固体核径迹探测器的刻度

为了测量在神舟飞船返回舱内由空间重电离粒子引起的辐射剂量，采用了固体核径迹探测器CR-39来测量飞船飞行期间，返回舱内由重电离粒子引起的能量沉积. 本文介绍了CR-39探测器对能量沉积的响应的刻度.     

一种基于~4He气闪烁体的裂变中子探测器

研制了一种新中子探测器,它以²³⁵UO₂裂变靶作为转换靶,⁴He气体作为闪烁体.该探测器充分结合了²³⁵U和⁴He两种核素的特点,从而具有中子能量响应平坦、中子灵敏度较高、n/γ分辨本领高等优点,能很好地在混合脉冲裂变辐射场中测量中子.本文对探测器的原理和结构设计进行了介绍,计算了不同能量中子、γ射线在探测器中的能量沉积,并从理论和实验上对探测器的中子灵敏度、γ射线灵敏度、n/γ分辨本领和时间响应进行了研究.结果表明探测器的中子灵敏度约10^-15C·cm²,γ灵敏度约10^-17C·cm²,时间响应约33.1 ns.     

高电离态Ti原子EUV光谱的实验研究

在中国原子能研究院HI-13串列加速器上用束-箔技术完成了80 MeV Ti离子和C箔相互作用产生的高电离态离子谱观测,与用激光等离子体技术的实验结果做了比较，大多数谱线与激光等离子体技术的实验结果有较好的符合，有3条谱线是未观测到的.这几条谱线为ⅩⅧ 13.406，ⅩⅧ 14.987，17.439nm, 属于2s2p^{2 4}P_3/2—2p^{3 2}D_3/2, 2s2p^{2 1}S₀—2sp^{3 1}P₁, 4p ¹P₀—5d ¹P₁跃迁. 关键词： 串列加速器 高电荷态原子 激发光谱     

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实验研究了超强激光与平面薄膜Cu靶的相互作用中,在靶背法线方向产生的离子能量分布.实验中采用固体核径迹探测器CR39和Thomson谱仪相结合测量离子能谱.实验中同时测量到了质子和C4+、C3+、C2+和C1+离子.实验结果表明:离子沿着靶背法线方向发射,离子在一定能量处出现截断;在固体核径迹探测器CR39上可以看出碳离子信号比质子信号弱,质子的产额远高于碳离子,质子对碳离子有屏蔽作用;在相同发次中C4+、C3+、C2+和C1+离子随着荷质比的增大,相应离子的截止能增加.     

现代物理信息

 1.D_?⁺的新衰变道.第一次观测到D_?⁺→ηρ⁺,η¹ρ⁺,确定了D_?⁺→φρ⁺.这些衰变方式的分支比,比D_?⁺→φπ⁺要大.（CLEO collaboration,No.9）2.新的质子放射同位素.用300MeV的⁵³Ni离子轰击¹⁰⁶Cd靶,经质量分离而得最重的放射质子同位素¹⁶⁰Re与¹⁵⁶Ta.测到放出质子的能量、总寿命和质子分支比,对¹⁶⁰Re是1261±6KeV、790±160μs和（91±10）%,对¹⁵⁶Ta是1022±13KeV、165_-55⁺¹⁶⁵ms和～100%.（R.D.Page et al.,No.9）3.飞秒激光产生MeV级能量的X射线0.5TW、120fs Ti:兰宝石激光照射到固体靶上,当聚焦达10¹⁸W/cm²时,产生的等离子体会放出能量超过1MeV的X射线.产额随入射激光功率的3/2而上升.40mJ激光打靶,X射线能量在20Key以上的能量转换达0.3%,X射线的能谱符合1/E分布.     

不同能量质子辐照诱发CCD图像传感器性能退化实验与分析

为了评估电荷耦合器件(CCD)在空间科学探测以及航天卫星成像等空间辐射环境中应用的可靠性,揭示了CCD转换增益以及线性饱和输出等重要性能参数的退化机制及其实验规律。辐照实验在质子回旋加速器上进行,质子能量为60 MeV和100 MeV,质子注量分别为1×10¹⁰ cm^-2、5×10¹⁰ cm^-2和1×10¹¹ cm^-2。将CCD的主要性能参数在两个不同能量质子辐照后进行比较,实验结果表明,CCD的性能参数对质子辐照产生的电离损伤和位移损伤非常敏感,辐照后转换增益和线性饱和输出明显下降,且暗信号尖峰和暗电流明显增大。此外,分析了质子辐照CCD诱发的电离损伤和位移损伤,给出了CCD性能参数退化与质子辐照能量和注量的变化关系曲线。     

