Promises and challenges of high-energy vortex states collisions

IP Ivanov - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Vortex states of photons, electrons, and other particles are non-plane-wave solutions of the
corresponding wave equation with helicoidal wave fronts. These states possess an intrinsic …

Probing Isomer Depletion with an Isomer Beam

S Guo, B Ding, XH Zhou, YB Wu, JG Wang, SW Xu… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The isomer depletion of Mo 93 m was recently reported [Chiara et al., Nature (London) 554,
216 (2018) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/nature25483] as the first direct observation of …

Isomeric Excitation of in Laser-Heated Clusters

J Qi, H Zhang, X Wang - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We consider theoretically isomeric excitation of Th 229 in a laser-heated cluster. A Th 229
cluster is first radiated by an intense femtosecond laser pulse, causing ionization of the …

Efficient production of via nuclear excitation by electron capture

J Zhao, A Pálffy, CH Keitel, Y Wu - Physical Review C, 2024 - APS
The nuclear isomeric state Th 229 m with an exceptionally low excitation energy makes the
Th 229 isotope a crucial candidate for nuclear clocks and many other applications. Efficient …

Efficient production of the nuclear isomer with laser-accelerated proton beam and its astrophysical implication on production

W Fan, W Qi, J Zhang, Z Cao, H Lan, X Li, Y Xu… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Nuclear isomers play a key role in the creation of the elements in the universe and
potentially have significant applications related to the controlled release of nuclear energy …

Nuclear excitation by electron capture in excited ions

S Gargiulo, I Madan, F Carbone - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
A nuclear excitation following the capture of an electron in an empty orbital has been
recently observed for the first time. So far, the evaluation of the cross section of the process …

Dynamical control of nuclear isomer depletion via electron vortex beams

Y Wu, S Gargiulo, F Carbone, CH Keitel, A Pálffy - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Some nuclear isomers are known to store a large amount of energy over long periods of
time, with a very high energy-to-mass ratio. Here, we describe a protocol to achieve the …

On the possibility of laser-plasma-induced depopulation of the isomer in 93Mo at ELI-NP

KM Spohr, D Doria, V Baran, MO Cernaianu… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
High-power PW laser systems (HPLS) provide intense beams of accelerated reaction-
driving protons simultaneously with spatially localized keV-plasmas. We herein depict our …

Nuclear excitation by free muon capture

S Gargiulo, MF Gu, F Carbone, I Madan - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Efficient excitation of nuclei via exchange of a real or virtual photon has a fundamental
importance for nuclear science and technology development. Here, we present a …

isomer depletion via nuclear excitation by electron capture in resonant transfer into highly excited open-shell atomic states

J Rzadkiewicz, K Słabkowska, M Polasik, Ł Syrocki… - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
We report on the nature of Mo 93 m isomer depletion as a result of nuclear excitation by
electron capture in a resonant transfer process, accounting for highly excited open-shell …