Positron and gamma-photon production and nuclear reactions in cascade processes initiated by a sub-terawatt femtosecond laser
- 15 December 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 71 (24) , 3471-3473
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.120362
Abstract
We demonstrate theoretically that sub-terawatt lasers are capable of producing, through specially arranged cascade processes in optimal targets, substantial amounts of nuclear radiation (positrons, gamma-photons, neutrons, and fission fragments).Keywords
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