Measurement and analysis of excitation functions for alpha induced reactions on iodine and cesium

The excitation functions for the reactions¹²⁷I(α, 2n)¹²⁹Cs,¹²⁷I(α, 4n)¹²⁷Cs,¹³³Cs(α, 2n)¹³⁵La and¹³³Cs(α, 4n)¹³³La have been measured up to ≈50 MeVα-particle energy using the stacked foil activation technique. Measured excitation functions are compared with pre-equilibrium geometry dependent hybrid model calculations. It has been found that theoretical calculations using an initial exciton numbern ₀=4 (2p+2n+0h) give good agreement with experimental excitation functions.     

Investigation of phase transition mechanisms of CsH3(SeO3)2 single crystals by observation of nuclear magnetic resonance

The relaxation times of the ¹H and ¹³³Cs nuclei in CsH₃(SeO₃)₂ crystals were investigated using FT NMR. The ¹³³Cs spectrum does change from seven resonance lines to one resonance line near T_m (=350 K). The presence of only one ¹³³Cs signal is due to the liquid state resulting from the melting of the crystal. The variation in the separation of the ¹³³Cs resonance lines with temperature indicates that the EFG at the Cs sites produced by the (SeO₃)²⁻ groups varies with temperature, which in turn means that the atoms neighboring ¹³³Cs are displaced. And, the T₁ for ¹³³Cs is very long and undergoes significant changes near T_m. The change in the temperature dependence of T₁ at T_m for the ¹³³Cs nuclei coincides with the melting temperature. These results are compared with those obtained for MH₃(SeO₃)₂ (M=Na, K, and Cs) crystals.     

Hyperfine interactions of polarized β-emitting12B and12N in Si,Ge, and GaP

Using a nuclear reaction, the polarized short-lived -emitters¹²B and¹²N were implanted into Si, Ge, and GaP crystals. Hyperfine fields were studied via both NMR techniques and an external magnetic holding field H_ext on-off techniques in an H_ext range 0–8 kG and a temperature range 100–1000 K. No significant NMR signal was observed between 2 and 30 MHz for¹²N in Si and Ge despite maintenance of 60% polarization at T100 K and H_ext>4 kG, whereas for¹²B in Si at T>800 K almost full polarization was found at the Larmor frequency.     

NMR relaxation times and proton motion in HxWO3

The relaxation timesT ₁,T _1q,T _1D, andT ₂ for¹H in the tetragonal-A phase of H_xWO₃ have been measured over the temperature range 190 to 490 K. The¹H relaxation behaviour appears to be governed by diffusion over inequivalent jump distances, approximating to a short range planar diffusion and a long range isotropic diffusion. Parameters for the latter motion are estimated asE _a = 68 kJ/mol and ₀=2.5×10^–13 s. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern for this phase of H_xWO₃ has been studied over the temperature range 300–470 K. The tetragonal distortion diminishes with temperature and H_0.43 WO₃ becomes cubic at about 435 K. Volumetric studies of hydrogen evolution show that decomposition accelerates at approximately this temperature.     

Phase transition and ferroelastic property studied by using the Cs nuclear magnetic resonance in a CsHSO4 single crystal

The ¹³³Cs spin-lattice relaxation time in a CsHSO₄ single crystal was measured in the temperature range from 300 to 450 K. The changes in the ¹³³Cs spin-lattice relaxation rate near T_c1 (=333 K) and T_c2 (=415 K) correspond to phase transitions in the crystal. The small change in the spin-lattice relaxation time across the phase transition from II to III is due to the fact that during the phase transition, the crystal lattice does not change very much; thus, this transition is a second-order phase transition. The abrupt change of T₁ around T_c2 (II-I phase transition) is due to a structural phase transition from the monoclinic to the tetragonal phase; this transition is a first-order transition. The temperature dependences of the relaxation rates in phases I, II, and III are indicative of a single-phonon process and can be represented by T₁⁻¹=A+BT. In addition, from the stress-strain hysteresis loop and the ¹³³Cs nuclear magnetic resonance, we know that the CsHSO₄ crystal has ferroelastic characteristics in phases II and III.     

