A Femtosecond Neutron Source
| dc.creator | Macchi, A. | |
| dc.date | 2005-05-20 | |
| dc.date | 2006-02-24 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:40:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:40:38Z | |
| dc.description | The possibility to use the ultrashort ion bunches produced by circularly polarized laser pulses to drive a source of fusion neutrons with sub-optical cycle duration is discussed. A two-side irradiation of a thin foil deuterated target produces two countermoving ion bunches, whose collision leads to an ultrashort neutron burst. Using particle-in-cell simulations and analytical modeling, it is evaluated that, for intensities of a few $10^{19} W cm^{-2}$, more than $10^3$ neutrons per Joule may be produced within a time shorter than one femtosecond. Another scheme based on a layered deuterium-tritium target is outlined. | |
| dc.description | 15 pages, 3 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0505140 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0505140 | |
| dc.identifier | Applied Physics B 82, 337 (2006) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1007/s00340-005-2092-y | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/101439 | |
| dc.subject | Plasma Physics | |
| dc.title | A Femtosecond Neutron Source | |
| dc.type | text |