Energy levels of Na from the Na(d, pγ)Na reaction

Excited states in ²⁴Na have been investigated by means of the ²³Na(d, pγ)²⁴Na reaction at incident deuteron energies of 2.5 and 2.8 MeV. Excitation energies and γ-ray decay for levels up to 4.2 MeV have been determined from proton-gamma coincidence spectra obtained with a surface barrier detector and a Ge(Li) detector on-line with a computer. Two new levels at 3944 ± 2 and 4195 ± 3 keV excitation energies are reported.     

Determination of the Gamow–Teller strength function for the neutron-deficient isotopes In

The Gamow–Teller β decays of the neutron-deficient indium isotopes ^104–107In have been investigated by using total absorption γ-ray spectrometry on mass-separated sources. The experimental Gamow–Teller strength, deduced as a function of the excitation energy in the daughter nuclei ^104–107Cd, is compared to shell-model predictions.     

A new level at 192.5 keV in Ge

In the experiments on ⁷⁴Ge(d, pγ)⁷⁵Ge, a 52.5±0.1 keV γ-ray was found in ⁷⁵Ge with a half-life of 216±5 ns. From the analysis of the γ-ray spectra the conversion coefficient of the 52.5 keV γ-ray was determined. Then, a new level of is confirmed to exist at 192.5 keV. The reduced transition probabilities of the 52.5 keV transition are deduced to be (6.9^+5.6 _−2.1) × 10⁻⁵ for B(M1) and 31⁺³ ₋₂ for B(E2) in Weisskopf units.     

Angular distribution measurements of Li(p,α)He reaction at 140 keV proton energy using nuclear track detectors

Angular distributions of a ⁶Li(p,α) ³He reaction were measured at six angles for 140 keV proton energy using nuclear track detectors (NTDs). The measurements were carried out over 60°–160° lab. angles in 20° increments using a scattering chamber of 80° beam line of the 350 kV accelerator. A semiconductor silicon surface barrier (SSB) detector was placed at +160° and was used as a monitor. The results have shown that the CR-39 detector has excellent capabilities to distinguish 1.4–2.7 MeV α+ ³He particles from the ⁶Li(p,α) ³He reaction and 8–9.4 MeV α-particles from the ⁷Li(p,α) ⁴He reaction through their track diameters. However, it was not possible to distinguish between the 2.3 MeV ³He ions and the 1.7 MeV ⁴He ions from the ⁶Li(p,α) ³He reaction from their track diameter measurements, but it was possible to differentiate between the two, from the darker contrast of the ³He particles caused by its deeper tracks as compared to those of ⁴He.     

Stressed and unstressed Ge:Ga detector arrays for airborne astronomy

We have constructed and used two dimensional arrays of both unstressed and stressed Ge:Ga photoconductive detectors for far-infrared astronomy from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO). The 25 element (5×5) arrays are designed for a new cryogenically cooled spectrometer, the MPE/UCB Far-Infrared Imaging Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FIFI). All of the pixels for the stressed array performed well on the first flights with FIFI; 25% of the detectors in the array are more sensitive than our best single element detector, with background limited noise equivalent powers (NEPs)3.0×10^–15 W Hz^–1/2 at 158 m and 40 km s^–1 spectral resolution. The average array element performs within±15% of this value. With a bias field of 0.1 V/cm, the average detector response is 20±6 Amp/Watt at 158 m. The cutoff wavelength and response also compare well with our single element detectors. The unstressed array delivers significantly better performance than our single element detector due to the lower thermal background in the new spectrometer. The average background limited NEp at 88 m and 35 km s^–1 spectral resolution is 7×10^–15 W Hz^–1/2. The least sensitive pixel is only 40% less sensitive. The unstressed array response at 88 m with a bias field of 1 V/cm is 5±1 Amp/Watt. Twenty four of the 25 elements worked on the first flights-on subsequent flights all channels have worked. Some of the exciting new science possible with far-infrared detector arrays is also discussed.     

Search for supermassive magnetic monopoles with the MACRO detector at the gran sasso laboratory

We present the results of the search for supermassive magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment. Our detector is equipped with three independent subdetectors (liquid scintillation counters, limited streamer tubes and nuclear track detectors), operating in different ranges of monopole velocity. In several years of data taking no candidates were found; the present flux upper limits are the level of half the Parker Bound for β > 10⁻⁴; for 10⁻⁴ < β < 5 × 10⁻² the limit is the best existing.     

