Communications Physics (Feb 2023)
A multi-MeV alpha particle source via proton-boron fusion driven by a 10-GW tabletop laser
- Valeriia Istokskaia,
- Marco Tosca,
- Lorenzo Giuffrida,
- Jan Psikal,
- Filip Grepl,
- Vasiliki Kantarelou,
- Stanislav Stancek,
- Sabrina Di Siena,
- Arsenios Hadjikyriacou,
- Aodhan McIlvenny,
- Yoann Levy,
- Jaroslav Huynh,
- Martin Cimrman,
- Pavel Pleskunov,
- Daniil Nikitin,
- Andrei Choukourov,
- Fabio Belloni,
- Antonino Picciotto,
- Satyabrata Kar,
- Marco Borghesi,
- Antonio Lucianetti,
- Tomas Mocek,
- Daniele Margarone
Affiliations
- Valeriia Istokskaia
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Marco Tosca
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Lorenzo Giuffrida
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Jan Psikal
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Filip Grepl
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Vasiliki Kantarelou
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Stanislav Stancek
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Sabrina Di Siena
- Physics Department, University of Naples Federico II
- Arsenios Hadjikyriacou
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- Aodhan McIlvenny
- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- Yoann Levy
- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics (FZU), Czech Academy of Sciences
- Jaroslav Huynh
- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics (FZU), Czech Academy of Sciences
- Martin Cimrman
- Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering
- Pavel Pleskunov
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics
- Daniil Nikitin
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics
- Andrei Choukourov
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics
- Fabio Belloni
- School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW Sydney
- Antonino Picciotto
- Micro-Nano Facility - Sensors and Devices Center, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
- Satyabrata Kar
- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- Marco Borghesi
- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- Antonio Lucianetti
- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics (FZU), Czech Academy of Sciences
- Tomas Mocek
- HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics (FZU), Czech Academy of Sciences
- Daniele Margarone
- ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01135-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Revived interest in proton-boron fusion has been fuelled by new laser matter interaction schemes with several possible applications. The authors report on a tabletop laser experiment that observes proton-boron fusion with an emphasis on the secondary cross-section peak around 150 keV.
