Photonuclear production of medical isotopes <sup>62,64</sup>Cu using intense laser-plasma electron source

ZhiGuo Ma; HaoYang Lan; WeiYuan Liu; ShaoDong Wu; Yi Xu; ZhiChao Zhu; Wen Luo

doi:10.1063/1.5100925

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 4, Issue 6, 064401(2019)

Photonuclear production of medical isotopes ^62,64Cu using intense laser-plasma electron source

ZhiGuo Ma1... HaoYang Lan1, WeiYuan Liu2, ShaoDong Wu1, Yi Xu3, ZhiChao Zhu1 and Wen Luo1,a) |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, 421001 Hengyang, People’s Republic of China

²Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China

³Extreme Light Infrastructure–Nuclear Physics, RO-077125 Magurele, Romania

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ZhiGuo Ma, HaoYang Lan, WeiYuan Liu, ShaoDong Wu, Yi Xu, ZhiChao Zhu, Wen Luo. Photonuclear production of medical isotopes ^62,64Cu using intense laser-plasma electron source[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(6): 064401

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Paper Information

Category: Fundamental Physics At Extremes

Received: Apr. 22, 2019

Accepted: Aug. 11, 2019

Published Online: Dec. 18, 2019

The Author Email: Luo Wen (wenluo-ok@163.com)

DOI:10.1063/1.5100925

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Lasers and Laser Optics

Laser physics

laser manufacturing

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