基于激光等离子体的X/γ辐射研究进展

Research progress of X/γ photon emission in laser-plasma interaction

  • 摘要: 随着激光技术的不断发展,激光功率突破10 PW量级,激光与物质相互作用进入近量子电动力学(QED)范畴。从弱相对论激光到相对论激光再到强相对论激光,激光场与物质的耦合可以产生能量从keV到MeV甚至GeV的X/γ射线。这些辐射具有通量大、亮度高、能量高和脉宽短等特点,在核物理、高能量密度物理、天体物理等基础研究以及材料科学、成像、医学等领域具有广泛应用前景。系统梳理了近年来相对论强激光与气体、近临界密度等离子体及固体靶相互作用,通过诸如同步辐射、betatron和类betatron辐射、Thomson散射和非线性Compton散射过程等产生高能X/γ射线的最新研究进展,总结了各种方案产生的X/γ射线的品质因子和潜在应用,并为下一步基于强激光大科学装置的实验研究提供理论参考。

     

    Abstract: With the continuous development of technology, the laser power has exceeded 10 PW. The interaction between such intense laser pulse and matter enters the near quantum electrodynamics (QED) regime. From the non-relativistic laser pulse, relativistic one, to ultra-relativistic one, the coupling of light field and matter can produce X/γ-rays with the photon energy from keV, MeV to even GeV. These radiation sources have the characteristics of large flux, high brilliance, high energy and short duration, which have a wide range of application prospects in material science, imaging, and medicine fields and fundamental researches in nuclear physics, high-energy-density physics and astrophysics. In this review, we systematically introduce the recent advances in X/γ-ray generation through the interaction of relativistic high intensity laser with gas, near-critical-density plasma and solid targets via synchrotron radiation, betatron radiation, betatron-like radiation, Thomson scattering and nonlinear Compton scattering. The characteristics and potential applications of high energy X/γ-ray from various schemes are also summarized, which provide theoretical reference for the future experimental researches based on laser facilities.

     

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