Positron mobility in polyethylene in the 60–400 K temperature range

We have determined the positron mobility (₊) in polyethylene samples (67.2% crystalline, glass transition temperatureT _g=151 K) in the 64–400 K temperature range by Doppler shift measurements. A method based on the simulataneous observation of two lines from¹³³Ba and¹³⁷Cs radioactive sources together with the positron annihilation line, was employed to measure the Doppler shift of the 511 keV line as a function of the electric field applied to the samples. With this method we were able to measure at the same time the drift velocity of positrons and theS parameter. This parameter is very important in the interpretation of the mobility trend in samples where the positron states change with temperature. The positron mobility was corrected for positronium formation. ₊ at 64 K is 31.7±0.8 cm² V^–1 s^–1 then decreases up to 123 K, increases at 148 K and decreases again up to 170 K (₊=26.9±0.8 cm² V^–s^–). This sharp change in mobility is centred around the glass transition temperature of our samples. Then the mobility remains almost constant up to 230 K. From 250 K to 377 K, ₊ increases and reaches the value of 38.4±1.0 cm² V^–1s^–1. The corrected experimental data were well fitted by a simple model taking into account scattering and a thermally activated process (hopping mechanism).     

X-ray and Mössbauer study of rapidly solidified Ce20Fe80 ribbons; effect of the quenching rate

Ce₂₀Fe₈₀ ribbons have been produced by planar flow casting under an He atmosphere at linear wheel velocities between 19 and 29 m s^–1. Analysis of ribbons by X-ray diffraction and⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectrometry in the temperature range 77–300 K shows that the ribbons are crystallized. For higher velocities, the ribbon is constituted of the two equilibrium phases CeFe₂ and Ce₂Fe₁₇, but, for lower velocities, there appears a third iron metallic phase, which can be explained by the quenching rate of the melt. A coherent hyperfine parameter set was deduced from fitting Mössbauer spectra in the whole temperature range.     

Low-Temperature Midinfrared Absorption in GaSe

We report the measurement of the temperature dependence of the absorption spectra of - GaSe over the temperature range 300 K to 5 K. Measurements have been made for both the e-ray (polarized parallel to the crystals c-axis) and the o-ray (polarized perpendicular to the c-axis), over the spectral range 4000 to 10 cm^–1. Nine absorption lines at 417, 440, 499, 546, 891, 945, 1015, 1093, 1270 cm^–1 were recorded at 300 K for the e- ray spectra. Some of these lines were identified using the results of a modified single layer, linear chain model of GaSe. The lines at 417, 440 and 499 cm^–1 were assigned to local impurity absorption originating from N, Mg and O, respectively. The weak lines at 945, 1015 and 1093 cm^–1 were assigned to hole transitions from the acceptor levels to the top of the valence band. Two absorption lines at 891 cm^–1 and 1270 cm^–1 were assigned to hole transitions from the quasi-local acceptor levels to the double degenerate valence sub-bands ₅ or ₆. The origin of lines recorded in the far IR absorption spectra at 20, 37 cm^–1 and 362 cm^–1 were also identified.     

39K NMR study of the low temperature phase transitions in KLiSO4

The³⁹K NMR spectra, spin-spin (T ₂) and spin-lattice (T ₁) relaxation times of KLiSO₄ have been measured in the temperature range from 300 K to 90 K. The temperature dependence of the³⁹K (I=3/2) NMR spectra demonstrates the occurrence of a first order phase transition atT _c1=217 K which occurs without a change in the K⁺ site symmetry and another first order transition atT _c2=190 K which is connected with a lowering of the K⁺ site symmetry and the formation of three kinds of ferroelastic domains. From the angular dependence of the second order quadrupole shifts of the³⁹K NMR 1/2–1/2 transitions the electric-field gradient (EFG) tensors at the potassium sites were determined at 290 K, 204 K and 180 K. The symmetry of the ferroelastic phase is monoclinic and not orthorhombic as the K⁺ EFG tensors are tilted away from thec-axis belowT _c2. TheT ₁ data further show the freezing in of the slow reorientational motion 10^–8 s with decreasing temperature from 300 to 90 K.On leave from: J. Stefan Institute, E. Kardelj University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia     

Study of the formation of Cs inclusions in refractory bcc metals by133Xe(Cs) Mössbauer resonance

The formation and properties of Cs inclusions in Mo and W are observed through a preimplanted¹³³Xe(Cs) local probe, which is found to reside in three sites: a substitutional site, an interfacial one and a further site which is not detectable directly, but the presence of which can be inferred from the Mössbauer measurements. The location of the probe at the interface of small Cs inclusions is characterized by large Debye temperatures of around 200 K, a quadrupole interaction of +1.86(15) mms^–1, which is close to known surface site values, and an isomer shift of –0.33(12) mms^–1. From the latter value an approximate local pressure of 5 GPa is deduced. In W the site populations are followed as a function of Cs dose. The observed interchange of populations in the low dose range is thought to represent the initial formation of the second phase inclusions.     

