Orbital Electron Capture Rate and Time Modulation of H- and He-like Ions in a Storage-Ring

We have studied in a heavy ion storage ring the orbital electron capture decays of H- and He-like ¹⁴⁰Pr and ¹⁴²Pm ions and found that the H-like ions with one electron in the K-shell decay 1.49(8) and 1.44(6) times faster, than the corresponding He-like ions with two electrons in the K-shell. This result is explained by spin statistics due to the hyperfine structure of the H-like ions.     

Time modulation of the beta{+}-decay rate of H-like 140Pr58+ ions

Recent experimental data at GSI on the rates of the number of daughter ions, produced by the nuclear K-shell electron capture (EC) decays of the H-like ions 140Pr58+ and 142Pm60+, suggest that they are modulated in time with periods T_{EC} approximately 7 sec and amplitudes a_{EC} approximately 0.20. Since it is known that these ions are unstable also under the nuclear positron (beta;{+}) decays, we study a possible time dependence of the nuclear beta;{+}-decay rate of the H-like 140Pr58+ ion. We show that the time dependence of the beta;{+}-decay rate of the H-like 140Pr58+ ion as well as any H-like heavy ions cannot be observed.     

AlK壳层等离子体辐射谱模型的比对

碰撞辐射模型的比对研究对校验发展等离子体辐射谱模型、提高等离子体参数的诊断精度具有重要意义. 基于Al等离子体, 对常用的辐射模型代码FAC和FLYCHK K壳层辐射谱模型开展了比对研究, 详细比较了它们的离子丰度、特征线强度、谱发射率曲线和吸收系数曲线等特征, 并根据各能态的速率方程, 从FAC和FLYCHK模型的结构特点出发, 分析了造成这些差异的原因. FAC 和FLYCHK计算得到的类H、类He离子n=2, n=3激发态数密度有显著差异, 进而引起特征线发射率及其比值(He-IC/He-αup, He-βup/H-βup)的差异, 从而对等离子体参数的诊断结果产生影响. 除了模型中采用的能级结构和碰撞辐射过程速率外, 计算结果显著地受到FAC 和FLYCHK 模型结构的影响. n=2激发态数密度的差异是由FAC和FLYCHK分别采用能级和超组态(组态)的方式构建n=2激发态的速率方程而引起的, 而FAC代码忽略了n=3与更高激发态之间的碰撞耦合过程, 是引起n=3激发态数密度差异的原因. 主要特征线的吸收系数与基态能级的数密度相关, 受到激发态数密度的影响较小, 因此与谱发射率曲线相比, FAC和FLYCHK计算结果的差异更小.     

五通道Z箍缩等离子体K壳层线谱成像

采用5个针孔配接5块对数螺线晶体单色器方案,研制了一台五通道靶室内置式X射线单色成像器,并利用该成像器在阳加速器上成功获取了铝丝阵负载Z箍缩内爆等离子体的K壳层自辐射五通道单色线谱图像。该成像器结构紧凑,安装调节简便精准,能谱分辨力高（小于1.3 eV）,能够清楚分辨Al的类氦主共振线（1 598.4 eV）和互组合线（1 588.3 eV）,以及类氢主共振线（1729 eV）及其伴线（1 727.7 eV）光谱图像。由于阳加速器驱动能力有限,这些图像均由若干的离散热斑组成,并且大都集中在柱状等离子体轴线上,说明这些热斑附近的电子温度和密度较周围要高;类氦主共振线较类氢主共振线图像强度高、热斑区域大,反映了Z箍缩等离子体温度不够高,原子被激发到类氢离子的数量远少于类氦离子。     

Single photoeffect on helium-like ions in the non-relativistic region

We present a generalization of the pioneering results obtained for single K-shell photoionization of H-like ions by M. Stobbe [M. Stobbe, Ann. Phys. 7 (1930) 661] to the case of the helium isoelectronic sequence. The total cross section of the process is calculated, taking into account the correlation corrections to first order of the perturbation theory with respect to the electron–electron interaction. Predictions are made for the entire non-relativistic energy domain. The phenomenon of dynamical suppression of correlation effects in the ionization cross section is discussed.     

The g-factor of the first excited 2+ state in 26Mg from transient field precession measurements

Transient field (TF) precessions of the first excited 2⁺ state in ^24,26Mg have yielded g = +0.50 (13) for ²⁶Mg. Contrary to an earlier measurement the present data is in good agreement with Hartree-Fock calculations. The large effective TF of 280 (30) T at Mg nuclei for ν_ion ≈ 2.0 ν₀ is attributed to K-shell polarization of the ions.     

Probability of K-shell auto-ionization in the β−-decay of 143Pr

The K-shell auto-ionization probability in the β^?-decay of ¹⁴³Pr has been measured in a new method using a curved-crystal spectrometer. A value of (2.88 ± 0.20) × 10^?4 was obtained for the number of K-shell vacancies per β^?-decay. This result is compared with previous results and with theory.     

