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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 7, Issue 6, 064403(2022)

High-energy-density plasma in femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire-array targets for nuclear reactions

Defeng Kong1、*, Guoqiang Zhang2, Yinren Shou1, Shirui Xu1, Zhusong Mei1, Zhengxuan Cao1, Zhuo Pan1, Pengjie Wang1, Guijun Qi1, Yao Lou2, Zhiguo Ma3, Haoyang Lan1,4, Wenzhao Wang5, Yunhui Li6, Peter Rubovic7,8, Martin Veselsky7, Aldo Bonasera0,9, Jiarui Zhao1, Yixing Geng1, Yanying Zhao1, Changbo Fu3, Wen Luo4, Yugang Ma2,3, Xueqing Yan0,0,1, and Wenjun Ma0,0,1
Author Affiliations
  • 0Beijing Laser Acceleration Innovation Center, Huairou, Beijing 101400, China
  • 0Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
  • 0Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, via Santa Sofia, 62, Catania 95123, Italy
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, and Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 4School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 5INPAC and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 6Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 7Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Husova 240/5, 11000 Prague 1, Czech Republic
  • 8ELI Beamlines Center, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czechia
  • 9Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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    Defeng Kong, Guoqiang Zhang, Yinren Shou, Shirui Xu, Zhusong Mei, Zhengxuan Cao, Zhuo Pan, Pengjie Wang, Guijun Qi, Yao Lou, Zhiguo Ma, Haoyang Lan, Wenzhao Wang, Yunhui Li, Peter Rubovic, Martin Veselsky, Aldo Bonasera, Jiarui Zhao, Yixing Geng, Yanying Zhao, Changbo Fu, Wen Luo, Yugang Ma, Xueqing Yan, Wenjun Ma. High-energy-density plasma in femtosecond-laser-irradiated nanowire-array targets for nuclear reactions[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(6): 064403

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    Category: Fundamental Physics At Extreme Light

    Received: Aug. 15, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 11, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 15, 2022

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    DOI:10.1063/5.0120845

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