{"paper":{"title":"Laser initiated p-11B fusion reactions in petawatt high-repetition-rates laser facilities","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.plasm-ph","authors_text":"A. Bonasera, A. McNamee, C. Verona, D. Batani, D. Giulietti, D. Lattuada, D. Margarone, D. Molloy, D. Raffestin, D. Singappuli, E. Di Ferdinando, E. Filippov, Fa. Consoli, Fe. Consoli, F. Filippi, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cristofari, G. Di Giorgio, G. L. Guardo, G. Petringa, G. Rapisarda, H. Larreur, J. A. P\\'erez-Hern\\'andez, J. Xu, K. Batani, L. Giuffrida, L. Volpe, M. Alonzo, M. Cipriani, M. D. Rodr\\'iguez-Fr\\'ias, M. Ehret, M. Huault, M. Krupka, M. La Cognata, M. R. D. Rodrigues, M. Scisci\\`o, P. L. Andreoli, P. Nicolai, R. De Angelis, R. Lera, S. Agarwal, S. Palmerini, S. Singh, T. Carriere, V. Istokskaia, Z. Zhu","submitted_at":"2024-11-07T09:58:52Z","abstract_excerpt":"Driving the nuclear fusion reaction p+11B -> 3 alpha + 8.7 MeV in laboratory conditions, by interaction between high-power laser pulses and matter, has become a popular field of research, due to numerous applications that it can potentially allow: an alternative to deuterium-tritium (DT) for fusion energy production, astrophysics studies and alpha-particle generation for medical treatments. A possible scheme for laser-driven p-11B reactions is to direct a beam of laser-accelerated protons onto a boron sample (the so-called 'pitcher-catcher' scheme). This technique was successfully implemented "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2411.04577","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2411.04577/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}