Affiliation:
1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Abstract
We show that electrons accelerated in plasma generated by available, or within reach, terawatt lasers can initiate positron and neutron production and a host of nuclear reactions. We propose and evaluate the environments and processes favorable for this phenomenon, which can be used to develop a practical table-top source of intense short pulses of positrons, gamma-photons, neutrons, and fission fragments.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Cited by
10 articles.
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