质子注入MBE碲镉汞n-on-p结性能研究

基于中波响应波段的分子束外延碲镉汞薄膜材料成功制备出不同质子注入剂量的大光敏元(5 00μm×500μm)的n-on-p结构的p-n结，并对相应的p-n结的电流-电压（I-V）特性进行 了研究.质子注入剂量为2×10¹⁵cm^-2时R₀A达312.5Ω ·cm²，低温热处理后达490Ω·cm². 关键词： I-V特性 碲镉汞薄膜 质子注入 p-n结     

火花离子源引出束流特性

由于涉及高压和电离辐射等诸多的因素，长期以来，没有找到一种有效的手段对某特种电真空器件用火花离子源引出束流进行诊断。为此，用CR-39径迹探测器技术和直接照相法对火花离子源引出束流作用在靶部件上和加速间隙空间的分布进行了初步的诊断研究。其中为了避免高压和电离辐射的影响，将特种电真空器件中带电离辐射的部件取出，换上同样尺寸大小的CR-39探测器。经离子束轰击的CR-39探测器，在65℃的NaOH溶液（6mol／L）中蚀刻5h。冲洗晾干后，用显微镜观测CR-39探测器的表面径迹，以确定引出束流在靶面上的分布。在加引出电压的情况下，对引出的束流分布进行直接拍照，根据所得到照片在拍摄平面上的相对幅亮度分布，通过阿贝尔转换得到引出束流在加速空间的径向分布。     

中能质子注量率测量

质子是太空辐射环境中的主要粒子成分,随着半导体工艺向着小尺寸高集成度方向不断发展,质子单粒子效应不容忽视.通过加速器模拟空间辐射进行地面实验是评价质子单粒子效应最重要的手段,质子注量率的准确测量是器件考核评估过程中最关键的环节.本文基于原子能院100MeV质子单粒子效应辐照装置,突破了宽量程中能质子注量率测量技术,开发了法拉第筒、塑料闪烁体探测器和二次电子发射监督器等探测工具,可以对束流进行宽量程范围准确测量,解决了质子注量率在10~6—10~7 p·cm^-2·s^-1范围内难以测量的关键难题,并进行了注量率不确定度的分析研究,同一注量率下法拉第筒和塑料闪烁体探测器的实验测量误差与理论分析误差相符.对中能质子注量率测量达到了国际同类装置水平.该研究建立的中能质子注量率测量系统和不确定度分析方法,为准确评估元器件辐射效应奠定了基础.     

反冲质子磁分析技术用于氘氚中子能谱测量研究

介绍了一种基于反冲质子法和磁分析技术的氘氚聚变诊断方法, 适用于稳态及脉冲条件下的等离子体温度、燃料密度和中子产额的精确诊断. 设计了小型的原理性装置, 磁分析器使用高性能钕铁硼二极永磁铁, 焦平面上使用CR-39固体径迹探测器或PIN探测器测量质子位置分布. 使用²³⁹Pu α 源对磁分析器进行了实验标定, 建立了配套的模拟程序. 利用蒙特卡罗方法模拟分析了装置整体性能, 并在K-400加速器上进行了中子实验研究.     

LET spectra measurements on LDEF: variations with shielding and location

LET spectra measurements made with passive plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs) were found to depend on detector orientation, shielding and experiment location. LET spectra were measured at several locations on LDEF as part of the P0006 LETSME experiment (Benton and Parnell, 1984), the P0004 Seeds in Space experiment (Parks and Alston, 1984), the A0015 Free Flyer Biostacks and the M0004 Fiber Optics Data Link experiment (Taylor, 1984). Locations included the east, west and Earth sides of the LDEF satellite. The LET spectra measured with PNTDs deviated significantly from calculations, especially for high LET particles (LET_∞·H₂O ≥ 100 keV/μm). At high LETs, short-range inelastic secondary particles produced by trapped proton interactions with the nuclei of the detector were found to be the principal contributor to LET spectra. At lower LETs, the spectra appeared to be due to short-range, inelastic and stopping primary protons, with primary GCR particles making a smaller contribution.

The dependence of LET spectra on detector orientation and shielding was studied using the four orthogonal stacks in the P0006 experiment. Both measurements of total track density and LET spectra showed a greater number of particles arriving from the direction of space than from Earth. Measurements of LET spectra in CR-39 PNTD on the east (leading) and west (trailing) sides of LDEF showed a higher rate of production at the west side. This was caused by a larger flux of trapped protons on the west side as predicted by the east/west trapped proton anisotropy in the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA).

