The effective charge effect in partially stripped ion-helium collisions

The double and single ionization cross section ratios of helium by partially stripped carbon, oxygen and fluorine ions are measured for projectile charge states ranging from +1 to +4 and impact energies from 1.5 MeV to 7.5 MeV. The effective charge effect in partially stripped ion-helium collisions is studied. It is found that the effective chargeq _eff increases as the impinging energy increases andq _eff shows a modest dependence upon the projectile charge state in the present energy range. The projectile charge state, projectile energy, projectile and target electronic state dependences of the effective charge effect may be explained using orbital interpenetrating.     

Multiple ionization of argon in coincidence with projectile ions in 60–120 MeV Si q+-Ar collisions

A projectile ion-recoil ion coincidence technique has been employed to study the multiple ionization and the charge transfer processes in collisions of 60–120 MeV Si ^q+ (q = 4−14) ions with neutral argon atoms. The relative contribution of different ionization channels, namely; direct ionization, electron capture and electron loss leading to the production of slow moving multiply charged argon recoil ions have been investigated. The data reported on the present collision system result from a direct measurement in the considered impact energy for the first time. The total ionization cross-sections for the recoil ions are shown to scale as q ^1.7/E _p ^0.5 , where E _p is the energy in MeV of the projectile and q its charge state. The recoil fractions for the cases of total- and direct ionizations are found to decrease with increasing recoil charge state j. The total ionization fractions of the recoils are seen to depend on q and to show the presence of a ‘shell-effect’ of the target. Further, the fractions are found to vary as 1/j ² upto j = 8+. The average recoil charge state 〈j〉 increases slowly with q and with the number of lost or captured electrons from or into the projectile respectively. The projectile charge changing cross-sections σ _qq′ are found to decrease with increasing q for loss ionization and to increase with q for direct-and capture ionization processes respectively. The physics behind various scaling rules that are found to follow our data for different ionization processes is reviewed and discussed.     

The direct ionization processes in the collisions of partially stripped carbon and oxygen ions with helium atoms at low-to-intermediate energies

The values of direct double- to-single ionization ratio R of helium atoms induced by C^q＋, O^q＋ （q = 1 -4） ions at incident energies from 0.2 to 8.5MeV are measured. Based on the existing model （Shao J X, Chen X M and Ding B W 2007 Phys. Rev. A 75 012701） the effective charge of the projectile is introduced to theoretically estimate the value of R for the partially stripped ions impacting on helium atoms. The results calculated from our ＂effective charge＂ model are in good agreement with the experimental data, and the dependence of the effective charge on the ionization energy of the projectile is also discussed qualitatively.     

不同Ep/q值的离子与氧化铝毛细孔的相互作用

绝缘材料毛细孔的离子导向效应研究在被动型离子光学元件开发方面有着重要的意义.进行了150keVO3+,0.32 MeVO+,2 MeV O2+等具有不同Ep/q值的离子与氧化铝毛细孔的相互作用研究.对于150keVO3+入射离子,离子沿毛细孔穿越的过程中存在着导向效应:随着毛细孔相对于入射离子束的偏转,入射离子依然能够显著地穿过毛细孔,而且保持电荷态不变;出射离子的角分布谱发生与毛细孔偏转相同的偏移;毛细孔不同偏转角度时的穿透率可以很好地被高斯函数拟合.对于0.32 MeV O+,2 MeV O2+离子入射氧化铝毛细孔,没有导向效应发生.导向效应能够发生的入射离子的Ep/q最大值小于320 kV.     

中低能非全裸C离子与He原子的碰撞研究

采用反冲离子飞行时间-散射离子位置灵敏符合测量技术，测量了能量范围在0.7v₀—4.4v₀(v₀为玻尔速度)的碳离子C^q+(q=1—4)与He原子碰撞过程不同出射道靶原子的双电离与单电离截面比R，包括入射离子不损失电子(直接电离)的出射道(R_q,q),入射离子俘获一个电子的出射道(R_q,q-1)和入射离子损失一个电子的出射道(R_q,q+1)，并研究了R随入射C离子的能量及电荷态的变化关系.实验表明，对给定电荷态的入射离子，靶原子的双电离与单电离截面比R与出射道有很强的依赖关系，即R_q,q<R_q,q+1<R_q,q-1.直接电离出射道截面比R_q,q与入射离子电荷态几乎无关，而入射离子俘获一个电子的出射道和损失一个电子的出射道靶原子双电离与单电离截面比R_q,q-1和R_q,q+1却与入射离子电荷态有很强的关系.采用原子极化理论和电子屏蔽与反屏蔽作用对实验结果进行了解释. 关键词： 离子-原子碰撞 电离 截面比     

Double resonant charge exchange in ion-ion collisions

The process of resonant double charge exchange in low energy ion-ion collisions is considered. The effects of the Coulomb interaction of the nuclei are taken into account. Cross section calculations are performed both for completely and partially stripped projectile ions with 3? Z ? 10.     

