title: A novel laser-collider used to produce monoenergetic 13.3 MeV (7)Li (d, n) neutrons.
abstract: Neutron energy is directly correlated with the energy of the incident ions in experiments involving laser-driven nuclear reactions. Using high-energy incident ions reduces the energy concentration of the generated neutrons. A novel "laser-collider" method was used at the Shenguang II laser facility to produce monoenergetic neutrons via (7)Li (d, n) nuclear reactions. The specially designed K-shaped target significantly increased the numbers of incident d and Li ions at the keV level. Ultimately, 13.3 MeV neutrons were obtained. Considering the time resolution of the neutron detector, we demonstrated that the produced neutrons were monoenergetic. Interferometry and a Multi hydro-dynamics simulation confirmed the monoenergetic nature of these neutrons.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China.
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authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.affiliation: Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, Beijing 100049, China.
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authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China.
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authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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authors.initials: C
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authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.
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authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, Shanghai 201800, China.
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authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, Shanghai 201800, China.
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authors.initials: SZ
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authors.affiliation: National Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai 201800, China.
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authors.initials: JQ
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authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China.
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China.|Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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authors.lastname: Zhang