Measurement of avalanche size and position resolution of RPCs with different surface resistivities of the high voltage provider

The effects of surface resistivity of the high voltage provider on the space dispersion of the induced charge of a prototype Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) have been studied experimentally and theoretically. The results of both experiment and theory agree and confirm that a two-Gaussian function can be used to fit the dispersion of the induced charge of the RPC. It is shown that the Gaussian function with the narrower width is mainly due to the expansion of the avalanche charge in the gas gap of the RPC, and the Gaussian function with the larger width is due to the charge dispersion when it passes through the resistive carbon film. This will be useful in the RPC design when one wants to make an RPC with high position resolution.     

Surface plasmon dispersion and the position of the image plane

Using the sum rules for the surface response function pertinent to a semi-infinite electron gas, we demonstrate in a straight-forward manner that the surface-plasmon dispersion depends linearly on the relative position of the centroid of the induced static surface charge density with respect to the positive background edge.     

Electronic excitations in microstructured MOS - systems

We have investigated the DC- and dynamic electronic properties of MOS-systems with spatially modulated charge density. The charge density modulation is induced via oxide modulation in lateral and cross-grating structures with typical periodicities of 500 nm. Magneto-conductance measurements are performed to characterize the charge density modulation. In spectroscopic investigations we find, that the charge density modulation strongly affects the collective excitation spectrum of the 2D-electron gas and induces minigaps in the 2D-plasmon dispersion.     

A simulation study of the e~+/e~- sensitivity of a low resistive phosphate glass electrode in a RPC using GEANT MC

The resistivity of conventional glass is quite high and is unacceptable in a high rate environment. Low resistive glass-electrodes could be a solution for this problem. The present study reports the e+/e-simulation results of an RPC detector made from low resistive phosphate glass electrodes. The detailed geometrical configuration of the content materials which are the essential components of the glass of the RPC detector have been created with the GEANT4 simulation code. Two different types of particle sources, i.e. for e+/e-, have been located on the detectors surface to evaluate the performance of the phosphate glass RPC. Both of the particles have been simulated as a function of their respective energies in the range of 0.1 MeV – 1.0 GeV. The present simulation work has shown that the resistive electrode plays an important role for the particle production in the RPC configuration.     

Breakdown of the homogeneity of weakly conducting liquids in high electric fields

A study of the structure of electrohydrodynamic flows shows that the electric charge carriers are ions that are practically frozen into the surrounding liquid. In other words, ions in weakly conducting liquids are capable of forming more or less stable structures whose viscoelastic properties are different from those of an uncharged liquid. One method of studying this effect is to investigate the velocity dispersion of ultrasound on charged supermolecular formations. The results of theoretical and experimental investigations of acoustic dispersion in liquid dielectrics subjected to prebreakdown electric fields are presented. A model problem of sound propagation in a liquid in which supermolecular structures have formed around elementary charge carriers is studied theoretically. Approximate formulas describing the dispersion of the acoustic phase velocity as a function of the electric field parameters and the electrophysical parameters of the liquid are obtained. The frequency dependence of the sound velocity is of a resonance character, the resonance frequency being determined by the electric charge density and the mass of the charged supermolecular structures. The experiments showed that the space charge affects the velocity of acoustic waves in liquid dielectrics. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 105–111 (October 1997)     

Interactions and magnetism in graphene boundary states

We analyze interaction effects on boundary states of single layer graphene. Near a half filled band, both short- and long-ranged interactions lead to a fully spin-polarized configuration. In addition, the band of boundary states acquires a finite dispersion as a function of the momentum parallel to the edge, induced by the interactions. Away from half filling the wave function develops charge correlations similar to those in a Wigner crystal, and the spin strongly alternates with the occupation of the boundary states. For certain fillings the ground state has a finite linear momentum, leading to the formation of persistent currents.     

