重离子反应中质子与中子转移对超重元素合成的影响

研究了采用类弹碎片质量数为变量的一维(1D)主方程(ME)描述重离子熔合反应时的受限制条件, 建立了以类弹碎片中子和质子数为独立变量的二维(2D) ME, 并采用分步差分格式法数值解(2D) ME得到了熔合几率。 新的方法适用于研究任何弹靶组合系统, 给出了与实验符合更好的结果, 为寻求合成超重核的反应道提供了更为宽阔的选择空间。 同时也研究了弹靶的不同同位旋组合对复合核形成截面的影响。 The limitation of the one dimensional master equation with the mass number of project like fragment as the variable is discussed. A two dimensional master equation with neutron and proton numbers of the project like fragment as variables is set up, and solved numerically by means of a two step difference scheme to obtain fusion probability. The new equation is suitable for studying fusion reactions with any projectile target combination, and can better fit the experimental data, so that it can provide a large probability to choose the reaction system for synthesizing a certain superheavy nucleus. The influence of projectile target combinations with different isospins on the cross sections of compound nuclei is studied.     

HI－13串列加速器上的核反应研究及进展

本文简介了ＨＩ－１３串列加速器上开展的核反应及其进展情况,重离子垒下熔合反应、重离子准弹性碰撞和轻粒子核反应． The experimental studies and achievements recently made at the HI-13 tandem accelerator are reviewed,including many subjects of three research fields: sub-barrier fusion reaction, heavy ion quasielastic collision and light particle nuclear reaction.     

Effect of laser spot size on fusion neutron yield in laser--deuterium cluster interactions

The effect of the laser spot size on the neutron yield of table-top nuclear fusion from explosions of a femtosecond intense laser pulse heated deuterium clusters is investigated by using a simplified model, in which the cluster size distribution and the energy attenuation of the laser as it propagates through the cluster jet are taken into account. It has been found that there exists a proper laser spot size for the maximum fusion neutron yield for a given laser pulse and a specific deuterium gas cluster jet. The proper spot size, which is dependent on the laser parameters and the cluster jet parameters, has been calculated and compared with the available experimental data. A reasonable agreement between the calculated results and the published experimental results is found.     

近垒能量下重核熔合几率的量子路径积分计算

针对近垒能量下经典涨落耗散模型预期的重核熔合几率比实验结果偏小的问题, 发展了一种实时间路径积分方法并用于研究重核熔合激发函数, 给出了包含量子涨落效应的解析表达式。 计算了几个对称和近似对称反应系统的熔合几率, 结果表明理论结果与实验值符合较好。 还讨论了颈部增长对熔合障碍的影响。 A real time path integral approach is developed in order to work out a correct solution to a problem for the smaller result of the fusion probability of heavy nuclei based on the classical diffusion model at sub barrier energies. An analytical expression for the quantum fusion probability is proposed,which contains the quantum fluctuation effect. The fusion probabilities of several symmetrical and approximate symmetrical systems are calculated, the heoretical results are in agreement with the experimental data. The influence of the neck length and its fluctuation upon the fusion hindrance is discussed.     

原子核的大质量转移反应和丰中子超重核的产生(英文)

迄今为止,人们合成的超重核都是缺中子的,无论是熔合-裂变反应还是碎化过程都无法使产物达到周期表的“东北区域”。而重核之间(如U核之间) 的近垒大质量转移反应则可能是目前生成丰中子超重核和达到未知丰中子重核区域的唯一途径。在改进的量子分子动力学(ImQMD) 模型结合统计模型框架内,研究了U+U等反应体系的大质量转移反应,计算了反应产生的初生态碎片的质量和电荷分布,并成功再现了产物的终态质量和电荷分布。通过比较3 个反应136Xe+248Cm,48Ca+248Cm和238U+248Cm 产生的106号元素的截面大小,揭示了U+U等重核大质量转移反应对产生丰中子超重核是非常有利的。For elements with Z > 100 only neutron deficient isotopes have been synthesized so far. The “northeast area” of the nuclear map can be reached neither in fusion-fission reactions nor in fragmentation processes.The large mass transfer reactions in near barrier collisions of heavy (U-like) ions seem to be the only reaction mechanism allowing us to produce neutron rich heavy nuclei including those located at the superheavy(SH) island of stability and unexplored area of heavy neutron-rich nuclides. This study is extremely important for nuclear astrophysical investigations and, in particular, for the understanding of the r process. In this paper within the Improved Quantum Molecular Dynamics (ImQMD) model combining with the statistical-evaporation model, the large mass transfer reactions, like 238U+238U have been studied. The charge and mass distributions of transiently formed primary fragments are investigated within the ImQMD model and de-excitation processes of those primary fragments are described by the statistical decay model. The mass distribution of the final products in 238U+238U collisions is obtained and compared with the recent experimental data. Through compared the formation cross sections of transfermium element 106 by three reactions of 136Xe+248Cm, 48Ca+248Cm and 238U+248Cm, it is explored that the large mass transfer reactions, like U+U are very benefit for the production of SH nuclei.     

