氢催化的二硝酰胺铵热分解的从头算分子动力学研究

Thermal decomposition of a famous high oxidizer ammonium dinitramide (ADN) under high temperatures (2000 and 3000 K) was studied by using the ab initio molecular dynamics method.Two different temperature-dependent initial decomposition mechanisms were observed in the unimolecular decomposition of ADN,which were the intramolecular hydrogen transfer and N-NO₂ cleavage in N (NO₂)^-.They were competitive at 2000 K,whereas the former one was predominant at 3000 K.As for the multimolecular decomposition of ADN,four different initial decomposition reactions that were also temperature-dependent were observed.Apart from the aforementioned mechanisms,another two new reactions were the intermolecular hydrogen transfer and direct N-H cleavage in NH₄⁺.At the temperature of 2000 K,the N-NO₂ cleavage competed with the rest three hydrogen-related decomposition reactions,while the direct N-H cleavage in NH₄⁺ was predominant at 3000 K.After the initial decomposition,it was found that the temperature increase could facilitate the decomposition of ADN,and would not change the key decomposition events.ADN decomposed into small molecules by hydrogen-promoted simple,fast and direct chemical bonds cleavage without forming any large intermediates that may impede the decomposition.The main decomposition products at 2000 and 3000 K were the same,which were NH₃,NO₂,NO,N₂O,N₂,H₂O,and HNO₂.     

Neutrons produced by 1.22 GeV antiproton interactions with nuclei

Inclusive neutron energy spectra were measured by time of flight using 1.22 GeV antiprotons from LEAR, CERN, as projectiles and targets from natural Al, Cu, Ag, Ho, Ta, Au, Pb, Bi, U. The sum of two Maxwellian distributions was fitted to the spectra obtained at several forward and backward angles yielding neutron multiplicities M_i and slope or temperature parameters T _i for the low-energy (evaporative, i=1) and high-energy (pre-equilibrium,i=2) parts, respectively. M ₁ increases with A, proportional to the nuclear volume, and M ₂ is growing with A , proportional to the nuclear radius. The T parameters are nearly independent of A. The results are compared with previous multiplicity measurements with a neutron detector, intranuclear cascade calculations and neutron spectra from stopped antiproton annihilation on nuclei. With the measured proton spectra also the ratio of emitted neutrons to protons was determined for Au. Received: 25 February 2000 / Accepted: 19 May 2000     

Charmless decays B \to{\mathrm{PP}}, {\mathrm{PV}}, and the effects of new strong and electroweak penguins in topcolor-assisted technicolor model

Based on the low energy effective Hamiltonian with generalized factorization, we calculate the new physics contributions to the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries of the two-body charmless hadronic decays from the new strong and electroweak penguin diagrams in the topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) model. The top-pion penguins dominate the new physics corrections, and both new gluonic and electroweak penguins contribute effectively to most decay modes. For tree-dominated decay modes , etc. the new physics corrections are less than 10%. For decays , etc. the new physics enhancements can be rather large (from to ) and are insensitive to the variations of and within reasonable ranges. For the decays and is strongly dependent: varying from to in the range of –. The new physics corrections to the CP-violating asymmetries vary greatly for different B decay channels. For five measured CP asymmetries of the decays, is only about 20% and will be masked by large theoretical uncertainties. The new physics enhancements to interesting decays are significant in size (), insensitive to the variations of the input parameters and hence lead to a plausible interpretation for the unexpectedly large decay rates. The TC2 model predictions for branching ratios and CP-violating asymmteries of all fifty-seven decay modes are consistent with the available data within one or two standard deviations. Received: 18 August 2000 / Revised version: 22 October 2000 / Published online: 5 February 2001     