Temperature and pressure dependence of magnetic and electric hyperfine interactions in metallic Samarium

The magnetic and electric hyperfine interaction at¹¹¹Cd impurities in Samarium has been investigated by TDPAC measurements. The quadrupole frequency is _Q=20.0(2) MHz at 290 K and has a linear temperature dependence with the same slope (dln_Q/dT)_290K=–7.3(2) 10^–4 K^–1 in the rhombohedral and the hcp phase. The pressure dependence up to 7 kbar is (dln _Q/dT)=+8.7(1.4) 10^–3 kbar^–1. The magnetic hyperfine field of¹¹¹Cd in Sm is H_hf=242(6) kG at 4.2 K. Its temperature dependence confirms the existence of 2 different magnetic phases in Sm. The crystal field parameters B ₂ ⁰ and B ₄ ⁰ have been estimated from a comparison of H_hf(T) with molecular field models. The TDPAC spectra in the magnetic phases suggest that the impurities preferentially occupy the hexagonal Sm sites.     

Collective quadrupole dynamics and the band structure of the nucleus 127Cs

Excited states of ¹²⁷₅₅Cs were populated in the ¹²⁷I(α, 4n)¹²⁷Cs reaction. Singles, prompt and delayed γ-ray spectra, γγ coincidence spectra, angular distributions and excitation functions were measured, and negative and positive parity bands established. The h_{$\text{11}\text{2}$} families of excited levels in ^{127, 129}Cs and ¹³³La were reproduced by core-particle coupling calculations, regardless of whether the cores were taken to be rigid triaxial rotors or to have all five quadrupole degrees of freedom. The hamiltonians for the latter case were based on microscopic calculations which attribute an important role to the γ-dependence of the mass functions for collective quadrupole motion. From a core-quasiparticle analysis of the positive-parity levels in ¹²⁷Cs, indications of a “Coriolis attenuation” anomaly were inferred.     

Nuclear magnetic resonance in icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn alloys

²⁷Al and⁵⁵Mn nuclear magnetic resonance shift,K, and²⁷Al spin lattice relaxation time,T ₁, have been measured for the six-dimensional face-centered icosahedral quasicrystals, Al_75-x Pd₁₅Mn_10+x withx=0, 2 and7. The Al₇₅Pd₁₅Mn₁₀ quasicrystal exhibits a temperature independent Knight shiftK and(T ₁ T)^–1=0.022±0.002 (K s)^–1 in a temperature range from room temperature to 5 K because there exist no Mn atoms with local magnetic moment. The replacement of Al with Mn drastically decreases the²⁷AlK, the⁵⁵MnK andT ₁ of²⁷Al, andthe²⁷AlK becomes negative. There is an additional contribution to the spin lattice relaxation time independent of temperature. This is considered to be due to the presence of a localized magnetic moment in the replaced Mn atoms.     

The local structure of Cs(I) and Cs(II) in a Cs2ZnCl4 single crystal studied by nuclear magnetic resonance

The rotation patterns of the ¹³³Cs (I=7/2) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in a Cs₂ZnCl₄ single crystal grown by using the slow evaporation method were measured in two mutually perpendicular crystal planes. Two different groups of Cs resonances were recorded; this result points to the existence of two types of crystallographically inequivalent Cs(I) and Cs(II). The angular dependences of the NMR spectra led to different values for the quadrupole coupling constants and asymmetry parameters: e²qQ/h=148 kHz and η=0.11 for the Cs(I) ion, and e²qQ/h=274 kHz and η=0.66 for the Cs(II) ion. The EFG tensors of Cs(I) and Cs(II) are asymmetric, and the orientations of the principal axes of the EFG tensors do not coincide. Only, the principal Y-axes of the EFG tensors coincide for the Cs(I) and Cs(II) sites. The Cs(I) ion is surrounded by 11 chlorine ions, making it rather free and high in symmetry. The Cs(II) ion has only nine neighbors and seems to be more tight than the Cs(I) ion.     

Studies of divacancy in Si using positron lifetime measurement

The charge state dependence of positron lifetime and trapping at divacancy (V₂) in Si doped with phosphorus or boron has been studied after 15 McV electron irradiation up to a fluence of 8.0×10¹⁷ e/cm². The positron trapping cross sections for V ₂ ^2– , V ₂ ^– and V ₂ ⁰ at 300 K were about 6×10^–14, 3×10^–14 and 0.1–3×10^–14 cm², respectively. For V ₂ ⁺ , however, no positron trapping was observed. The marked difference in the cross sections comes from Coulomb interaction between the positron and the charged divacancy. The trapping rates for V ₂ ⁰ and V ₂ ^2– have been found to increase with decreasing temperature in the temperature range of 10–300 K. These results are well interpreted by a two-stage trapping model having shallow levels with energy of 9 meV (V ₂ ⁰ ) and 21 meV (V ₂ ^2– ). The appearance of a shallow level for V ₂ ⁰ can not be explained by a conventional Rydberg state model. The lifetime (290–300 ps) in V ₂ ⁰ is nearly constant in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K, while that in V ₂ ^2– increases from 260 ps at 10 K to 320 ps at 300 K. The lifetime (260 ps) in V ₂ ^2– is shorter than that in V ₂ ⁰ at low temperature, which is due to the excess electron density in V ₂ ^2– . At high temperature, however, the longer lifetime of V ₂ ^2– than that of V ₂ ⁰ is attributed to lattice relaxation around V ₂ ^2– .     