Diagnostic technique for measuring fusion reaction rate for inertial confinement fusion experiments at Shen Guang-Ⅲ prototype laser facility

A study is conducted using a two-dimensional simulation program （Lared-s） with the goal of developing a technique to evaluate the effect of Rayleigh-Taylor growth in a neutron fusion reaction region. Two peaks of fusion reaction rate are simulated by using a two-dimensional simulation program （Lared-s） and confirmed by the experimental results. A neutron temporal diagnostic （NTD） system is developed with a high temporal resolution of - 30 ps at the Shen Guang-Ⅲ （SG-Ⅲ） prototype laser facility in China, to measure the fusion reaction rate history. With the shape of neutron reaction rate curve and the spherical harmonic function in this paper, the degree of Rayleigh-Taylor growth and the main source of the neutron yield in our experiment can be estimated qualitatively. This technique, including the diagnostic system and the simulation program, may provide important information for obtaining a higher neutron yield in implosion experiments of inertial confinement fusion.     

晕核6He（25 MeV/u）的单、双中子转移截面测量

实验测量了25 MeV/u 的6He+9Be反应中的单、双中子转移微分截面. 利用反应耦合道模型初步分析了实验数据, 计算大体重现截面值. 转移反应对末态有相当的选择性, 并且双中子转移截面主要来自到基态的一步过程. 后角度截面的上升可能与连续态的耦合有关. Differential cross sections for quasi elastic scattering at forward angles and for 1n and 2n transfer reaction at backward angles induced by 6He at 25 MeV/u from 9Be target were measured. The experimental data were analyzed in the framework of the CRC model. The raise at backward angle of the 1n and 2n transfer cross section can not reproduced by the current calculation.     

Self-consistent analysis of sub-barrier fusion enhancement effect in Ca+Ca and Ni+Ni

The fusion dynamic mechanism of heavy ions at energies near the Coulomb barrier is complicated and still not very clear up to now. Accordingly, a self-consistent method based on the CCFULL calculations has been developed and applied for an ongoing study of the effect of the positive Q-value neutron transfer (PQNT) channels in this work. The typical experimental fusion data of Ca+Ca and Ni+Ni is analyzed within the unified calculation scheme. The PQNT effect in near-barrier fusion is further confirmed based on the self-consistent analysis and extracted quantitatively.     

氘氚聚变中子发生器旋转氚靶传热特性研究

强流氘氚中子发生器可用于模拟聚变堆中子环境, 对于开展聚变堆包层材料相关实验研究具有重要意义. 本文提出了一种用于10¹² n·^-1量级氘氚中子发生器HINEG (high intensity neutron generator)的旋转氚靶系统设计方案, 并对其技术难点和强化传热方法进行了介绍. 为考查该氚靶系统的传热特性, 利用Computational Fluid Dynamics方法对冷却水层厚度、冷却水流速和氚靶系统旋转速度对靶面冷却的影响进行了分析, 并对不同热功率密度下靶面的传热过程进行了研究. 结果显示, 大的水层厚度、大的冷却水流速和高的靶系统旋转速度有利于靶面的冷却, 但水层厚度和水流速的变化对靶面传热影响较小. 一定条件下靶面所承受的热功率密度不能超过某个限值.     

Effect of neutron transfer channels in fusion reactions with weakly bound nuclei at subbarrier energies

The role of neutron transfer in fusion reactions of weakly-bound nuclei at subbarrier energies is studied within the empirical model of channel coupling. The results from calculating the fusion cross sections for the ⁷Li + ²⁰⁹Bi, ^{9, 11}Li + ^{208, 206}Pb, ^{6, 7, 9, 11}Li + ¹⁵²Sm reactions are presented. Good agreement with the available experimental data is shown. Several combinations of colliding nuclei for which the strong enhancement of subbarrier fusion due to the effect of neutron transfer processes are predicted.     