Half-life measurements of stored fully ionized and hydrogen-like 122 I ions

The half-lives of fully ionized and hydrogen-like (H-like) ¹²²I ions have been measured in a heavy-ion storage ring. The $ \beta^{+}_{}$ -decay constants for both charge states and the electron capture (EC) decay constant of H-like ions have been determined. The EC-decay constant in H-like ¹²²I ions $\ensuremath \lambda^{\text{H-like}}_{\rm EC}=7.35(33)\cdot10^{-4}{\,\mbox{s}}^{-1}$ is, within the uncertainty, the same as the one in neutral atoms. This result is in agreement with the estimates of recent theoretical considerations on the EC-decay of few-electron ions that explicitly take into account the conservation of the total angular momentum of the nucleus plus lepton(s) system and its projections. No firm confirmation could be concluded from our results on the predicted effect that allowed Gamow-Teller transitions become forbidden if the initial and final total angular momenta are not equal.-1     

X-ray fluorescence in some rare earth and high Z elements excited by 661.6 keV γ-rays

The K-shell X-ray fluorescence cross sections are determined experimentally for 10 elements such as Pb, Hg, Ir, W, Lu, Tm, Dy, Tb, Gd and Nd at excitation energy of 661.6 keV associated with γ-rays of ¹³⁷Cs radioisotope. The technique employed involves the measurement of total intensity of fluorescent K X-rays that follow the photoeffect absorption of a known flux of γ-rays using a well type Nal(Tl) detector. The obtained results are compared with the available theoretical values and other measured values.     

Impact Parameter Dependence of K-Shell Vacancy Production in Collisions of 1 MeV/a. m. u. Cu lons with Cu,Ge and Ag Atoms

The mechanism of K-shell vacancy production is studied in an X-ray-scattered ion coincidence experiment with 63 MeV ⁶³Cu⁴⁺ ions colliding with natural Cu, Ge and Ag targets. The impact parameter dependent K-shell vacancy production probability measured in the experiment is analysed in terms of the rotational coupling and the statistical models. The K-shell vacancy sharing ratio between the collision partners is compared with the predictions to the Demkov model.     

超强激光与Ar团簇相互作用中X射线的研究

本文主要研究了超强超短激光与Ar团簇相互作用过程中X射线能谱、K壳层光子产额、能量转换效率以及激光对比度对X射线光子产额的影响.实验中得到K壳层的光子产额约为1× 10¹¹/发,能量转换效率约为2.8× 10^-5．同时观测到较强预脉冲离化团簇会导致预电离,产生膨胀等离子体,然而主脉冲与膨胀的等离子体相互作用的强度较未膨胀时降低了,从而导致K壳层光子产额降低,而使用高对比度的激光能增加X射线光子产额.     

Time-modulation of entangled two-body weak decays with massive neutrinos

In recent experiments at the GSI, Darmstadt, time-modulated orbital Electron Capture (EC) decays of H-like ¹⁴⁰Pr⁵⁸⁺, ¹⁴²Pm⁶⁰⁺, and ¹²²I⁵²⁺ ions with one electron in the K-shell, coasting in the ESR storage ring with velocity β=0.71, were observed. The EC-branches show exponential decay curves time-modulated with period T=7.06(8) s and amplitude a=0.18(3) for ¹⁴⁰Pr decays, T=7.10(22) s and a=0.23(4) for ¹⁴²Pm decays, and T=6.04(6) s and a=0.19(3) for ¹²²I (preliminary) decays in the laboratory frame. The simultaneously measured β⁺ branch of ¹⁴²Pm shows no modulation with a<0.03. We discuss here as origin of the modulation quantum beats produced by the superposition of massive neutrino, mass eigenstates emitted in the entangled two body weak decay. From the modulation frequency a value for the difference of the quadratic mass values is deduced, which is 2.9 times larger than the value derived by the KamLAND antineutrino oscillation experiment. The origin of the small modulation amplitudes is discussed as the result of a partial restoration of the interference terms which are expected to cancel for the usual assumed unitarity of the neutrino flavor mixing matrix.     

Measurement of vacancy transfer probability from K to L shell using K-shell fluorescence yields

The vacancy transfer probabilities from K to L shell through radiative decay, η _KL, have been deduced for the elements in the range 19 ≤ Z ≤ 58 using K-shell fluorescence yields. The targets were irradiated with γ photons at 59.5 keV from a 75mCi ²⁴¹Am annular source. The K X-rays from different targets were detected with a high resolution Si(Li) detector. The measurement of vacancy transfer probabilities are least-squared fitted to second-order polynomials to obtain analytical relations that represent these probabilities as a function of atomic number. The obtained results agree with theoretical and fitted values.     

Single and double electron capture associated with target K-shell ionization for F7 + ,8 + ,9++Ar

Ratios for target Ar K-shell ionization associated with single and double electron capture, as well as the ratios corresponding to total capture and the projectile K x rays, were determined for 1.8- to 2.2-MeV/u F^{7 + ,8 + ,9+} projectiles. This work was performed at Western Michigan University with the tandem Van de Graaff accelerator. Coincidences between emitted K-shell X-rays (both target and projectile) and the corresponding charge-changed particles were observed. The F⁹⁺ Ar K X-ray coincidence ratios for double to single capture are found to well exceed unity over the limited energy range of the measurements. Possible explanations for this anomalous behavior are discussed.     