Evolution of nuclear spectroscopy at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Experimental studies of nuclear excitations have been an important subject from the earliest days when the institute was established. The construction of 4 MeV proton cyclotron was mainly aimed to achieve this goal. Early experiments in nuclear spectroscopy were done with radioactive nuclei with the help of beta and gamma ray spectrometers. Small NaI(Tl) detectors were used for gamma-gamma coincidence, angular correlation and life time measurements. The excited states nuclear magnetic moments were measured in perturbed gamma-gamma angular correlation experiments. A high transmission magnetic beta ray spectrometer was used to measure internal conversion coefficients and beta-gamma coincidence studies. A large number of significant contributions were made during 1950–59 using these facilities. Proton beam in the cyclotron was made available in the late 1950’s and together with 14 MeV neutrons obtained from a C-W generator a large number of short-lived nuclei were investigated during 1960’s and 1970’s. The introduction of high resolution Ge gamma detectors and the improved electronics helped to extend the spectroscopic work which include on-line (p ₇ p′γ) and (p ₇ nγ) reaction studies. Nuclear spectroscopic studies entered a new phase in the 1980’s with the availability of 40–80 MeV alpha beam from the variable energy cyclotron at VECC, Calcutta. A number of experimental groups were formed in the institute to study nuclear level schemes with (α ₇ xnγ) reactions. Initially only two unsuppressed Ge detectors were used for coincidence studies. Later in 1989 five Ge detectors with a large six segmented NaI(Tl) multiplicitysum detector system were successfully used to select various channels in (α ₇ xnγ) reactions. From 1990 to date a variety of medium energy heavy ions were made available from the BARC-TIFR Pelletron and the Nuclear Science Centre Pelletron. The state of the art gamma detector arrays in these centres enabled the Saha Institute groups to undertake more sophisticated experiments. Front line nuclear spectroscopy works are now being done and new informations are obtained for a large number of nuclei over a wide mass range. Currently Saha Institute is building a multi-element gamma heavy ion neutron array detector (MEGHNAD), which will have six high efficiency clover Ge detector together with charged particle ball and other accessories. The system is expected to be usable in 2002 and will be used in experiments using high energy heavy ions from VECC.     

From kaonic atoms to kaonic nuclei: A search for antikaon-mediated bound nuclear systems

Strong interaction processes were intensively studied at low energy with exotic atoms, touching one of the fundamental problems in hadron physic today — the still unsolved question of how hadron masses are generated. The question of the origin of the large hadron masses made up of light quarks, the current mass of the up (u) and down (d) quarks (m_u,d≈5 MeV) is two orders of magnitude smaller than a typical hadron mass of about 1 GeV, will be discussed in the context with the experimental work done in the field of exotic atoms expanded to exotic nuclei.An overview of the properties of exotic hydrogen atoms made of pions and kaons are presented, using high precision experiments unrevealing the nature of strong interaction physics at low energy. A new field which contributes to the understanding of the origin of the large hadron mass is the study of the mass modification in a nuclear medium. Antikaon mediated bound nuclear systems would be an ideal tool, if they exist, to look for chiral restoration at high density and zero temperature or even more exotic to look for phase transitions.     

Absence of bound states in extremely asymmetric positive diatomic molecules

It is shown that the Hamiltonian for a diatomic molecule consisting ofN electrons and two dynamic nuclei with chargesZ ₁ andZ ₂ has no bound states if one of the charges is sufficiently large. The nuclear motion is completely unrestricted, and the kinetic energy of both nuclei can be included in the Hamiltonian. One of the nuclear charges can be arbitrarily small, provided that the other is sufficiently large.Research supported in part by NSF grant DMS-8908125     

Influence of the spin-orbit couplingon nuclear superfluidity along the N = Z line

We show that the spin-orbit potential of the nuclear mean field destroys isoscalar superfluid correlations in self-conjugate nuclei. Using group theory and boson mapping techniques on a Hamiltonian including single particle splittings and a SO _ST(8) pairing interaction, we give analytical expressions for the spin-orbit dependence of some N = Z properties such as the relative position of T = 0 and T = 1 states in odd-odd systems or double binding-energy differences of even-even nuclei. Received: 12 April 2000 / Accepted: 25 May 2000     

