as the specified tolerances, so the foams required post fabrication characterization. Optical characterization of the foams weren't accurate enough and radiography was required for precision characterization. Once characterized, the sphere needed to be placed in the specified target geometry correct to an accuracy of ±25 m. The radiography images were imported into a CAD program and these images were used to assemble the target precisely. The methods used provided a well-characterized target with a good build.