Positron and gamma-photon production and nuclear reactions in cascade processes initiated by a sub-terawatt femtosecond laser

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作者：

Shkolnikov, PL ^{[1
]}

Kaplan, AE ^{[1
]}

Pukhov, A ^{[1
]}

MeyerterVehn, J ^{[1
]}

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[1] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT,D-85748 MUNICH,GERMANY

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1997年 / 71卷 / 24期

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10.1063/1.120362

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O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We demonstrate theoretically that sub-terawatt lasers are capable of producing, through specially arranged cascade processes in optimal targets, substantial amounts of nuclear radiation (positrons, gamma-photons, neutrons, and fission fragments). (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(97)02350-4].

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页码：3471 / 3473

页数：3

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