Frequency scales for current statistics of mesoscopic conductors

We calculate the third cumulant of current in a chaotic cavity with contacts of arbitrary transparency as a function of frequency. Its frequency dependence drastically differs from that of the conventional noise. In addition to a dispersion at the inverse RC time characteristic of charge relaxation, it has a low-frequency dispersion at the inverse dwell time of electrons in the cavity. This effect is suppressed if both contacts have either large or small transparencies.     

MOS结构电离辐射效应模型研究

基于氧化层空穴俘获和质子诱导界面陷阱电荷形成物理机制的分析,分别建立了MOS结构电离辐射诱导氧化层陷阱电荷密度、界面陷阱电荷密度与辐射剂量相关性的物理模型.由模型可以得到,在低剂量辐照条件下辐射诱导产生的两种陷阱电荷密度与辐射剂量成线性关系,在中到高辐射剂量下诱导陷阱电荷密度趋于饱和,模型可以很好地描述这两种陷阱电荷与辐射剂量之间的关系.最后讨论了低剂量辐照下,两种辐射诱导陷阱电荷密度之间的关系,认为低辐射剂量下两者存在线性关系,并用实验验证了理论模型的正确性.该模型为辐射环境下MOS器件辐射损伤提供了更 关键词： MOS结构 辐射 界面陷阱 氧化层陷阱     

Dynamic response of electrons and dispersion force fields near bimetallic interfaces

The induced potential due to an oscillating charge source near the interface of two metals whose electron densities differ slightly, is calculated in the hydrodynamic approximation. Results are given for both planar and spherical interfaces. The potential is used to evaluate the dispersion force field on an atomic system near the interface. It is shown that the force field is divergence-free at very small separation from the planar interface if the electron density profile is diffuse.     

法拉弟磁光效应实验中介质色散特性测量方法的改进

提出利用入射角、偏向角及折射率的函数关系,以多个非近零变化率点测量及其最小二乘法的非线性拟合得到较小不确定度的系列谱线的折射率,进而获得较高精度的色散特性关系。克服以最小偏向角方法测定时临界位置主观随机影响大的局限性。从而实现基于法拉弟磁光效应的电子荷质比的高精度测量。     

Transient electroluminescence and anomalous dispersion of charge carriers in thin polymer films

The electroluminescence and charge carrier transport in an organic light-emitting diode based on a thin polymer film are investigated. The initial kinetics of transient electroluminescence is analyzed theoretically. Both the theoretical and experimental curves are characterized by an anomalous dispersion and universality, which can be considered a consequence of the nonequilibrium field-assisted dispersion of charge carriers. It is demonstrated that the drift mobility of charge carriers should be determined from the time corresponding to the half-height of the steady-state electroluminescence intensity rather than from the delay time of the electroluminescence.     

Purely quadratic dispersion of surface plasmon in Ag/Ni(111): the influence of electron confinement

Surface plasmon dispersion in nanoscale thin Ag films deposited onto the Ni(111) surface was investigated by angle‐resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy. We found that the dispersion curve contains only the quadratic term. The vanishing of the linear term was ascribed to the presence in the film of Ag 5sp‐related quantum well states. Screening effects enhanced by electron confinement in Ag quantum well states push the position of the centroid of the induced charge of the surface plasmon less inside the interface compared to other Ag systems, rendering null the linear coefficient of the dispersion curve. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Unusually flat hole dispersion relation in the two-dimensional Hubbard model and restoration of coherence by addition of pair-hopping processes

The dispersion relation of a doped hole in the half-filled 2D Hubbard model is shown to follow a law around the and points in the Brillouin zone. Upon addition of pair-hopping processes this dispersion relation is unstable towards a law. The above follows from T=0 Quantum Monte-Carlo calculations of the single particle spectral function on lattices. We discuss finite dopings and argue that the added term restores coherence to charge dynamics and drives the system towards a d _{x2 - y2} superconductor. Received 22 March 1999     

Self-consistent theory of cyclotron autoresonance maser in a uniform planar waveguide

A general dispersion relation for the cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) that takes into account self-consistent couplings between TE, TM and ac space charge perturbations in a uniform planar waveguide is derived. The dispersion relation predicts enhanced growth rate due to ac space charge effects. Results from computer simulations of a planar CARM amplifier are presented to support this finding.     

