Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory
Abstract
The Gamma Factory (GF) is an ambitious proposal, currently explored within the CERN Physics Beyond Colliders program, for a source of photons with energies up to ≈400 MeV and photon fluxes (up to ≈10
17 photons s
−1) exceeding those of the currently available gamma sources by orders of magnitude. The high-energy (secondary) photons are produced via resonant scattering of the primary laser photons by highly relativistic partially-stripped ions circulating in the accelerator. The secondary photons are emitted in a narrow cone and the energy of the beam can be monochromatized, down to 10
−3–10
−6 level, via collimation, at the expense of the photon flux. This paper surveys the new opportunities that may be afforded by the GF in nuclear physics and related fields.
Details
- Type
- Review article
- Journal
- Annalen der Physik
- Volume
- 534
- No. of pages
- 1
- ISSN
- 1521-3889
- Publication date
- 08.03.2022
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202100284 (Access:
Open
)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.06584 (Access: Open )