Production of recoil ions He^i＋ accompanied by single electron loss of 0.2-7 MeV C^q＋ and 0.25-5 MeV O^q＋ （q = 1- 4） ions

Target ionization accompanied with projectile electron loss is investigated for 0.2-7 MeV C^q＋ （q = 1 - 4） with He and 0.25-5 MeV O^q＋ （q = 1 - 4） with He collisions. For projectile single-electron loss channel, the He double-to-single ionization ratio R is nearly independent of projectile charge state but dependent on the nuclear charge of projectile Zp. The results are analysed with atomic structure qualitatively. So far there have not existed the experimental data comparable with our results, to our knowledge. The ratio R is interpreted in terms of the two-step mechanism. This analysis agrees well with similar experiments in the literature.     

Relativistic analysis of nuclear ground state densities at 135 to 200 MeV

A relativistic analysis of p +⁴⁰Ca elastic scattering with different nuclear ground state target densities at 135 to 200 MeV is presented in this paper. It is found that the IGO densities are more consistent in reproducing the data over the energy range considered here. The reproduction of spin-rotation-function data with the simultaneous fitting of differential cross-section and analyzing power, and the appearance of wine-bottle-bottom shaped Re U_eff(r) in the transition energy region, sensitively depends on the input nuclear ground state densities and are not solely the relativistic characteristic signatures. We also found that the wine-bottle-bottom shaped Re U_eff (r) is preferred by the spin observables in the transition energy region (i.e. 181 MeV to 200 MeV)     

SCORPION: A system for coincidences between recoil and projectile ions at NSC, New Delhi

An on-line facility to measure coincidences between the recoil ions and the scattered projectiles (SCORPION) has been designed, fabricated and commissioned at Nuclear Science Centre (NSC), New Delhi. The facility consists of a four jaw slit assembly, a time of flight (TOF) spectrometer, a parallel plate electrostatic charge analyser and a one dimensional position sensitive parallel plate avalanche counter (PPAC). Details of the design and working principles of various components and the test results obtained for the Si ^q+-Ar collision system are presented to highlight the performance of the system. A multiple loss of up to four electrons has been observed for 60 MeV Si⁴⁺ ions colliding with argon atoms in a single collision condition. Spectra of recoil ions detected in coincidence with a particular charge state of the scattered projectile show a bell shaped distribution as a function of the recoil charge state (r) for the electron loss events. However, the yield of recoil ions drops asr increases for the direct ionization channel. Also for electron loss, the peak of the recoil ion distribution is seen to shift to a higher recoil charge state as the number of lost electrons from the projectile increases.     

The contribution ofK-electron capture for the production of highly charged Ne recoil ions by 156 MeV bromine impact

The recoil ion production cross sections in 2MeV/amu Br ⁿ⁺+Ne⁰→Br ^n′++Ne ^q+ were measured using a projectile ion — recoil ion coincidence technique where the final charge states of both collisions partners were detected simultaneously. Multiple ionization was found to be the dominant process for the production of low charge state recoil ions whereas the production of highly charged recoil ions is accompanied by electron capture from the Nek-shell. The derived ratio of single to double Ne-k electron capture probabilities indicates deviations from a binomial statistics distribution.     

A study of charge,energy and angular momentum transfer in the 56Fe + 197Au and 56Fe + 107, 109Ag reactions at 7.2 and 8.3 MeV/nucleon

Kinetic energy spectra, charge and angular distributions have been measured for thirty elements produced in the reactions of 401 and 460 MeV ⁵⁶Fe + ¹⁹⁷Au and in the reaction of 470 MeV ⁵⁶Fe + ^{107, 109}Ag. In addition, γ-ray multiplicities were measured at the 470 MeV bombarding energy for both targets at a limited number of angles. The charge distributions for the deep-inelastic component of these systems increase monotonically with atomic number in the measured angular range, whereas, those for the quasielastic component are skewed toward Z-values below the projectile. The angular distributions for the Fe-induced reactions show a smooth evolution from a side-peaked to forward-peaked distributions with increasing mass transfer. This side peak is more intense and more persistent for mass transfers from the projectile to the target. In the quasielastic region the γ-ray multiplicity is observed to increase almost linearly with decreasing Q-value whereas for large negative β-values it is essentially constant and independent of the exit channel mass asymmetry. Finally, angular distributions, angle-integrated charge distributions and γ-ray multiplicities have been compared with a diffusion model in which the dynamics of shape evolution, N/Z equilibration, angular momentum and energy exchange occur via one-body forces.     

Peculiarities in charge symmetry of energy loss in ion-atom collisions

Systematic experimental studies on energy loss (?dE/dx) were performed for ions with nuclear charge Z = 2–18 in various gases. The energy range ～0.001 to ～1 MeV/amu was considered. Detailed analysis confirmed the oscillating character of the energy loss dependence on the ionic nuclear charge associated with the ions’ electron shell structure. The symmetry of the energy loss dependence on the nuclear charges of projectile Z and target Z _t is examined.     

