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The results of experiments devoted to studying the generation of MeV photons and protons in picosecond laser plasmas at a laser beam intensity of 1018 W/cm2 on Be, Ta, LiF and H7Li targets are presented. Nuclear reactions (γ, n) and (p, n) were used to detect MeV photons and protons. The number of MeV photons and protons generated in laser plasmas was found from the measured neutron yield. Possibilities of particle acceleration due to the formation of pinch structures in laser plasmas are discussed. Calculated and experimental results are compared.
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Original Russian Text © V.S. Belyaev, V.I. Vinogradov, A.P. Matafonov, V.P. Krainov, V.S. Lisitsa, V.P. Andrianov, G.N. Ignatyev, Yu.A. Merkul’ev, V.S. Bushuev, A.I. Gromov, 2008, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2008, Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 466–477.
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Belyaev, V.S., Vinogradov, V.I., Matafonov, A.P. et al. Generation of MeV photons and protons in laser picosecond plasmas. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 71, 443–453 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377880803006X
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