Low-spin states of doubly odd 184Au

Low-spin states of ¹⁸⁴Au have been studied using the β⁺/EC decay of ¹⁸⁴Hg. γ-ray and conversion-electron singles spectra were recorded with ¹⁸⁴Hg mass-separated sources. For γ-γ-t and X-γ-t coincidence measurements, mercury nuclei were produced in the ¹⁴⁸Sm + ⁴⁰Ar reaction and transported by a He-jet system. The electron spectra were recorded from ¹⁸⁴Hg sources produced at ISOLDE. A level scheme of ¹⁸⁴Au including 48 transitions is proposed. The experimental results are interpreted in the frame of a semi-microscopic axial-rotor-plus-two-quasiparticle model developed in the context of the HF+BCS approximation.     

Λ spin–orbit splitting in heavy hypernuclei as deduced from DWIA analyses of the reaction

By taking nuclear core excitations into account, detailed structure calculations of ⁸⁹ _ΛY have been performed as a function of the Λ spin–orbit splitting. The obtained wave functions have been used to estimate the (π⁺,K⁺) reaction cross sections within the distorted-wave impulse approximation (DWIA). A theoretical explanation is given quantitatively for the first time of how to understand the doublet substructure of each major peak observed in medium-heavy hypernuclear production. A small Λ spin–orbit splitting of around δ(0f^Λ)=0.2 MeV is deduced, a value consistent with the small ΛN two-body spin–orbit interactions deduced from γ-ray measurements in three light hypernuclei.     

Experimental search for solar axions

A new technique has been used to search for solar axions using a single crystal germanium detector. It exploits the coherent conversion of axions into photons when their angle of incidence satisfies a Bragg condition with a crystalline plane. The analysis of approximately 1.94 kg.yr of data from the 1 kg DEMOS detector in Sierra Grande, Argentina, yields a new laboratory bound on axion-photon coupling of g_αγγ < 2.7 × 10⁻⁹GeV⁻¹, independent of axion mass up to 1 keV.     

E2 polarization charge in Sn

The nucleus ¹⁰²Sn, which is the lightest Sn isotope with known excited states, was investigated with the ⁵⁰Cr(⁵⁸Ni,α2n) reaction using delayed in-beam γ-ray and conversion-electron spectroscopy. The experimental setup was designed to study the decay of μs-long isomeric states by placing γ-ray and electron detectors behind the focal plane of the Fragment Mass Analyzer at the Argonne National Laboratory. A 44 keV conversion-electron line corresponding to the (6⁺)→(4⁺) transition in ¹⁰²Sn was identified and a half-life of 0.62^+0.43_−0.19 μs was measured for the (6⁺) state. From the available experimental information neutron effective charges from 1.6 to 2.3 e were deduced, based on the comparison with different shell-model calculations.     

The measurement of upward going muons using the MACRO detector

The upward-going muon flux (E_μ > 1 GeV) has been measured with the underground detector MACRO at LNGS. The total number of measured events is compatible at the 8% c.l. with the expected one. Moreover, the zenith angular distribution of the measured flux does not match the expectation showing a deficit in the vertical direction where the apparatus performance is best known. Assuming an oscillation hypothesis with parameters in the range recently suggested to solve the atmospheric neutrino problem, the agreement increases, but not significantly. The results of an indirect dark matter search for a signal of WIMPs from the core of the Sun and of the Earth are given. Neutrino astronomy with MACRO is giving interesting results regarding possible high energy neutrino emission from pointlike sources and coincidences of neutrino events with γ-ray bursts.     

The EAS-TOP detector at Gran Sasso

Summary EAS-TOP is a detector of the extensive air showers that very high-energy cosmic rays (E ₀≥10¹⁴eV) produce in the atmosphere. The array is located on top of the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory in central Italy; a subarray (11 modules of the e.m. detector) has been operating since the end of 1987. From such data the stability of the detector, and the accuracies in the determination of the arrival directions and in the reconstruction of the electron lateral distribution and of the shower size are derived. The results obtained on VHE-UHE γ-ray sources in the first months of operation are presented. To speed up publication, the proofs were not sent to the authors and were supervised by the Scientific Committee.     

Heterodyne performance of a quasioptical Schottky diode detector: Theoretical and experimental results

A detailed theoretical and experimental study of the heterodyne performance of a quasioptical Schottky diode detector is presented. The experimental results have been obtained by mixing the radiation from a FIR laser with the output of a 67–73 GHz Klystron. The heterodyne signal variation versus various parameters and its relation to the special case of two lasers mixing are described. The mixer characteristics are a NEP value of 2×10^–19W/Hz and a detector bandwidth of at least 9 GHz. Experimental evidence of harmonics generation of submillimetric frequencies at the diode junction is also presented.     