Analysis of the nuclear quadrupole interaction of Disulfur Dichloride, S2Cl2

Pure rotational spectra of S₂³⁵Cl₂ and S₂³⁵Cl³⁷Cl have been observed using a Fourier-transform microwave spectrometer. An analysis of the hyperfine structure made by considering the nuclear spin statistics showed that S₂Cl₂ has C₂symmetry, where the hyperfine splittings due to the two Cl nuclei were analyzed precisely. The nuclear quadrupole coupling constants including the off-diagonal (χ_ab, χ_ac, χ_bc) components and the nuclear spin–rotation interaction constants associated with the two Cl nuclei have been determined for the first time. We have shown that the nuclear quadrupole interaction plays an important role in the ortho–para mixing.     

Direct Evidence of Nucleation During the Induction Period of Polyethylene Crystallization by SAXS

Direct evidence that nuclei are formed during the induction period of crystallization is obtained for the first time by means of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Polyethylene (PE) was used as a model crystalline polymer. The nucleating agent was mixed with PE in order to increase the scattering intensity I _x from nuclei as large as 10⁴ times bigger than usual. I _x increased soon after quenching to the crystallization temperature from the melt and saturated after some time. A new theory is proposed to estimate the size of the nuclei N, the number density distribution of nuclei with N at time t, f(t,N), and the induction time τ _i, by analyzing the SAXS scattering intensity. The volume-averaged size of the nuclei was nearly the same as that of critical nuclei and does not change so much with time during the induction period. Lamellae start stacking much later than nuclei start forming.     

Diffraction at HERA, Color Opacity and Nuclear Shadowing in DIS off nuclei

The QCD factorization theorem for diffractive processes in DIS is used to derive formulae for the leading twist contribution to the nuclear shadowing of parton distributions in the low thickness limit (due to the coherent projectile (photon) interactions with two nucleons). Based on the current analyzes of diffraction at HERA we find that the average strength of the interactions which govern diffraction in the gluon sector at x≤ 10⁻³, Q ₀= 2 GeV is ∼50mb. This is three times larger than in the quark sector and suggests that applicability of DGLAP approximation requires significantly larger Q ₀ in the gluon sector. We use this information on diffraction to estimate the higher order shadowing terms due to the photon interactions with N≥ 3 nucleons which are important for the scattering of heavy nuclei and to calculate nuclear shadowing and Q ² dependence of gluon densities. For the heavy nuclei the amount of the gluon shadowing: G _A(x,Q ₀ ²) /AG _N(x,Q ₀ ²)_{|x ≤ 10−3}∼ 0.25–0.4 is sensitive to the probability of the small size configurations within wave function of the gluon “partonometer” at the Q ₀ scale. At this scale for A∼ 200 the nonperturbative contribution to the gluon density is reduced by a factor of 4–5 at x≤ 10⁻³ unmasking PQCD physics in the gluon distribution of heavy nuclei. We point out that the shadowing of this magnitude would strongly modify the first stage of the heavy ion collisions at the LHC energies, and also would lead to large color opacity effects in eA collisions at HERA energies. In particular, the leading twist contribution to the cross section of the coherent J/ψ production off A≥ 12 nuclei at s ⁻²≥ 70 GeV is strongly reduced as compared to the naive color transparency expectations. The Gribov black body limit for F _2A(x,Q ²) is extended to the case of the gluon distributions in nuclei and shown to be relevant for the HERA kinematics of eA collisions. Properties of the final states are also briefly discussed. Received: 12 March 1999     

13C relaxation studies: dipolar versus spin rotation mechanisms for camphor

The dipolar and the spin-rotation mechanism are both involved in the relaxation of the ¹³C nuclei. Their respective contributions are evaluated from the nuclear Overhauser effect in the presence and absence of Cr(acac)₃, and confirmed through the study of the temperature dependence of T ₁. The molecular rotation appears to be isotropic, and to proceed according to the Debye diffusion mechanism at 296 K.     

