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Plasma induced nuclear excitation

  • The possibility to excite low-energy nuclear states using laser induced plasma on the Prague Asterix Laser System PALS is investigated. Such medium-energy high-power facility yields interaction intensities at the level of $10^{16}-10^{17}$~Wcm$^{-2}$ thus producing subrelativistic plasmas with electron temperature of the order of 1-10~keV.
  • Based on a systematic survey of suitable candidate nuclei, the search for the 6.238~keV excitation and decay in $^{181}$Ta has been initiated.
  • Experimental tests and preliminary results are underway.
  • Tests and preliminary operation of detecting systems including active detectors are carried out on
    • Scintillating detectors
    • Semiconductor pixel detectors of Medipix type

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Grants:
Number Name Agency
MSM 6840770029 Fundamental Experiments in the Physics of the Microworld MŠMT
202/06/0697 Low-energy nuclear excitation with laser induced plasma GAČR


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