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Alpha-particle generation from H-11B fusion initiated by laser-accelerated boron ions
Defeng Kong, Shirui Xu, Yinren Shou +21
Here we report the generation of MeV alpha-particles from H-11B fusion initiated by laser-accelerated boron ions. Boron ions with maximum energy of 6MeV and fluence of 10^9/MeV/sr@…
High-energy-density plasma in femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire array targets for nuclear reactions
Defeng Kong, Guoqiang Zhang, Yinren Shou +21
In this work, the high-energy-density plasmas (HEDP) evolved from joule-class-femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire array (NWA) targets are numerically and experimentally studied.…
Feasibility of studying astrophysically important charged-particle emission with the variable energy -ray system at the Extreme Light Infrastructure -- Nuclear Physics facility
H. Y. Lan, W. Luo, Y. Xu +8
In the environment of a hot plasma, as achieved in stellar explosions, capture and photodisintegration reactions proceeding on excited states in the nucleus can considerably contri…
Rapid interrogation of special nuclear materials by combining scattering and transmission nuclear resonance fluorescence spectroscopy
Haoyang Lan, Tan Song, Jialin Zhang +2
The smuggling of special nuclear materials (SNMs) across national borders is becoming a serious threat to nuclear nonproliferation. This paper presents a feasibility study on the r…
Brilliant attosecond γ-ray emission and high-yield positron production from intense laser-irradiated Nano-Micro array
Liang-qi Zhang, Shao-dong Wu, Hai-rong Huang +7
We investigate a novel scheme for brilliant attosecond γ-ray emission and high-yield positron production, which is accomplished with an ultra-intense laser pulse incident upon a Na…
High-efficiency water-window x-ray generation from nanowire array targets irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses
Yinren Shou, Defeng Kong, Pengjie Wang +14
We demonstrate the high-efficiency generation of water-window soft x-ray emissions from polyethylene nanowire array targets irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses at the intensity…
Measurements of D-D fusion neutrons generated in nanowire array laser plasma using Timepix3 detector
Peter Rubovic, Aldo Bonasera, Petr Burian +24
We present the results of neutron detection in a laser plasma experiment with a CD nanowire target. A hybrid semiconductor pixel detector Timepix3 covered with neutron converte…
Photo-excitation production of medically interesting isomers using high-intensity γ-ray source
Wan-ting Pan, Hao-yang Lan, Zhi-guo Ma +2
Photon-induced nuclear excitation (i.e. photo-excitation) can be used for production of nuclear isomers, which have potential applications in astrophysics, energy storing, and medi…
Determination of the photodisintegration reaction rates involving charged particles: systematical calculations and proposed measurements based on Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)
H. Y. Lan, Y. Xu, W. Luo +14
Photodisintegration reaction rates involving charged particles are of relevance to the p-process nucleosynthesis that aims at explaining the production of the stable neutron-defici…
High-energy-density electron-positron pair plasma production and its dynamics in the relativistic transparency regime
W. Y. Liu, W. Luo, T. Yuan +3
High-energy-density electron-positron pair plasma production and its dynamics in a thin foil illuminated by two counter-propagating laser pulses are investigated through multi-dime…
Efficient ion acceleration and dense electron-positron plasma creation in ultra-high intensity laser-solid interactions
D. Del Sorbo, D. R. Blackman, R. Capdessus +9
The radiation pressure of next generation ultra-high intensity ( W/cm) lasers could efficiently accelerate ions to GeV energies. However, nonlinear quantum-electrod…
Transmutation prospect of long-lived nuclear waste induced by high-charge electron beam from laser plasma accelerator
X. L. Wang, Z. Y. Xu, W. Luo +3
Photo-transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste induced by high-charge relativistic electron beam (e-beam) from laser plasma accelerator is demonstrated. Collimated relativistic e-…
The Study of Cosmic Ray Tomography Using Multiple Scattering of Muons for Imaging of High-Z Materials
Xiao-Dong Wang, Kai-Xuan Ye, Yu-Lei Li +6
Muon tomography is developing as a promising system to detect high-Z (atomic number) material for ensuring homeland security. In the present work, three kinds of spatial locations…
Photo-transmutation of long-lived radionuclide Cs-135 by laser-plasma driven electron source
X. L. Wang, W. Luo, Z. C. Zhu +2
Relativistic electrons, accelerated by the laser ponderomotive force, can be focused onto a high-Z convertor to generate high-brightness beams of gamma-rays, which in turn can be u…