Gamma-neutron activation experiments using laser wakefield accelerators

被引：117

作者：

Leemans, WP ^{[1
]}

Rodgers, D ^{[1
]}

Catravas, PE ^{[1
]}

Geddes, CGR ^{[1
]}

Fubiani, G ^{[1
]}

Esarey, E ^{[1
]}

Shadwick, BA ^{[1
]}

Donahue, R ^{[1
]}

Smith, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS | 2001年 / 8卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1352617

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

Gamma-neutron activation experiments have been performed with relativistic electron beams produced by a laser wakefield accelerator. The electron beams were produced by tightly focusing (spot diameter approximate to6 mum) a high power (up to 10 TW), ultra-short (greater than or equal to 50 fs) laser beam from a high repetition rate (10 Hz) Ti:sapphire (0.8 mum) laser system, onto a high density (> 10(19) cm(-3)) pulsed gasjet of length approximate to1.5 mm. Nuclear activation measurements in lead and copper targets indicate the production of electrons with energy in excess of 25 MeV. This result was confirmed by electron distribution measurements using a bending magnet spectrometer. Measured gamma -ray and neutron yields are also found to be in reasonable agreement with simulations using a Monte Carlo transport code. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

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页码：2510 / 2516

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