Energy absorption and exposure build-up factors in hydroxyapatite

The effective atomic number (Z_eff) and electron density (N_el) of hydroxyapatite (HA) and cortical bone have been computed for total photon interaction in the wide energy range of 1 keV–100 GeV using WinXCom. The variations of effective atomic number and electron density with energy of HA are compared with that of cortical bone. GP. fitting method has been used to compute energy absorption and exposure build-up factor of HA for wide energy range (0.015 MeV–15 MeV) up to the penetration depth of 40mean free path. The computed absorption build-up factor is used to estimate specific absorbed fraction of energy (Ф) and relative dose of photon in HA. Build-up factor increases with increase of penetration depth. The results of the present paper will also help in estimating safe dose levels for radiotherapy patients and also will be useful in dosimetry and diagnostics.     

Investigation of the transfer ionization process in collisions of partially stripped ions on He

In this paper a projectile ion-recoil ion coincidence technique is used to investigate the transfer ionization processes in collisions of 0.22--6.30~MeV C^{q + } ions and 0.25--6.35~MeV O^{q + } ions (q=1, 2, 3, 4) with the He atom separately. The cross section ratio f of transfer ionization to single electron transfer is measured, and the dependence of f on both charge state q and energy E of the projectiles is investigated. The electron-structure and the mechanisms leading to transfer ionization affect the dependence of f on q and E. Our measurements, along with other data published previously, suggest a similar dependence of f on charge state and energy of projectile for partially stripped ions over a large energy range. The maximum value of f is approximately 0.17q^{0.60}; the energy corresponding to maximum f is about 160q^{0.60}~keV/u.     

Projectile charge and velocity effect on UO2 sputtering in the nuclear stopping regime

Angular distributions and yields of uranium sputtered by slow highly charged Xe^q+ ions (kinetic energy 1.5 keV ￡ E_k ￡ 811.5~{\rm keV}\le E_{k}\le 81  keV, charge state 1≤q≤25) from UO₂ were measured by means of the catcher technique. A charge state effect on the sputtering process is observed at 8 and 81 keV. A deviation from a Acosθ shape (the linear collision cascade theory) is observed in case of Xe^q+ impinging a UO₂ surface at E_k=8 keV. Yields increase linearly with projectile charge state q thus clearly revealing the contribution of potential energy to the sputtering process. In addition, as the kinetic energy of a Xe¹⁰⁺ projectile decreases from 81 keV to 1.5 keV, a velocity effect is clearly observed on the angular distribution.     

Deuteron structure and diffractive deuteron-nucleus interaction

A nonrelativistic deuteron wave function involving the D-wave state and having a correct asymptotic behavior is constructed on the basis of the experimentally measured deuteron charge form factor G _C(q) and deuteron structure function A(q). The differential cross section for elastic deuteron-nucleus scattering is calculated by using this wave function and is found to agree with experimental data at an energy of 110 MeV. Integrated cross sections for various processes involving deuteron-nucleus interactions are also calculated. The distribution in the emission angle of the center of mass of the neutron-proton system produced in the diffractive dissociation of 110-MeV deuterons in the field of ²⁰⁸Pb nuclei is obtained.     

Probing of complete and incomplete fusion dynamics in heavy-ion collision

Three different types of experiments have been performed to explore the complete and incomplete fusion dynamics in heavy-ion collisions. In this respect, first experiment for the measurement of excitation functions of the evaporation residues produced in the ²⁰Ne + ¹⁶⁵Ho system at projectile energy ranges ≈2–8 MeV /nucleon has been done. Measured cumulative and direct cross-sections have been compared with the theoretical model code PACE-2, which takes into account only the complete fusion process. It has been observed that, incomplete fusion fraction is sensitively dependent on projectile energy and mass asymmetry between the projectile and the target systems. Second experiment for measuring the forward recoil range distributions of the evaporation residues produced in the ²⁰Ne + ¹⁶⁵Ho system at projectile energy ≈8 MeV /nucleon has been done. It has been observed that, some evaporation residues have shown additional peaks in the measured forwardrecoil range distributions at cumulative thicknesses relatively smaller than the expected range of the residues produced via complete fusion. The results indicate the occurrence of incomplete fusion involving the breakup of ²⁰Ne into ⁴He + ¹⁶O and /or ⁸Be + ¹²C followed by one of the fragments with target nucleus ¹⁶⁵Ho. Third experiment for the measurement of spin distribution of the evaporation residues produced in the ¹⁶O + ¹²⁴Sn system at projectile energy ≈6 MeV /nucleon, showed that the residues produced as incomplete fusion products associated with fast α and 2 α-emission channels observed in the forward cone, are found to be distinctly different from those of the residues produced as complete fusion products. The spin distribution of the evaporation residues also inferred that in incomplete fusion reaction channels input angular momentum (J ₀) increases with fusion incompleteness when compared to complete fusion reaction channels. Present observation clearly shows that the production of fast forward α-particles arises from relatively larger angular momentum in the entrance channel leading to peripheral collision.