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TY - JOUR
T1 - Energetic neutron beams generated from femtosecond laser plasma interactions
AU - Zulick, C.
AU - Dollar, F.
AU - Chvykov, V.
AU - Davis, J.
AU - Kalinchenko, G.
AU - Maksimchuk, A.
AU - Petrov, G. M.
AU - Raymond, A.
AU - Thomas, A. G. R.
AU - Willingale, L.
AU - Yanovsky, V.
AU - Krushelnick, K.
PY - 2013/3/25
Y1 - 2013/3/25
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - HIGH-INTENSITY LASER
KW - ION-BEAMS
KW - RADIOGRAPHY
KW - TARGETS
KW - PULSES
U2 - 10.1063/1.4795723
DO - 10.1063/1.4795723
M3 - Journal article
VL - 102
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
SN - 0003-6951
IS - 12
M1 - 124101
ER -