Expanding Nuclear Physics Horizons with the Gamma Factory

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0000-0002-7356-4814
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Johannes Gutenberg‐Universität Mainz Mainz 55128 Germany
Budker, Dmitry;
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0000-0002-7366-1091
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School of Physics University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia
Berengut, Julian C.;
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0000-0001-8643-7374
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Johannes Gutenberg‐Universität Mainz Mainz 55128 Germany
Flambaum, Victor V.;
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Johannes Gutenberg‐Universität Mainz Mainz 55128 Germany
Gorchtein, Mikhail;
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0000-0002-6686-777X
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Department of Modern Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
Jin, Junlan;
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138718253
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0000-0003-2239-1789
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Theoretisch‐Physikalisches Institut Abbe Center of Photonics Friedrich‐Schiller‐Universität Jena Max‐Wien‐Platz 1 Jena 07743 Germany
Karbstein, Felix;
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0000-0002-7440-0520
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LPNHE Sorbonne Université, CNRS/IN2P3 Paris France
Krasny, Mieczyslaw Witold;
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0000-0002-7043-4993
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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Planckstrasse 1 Darmstadt 64291 Germany
Litvinov, Yuri A.;
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Department of Physics Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg Erlangen 91058 Germany
Pálffy, Adriana;
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0000-0002-2613-6104
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Institut für Kernphysik Johannes Gutenberg‐Universität Mainz Mainz 55128 Germany
Pascalutsa, Vladimir;
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0000-0002-7772-8206
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Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
Petrenko, Alexey;
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0000-0002-6441-0864
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Physikalisch–Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig D–38116 Germany
Surzhykov, Andrey;
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0000-0002-6191-3319
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Fakultät für Physik Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München Garching 85748 Germany
Thirolf, Peter G.;
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0000-0003-2363-5124
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Institut für Kernphysik Johannes Gutenberg‐Universität Mainz Mainz 55128 Germany
Vanderhaeghen, Marc;
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Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kernphysik Saupfercheckweg 1 Heidelberg 69117 Germany
Weidenmüller, Hans A.;
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0000-0002-1705-5660
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Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory/Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Michigan State University 640 S. Shaw Lane East Lansing MI 48824 USA
Zelevinsky, Vladimir

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 ≈10 17 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.

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