Track density measured in CR-39 PNTDs increased as a function of shielding depth in the detector stack. A similar measurement made in a thick stack of CR-39 interspersed with layers of Al and exposed to 154 MeV protons at a ground-based accelerator showed a similar result, indicating that a significant fraction of the particle events counted were from secondaries and that the total cross-section for production of proton-induced secondaries increased as the energy of primary protons attenuated. Little change was seen in either total differential or integral LET spectra as a function of shielding depth, indicating that the increase in cross section with decreasing proton energy affected mostly the shorter range secondary components. Similarity in the slopes of LET spectra from ground-based proton exposures and the A0015 LET spectra showed that modeling of a monoenergetic proton beam transported through a 1-D geometry was a useful first step in modeling the production of secondary particles by trapped protons in the SAA.     

Detection of accelerated particles from pulsed plasma discharge using solid state nuclear track detector

The ion beam of a Mather-type 23.25 J plasma focus device operated with air filling at 10 Torr was registered using CR-39 nuclear track detector. The irradiated samples were etched in NaOH solution at 70°C for 1 h. It is found here that plasm a beam contains multi-components of microbeams. The individual track density of microbeams is estimated and the total current density of the plasma stream is measured to be 1.2 mA/cm². A model for counting the track density of individual microbeams is proposed here. Faraday cup measurements showed the ion pulse with energy ranging from 5.8 keV to 3.3 keV.      

On alpha particle spectroscopy based on the over-etched track length in PADC (CR-39 detector)

In the current work, alpha particle spectroscopy is investigated experimentally by utilizing the over-etched track lengths in the CR-39 detector. CR-39 samples were exposed perpendicularly to alpha particles emitted from ²⁴¹Am with an energy ranging from 0.5 to 5.5 MeV. CR-39 samples were etched in 6.25 N NaOH at (70±0.5)°C for different durations. The track diameter and track length were measured under an optical microscope. The results show that, the energy-over-etched track length calibration curve is monotonic, in other words, the over-etched track length is a monotonic function in alpha particle energy. On the other hand, the energy-diameter calibration curve is degenerated, i.e. alpha track diameter is non-monotonic function in alpha particle energy. These results suggest that the CR-39 detector could be used as a wide range alpha particles spectrometer using an energy-over-etched track length calibration curve.     

CR-39核径迹探测器及其在核科学等研究领域中的应用

介绍了一种核径迹探测器ＣＲ－３９塑料的特性,这种探测器对逞电粒子非常灵敏,它还具有稳定、透明等特点,可记录ｐ、ａ粒子,裂变碎片和其他带电粒子,它是现有固体核径迹探测器中能量沉积密度探测阈最低的材料,介绍了ＣＲ－３９对带电粒子的响应,给出了各种带电粒子的ｖＴ对限定能量损失（ＲＥＬ）的响应曲线,利用ＣＲ－３９与转换屏的组合还可测定能量范围广的中子能谱,可作为方便的个人中子剂量计,介绍了ＣＲ－３９在研究     

Proton response of high sensitivity CR-39 copolymer

We studied the track response for the copolymer of CR-39 monomer with N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) as well as etching properties. It was found that copoly (CR-39/NIPAAm/Naugard 445) composed in wieght ratio of 99/1/0.01 is highly sensitive to low LET particles in the region below 10 keV/μm of LET and able to record normally incident particles of LET down to 1.5 keV/μm, recording protons up to the energy of 27 MeV. These results were compared with the responses for two types of CR-39 detectors containing a small quantity of antioxidant. The threshold energy proton registration is discussed.     

Measurements of neutron yields and spatial distributions in U/Pb, Pb and Hg thick targets bombarded by 0.5 and 1.0 GeV protons

Measurements have been carried out on neutron yields and spatial distributions in U/Pb, Pb and Hg thick targets and the surrounding paraffin moderators bombarded by 0.533 and 1.0 GeV protons. CR-39 detectors were deployed on the surfaces of targets and moderators to record the neutrons produced in the targets. The measurements show that:

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Dosimetry and microdosimetry of 10–220 MeV proton beams with CR-39 and their verifications by calculation of reaction cross sections using ALICE,TALYS and GEANT4 codes

