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Energetic neutron beams generated from femtosecond laser plasma interactions

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Article number124101
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>25/03/2013
<mark>Journal</mark>Applied Physics Letters
Issue number12
Volume102
Number of pages4
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Experiments at the HERCULES laser facility have produced directional neutron beams with energies up to 16.8(+/- 0.3) MeV using (2)(1)d(d, n)(2)He-3; Li-7(3)(p, n)(4)Be-7; and Li-7(3)(d, n)(4)Be-8 reactions. Efficient Li-7(3)(d, n)(4)Be-8 reactions required the selective acceleration of deuterons through the introduction of a deuterated plastic or cryogenically frozen D2O layer on the surface of a thin film target. The measured neutron yield was