Nuclear reactions in copper induced by protons from a petawatt laser-foil interaction

J. M. Yang; P. McKenna; K. W.D. Ledingham; T. McCanny; S. Shimizu; L. Robson; R. J. Clarke; D. Neely; P. A. Norreys; M. S. Wei; K. Krushelnick; P. Nilson; S. P.D. Mangles; R. P. Singhal

doi:10.1063/1.1645314

Nuclear reactions in copper induced by protons from a petawatt laser-foil interaction

J. M. Yang, P. McKenna, K. W.D. Ledingham, T. McCanny, S. Shimizu, L. Robson, R. J. Clarke, D. Neely, P. A. Norreys, M. S. Wei, K. Krushelnick, P. Nilson, S. P.D. Mangles, R. P. Singhal

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A range of laser-driven proton-induced reactions in copper from a petawatt laser-solid interaction were investigated. The experiment was carried out on petawatt arm of VULCAN Nd:Glass laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. where Cu foils were exposed to the proton beams from the laser-irradiated target which induced nuclear reactions. This technique used a very thin layer of copper which was inserted into the proton beam which had a smaller impact on the proton beam and was optimized according to the energies and intensities of the protons. The results show that the energy spectrum of the accelerated protons was in the range of 10-40 MeV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	675-677
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	84
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1645314
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2004

Keywords

laser-plasma interactions
nuclear reactions and processes
acceleration
Copper
isotopes
laser pulses
plasma applications
plasma theory
proton beams

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Yang, J. M., McKenna, P., Ledingham, K. W. D., McCanny, T., Shimizu, S., Robson, L., Clarke, R. J., Neely, D., Norreys, P. A., Wei, M. S., Krushelnick, K., Nilson, P., Mangles, S. P. D., & Singhal, R. P. (2004). Nuclear reactions in copper induced by protons from a petawatt laser-foil interaction. Applied Physics Letters, 84(5), 675-677. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1645314

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