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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Laser-based approach to measure small nuclear cross sections in plasma.

Jie Feng, Jintao Qi, Hanxu Zhang, Siyu Chen, Mingyang Zhu, Xichen Hu, Hao Xu, Changbo Fu, Xu Wang, Liming Chen and 1 more

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Jie Feng *Key Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.ORCID 0009-0004-2588-3150
Jintao Qi *Graduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China.
Hanxu ZhangGraduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China.
Siyu ChenKey Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.
Mingyang ZhuKey Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.
Xichen HuKey Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.
Hao XuKey Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.
Changbo FuKey Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (Ministry of Education), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Xu WangGraduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8043-7135
Liming ChenKey Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4235-4504
Jie ZhangKey Laboratory of Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240, China.

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Abstract

We demonstrate an approach successfully measuring very small nuclear isomeric excitation cross sections (on the order of 10 to 100 picobarns) via laser-cluster interaction. The interaction between an intense laser pulse and Kr atomic clusters generates a high-temperature and high-density plasma ball in which nuclear excitations are facilitated by inelastic electron scattering. The electron temperature reaches several hundred keV (corresponding to 10[Formula: see text] K), similar to a stellar environment. The very small nuclear excitation cross sections are extremely challenging to measure otherwise, for example using traditional accelerator-based approaches. Our method opens a broad avenue of measuring small nuclear cross sections and holds promise for advancing understanding of nuclear transition mechanisms and exploring pathways in the evolutionary dynamics of elements within stellar environments.

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Coulomb excitationlaser plasmanuclear isomer

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