Interaction of a practical fluoran-based black color former with possible color developers, various acids and magnesium ions, in acetonitrile

For the purpose of improving the visible method of γ-rays detection, detailed conditions with various acids have been examined for the color development of a fluoran-based black color former in acetonitrile. It is suggested that the protons (H⁺), which may be produced from acid generators by γ-ray radiation, can be properly detected by the color development of the black color former containing proper kinds and concentrations of bases. Reversible decolorization through the interaction between Mg²⁺ and polyamines (acyclic and macrocyclic) has been examined in order to reconfirm that the colored zwitterion is produced by the direct chemical interaction with Mg (ClO₄)₂ in the fluoran dye–acetonitrile solution.     

Earth-orbiting low-frequency gravitational wave detector

We propose a new method of gravitational wave detection in the 10^–1÷ 10^–2Hz band for a space laboratory based on the use of the Kozorez effect in the magnetic interaction of superconducting solenoids.     

Parity of the band head at 3710 keV in 99Rh using clover detector as compton polarimeter

Clover detector has been used as a Compton polarimeter to measure the linear polarization of γ-rays produced in heavy ion fusion reaction. The polarization sensitivity of the clover detector has been measured over γ-ray energies ranging from 386 to 1368 ke V. The E1 multipolarity of the 1117 keV transition in ⁹⁹Rh has been established using this polarimeter. This has resulted in the assignment of negative parity to the band head at 3710 keV in ⁹⁹Rh.     

Radiation effects on a GE:GA photoconductive detector

We have investigated radiation effects on a Ge:Ga photoconductive infrared detector at low photon background level of 4×10⁸ ph cm^–2s^–1, using Cobalt 60 as a gamma ray source. The irradiation immediately induced spike noises which degrded NEP (short term effect), while it gradually increased responsivity (long term effect). After the removal of the gamma ray source, the spikes disappeared while the responsivity still stayed in a higher level and gradually decreased with a time scale of several hours. The responsivity-change-rate before and after the irradiation is smaller for a higher bias voltage. Finally we have made the first trial to cure the long term effect, using a flashing procedure and have found out its effectiveness.     

Full-Energy peak efficiency of an NaI(Tl) detector with coincidence summing correction showing the effect of the source-to-detector distance

The coincidence summing effect is considered to be one of the most important problems in γ-ray spectrometry. It has played an important role in the detector calibration process, especially at low source-to-detector distances, which are the typical conditions when the environmental samples have to be measured. In this work, the γ–γ coincidence summing correction factors (CSCF) for a 3″×?3″ NaI(Tl) γ-ray detector have been calculated at different distances from the detector end cap. These factors with NaI(Tl) γ-ray detectors have rarely been discussed in the previous literature, due to the lack of the separation process of the close gamma energy lines in the scintillation detector spectrum. The γ–γ CSCF were calculated for ⁶⁰Co, ¹³³Ba and ¹⁵²Eu radioactive point sources, which show the simple and the complex decay scheme of several radionuclides. In order to obtain the CSCF, the following parameters must be estimated by the numerical simulation method (NSM): the total efficiency (ε_T), the full-energy peak efficiency (ε_P) and the effective solid angle (Ω_eff). These parameters were calculated numerically depending on the direct mathematical method and efficiency transfer method. The obtained CSCF was used to correct the measured efficiency curves, which were measured at different distances, then compared to the ETNA and EFFTRAN programs, as well as the CSCF. The results show a good agreement, especially at large source-to-detector distances.     

Optoelectronic resonant cavity technology based on inversion channel devices

In this paper the implementation of the inversion channel technology in a vertical cavity configuration is demonstrated. It is shown that by using a universal processing sequence a bistable surface emitting laser, a resonant cavity detector and a hetero-structure field effect transistor (H FET) can all be realized from a single epitaxial growth. The surface emitting double heterostructure opto-electronic switch (DOES) laser exhibits a pulsed threshold current of 10 mA for a 14 m diameter device. The resonant cavity detector achieved a peak responsivity of 0.6 AW^–1 in the H FET mode and 19 AW^–1 when operated in phototransistor mode. The H FET had a peak transconductance of 40 mS mm^–1 and a peak source to drain current density of 120 mA mm^–1.     

基于微通道板的中子探测器γ射线灵敏度

研制了一种基于微通道板的超快脉冲中子探测器,对其γ射线灵敏度进行了理论和实验研究。建立了探测器的γ射线灵敏度理论计算模型,利用蒙特卡罗方法模拟计算了不同能量γ射线在不同厚度聚乙烯靶中产生的出射电子能谱和出射角度分布,并结合经验公式计算了单个电子在微通道板(MCP)孔道中产生的二次电子产额,最后得到了探测器的γ射线灵敏度,结果表明当聚乙烯靶厚度大于某一值时,γ射线灵敏度基本相同。利用西北核技术研究所的标准γ射线放射源对探测器的γ射线灵敏度进行了实验标定,实验结果与理论计算结果一致。