Determination of experimental K-shell fluorescence yield for potassium and calcium compounds

K-shell fluorescence yields were experimentally determined for potassium and calcium compounds using a Si(Li) X-ray detector system (FWHM=5.96 keV at 160 eV). The samples were excited by 5.96 keV photons produced by a ⁵⁵Fe radioisotope source. The experimental values are systematically lower than the theoretical values.      

K-Shell energy loss spectra of 2.5 keV electrons in CO2 and N2O

Energy loss spectra of 2.5 keV electrons, scattered by CO₂ and N₂O through small angles, have been studied in the regions around the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen K-edges. With the exception of the oxygen K-shell spectrum of nitrous oxide, the spectra are similar to those observed¹ for the diatomic molecules, N₂ and CO, in that the spectra are dominated by one very intense discrete transition while above the K-edge considerable structure is observed in addition to the normal K-continuum. This structure represents the simultaneous transitions of K-shell and valence shell electrons. The oxygen K-shell spectrum of nitrous oxide is unique in that the higher energy discrete peaks are more intense relative to the first discrete peak compared with the other spectra, while additional continuum structures are very weak. The observed spectra for the carbon K-shell of carbon dioxide and the terminal nitrogen K-shell of nitrous oxide are not in agreement with predictions based on the core analogy model which has previously been shown¹ to apply in the case of N₂ and CO.     

Probing a cooled beam of decelerated highly-charged heavy ions extracted out of the ESR by a channeling experiment

A cooled beam of decelerated highly-charged heavy ions is slowly extracted out of the cooler and storage ring ESR, by combining the deceleration technique and the charge exchange extraction mode. The quality of the external ion beam is tested by a channeling experiment. Bare Au⁷⁹⁺ ions are injected into the ESR at an energy of 360 MeV/u, decelerated to 53 MeV/u, and finally cooled strongly in the electron cooler. By breeding of neighboring charge state ions via radiative recombination in the electron cooler H-like ions are produced. The H-like ion fraction is extracted out of the storage ring. This extracted Au⁷⁸⁺ ion beam is probed by a channeling experiment measuring the extinction rate of the projectile Kα X-ray yield around the [110] axis of a thin silicon crystal. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Energy relaxation through the π*-state in C,F and O K-shell excited CF3COCH3

Total photoabsorption spectra of CF₃COCH₃ were measured in the C, F and O K-shell regions and the peak assignments were tentatively given. The K-shell electrons of C, F and O atoms were selectively excited into the π^* orbital. The kinetic energy (KE) distribution of CF₃⁺ formed through the π^* states gave the maxima at KE = 0 and 0.43 eV. The yield of CF₃⁺ with KE = 0 eV increased from 10 to 50% by changing the excitation sites from F 1s to O 1s. This finding was reasonably understood by considering that intramolecular energy flows from the initially excited K-shell electron to vibrational modes of CF₃ group. The KE distribution of CH₃⁺ showed a mirror image of that for CF₃⁺.     

K-shell ionization cross section of aluminium induced by low-energy highly charged argon ions

Al K-shell X-ray yields are measured with highly charged Ar^q+ ions (q=12–16) bombarding against aluminium. The energy range of the Ar ions is from 180 to 380 keV. K-shell ionization cross sections of aluminium are also obtained from the yields data. The experimental data is explained within the framework of 2pπ -2pσ rotational coupling. When Ar ions with 2p-shell vacancies are incident on aluminium, the vacancies begin to reduce. Meanwhile, collisions against Al atoms lead to the production of new 2p-shell vacancies of Ar ions. These Ar 2p-shell vacancies will transfer to the 1s orbit of an Al atom via 2pπ-2pσ rotational coupling leading to the emission of a K-shell X-ray of aluminiun. A model is constructed based on the base of the above physical scenario. The calculation results of the model are in agreement with the experimental results.     

The effect of channeling on MeV ion-induced auger electron production in silicon

We have measured Auger electron emission from single crystal targets of Si(111) bombarded with H⁺ and ⁴He⁺ beams in the 0.5 to 1.8 MeV range under channeled and random directions of incidence. Under channeling conditions (monitored by simultaneous measurement of the Rutherford backscattering yield), a significant reduction is observed in the intensity and also in the energy width of the KLL Auger line. These two characteristics of the Auger signal are influenced by channeling of the incident beam as evidenced by their angular dependence. The measured ratio of the channeled to random Auger signals correlates well with a simple model based on the shadow cone radius for the channeled ion, the lattice vibrational amplitude, the adiabatic K-shell excitation distance, and the electron inelastic mean free path, λ, for the 1620 eV Auger line. We derive a value for the latter quantity of 34 Å.