GEANT4 simulation of gamma ray in a double-gap resistive plate chamber

For more than 20 years nuclear physicists have used the GEANT code to simulate particle-matter interaction. In most recent version, GEANT4 is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles though matter, which contains a complete range of functionality including tracking, geometry, physics models, and hits. In this article, an attempt to use GEANT4 to model a double-gap resistive plate chamber （RPC） with its improved efficiency is presented. The efficiencies of the double-gap RPC have been evaluated as a function of gamma energy range 0.005-1000MeV. A comparison to available previous simulation package GEANT3 data is also performed.     

Low-frequency variable charge solitary waves in a collisionless dusty plasma with a Cairns-Gurevich ion velocity distribution

In this paper, the problem of large amplitude dust acoustic (DA) solitons has been addressed in a charge varying dusty plasma with ions following a Cairns-Gurevich distribution. Based on the orbit motion limited approach, the correct Cairns-Gurevich ion charging current is presented for the first time. The expression relating the variable dust charge to the plasma potential is given in terms of the Lambert function and we take advantage of this transcendental function to, carefully, analyse DA solitons in a charge varying dusty plasma with trapped nonthermal ions. Our results show that the spatial patterns of the variable charge solitary wave are significantly changed due to the presence of ion population modelled by the Cairns-Gurevich distribution. An addition of a small concentration of trapped nonthermal ions makes the solitary structure less spiky, grows the net negative charge residing on the dust grain surface, and contributes to the electron depletion. Finally, our investigation is extended to highlight the effect of the grain dust charge variation. We have shown that under certain conditions, the impact of dust charge fluctuation may furnish an alternate physical mechanism rasing anomalous dissipation, which becomes more strong and may predominate over the dispersion as the nonthermal character of ions following the Cairns-Gurevich distribution increases.     

Electric dispersion of fluid under the oscillatory instability of its free surface

A semiphenomenological analysis is performed of possible modes of electric dispersion of drops and menisci at the end of the capillary used to deliver the liquid into the discharge system under an oscillatory instability of the charged liquid surface. The instability is assumed to be induced by a time-dependent external force acting on the liquid surface, a finite rate of charge redistribution over the surface under virtual deformations, and tangential discontinuity of the velocity field across the interface.     

Surface waves in strongly irradiated dusty plasmas

High-frequency surface waves at the interface between two dusty plasmas subject to radiation are considered. Ultraviolet radiation with energy flux larger than the photoelectric work function of the dust surface causes photoemission of electrons. The dust charge and the overall charge balance of the plasma are thus modified. The dispersion properties of the surface waves are investigated for three parameter regimes distinguished by the charging mechanisms in the two plasmas. It is shown that photoemission can significantly affect the plasma and the surface waves.     

Spin waves in layered conductors

The spectrum of spin waves propagating in layered conductors with a quasi-bidimensional law of charge carrier dispersion was determined for the case of an arbitrary correlation function and an external magnetic field perpendicular to the conducting layers.     

CeO2的电子结构，光学和晶格动力学性质：第一性原理研究

基于考虑了Ce-4f电子间的库仑作用U和交换作用J的LDA+U方案,应用第一性原理计算系统研究了CeO₂的电子结构,光学和晶格动力学性质.电荷密度和电子局域函数的分布特征表明,CeO₂是属于共价键的绝缘体.介电常数、玻恩有效电荷张量和声子色散曲线的计算值和相应的实验结果符合得比较好. 关键词： 电子结构 光学性质 晶格动力学 第一性原理计算