New nuclear charge radii database

Several large relational databases (DBs) containing various atomic nucleus parameters and nuclear reaction features were produced at the Centre for Photonuclear Experiments Data (Centr Dannyh Fotoyadernykh Eksperimentov (CDFE)) of the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University). The sources are numerical data founds maintained by International Nuclear Data Centers Network of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and produced by CDFE. The original CDFE product is the electronic “Chart of Quadrupole Nuclear Deformations” which includes ∼2000 sets of data on nuclei quadrupole moments Q and quadrupole deformation parameters β₂ for ∼1500 nuclei. At last time, in the frame of joint research with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) that electronic Chart was supplemented with the data on nuclear mean-root-square (MRS) charge radii (∼900 isotopes of 90 elements (Z = 1–96, N = 0–152)) and therefore transformed into the “Chart of Nucleus Shape and Size Parameters”—complete collection of data under discussion. New Chart allows one to investigate the isotopic and isotonic behavior of nuclei quadrupole moments, parameters of quadrupole deformation and charge radii, and study the R(Z, N) surface structure and R(A) dependence of the fine structure. Original Russian Text ? I.N. Boboshin, V.V. Varlamov, Yu.P. Gangrsky, B.S. Ishkhanov, S.Yu. Komarov, K.P. Marinova, 2009, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2009, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 857–862.     

Exotic Isomers in Deformed Atomic Nuclei

Excited states of atomic nuclei can have long half lives, due to the angular-momentum couplings of unpaired nucleons. Such isomeric states provide opportunities for exploring novel nuclear physics, astrophysics and physics at the atomic/nuclear interface. This review focuses on the properties of isomers in deformed nuclei, and emphasises the importance of axial symmetry in preserving the integrity of the K quantum number. A region of neutron-rich nuclei around ¹⁸⁸Hf (Z=72, N=116) is predicted to have exceptional isomer properties, and experimental advances are now opening up this region to detailed investigation. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

New directions in low temperature nuclear orientation

The basis of the low temperature nuclear orientation technique is summarized. The present limitations on accessible temperatures and the orders of magnitude of hyperfine interactions in the metallic systems currently studied are discussed briefly. The broad applicability to many elements and the high sensitivity of this singles counting method are emphasized. Specific recent developments are discussed in more detail. The use of a dilution refrigerator to cool to ≈ 10mK nuclei of isotopes far from stability ‘on-line’, after production in an accelerator and electromagnetic selection, is a major extension of the method. The minimum half-life is now limited by the nuclear spinlattice relaxation time, typically of order 10–100 s at 10 mK. Aspects of these experiments are considered and recent results given for Cs and I isotopes. Secondly, the extension of the related technique of nuclear magnetic resonance or oriented nuclei (NMR/ON) to antiferromagnetic insulators is described. A new cooling mechanism involving nuclear-magnon coupling gives access to much lower temperatures than previously reached in these systems. Recent precision work on MnCl₂, 4H₂O is discussed, along with its possible extension to nuclei of lanthanide elements. Finally, the use of nuclear orientation to study ordering below 10 mK of enhanced nuclear moment systems is briefly surveyed, with HoVO₄ as the test case. NMR/ON experiments at high pressure are proposed.     

New calculations of α-decay half-lives by the Viola-Seaborg formula

The Viola-Seaborg formula is a well-known formula for α-decay half-lives of heavy nuclei. In this work we obtain new parameters of this formula through a least-square fit to even-even nuclei between Z = 84 and Z = 110 with N greater than 126. On average, the formula can reproduce the half-lives of heavy even-even nuclei within a factor of 1.3. The formula with new parameters works well for the superheavy region which is a hot topic of nuclear physics. The numerical results from the formula are compared with those from the cluster model.     

