Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes
Protons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated when ultra-intense lasers (up to 1020Wcm-2) interact with hydrogen containing solid targets. These protons can be used to induce nuclear reactions in secondary targets to produce β+-emitting nuclei of relevance to the nuclear medicine community, n...
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| author | Spencer, I Ledingham, K Singhal, R McCanny, T McKenna, P Clark, E Krushelnick, K Zepf, M Beg, F Tatarakis, M Dangor, A Norreys, P Clarke, R Allott, R Ross, I |
| author_facet | Spencer, I Ledingham, K Singhal, R McCanny, T McKenna, P Clark, E Krushelnick, K Zepf, M Beg, F Tatarakis, M Dangor, A Norreys, P Clarke, R Allott, R Ross, I |
| author_sort | Spencer, I |
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| description | Protons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated when ultra-intense lasers (up to 1020Wcm-2) interact with hydrogen containing solid targets. These protons can be used to induce nuclear reactions in secondary targets to produce β+-emitting nuclei of relevance to the nuclear medicine community, namely 11C and 13N via (p,n) and (p,α) reactions. Activities of the order of 200 kBq have been measured from a single laser pulse interacting with a thin solid target. The possibility of using ultra-intense lasers to produce commercial amounts of short-lived positron emitting sources for positron emission tomography (PET) is discussed. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d76e35cc-c209-4d3b-8fa5-dd2a0537652f2022-03-27T08:41:00ZLaser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d76e35cc-c209-4d3b-8fa5-dd2a0537652fEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Spencer, ILedingham, KSinghal, RMcCanny, TMcKenna, PClark, EKrushelnick, KZepf, MBeg, FTatarakis, MDangor, ANorreys, PClarke, RAllott, RRoss, IProtons of energies up to 37 MeV have been generated when ultra-intense lasers (up to 1020Wcm-2) interact with hydrogen containing solid targets. These protons can be used to induce nuclear reactions in secondary targets to produce β+-emitting nuclei of relevance to the nuclear medicine community, namely 11C and 13N via (p,n) and (p,α) reactions. Activities of the order of 200 kBq have been measured from a single laser pulse interacting with a thin solid target. The possibility of using ultra-intense lasers to produce commercial amounts of short-lived positron emitting sources for positron emission tomography (PET) is discussed. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Spencer, I Ledingham, K Singhal, R McCanny, T McKenna, P Clark, E Krushelnick, K Zepf, M Beg, F Tatarakis, M Dangor, A Norreys, P Clarke, R Allott, R Ross, I Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
| title | Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
| title_full | Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
| title_fullStr | Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
| title_short | Laser generation of proton beams for the production of short-lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
| title_sort | laser generation of proton beams for the production of short lived positron emitting radioisotopes |
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