Inelastic photoemission due to scattering by surface adsorbate vibrations

By measuring the very low energy photoemission spectra of the CO/Cu(001) surface with a high resolution, we have found the energy loss components due to inelastic scattering of electrons near the Fermi level by the CO vibrational modes. The main energy loss structure appears as a step at 254 meV below the Fermi edge for 12C16O. An isotope shift of the step to 240 meV was observed when 13C18O was adsorbed. This observation confirms that this step arises from the energy loss of photoelectrons near the Fermi level through the excitation of the C-O stretching mode.     

Simulation of 12C+12C elastic scattering at high energy by using the Monte Carlo method

The Monte Carlo method is used to simulate the ¹²C+¹²C reaction process. Taking into account the size of the incident ¹²C beam spot and the thickness of the ¹²C target, the distributions of scattered ¹²C on the MWPC and the CsI detectors at a detective distance have been simulated. In order to separate elastic scattering from the inelastic scattering with 4.4 MeV excited energy, we set several variables: the kinetic energy of incident ¹²C, the thickness of the ¹²C target, the ratio of the excited state, the wire spacing of the MWPC, the energy resolution of the CsI detector and the time resolution of the plastic scintillator. From the simulation results, the preliminary establishment of the experiment system can be determined to be that the beam size of the incident ¹²C is φ 5 mm, the incident kinetic energy is 200-400 A MeV, the target thickness is 2 mm, the ratio of the excited state is 20%, the ight distance of scattered ¹²C is 3 m, the energy resolution of the CsI detectors is 1%, the time resolution of the plastic scintillator is 0.5%, and the size of the CsI detectors is 7 cm×7 cm, and we need at least 16 CsI detectors to cover a 0° to 5° angular distribution.     

The determination of the true profile of XPS line by regularization method: I. Mathematical algorithm and numerical simulations

The resolution of XPS spectra is limited mainly by instrumental parameters like the spectral line width of exciting X-ray source and the finite energy resolution of the electron analyzer. A new algorithm of an inverse ill-posed problem has been proposed in which low resolution experimental XPS data can be enhanced by removing the instrumental functions. The regularization method with a special fast iteration algorithm is applied for determining the true profile line of a complex chemical compound if we know excitation and instrumental functions. This paper is structured as follows: (I) a mathematical algorithm is described and numerical simulation results are presented. (II) These algorithms have been applied to the poorly resolved C 1s spectrum of a poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA) film studied by the conventional technique with monochromatic and polychromatic radiation. The resulting enhancement allows previously unresolved structure to be observed without any assumptions concerning number, position, shape of peaks and their ratio.     

Ternary fission involving4He emission in the16O (144 MeV)+232Th and12C (108 MeV)+197Au reactions

The results of coincidence measurements of⁴He emission with fission fragments in reactions of¹²C(108 MeV) ions with a¹⁹⁷Au target and of¹⁶O(144 MeV) ions with a²³²Th target are presented. On the basis of a Monte Carlo kinematic simulation of nuclear reactions the experimental energy spectra and velocity distributions of alpha particles have been analyzed. A conclusion has been drawn that the main source of⁴ He emission is evaporation from the fissioning compound nucleus. Substantial part of alpha particles was emitted from fully accelerated fission fragments. Some of⁴He nuclei with an average energy of about 16 MeV (in the CM system) emitted mainly perpendicular to the fission axis were identified as being similar long-range alpha particles produced in ternary fission of heavy nuclei at a low excitation energy. The emission multiplicities of these particles are considerably higher than those observed at a low excitation energy. The experimental results are compared with the statistical model predictions.     

The 12C(7Li, α)15N triton transfer reaction

The ¹²C(⁷Li, α) reaction was studied up to 16 MeV excitation energy in ¹⁵N. Excitation functions for eight α-groups were measured in the 28–38 MeV incident energy range. A high resolution angular distribution was taken at E_7Li = 35 MeV with the aid of a multi-gap magnetic spectrograph. The contribution of the compound nucleus channel to the α-intensities was estimated. A finite range DWBA calculation in which the three transferred nucleons enter the sd shell was attempted. Results of the above-mentioned studies and the strong selectivity of the reaction indicate a predominant direct reaction mechanism at the present relatively high bombarding energy. Comparison between the experimental results and calculations based on the weak coupling model of Lie and Engeland, exhibit reasonable correlation between the strongly excited states in the present study and the 3p-4h model states for which the contribution of the core excitation is small, and this gives a possible interpretation of the high selectivity of the reaction.     

Recoil effect of photoelectrons in the Fermi edge of simple metals

High energy resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of conduction electrons in the vicinity of the Fermi edge in Al and Au at excitation energies of 880 and 7940 eV was carried out using synchrotron radiation. For the excitation energy of 7940 eV, the observed Fermi energy of Al shows a remarkable shift to higher binding energy as compared with that of Au, with accompanying broadening. This is due to the recoil effect of the emitted photoelectrons. The observed spectra are well reproduced by a simple model of Bloch electrons based on the isotropic Debye model.     

