D. Budker,
J. Berengut,
V. Flambaum,
M. Gorchtein,
J. Jin,
F. Karbstein,
M. Krasny,
Y. Litvinov,
A. Pálffy,
V. Pascalutsa,
A. Petrenko,
A. Surzhykov,
P. Thirolf,
M. Vanderhaeghen,
H. Weidenmüller,
and V. Zelevinsky
Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory
Ann. Phys. (Berlin), 534 (3) :2100284 (March 2022)
Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory
Ann. Phys. (Berlin), 534 (3) :2100284 (March 2022)
Abstract:
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 ≈1017 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.