133Cs high pressure Mössbauer spectroscopy: a new powerful tool for studying charge transfer and lattice dynamics in metallic Cs

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that¹³³Cs high pressure Mössbauer effect (ME) spectroscopy is an ideal technique to investigate on a microscopic level the pressure effects on charge transfer and lattice dynamics in metallic Cs. After discussing the experimental difficulties, which have been the reason for the lack of¹³³Cs ME studies on metallic Cs since 1965, we show that the results reveal first direct microscopic evidence for a pressure induced 6s 5d electronic transition in metallic Cs. We further investigate the change of Debye temperature with pressure at 4.2 K and obtain a new value of the Debye temperature of metallic Cs of _D = 64(2) K atp = 6 GPa. Special emphasis is given to the comparison of the experimental results with recent band structure calculations.     

Delayed neutron emission probabilities of gallium,bromine, rubidium,indium, antimony,iodine, and cesium precursors

The delayed neutron emission probability(P _n) has been measured for^79-83Ga,^87-89Br,^92-96Rb^127-132In^134,135Sb^137-139I and^{141 -145}Cs, by means of sources produced at the OSIRIS isotope separator at Studsvik. The half-life determinations of^{127, 129, 132}In have been improved.     

Isotope Effects on theO,H Coupling Constant and theO–{H} Nuclear Overhauser Effect in Water

The NMR spectra of solutions of 30%¹⁷O-enriched H₂O and D₂O in nitromethane display the resonances of the three isotopomers H₂O, HDO, and D₂O. All¹⁷O,¹H and¹⁷O,²H coupling constants and the primary and secondary isotope effects onJ(¹⁷O,¹H) have been determined. The primary effect is −1.0 ± 0.2 Hz and the secondary effect is −0.07 ± 0.04 Hz. Using integrated intensities in the¹⁷O NMR spectra, the equilibrium constant for the reaction H₂O + D₂O 2HDO is found to be 3.68 ± 0.2 at 343 K. From the relative integrated intensities of proton-coupled and -decoupled spectra the¹⁷O–{¹H} NOE is estimated for the first time, resulting in values of 0.908 and 0.945 for H₂O and HDO, respectively. This means that dipole–dipole interactions contribute about 2.5% to the overall¹⁷O relaxation rate in H₂O dissolved in nitromethane.     

Proton Dynamics in Letovicite, (NH4)3H(SO4)2: A H and N NMR Spectroscopic Study

The improper ferroelastic phase letovicite (NH₄)₃H(SO₄)₂ has been studied by ¹H MAS NMR as well as by static ¹⁴N NMR experiments in the temperature range of 296–425 K. The ¹H MAS NMR resonance from ammonium protons can be well distinguished from that of acidic protons. A third resonance appears just below the phase transition temperature which is due to the acidic protons in the paraelastic phase. The lowering of the second moment M₂ for the ammonium protons takes place in the same temperature range as the formation of domain boundaries, while the signals of the acidic protons suffer a line narrowing in the area of T_c. The static ¹⁴N NMR spectra confirm the temperature of the motional changes of the ammonium tetrahedra. Two-dimensional ¹H NOESY spectra indicate a chemical exchange between ammonium protons and the acidic protons of the paraphase.     

Charge carriers and mobility of Cu-Ti ferrite

The concentration and drift mobility of charge carriers in Cu_1–x Ti _x Fe₂O₄ ferrite are calculated, over a wide range of temperatures (300–773 K), employing d.c. conductivity and thermoelectric power data. With increasing temperature the concentration of charge carriers decreases whilst the drift mobility exhibits an exponential increase. Over the above-mentioned temperature range, the obtained density of charge carriers varies between 10²¹ and 10²² cm^–3 whereas the drift mobility has values between 10^–8 and 10^–4 cm²/V s. The results are discussed on the basis of a small-polaron hopping conduction. The activation of the d.c. conductivity has been attributed to the thermal activation of the mobility.