Nuclear transitions on demand

Abstract

I show a way to tune photo-nuclear cross section effectively and therefore achieve nuclear transitions "on demand". The method is based on combinatorial enhancement of multiphoton processes under intense conditions. Taking advantage of recent advances in high-power laser systems (HPLS) and nuclear structure calculations, efficient control of nuclear transitions up to E4 in multipolarity can be reached today. The same idea can be extended to the search for rare transitions and hidden states, which applies to the ${\hat{I}}^3$-beams generated from conventional sources as well.

7 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 14th Int. Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics: "Cutting-edge developments in nuclear structure physics", one new figure added