Plasma Accelerators for Nuclear Applications and Materials Analysis (PANAMA)

用于核应用和材料分析的等离子体加速器（巴拿马）

• 批准号: EP/T01153X/1
• 负责人: Joanna Renshaw
• 金额: $ 388.01万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT01153X%2F1
• 关键词: Plasma; Accelerators; Nuclear; Applications; Materials

In laser-driven plasma accelerators, targets are bombarded with high intensity, femtosecond laser pulses to generate novel high brightness sources of high energy particle beams and radiation pulses. The particle beams or radiation pulses generated depend on the nature of the target, but include: electron, proton, neutron and light ion beams; and electromagnetic radiation pulses from IR to gamma. The PANAMA project will utilise these particle beams and radiation pulses for advanced materials testing and characterisation, using one of the most powerful lasers in the world at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma Accelerators (SCAPA). The PANAMA facility will provide a unique capability; the very high energy of the X-/gamma-rays produced can penetrate very dense (or very large) materials and perhaps more importantly, provide the ability to combine imaging or spectroscopy with irradiation simultaneously on the same sample to enable in-situ real-time observations of material damage. This will enable fundamental science of nuclear materials, addressing research needs in materials characterisation across the nuclear sector, from new build and fuel development and manufacture, to decommissioning, waste management and geological disposal.

在激光驱动等离子体加速器中，用高强度的飞秒激光脉冲轰击靶以产生新型的高亮度高能粒子束和辐射脉冲源。产生的粒子束或辐射脉冲取决于目标的性质，但包括：电子、质子、中子和轻离子束;以及从IR到伽马的电磁辐射脉冲。PANAMA项目将利用这些粒子束和辐射脉冲进行先进材料测试和表征，使用苏格兰等离子体加速器应用中心（SCAPA）的世界上最强大的激光器之一。巴拿马设施将提供一种独特的能力;产生的X-/伽马射线的极高能量可以穿透非常致密（或非常大）的材料，也许更重要的是，它能够将联合收割机成像或光谱学与同时对同一样品进行辐照相结合，以便能够对材料损坏进行现场实时观察。这将使核材料的基础科学，解决整个核部门的材料特性研究需求，从新的建设和燃料开发和制造，到退役，废物管理和地质处置。

项目成果

Progress Towards Laser Wakefield Acceleration and Applications at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA)

苏格兰等离子体加速器应用中心 (SCAPA) 在激光尾波场加速和应用方面取得的进展

• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1596/1/012037
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Conference Series
• 作者: Holt G