High- and intermediate-energy protons are not able to directly form a track in a CR-39 etch detector (TED). Such detectors, however, can be used for the detection and dosimetry of the beams of these particles through the registration of secondary charged particles with sufficiently high values of linear energy transfer (LET). High-energy protons (72–220 MeV) and Intermediate-energy protons (10–30 MeV) with low LET values ranging from 1.1 down to 0.4 keV/μm and 5.87 down to 2.40 keV/μm, respectively are considered in this study. It seems to be sufficient to create secondary particles, although the LET values are low. This phenomenon can modify the characteristics of the energy transfer process due to these particles, which should be taken into account when such particles are used for radiobiology studies or for radiotherapy. The importance of these secondary particles was investigated experimentally by means of an LET spectrometer based on a chemically etched track detector in which the tracks of the primary protons are not revealed. Experiments were performed with proton beams available at the Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine (NRCAM) in Karaj, Iran and at the National Cancer Center (NCC) in Seoul, Korea with protons of primary energies of about 10–30 MeV and 72–220 MeV respectively. The contribution of the secondary particle dose increases as the proton energy decreases. The origin of the secondary particles in interactions with protons having high and intermediate energies due to various nuclear reactions was calculated by the both ALICE and TALYS computer codes. The secondary microdosimetry doses were also calculated by GEANT4 code. There is large discrepancy between experimental and calculated results in low proton energies. It has been verified that there is a good correlation between the experimentally obtained results and the reaction cross sections predicted by ALICE and TALYS codes.     

Comparison of responses of CR-39, PM-355, and CN track detectors to energetic hydrogen-, helium-, nitrogen-, and oxygen-ions

Samples made of the CR-39 and PM-355 plastic nuclear track detectors (NTDs) as well as of the CN films were irradiated with quasi-monoenergetic beams of protons, alphas, N⁺-, and O⁺-ions produced by various accelerators. For different samples an energy value of the particle beams was changed from several hundreds keV to 3 or 4.5 MeV. After irradiation the detector samples were etched chemically under controlled conditions during periods lasting from 2 hrs to 20 hrs. Every 2 hrs track diameters were measured by means of an optical microscope. Differences in the crater diameters in the detectors etched in steps, and those etched continously, have been found to be smaller than 10 percent. The paper results detailed calibration diagrams showing a dependence of track diameters on the ion energy value for different etching times.     

Development of copolymer of CR-39 with high sensitivity to low let particles

Several types of copolymers of CR-39 were prepared to find its usefulness as a nuclear track detector of high sensitivity. Track responses of these copolymers were investigated by irradiating energetic ions from proton through Ar. The copolymer of CR-39 monomer with N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) shows higher sensitivity than that of pure CR-39 for low LET particles such as protons. Preliminary results are reported for the track responses of copolymers (CR-39/NIPAAm) with various contents of NIPAAm as well as the etching properties.     

The experimental and simulated LET spectrum and charge spectrum from CR-39 detectors exposed to irons near CRaTER at BNL

Human will be sooner or later return to the moon and will eventually travel to the planets near Earth. Space radiation hazards are an important concern for human space flight in deep space where galactic cosmic rays (GCR) and solar energetic particles are dominated and radiation is much stronger than that in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) because in deep space there is no magnetosphere to screen charged particle and no big planet nearby to shadow the spacecraft.Research indicates that the impact of particle radiation on humans depends strongly on the particles' linear energy transfer (LET) and the radiation risk is dominated by high LET radiation. Therefore, radiation research on high LET should be emphasized and conducted systematically so as to make radiation risk as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for astronauts.Radiation around the moon can be measured with silicon detectors and/or CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs). At present stage the silicon detectors are one of the preferred active dosimeters which are sensitive to all LET and CR-39 detectors are the preferred passive dosimeters which are sensitive to high LET (≥5 keV/μm water). CR-39 PNTDs can be used as personal dosimeters for astronauts. Both the LET spectrum and the charge spectrum for charged particles in space can be measured with silicon detectors and CR-39 detectors.Calibrations for a detector system combined with the silicon detectors CRaTER (Cosmic Rays Telescope for the Effects of Radiation) from Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the CR-39 PNTDs from JSC (Johnson Space Center) – SRAG (Space Radiation Analysis Group) were conducted by exposing the detector system to the accelerator generated protons and heavy ions. US space mission for the radiation measurement around the moon using CRaTER was carried out in 2009.Results obtained from the calibration exposures indicate an excellent agreement between LET spectrum and charge spectrum measured with CR-39 detectors and simulated with PHITS (Particle and Heavy Ion Transport System).This paper introduces the LET spectrum method and charge spectrum method using CR-39 PNTDs and the Monte Carlo simulation method for CR-39 detectors, presents and compares the results measured with CR-39 PNTDs and simulated for CR-39 detectors exposed to heavy irons (600 MeV/n) in BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory) in front and behind the CRaTER.