超声换能器对线性调频信号脉冲压缩性能的影响分析*

该文研究了不同编码带宽下超声换能器对编码信号脉冲压缩后信噪比与轴向分辨率的影响关系。将脉冲压缩后的时域峰值转化为频域积分的形式，得到考虑换能器影响的脉冲压缩信噪比公式。以线性调频信号为例，仿真与实验结果表明，编码激励相对于方波激励的信噪比增益随编码带宽的减小而增大，因为受换能器带宽限制，编码激励的轴向分辨率随编码带宽的增大先减小后趋于稳定。该研究为编码激励方法更有效地应用于超声检测的背景中提供了参考。     

A post-compression based ultrasound imaging technique for simultaneous transmit multi-zone focusing

The compression error of post-compression based coded excitation techniques increases with decreasing f-number, which causes the elevation of side-lobe levels. In this paper, a post-compression based coded excitation technique with reduced compression errors through dynamic aperture control is proposed. To improve the near-field resolution with no frame rate reduction, the proposed method performs simultaneous transmit multi-zone focusing using two mutually orthogonal complementary Golay codes. In the proposed method, the two mutually orthogonal sequences of length 16 are simultaneously transmitted toward two different focal depths, which are separately compressed into two short pulses on receive after dynamic focusing is performed. After carrying out the same transmit-receive operation for the same scan line with the complementary set of the orthogonal Golay codes, a single scan line with two transmit foci is obtained.The computer simulation results using a linear array with a center frequency of 7.5 MHz and 60% 6 dB bandwidth show that the range side-lobe level can be suppressed below −50 dB, when f-number is maintained not smaller than 3. The performance of the proposed scheme for a smaller f-number of 2 was also verified through actual experiments using a 3.85 MHz curved linear array with 60% 6 dB bandwidth. Both the simulation and experimental results show that the proposed method provides improved lateral resolution compared to the conventional pre-compressed and post-compression based coded excitation imaging using Golay codes.     

探测系统能量分辨在中子能谱数值模拟中的应用

针对中子能谱实验的数值模拟研究中涉及到的探测系统能量分辨问题,基于系统探测伽玛和中子的对应关系以及对伽玛射线的能量分辨率,介绍了一种简便实用的数值模拟方案,利用探测系统对中子、伽玛的光响应对应关系以及其对伽玛的能量分辨率,得到系统对中子的能量分辨率,再进一步把它应用到中子能谱的数值模拟中,并对数值计算结果与相关实验数据进行比较分析。结果表明,该方法可以很好地应用于中子能谱的数值模拟研究。     

Influence of the interaction volume on the kinetic energy resolution of a velocity map imaging spectrometer

We investigate the influence of the interaction volume on the energy resolution of a velocity map imaging spectrometer.The simulation results show that the axial interaction size has a significant influence on the resolution. This influence is increased for a higher kinetic energy. We further show that the radial interaction size has a minor influence on the energy resolution for the electron or ion with medium energy, but it is crucial for the resolution of the electron or ion with low kinetic energy. By tracing the flight trajectories we show how the electron or ion energy resolution is influenced by the interaction size.     

Excitation of undecuplet levels of the gadolinium atom belonging to the 4f 75d 26p configuration

The electron-impact excitation cross sections for 104 transitions from undecuplet levels of the gadolinium atom are measured by the method of extended crossing beams with the exciting electron energy of 30 eV and recording an optical signal of excited atoms from the crossing region. In the electron energy range of 0-200 eV, 16 excitation optical functions are recorded.     

Measurement of the cascade transition via the first excited state of 16O in the 12C(alpha,gamma)16O reaction, and its S factor in stellar helium burning

Radiative alpha-particle capture into the first excited, J(pi)=0+ state of 16O at 6.049 MeV excitation energy has rarely been discussed as contributing to the 12C(alpha,gamma)16O reaction cross section due to experimental difficulties in observing this transition. We report here measurements of this radiative capture in 12C(alpha,gamma)16O for center-of-mass energies of E=2.22 MeV to 5.42 MeV at the DRAGON recoil separator. To determine cross sections, the acceptance of the recoil separator has been simulated in GEANT as well as measured directly. The transition strength between resonances has been identified in R-matrix fits as resulting both from E2 contributions as well as E1 radiative capture. Details of the extrapolation of the total cross section to low energies are then discussed [S6.0(300)=25(-15)(+16) keV b] showing that this transition is likely the most important cascade contribution for 12C(alpha,gamma)16O.     

