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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 10, Issue 3, 037402(2025)

Laser-initiated p–11B fusion reactions in petawatt high-repetition-rate laser facilities

M. Scisciò1、*, G. Petringa2, Z. Zhu3,4,5, M. R. D. Rodrigues3, M. Alonzo1, P. L. Andreoli1, F. Filippi1, Fe. Consoli2, M. Huault6,7, D. Raffestin7, D. Molloy8,9, H. Larreur6,7, D. Singappuli7, T. Carriere7, C. Verona0, P. Nicolai7, A. McNamee8, M. Ehret0, E. Filippov0, R. Lera0, J. A. Pérez-Hernández0, S. Agarwal0, M. Krupka0,0, S. Singh0,0, V. Istokskaia0, D. Lattuada0,2, M. La Cognata2, G. L. Guardo2, S. Palmerini0,0, G. Rapisarda0,2, K. Batani0, M. Cipriani1, G. Cristofari1, E. Di Ferdinando1, G. Di Giorgio1, R. De Angelis1, D. Giulietti0, J. Xu0,4, L. Volpe0,0, M. D. Rodríguez-Frías0,0, L. Giuffrida0,2, D. Margarone0,2,8, D. Batani7, G. A. P. Cirrone0,2, A. Bonasera3, and Fa. Consoli1
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  • 0Centro de Laseres Pulsados, Building M5, Science Park, Calle Adaja 8, Villamayor, 37185 Salamanca, Spain
  • 0Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia (CSFNSM), Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy
  • 0Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana,” Università degli Studi di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
  • 0Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli s/n, 06125 Perugia, Italy
  • 0Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa and INFN, Largo B. Pontecorvo, n. 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
  • 0Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata,”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
  • 0Dpto. Física y Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28801 Madrid, Spain
  • 0ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Dolni Brezany 252 41, Czech Republic
  • 0ETSI Aeronautica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28006 Madrid, Spain
  • 0Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”, 94100 Enna, Italy
  • 0FZU–Institute of Physics of Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 0Institute of Plasma Physics of Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 00 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 0IPPLM Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Hery Street 23, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
  • 0Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli s/n, 06125 Perugia, Italy
  • 0School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 1ENEA Nuclear Department – C. R. Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
  • 2Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (LNS-INFN), 95125 Catania, Italy
  • 3Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
  • 4Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 5University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 6Departamento de Fisica Fundamental, Universidad de Salamanca, Patio de Escuelas 1, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
  • 7Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), Unité Mixte de Recherche 5107, Talence 33400, France
  • 8Centre for Light–Matter Interactions, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
  • 9HB11 Energy Holdings Pty, Freshwater 2096, Australia
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    M. Scisciò, G. Petringa, Z. Zhu, M. R. D. Rodrigues, M. Alonzo, P. L. Andreoli, F. Filippi, Fe. Consoli, M. Huault, D. Raffestin, D. Molloy, H. Larreur, D. Singappuli, T. Carriere, C. Verona, P. Nicolai, A. McNamee, M. Ehret, E. Filippov, R. Lera, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, S. Agarwal, M. Krupka, S. Singh, V. Istokskaia, D. Lattuada, M. La Cognata, G. L. Guardo, S. Palmerini, G. Rapisarda, K. Batani, M. Cipriani, G. Cristofari, E. Di Ferdinando, G. Di Giorgio, R. De Angelis, D. Giulietti, J. Xu, L. Volpe, M. D. Rodríguez-Frías, L. Giuffrida, D. Margarone, D. Batani, G. A. P. Cirrone, A. Bonasera, Fa. Consoli. Laser-initiated p–11B fusion reactions in petawatt high-repetition-rate laser facilities[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(3): 037402

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    Received: Oct. 1, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 28, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 16, 2025

    The Author Email: M. Scisciò (Massimiliano.sciscio@enea.it)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0241993

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