Towards a novel laser-driven method of exotic nuclei extraction−acceleration for fundamental physics and technology

Journal Article · Fri Apr 15 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X1604005X· OSTI ID:22614143

Sakaki, H.; Esirkepov, T. Zh. ^[1]; Nishio, K. ^[2]; Pikuz, T. A.; Faenov, A. Ya. ^[1]; Skobelev, I. Yu. ^[3]; Orlandi, R. ^[2]; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Sagisaka, A.; Ogura, K.; Kanasaki, M.; Kiriyama, H.; Fukuda, Y. ^[1]; Koura, H. ^[2]; Kando, M. ^[1]; Yamauchi, T. ^[4]; Watanabe, Y. ^[5]; Kondo, K. ^[1]; others, and

---

1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kansai Photon Science Institute (Japan)
2. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Advanced Science Research Center (Japan)
3. Russian Academy of Sciences, Joint Institute for High Temperature (Russian Federation)
4. Graduate School of Maritime Sciences (Japan)
5. Kyushu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (Japan)

A combination of a petawatt laser and nuclear physics techniques can crucially facilitate the measurement of exotic nuclei properties. With numerical simulations and laser-driven experiments we show prospects for the Laser-driven Exotic Nuclei extraction–acceleration method proposed in [M. Nishiuchi et al., Phys, Plasmas 22, 033107 (2015)]: a femtosecond petawatt laser, irradiating a target bombarded by an external ion beam, extracts from the target and accelerates to few GeV highly charged short-lived heavy exotic nuclei created in the target via nuclear reactions.

• OSTI ID: 22614143
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 42; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
GEV RANGE
HADRONIC ATOMS
ION BEAMS
LASER RADIATION
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PETAWATT POWER RANGE