New opportunities for nuclear and atomic physics on the femto- to nanometer scale with ultra-high-intensity lasers

Fu Changbo; Zhang Guoqiang; Ma Yugang

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Fu Changbo, Zhang Guoqiang, Ma Yugang. New opportunities for nuclear and atomic physics on the femto- to nanometer scale with ultra-high-intensity lasers[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(2): 024201. doi: 10.1063/5.0059405

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Fu Changbo, Zhang Guoqiang, Ma Yugang. New opportunities for nuclear and atomic physics on the femto- to nanometer scale with ultra-high-intensity lasers[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(2): 024201. doi: 10.1063/5.0059405

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New opportunities for nuclear and atomic physics on the femto- to nanometer scale with ultra-high-intensity lasers

doi: 10.1063/5.0059405

Fu Changbo^{1
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Zhang Guoqiang^2
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Ma Yugang^1
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Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MoE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China

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Received Date: 2021-06-09
Accepted Date: 2021-11-16

Available Online: 2022-03-01

Publish Date: 2022-03-01

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There are a number of puzzles concerning physics on the scale of nanometers to femtometers, including the neutron lifetime, the proton charge radius, and the possible existence of the deep Dirac level. With the development of high-intensity laser technology, lasers today can induce extremely strong electromagnetic fields. Electrons in the deep shells of atoms as well as the atomic nucleus itself can be affected by these fields. This may provide a new experimental platform for studies of physical processes on the femto- to nanometer scale, where atomic physics and nuclear physics coexist. In this paper, we review possible new opportunities for studying puzzles on the femto- to nanometer scale using high-intensity lasers.

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