The COST Action PROBONO will aim at understanding the physics involved in the emerging topic of laser-driven proton-Borono (pB) fusion, facilitating access to experimental infrastructures, maximizing production of new knowledge and achieving breakthrough discoveries, boosting career of young researchers by fostering opportunities for training, and finally interconnecting researchers across countries building a well-organized community focused on pB research.
Recent experiments with high-intensity lasers have shown record production of alpha particles by irradiating boron-hydrogen targets. This opens the way to completely new studies on pB fusion with multiple goals:
i) studies related to nuclear fusion. The proton-boron fusion reaction produces 3 a-particles and releases a large energy. It is considered an interesting alternative to deuterium-tritium fusion because it produces no neutrons, therefore no activation and radioactive wastes. However, it is also considered too difficult due to the enormous temperatures needed to trigger it. Laser-driven experiments may offer an interesting nonthermal fusion approach, alternative to classical inertial fusion schemes. In addition, it will be possible to address still unanswered key questions like determining the penetration of a-particles in dense plasmas.
ii) generation of novel laser-driven a-particle sources. Currently there are no high-current and compact aparticle sources (they are typically produced from radioactive materials or from accelerating He-ions in large-size cyclotrons). Laser-driven a-particle sources are promising due to the high brightness implied by the small size of the laser-plasma interaction point and the short particle bunch duration. Such sources could be used for multidisciplinary applications, including medical ones (e.g. radioisotope production for cancer therapy or PET).
ACTION DETAILS:
CA21128 - PROBONO
Start: 24/10/2022
End: 23/10/2026
https://www.ca-probono.eu
Company Details
- Employees
- 3
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Dolní Břežany, Cz
- Industry
- Higher Education
- NAICS
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Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Website
- https://www.ca-probono.eu
- Keywords
- proton-boron fusion, alpha-particle generation, fusion energy, radioisotope production, laser-plasma interaction, high-brightness a-particle sources, aneutronic fusion, COST Action, HB11, petawatt.
- HQ
- Dolní Břežany
- Competitors
- laser-plasma-accelerator.com, The Open Source AI Foundation, Institute for NanoSystems Innovation at Northeastern University, Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers (IPPL) - HMU, Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Inspiring Computing, Koło Naukowe Optyki i Fotoniki UW – Optica-SPIE-EPS-IEEE Student Chapter at University of Warsaw, GREENER Project, Uncommon Collective, HB11 Energy.
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Cost Action Probono's website is https://www.ca-probono.eu
Cost Action Probono's LinkedIn profile is https://cz.linkedin.com/company/cost-action-probono
Cost Action Probono has
3 employees.
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employees at Cost Action Probono.
Cost Action Probono's industry is
Higher Education
Cost Action Probono's top competitors are
Laser-Plasma-Accelerator.com,
The Open Source Ai Foundation,
Institute For Nanosystems Innovation At Northeastern University,
Institute Of Plasma Physics And Lasers (Ippl) - Hmu,
Institute Of Plasma Physics And Laser Microfusion,
Inspiring Computing,
Koło Naukowe Optyki I Fotoniki Uw – Optica-Spie-Eps-Ieee Student Chapter At University Of Warsaw,
Greener Project,
Uncommon Collective,
Hb11 Energy.
Cost Action Probono's categories are Higher Education
Cost Action Probono's founding year is 2022
