Radioisotope production using lasers: From basic science to applications

M. R. D. Rodrigues; A. Bonasera; M. Scisciò; J. A. Pérez-Hernández; M. Ehret; F. Filippi; P. L. Andreoli; M. Huault; H. Larreur; D. Singappuli; D. Molloy; D. Raffestin; M. Alonzo; G. G. Rapisarda; D. Lattuada; G. L. Guardo; C. Verona; Fe. Consoli; G. Petringa; A. McNamee; M. La Cognata; S. Palmerini; T. Carriere; M. Cipriani; G. Di Giorgio; G. Cristofari; R. De Angelis; G. A. P. Cirrone; D. Margarone; L. Giuffrida; D. Batani; P. Nicolai; K. Batani; R. Lera; L. Volpe; D. Giulietti; S. Agarwal; M. Krupka; S. Singh; Fa. Consoli

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M. R. D. Rodrigues, A. Bonasera, M. Scisciò, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, M. Ehret, F. Filippi, P. L. Andreoli, M. Huault, H. Larreur, D. Singappuli, D. Molloy, D. Raffestin, M. Alonzo, G. G. Rapisarda, D. Lattuada, G. L. Guardo, C. Verona, Fe. Consoli, G. Petringa, A. McNamee, M. La Cognata, S. Palmerini, T. Carriere, M. Cipriani, G. Di Giorgio, G. Cristofari, R. De Angelis, G. A. P. Cirrone, D. Margarone, L. Giuffrida, D. Batani, P. Nicolai, K. Batani, R. Lera, L. Volpe, D. Giulietti, S. Agarwal, M. Krupka, S. Singh, Fa. Consoli. Radioisotope production using lasers: From basic science to applications[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(3): 037203. doi: 10.1063/5.0196909

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M. R. D. Rodrigues, A. Bonasera, M. Scisciò, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, M. Ehret, F. Filippi, P. L. Andreoli, M. Huault, H. Larreur, D. Singappuli, D. Molloy, D. Raffestin, M. Alonzo, G. G. Rapisarda, D. Lattuada, G. L. Guardo, C. Verona, Fe. Consoli, G. Petringa, A. McNamee, M. La Cognata, S. Palmerini, T. Carriere, M. Cipriani, G. Di Giorgio, G. Cristofari, R. De Angelis, G. A. P. Cirrone, D. Margarone, L. Giuffrida, D. Batani, P. Nicolai, K. Batani, R. Lera, L. Volpe, D. Giulietti, S. Agarwal, M. Krupka, S. Singh, Fa. Consoli. Radioisotope production using lasers: From basic science to applications[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(3): 037203. doi: 10.1063/5.0196909

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M. R. D. Rodrigues, A. Bonasera, M. Scisciò, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, M. Ehret, F. Filippi, P. L. Andreoli, M. Huault, H. Larreur, D. Singappuli, D. Molloy, D. Raffestin, M. Alonzo, G. G. Rapisarda, D. Lattuada, G. L. Guardo, C. Verona, Fe. Consoli, G. Petringa, A. McNamee, M. La Cognata, S. Palmerini, T. Carriere, M. Cipriani, G. Di Giorgio, G. Cristofari, R. De Angelis, G. A. P. Cirrone, D. Margarone, L. Giuffrida, D. Batani, P. Nicolai, K. Batani, R. Lera, L. Volpe, D. Giulietti, S. Agarwal, M. Krupka, S. Singh, Fa. Consoli. Radioisotope production using lasers: From basic science to applications[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(3): 037203. doi: 10.1063/5.0196909

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Radioisotope production using lasers: From basic science to applications

doi: 10.1063/5.0196909

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Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77840, USA
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Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (LNS-INFN), Catania, Italy
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ENEA, Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security Department-C, Frascati, Italy
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Centro de Láseres Pulsados (CLPU), Villamayor, Spain
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Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications (CELIA), Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, Talence, France
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HB11 Energy Holdings Pty, Freshwater, New South Wales, Australia
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School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “E. Majorana,” Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore,” Enna, Italy
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata,” Roma, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Dolni Brezany, Czech Republic
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Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), Warsaw, Poland
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ETSIA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Dipartimento Fisica, “E. Fermi,” Università di Pisa and INFN, Pisa, Italy
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FZU–Institute of Physics of Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Institute of Plasma Physics of Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

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Corresponding author: a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: abonasera@comp.tamu.edu and fabrizio.consoli@enea.it; a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: abonasera@comp.tamu.edu and fabrizio.consoli@enea.it
Received Date: 2024-01-10
Accepted Date: 2024-02-23

Available Online: 2024-05-01

Publish Date: 2024-05-01

Abstract

Abstract

The discovery of chirped pulse amplification has led to great improvements in laser technology, enabling energetic laser beams to be compressed to pulse durations of tens of femtoseconds and focused to a few micrometers. Protons with energies of tens of MeV can be accelerated using, for instance, target normal sheath acceleration and focused on secondary targets. Under such conditions, nuclear reactions can occur, with the production of radioisotopes suitable for medical application. The use of high-repetition lasers to produce such isotopes is competitive with conventional methods mostly based on accelerators. In this paper, we study the production of ⁶⁷Cu, ⁶³Zn, ¹⁸F, and ¹¹C, which are currently used in positron emission tomography and other applications. At the same time, we study the reactions ¹⁰B(p,α)⁷Be and ⁷⁰Zn(p,4n)⁶⁷Ga to put further constraints on the proton distributions at different angles, as well as the reaction ¹¹B(p,α)⁸Be relevant for energy production. The experiment was performed at the 1 PW laser facility at Vega III in Salamanca, Spain. Angular distributions of radioisotopes in the forward (with respect to the laser direction) and backward directions were measured using a high purity germanium detector. Our results are in reasonable agreement with numerical estimates obtained following the approach of Kimura and Bonasera [Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 637 , 164–170 (2011)].

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