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, Volume 85, Issue 3, pp 473–481 | Cite as

Photofission experiments at the ELI-NP facility

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Abstract

At ELI-NP, high-power lasers together with a very brilliant γ beam are the main research tools. The high-power laser system (HPLS) and the γ beam system (GBS) of ELI-NP are presented. The expected performance of the electron accelerator and production lasers of the GBS, and the targeted operational parameters of the γ beam are described. Possible laser-induced fission and γ beam photofission experiments which are under preparation at ELI-NP, and the different set-ups and instrumentation, are designed for these experiments, are presented.

Keywords

High-power lasers brilliant narrow-width γ beam laser-induced fission photofission 

PACS Nos

07.85.Fv 29.20.Ej 25.20.−x 
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Acknowledgements

The Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)-Phase I project is co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund. Collaborations with A Krasznahorkay and F Ibrahim, conveners of the ELI-NP Photofission TDR Working Group, with PV Cuong for the photofission yield estimates, and with CA Ur, L Csige, D Filipescu, D Yordanov, S Franchoo and G Georgiev are gratefully acknowledged.

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© Indian Academy of Sciences 2015

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.ELI-NP Project, IFIN-HHMagurele, jud. IlfovRomania

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