The Nuclear Epoch of Laser Interactions

Journal Article · Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3275687· OSTI ID:21371356

Borisov, Alex B; Khan, Shahab F; Poopalasingam, Sankar; McCorkindale, John C; Zhao, Ji; Boguta, John; Longworth, James W ^[1]; Racz, Ervin ^[1]; Rhodes, Charles K ^[1]

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1. Laboratory for X-ray Microimaging and Bioinformatics, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7059 (United States)

The history of power compression is a series of developmental epochs that are (1) characteristically marked by a technological breakthrough and (2) generally separated by a factor of approx10{sup 10} in power density. Based on new advances in high-power coherent x-ray technology, the transition to a new nuclear epoch of laser interactions is presently commencing. Chief outcomes foreseen are (1) the generation of power densities in the 10{sup 28}-10{sup 30} W/cm{sup 3} realm, (2) the controlled induction of nuclear interactions, and (3) the production of new states and forms of nuclear matter.

• OSTI ID: 21371356
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1197, Issue 1; Conference: ISACC 2009: 4. international symposium on atomic cluster collisions: Structure and dynamics from the nuclear to the biological scale, Ann Arbor, MI (United States), 14-18 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3275687; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NUCLEAR MATTER
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS
POWER DENSITY
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