Published December 3, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

The Nuclear Epoch of Laser Interactions

  • 1. Laboratory for X-ray Microimaging and Bioinformatics, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7059 (United States)
  • 2. KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, EURATOM Association, P.O. Box 49, 1525 Budapest (Hungary)
  • 3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7053 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7042 (United States)
  • 5. Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7062 (United States)

Description

The history of power compression is a series of developmental epochs that are (1) characteristically marked by a technological breakthrough and (2) generally separated by a factor of ∼1010 in power density. Based on new advances in high-power coherent x-ray technology, the transition to a new nuclear epoch of laser interactions is presently commencing. Chief outcomes foreseen are (1) the generation of power densities in the 1028-1030 W/cm3 realm, (2) the controlled induction of nuclear interactions, and (3) the production of new states and forms of nuclear matter.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1197
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 42-47
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. international symposium on atomic cluster collisions: Structure and dynamics from the nuclear to the biological scale
Acronym
ISACC 2009
Dates
14-18 Jul 2009
Place
Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41101810
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BINDING ENERGY; COMPRESSION; FINE STRUCTURE; GASERS; LASER RADIATION; NUCLEAR MATTER; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS; POWER DENSITY; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATTER; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; RADIATIONS

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(c) 2009 American Institute of Physics