Positive Q-Value Neutron Transfer Mediated Sub-Barrier Fusion Reactions

Positive Q-value neutron transfer mediated sub-barrier fusion reactions are studied with an empirical coupled channels model, which takes into account neutron rearrangement related only to the dynamical matching condition with no free parameters. Fusion cross sections of collision systems ~(32)S+~(90,94,96)Zr are calculated and analyzed.Logarithmic residual enhancement(LRE) is proposed to evaluate the discrepancy between calculated results and experimental data. The experimental data can be described well with this model for the first time as a whole,while the LRE analysis shows that there are still theoretical systematic deviations.     

Diagnostic technique for measuring fusion reaction rate for inertial confinement fusion experiments at Shen Guang-III prototype laser facility

A study is conducted using a two-dimensional simulation program(Lared-s)with the goal of developing a technique to evaluate the effect of Rayleigh–Taylor growth in a neutron fusion reaction region.Two peaks of fusion reaction rate are simulated by using a two-dimensional simulation program(Lared-s)and confirmed by the experimental results.A neutron temporal diagnostic(NTD)system is developed with a high temporal resolution of~30 ps at the Shen Guang-III(SG-III)prototype laser facility in China,to measure the fusion reaction rate history.With the shape of neutron reaction rate curve and the spherical harmonic function in this paper,the degree of Rayleigh–Taylor growth and the main source of the neutron yield in our experiment can be estimated qualitatively.This technique,including the diagnostic system and the simulation program,may provide important information for obtaining a higher neutron yield in implosion experiments of inertial confinement fusion.     

Transfer and fusion reactions of unstable nuclei

The transfer and fusion reactions are studied for reactions between a stable and an unstable nucleus with neutron skin, taking as examples the reactions ^16,28O+⁴⁰Ca. The two-dimensional time-dependent Hartree-Fock method is used. It is shown that, in such reactions, the nucleon transfer is enhanced enormously for both protons and neutrons. The neutron skin does not enhance the fusion cross section contrary to the usual expectation.     

Structure effects in the elastic scattering for the 16O + 46,50Ti systems

Nuclear structure effects observed in the sub-Coulomb fusion of heavy-ions demand a careful investigation of the reaction cross section and optical potentials near the Coulomb barrier. The elastic scattering for the ¹⁶O + ^46,50Ti systems was investigated in the bombarding energy range $30⩽E_{\mathrm{lab}}⩽70\text{MeV}$ through an analysis using the São Paulo Potential. Experimental results suggest that there is no significant effect due to the differences in structure of the deformed ⁴⁶Ti and the neutron magic ⁵⁰Ti targets. This result is in agreement with the observation of no significant structure effects in the fusion cross section study for the same systems.     

Helium-hydrogen synergistic effects on swelling in in-situ multiple-ion beams irradiated steels

The development of reliable fusion energy is one of the most important challenges in this century. The accelerated degradation of structural materials in fusion reactors caused by neutron irradiation would cause severe problems. Due to the lack of suitable fusion neutron testing facilities, we have to rely on ion irradiation experiments to test candidate materials in fusion reactors. Moreover, fusion neutron irradiation effects are accompanied by the simultaneous transmutation production of helium and hydrogen. One important method to study the He-H synergistic effects in materials is multiple simultaneous ion beams (MSIB) irradiation that has been studied for decades. To date, there is no convincing conclusion on these He-H synergistic effects among these experiments. Recently, a multiple ion beam in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis facility was developed in Xiamen University (XIAMEN facility), which is the first triple beam system and the only in-running in-situ irradiation facility with TEM in China. In this work, we conducted the first high-temperature triple simultaneous ion beams irradiation experiment with TEM observation using the XIAMEN facility. The responses to in-situ triple-ion beams irradiation in austenitic steel 304L SS and ferritic/martensitic steel CLF-1 were studied and compared with the results in dual- and single-ion beam(s) irradiated steels. Synergistic effects were observed in MSIB irradiated steels. Helium was found to be critical for cavity formation, while hydrogen has strong synergistic effect on increasing swelling.