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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 4, 047201(2024)

Human radiological safety assessment for petawatt laser-driven ion acceleration experiments in CLAPA-T

Xiaopeng Zhang1...2, Jiarui Zhao1,3,4, Shengxuan Xu1,3, Xun Chen1,3, Ying Gao1,3, Shiyou Chen1,3, Kun Zhu1,3,4, Xueqing Yan1,3,4, and Wenjun Ma1,34 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Beijing Laser Acceleration Innovation Center, Huairou, Beijing 101400, China
  • 4Institute of Guangdong Laser Plasma Technology, Baiyun, Guangzhou 510540, China
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    Xiaopeng Zhang, Jiarui Zhao, Shengxuan Xu, Xun Chen, Ying Gao, Shiyou Chen, Kun Zhu, Xueqing Yan, Wenjun Ma. Human radiological safety assessment for petawatt laser-driven ion acceleration experiments in CLAPA-T[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(4): 047201

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    Received: Aug. 17, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 17, 2024

    Published Online: Aug. 13, 2024

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    DOI:10.1063/5.0172687

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