Study of new resonances at high excitation energy by the 120Sn(p,t)118Sn reaction at 35 MeV

The ¹²⁰Sn(p,t)¹¹⁸Sn reaction was investigated at 35 MeV incident energy. The ¹¹⁸Sn excitation energy spectrum was reconstructed up to about 16 MeV. Preliminary results show the presence of a broad resonance at high excitation energy, compatible with the predicted population of the Giant Pairing Vibration (GPV).     

Arrangement of a 4Pi microscope for reducing the confocal detection volume with two-photon excitation

The main advantage of two-photon fluorescence confocal microscopy is the low absorption obtained with live tissues at the wavelengths of operation. However, the resolution of two-photon fluorescence confocal microscopes is lower than in the case of one-photon excitation. The 4Pi microscope type C working in two-photon regime, in which the excitation beams are coherently superimposed and, simultaneously, the emitted beams are also coherently added, has shown to be a good solution for increasing the resolution along the optical axis and for reducing the amplitude of the side lobes of the point spread function. However, the resolution in the transverse plane is poorer than in the case of one-photon excitation due to the larger wavelength involved in the two-photon fluorescence process. In this paper we show that a particular arrangement of the 4Pi microscope, referenced as 4Pi′ microscope, is a solution for obtaining a lateral resolution in the two-photon regime similar or even better to that obtained with 4Pi microscopes working in the one-photon excitation regime.     

Transfer to the continuum of 14C via (18O, 16O) reaction

A study of the continuum of ¹⁴C populated by the ¹²C(¹⁸O, ¹⁶O)¹⁴C reaction at 84 MeV incident energy has been performed. The ejectiles have been momentum analyzed at forward angles by the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer. The energy spectra were obtained up to about 20 MeV excitation energy. The scattering of two neutrons independently removed from the projectile as it passes the target nucleus has been described by means of an optical potential with a semi-classical approximation for the relative motion. The calculations describe a significant part of the continuum observed in the energy spectra. In particular, a resonance of the residual nucleus dominates the region near the two-neutron emission threshold.     

Usage of polarization approximation for the estimation of scintillator intrinsic energy resolution

A set of recurrent equations for characteristic functions which describes the photon statistics of the scintillation event is presented. The solution of this set of equations provides non-Monte-Carlo approach for estimation of the yield and intrinsic energy resolution of a scintillator based on the electronic structure and corresponding dielectric functions of the substance. It is shown that the yield and energy resolution is connected not only with statistics of δ-electrons and Auger cascades, but also with peculiarities of luminescence excitation spectra for photons with energies below 100–200 eV.     

Infrared radiation emitted due to scanning of a hot spot as a probe of hidden defects

Specially created subsurface defects in a sample are detected using a high resolution infrared camera FLIR SC7000. A scanning hot air (about 110 °C) nozzle is applied to introduce additional energy in a researched sample. The hidden defect has an increased temperature in comparison with the surrounding area that is a result of changed emissivity and thermal diffusivity. The suggested method is compared with pulse thermography which uses a xenon lamp for excitation.     

Discovery of the First 2- State in 16C via Neutron Knockout Reaction

The ¹⁶C nucleus has been investigated by the neutron knockout reaction of ¹⁷C on a liquid hydrogen target. Applying the invariant mass method in inverse kinematics and γ-ray spectroscopy, the energy spectrum was reconstructed by triple-coincidence measurement, in which neutrons, charged fragments, and γ rays from the decay of the reaction residue (¹⁶C*) were detected. A peak at 0.47 MeV was observed in the invariant mass spectrum in coincidence with a peak at 0.74 MeV in the γ-ray spectrum, which indicates the presence of an unbound state with an excitation energy of 5.46 MeV. Comparison of the experimental cross section with the value derived by a theoretical calculation provided evidence that the spin-parity of this state is 2^?.     

Investigation of LYSO and GSO crystals and simulation of the calorimeter for comet experiment

The research results of parameters of LYSO and GSO crystals—candidates for being used in an electronic calorimeter for the COMET experiment—are described. The research has been made at the specially created high precision measuring setup. Measurements of uniformity of LYSO and GSO crystals along the crystal length were made. The energy resolution of crystals, their light output and processing speed were measured. The energy calibration of crystals was also performed. The research results were used for GEANT4 simulation of the calorimeter for COMET experiment. As a result of simulation of the calorimeter on the collimated 105 MeV electrons source with use of real optical parameters, the energy resolution of 5.0% was obtained for a calorimeter on GSO crystals and 2.5% for a calorimeter on LYSO crystals.     

Inelastic electron scattering at 180° from 14C

Inelastic scattering of 37, 50, and 60 MeV electrons at 180° from ¹⁴C has been studied. Cross sections for the excitation of eight states in ¹⁴C with excitation energy less than 16 MeV have been observed. Most of the strength is observed to be concentrated in one transition at 11.31 MeV which is assigned a spin and parity of 1⁺. The total width of this state is observed to be 207 ± 13 keV, while the electromagnetic transition width is determined to be 6.8 ± 1.4 eV.