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The feasibility of measuring the nuclear reaction cross sections at energies of several KeV in a target under laser compression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

V. I. Kukulin
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, USSR
V. M. Krasnopol'sky
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, USSR
V. T. Voronchev
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, USSR

Abstract

The work proposes a straightforward method for determining the nuclear reaction cross sections at extremely low energies (E ≃ 1–100 keV) on the basis of the measurements of the relative yield of fast particles which are products of the nuclear reactions in a target under laser compression. On the other hand, the proposed method makes it possible to find the averaged form of the ion velocity distribution function if the low-energy behaviour of the respective cross sections is known.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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