Nuclear Excitation by a Zeptosecond Multi-MeV Laser Pulse

Journal Article · Fri Mar 25 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.106.122502· OSTI ID:21562131

Weidenmueller, Hans A ^[1]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, D-69029 Heidelberg (Germany)

A zeptosecond multi-MeV laser pulse may either excite a ''plasma'' of strongly interacting nucleons or a collective mode. We derive the conditions on laser energy and photon number such that either of these scenarios is realized. We use the nuclear giant dipole resonance as a representative example, and a random-matrix description of the fine-structure states and perturbation theory as tools.

• OSTI ID: 21562131
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 106; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BARYONS
BOSONS
DIPOLES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
FERMIONS
FINE STRUCTURE
HADRONS
LASERS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATRICES
MEV RANGE
MULTIPOLES
NUCLEONS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHOTONS
PLASMA
PULSES
RANDOMNESS
RESONANCE