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Tc-99m production with ultrashort intense laser pulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2014

V. Yu. Bychenkov ,
A. V. Brantov  and
G. Mourou
V. Yu. Bychenkov
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia Centre for Fundamental and Applied Research, VNIIA, ROSATOM, Moscow, Russia
A. V. Brantov*
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia Centre for Fundamental and Applied Research, VNIIA, ROSATOM, Moscow, Russia
G. Mourou
Affiliation:
DGAR-IZEST, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: A. V. Brantov, P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskii Prospect 53, Moscow 119991, Russia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The interaction of a relativistic short laser pulse with thin foil is studied using 3D PIC simulations in the context of optimized high-energy proton generation for nuclear medicine and pharmacy. As an example, we analyze the Tc-99m yield from the Mo-100(p,2n)Tc-99m reaction with the International Coherent Amplification Network (ICAN) concept defined by a 10 J pulse energy and 10 kHz repetition rate. Based on 3D PIC simulation it has been demonstrated that normally incident 100 fs laser pulse with maximum intensity of 5 × 1021 W/cm2 is able to generate 1011 protons with energy upto 45 MeV from thin semi-transparent CH2 target. Such laser-produced proton beam after 6 hours bombardment of the thick metallic Mo-100 target gives around 300 Gbq activities of Tc-99m isotope. This gives reason to believe that laser technology for producing technetium is possible with ICAN concept to replace the traditional scheme through the fission of weapons-grade uranium.

Keywords

ICANPIC simulationProton acceleration by laserTc-99m production
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 605 - 611
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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