Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics
A beam of MeV protons, accelerated by ultraintense laser-pulse interactions with a thin target foil, is used to investigate nuclear reactions of interest for spallation physics. The laser-generated proton beam is shown (protons were measured) to have a broad energy distribution, which closely resemb...
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| author | McKenna, P Ledingham, K Shimizu, S Yang, J Robson, L McCanny, T Galy, J Magill, J Clarke, R Neely, D Norreys, P Singhal, R Krushelnick, K Wei, MS |
| author_facet | McKenna, P Ledingham, K Shimizu, S Yang, J Robson, L McCanny, T Galy, J Magill, J Clarke, R Neely, D Norreys, P Singhal, R Krushelnick, K Wei, MS |
| author_sort | McKenna, P |
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| description | A beam of MeV protons, accelerated by ultraintense laser-pulse interactions with a thin target foil, is used to investigate nuclear reactions of interest for spallation physics. The laser-generated proton beam is shown (protons were measured) to have a broad energy distribution, which closely resembles the expected energy spectrum of evaporative protons (below 50 MeV) produced in GeV-proton-induced spallation reactions. The protons are used to quantify the distribution of residual radioisotopes produced in a representative spallation target (Pb), and the results are compared with calculated predictions based on spectra modeled with nuclear Monte Carlo codes. Laser-plasma particle accelerators are shown to provide data relevant to the design and development of accelerator driven systems. © 2005 The American Physical Society. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:30a8d294-754b-4f7c-9ea8-ff2af28c65512022-03-26T13:02:51ZBroad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physicsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:30a8d294-754b-4f7c-9ea8-ff2af28c6551EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005McKenna, PLedingham, KShimizu, SYang, JRobson, LMcCanny, TGaly, JMagill, JClarke, RNeely, DNorreys, PSinghal, RKrushelnick, KWei, MSA beam of MeV protons, accelerated by ultraintense laser-pulse interactions with a thin target foil, is used to investigate nuclear reactions of interest for spallation physics. The laser-generated proton beam is shown (protons were measured) to have a broad energy distribution, which closely resembles the expected energy spectrum of evaporative protons (below 50 MeV) produced in GeV-proton-induced spallation reactions. The protons are used to quantify the distribution of residual radioisotopes produced in a representative spallation target (Pb), and the results are compared with calculated predictions based on spectra modeled with nuclear Monte Carlo codes. Laser-plasma particle accelerators are shown to provide data relevant to the design and development of accelerator driven systems. © 2005 The American Physical Society. |
| spellingShingle | McKenna, P Ledingham, K Shimizu, S Yang, J Robson, L McCanny, T Galy, J Magill, J Clarke, R Neely, D Norreys, P Singhal, R Krushelnick, K Wei, MS Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics |
| title | Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics |
| title_full | Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics |
| title_fullStr | Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics |
| title_short | Broad energy spectrum of laser-accelerated protons for spallation-related physics |
| title_sort | broad energy spectrum of laser accelerated protons for spallation related physics |
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