title: Recent results of the laser ion source facility at INFN-LNS and applications to nuclear and applied research.
abstract: A pulsed neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser ion source has been used as proton beams generator. The laser wavelength is 1064 nm, the pulse duration is 9 ns and the intensity reaches 10(10) W/cm(2). Laser irradiates hydrogenated polymers targets located in a chamber at 10(-7) mbar. The ions are post-accelerated in a suitable chamber by 30 kV of voltage between the target, positively biased, and the following ground electrode. The extracted beams is characterized through a time-of-flight technique. Possible applications to the field of nuclear physics, such as nuclear excitation and de-excitations, nuclear reactions and nuclear fusion, will be presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gammino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Torrisi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Celona
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giuffrida
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Margarone
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mascali
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miracoli