Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory
Budker D, Berengut JC, Flambaum VV, Gorchtein M, Jin J, Karbstein F, Krasny MW, Litvinov YA, Pálffy A, Pascalutsa V, Petrenko A, Surzhykov A, Thirolf PG, Vanderhaeghen M, Weidenmueller HA, Zelevinsky V (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2022
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Abstract
The Gamma Factory (GF) is an ambitious proposal, currently explored within the CERN Physics Beyond Colliders program, for a source of photons with energies up to approximate to 400 MeV and photon fluxes (up to approximate to 10(17) photons s(-1)) exceeding those of the currently available gamma sources by orders of magnitude. The high-energy (secondary) photons are produced via resonant scattering of the primary laser photons by highly relativistic partially-stripped ions circulating in the accelerator. The secondary photons are emitted in a narrow cone and the energy of the beam can be monochromatized, down to 10(-3)-10(-6) level, via collimation, at the expense of the photon flux. This paper surveys the new opportunities that may be afforded by the GF in nuclear physics and related fields.
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University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
China (CN)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Germany (DE)
University of Paris 4 - Paris-Sorbonne / Université paris IV Paris-Sorbonne
France (FR)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Germany (DE)
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) / Институт ядерной физики имени Г. И. Будкера СО РАН
Russian Federation (RU)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Germany (DE)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Germany (DE)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Germany (DE)
Michigan State University
United States (USA) (US)
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia (AU)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Germany (DE)
China (CN)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Germany (DE)
University of Paris 4 - Paris-Sorbonne / Université paris IV Paris-Sorbonne
France (FR)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Germany (DE)
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) / Институт ядерной физики имени Г. И. Будкера СО РАН
Russian Federation (RU)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Germany (DE)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Germany (DE)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Germany (DE)
Michigan State University
United States (USA) (US)
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia (AU)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Germany (DE)
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APA:
Budker, D., Berengut, J.C., Flambaum, V.V., Gorchtein, M., Jin, J., Karbstein, F.,... Zelevinsky, V. (2022). Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory. Annalen Der Physik. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.202100284
MLA:
Budker, Dmitry, et al. "Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory." Annalen Der Physik (2022).
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