Nuclear spin-electron coupling of copper at microkelvin temperatures

The nuclear spin-electron coupling of copper has been determined by establishing stationary temperature differences between nuclei and electrons at electronic temperatures of 15 K to 5 mK in magnetic fields of 2 mT to 440 mT using a well-defined heat flow from the electrons to the nuclear spin system. The measured Korringa constantk increases proportional toB/T _e ² with decreasing electronic temperatureT _e and with increasing magnetic fieldB. At the lowest temperaturesk is more than an order of magnitude larger than its high temperature value.     

Novel compact 60-kV Mott detector for spin-polarization electron spectroscopy

A compact 60-kV Mott polarimeter designed specially for the local analysis of surface and two-dimensional magnetism by spin-resolved electron spectroscopy is developed and tested. The use of a design which combines a spherical accelerating field and the absence of a retarding potential after scattering of the electron beam ensures high stability of the measured polarization even when the potential and diameter of the beam being investigated vary. As a result of optimization of the scattering angle (118°) and the use of surface-barrier detectors with a large collection angle (∼48°), the efficiency or figure of merit of the polarimeter, which determines the signal-to-noise ratio ɛ=(I/I ₀)·(S _eff)², equals 2.5×10⁻⁴. Specially developed electronic circuits and optimum positioning of the detectors provide a maximum electron counting rate as high as 5×10⁶ counts/s. Consequently, it is possible to calibrate the polarimeter (to find the effective Sherman function S _eff) by extrapolating the measured asymmetry to a high discrimination level. This instrument can also be used in other areas of solid-state physics, atomic physics, and high-energy physics. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 125–130 (August 1998)     

Neutron halo isomers in stable nuclei and their possible application for the production of low energy, pulsed, polarized neutron beams of high intensity and high brilliance

We propose to search for neutron halo isomers populated via γ-capture in stable nuclei with mass numbers of about A=140–180 or A=40–60, where the 4s _1/2 or 3s _1/2 neutron shell model state reaches zero binding energy. These halo nuclei can be produced for the first time with new γ-beams of high intensity and small band width (≤0.1%) achievable via Compton back-scattering off brilliant electron beams, thus offering a promising perspective to selectively populate these isomers with small separation energies of 1 eV to a few keV. Similar to single-neutron halo states for very light, extremely neutron-rich, radioactive nuclei (Hansen et al. in Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 45:591–634, 1995; Tanihata in J. Phys. G., Nucl. Part. Phys. 22:158–198, 1996; Aumann et al. in Phys. Rev. Lett. 84:35, 2000), the low neutron separation energy and short-range nuclear force allow the neutron to tunnel far out into free space much beyond the nuclear core radius. This results in prolonged half-lives of the isomers for the γ-decay back to the ground state in the 100 ps-μs range. Similar to the treatment of photodisintegration of the deuteron, the neutron release from the neutron halo isomer via a second, low-energy, intense photon beam has a known much larger cross section with a typical energy threshold behavior. In the second step, the neutrons can be released as a low-energy, pulsed, polarized neutron beam of high intensity and high brilliance, possibly being much superior to presently existing beams from reactors or spallation neutron sources.     

(n, γ)-Induced point defects in InP and InSb studied by β-radiation detected nuclear magnetic resonance

Polarized¹¹⁶In (I=1,T _1/2=14.1 s) nuclei were produced by capture of polarized thermal neutrons in undoped InP and InSb and in InSbTe single crystals. As a consequence of the nuclear reaction charged and paramagnetic point defects were produced with a rate of about 0.8 per absorbed neutron. Spin-lattice relaxation rates of the¹¹⁶In probe nuclei were measured at temperatures between 1.3 K and 90 K, as well as NMR line profiles and magnetic field dependences of the nuclear polarization up to 0.63 T. Electric field gradients, produced by the defects, could be determined, and defect induced additional relaxation processes were observed. Further, characteristic phonon frequencies and spin-phonon coupling constants for the undisturbed crystal lattices could be derived.