High-Sensitivity Thomson Spectrometry in Experiments of Laser-Driven Low-Rate NeutronLess Fusion Reactions

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/laser-and-particle-beams/article/highsensitivity-thomson-spectrometry-in-experiments-of-laserdriven-lowrate-neutronless-fusion-reactions/73DE58265A8C915556E2180D12933C80" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/laser-and-particle-beams/article/highsensitivity-thomson-spectrometry-in-experiments-of-laserdriven-lowrate-neutronless-fusion-reactions/73DE58265A8C915556E2180D12933C80</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3531875" target="_blank" >10.1155/2023/3531875</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

High-Sensitivity Thomson Spectrometry in Experiments of Laser-Driven Low-Rate NeutronLess Fusion Reactions

Original language description

The aneutronic B-11(p, alpha)2 alpha fusion reaction driven by the interaction of high-energy lasers with matter has become a popular topic of research, since it represents a potential long-term goal alternative to the most studied deuterium-tritium reaction. However, the detection of the typical ionic products, especially alpha particles, of this low-rate fusion reaction is a challenging issue, due to their low flux. One of the diagnostic devices that can be implemented in laser-driven proton-boron fusion experiments is a Thomson spectrometer (TS), which is capable of detecting and discriminating ions according to their mass-to-charge ratio (A/Z, where A is the mass number and Z is the atomic number of the ions). In this work, we report on the ultimate test of a TS, which was designed and developed at the ENEA Research Centre in Frascati, Italy, in the context of a p + B-11 fusion experiment. Our device-designed to have high sensitivity and a robust shielding against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs)-was implemented at the PALS laser facility (similar to 700 J in similar to 350 ps pulses) at a distance of 367 mm from the laser-plasma interaction point. We analyse here the measured signals obtained with our device, focusing on the assessment of their signal-to-background ratio. Despite the presence of strong EMPs and background radiation at such a short distance from the laser-irradiated target, the TS proved to be suitable for effectively detecting protons and heavier ions stemming from the plasma source.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000789" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000789: Advanced research using high intensity laser produced photons and particles</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Laser and Particle Beams

ISSN

0263-0346

e-ISSN

1469-803X

Volume of the periodical

2023

Issue of the periodical within the volume

leden

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

3531875

UT code for WoS article

000967378300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85152618947