Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1824568 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents several mechanisms expected to be responsible for nuclear excitation in laser-heated plasma. Attempts to detect such processes in nuclei initially in their ground state are discussed in 181Ta and 235U cases. A calculation of the nuclear excitation by electronic transition (NEET) rate is presented in a 201Hg plasma at local thermodynamic equilibrium. We also report on a new way of de-exciting isomeric states in plasma. This indirect decay mode is illustrated in the case of the 84Rb isomer nucleus.
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Authors
F. Gobet, C. Plaisir, F. Hannachi, M. Tarisien, T. Bonnet, M. Versteegen, M.M. Aléonard, G. Gosselin, V. Méot, P. Morel,