Published October 2, 2006 | Version v1
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Detection of short lived radioisotopes as a fast diagnostic for intense laser-solid interactions

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 118, S-221 00 Lund (Sweden)
  • 3. CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 OQX (United Kingdom)
  • 4. SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland (United Kingdom)

Description

As a diagnostic of high-intensity laser interactions (>1019 W cm-2), the detection of radioactive isotopes is regularly used for the characterization of proton, neutron, ion, and photon beams. This involves sample removal from the interaction chamber and time consuming post shot analysis using NaI coincidence counting or Ge detectors. This letter describes the use of in situ detectors to measure laser-driven (p,n) reactions in 27Al as an almost real-time diagnostic for proton acceleration. The produced 27Si isotope decays with a 4.16 s half-life by the predominantly β+ emission, producing a strong 511 keV annihilation peak

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2358940;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 141117-141117.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38023922
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM 27; ANNIHILATION; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HALF-LIFE; ION BEAMS; KEV RANGE 100-1000; LASERS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NUCLEAR DECAY; PHOTON BEAMS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SILICON 27; SODIUM IODIDES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM ISOTOPES; BARYONS; BEAMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; INTERACTIONS; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; KEV RANGE; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SILICON ISOTOPES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STABLE ISOTOPES

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