Study of the Involvement of <Superscript>8</Superscript>Be and <Superscript>9</Superscript>B Nuclei in the Dissociation of Relativistic <Superscript>10</Superscript>C, <Superscript>10</Superscript>B,and <Superscript>12</Superscript>C Nuclei

The results obtained by estimating the contribution of 8Be and 9B nuclei to the coherent dissociation of ¹⁰C, ¹⁰B, and ¹²C relativistic nuclei in nuclear track emulsions (“white” stars) are presented. The selection of white stars accompanied by 9B leads to a distinct peak appearing in the distribution of the excitation energy of 2α2p ensembles and having a maximum at 4.1 ± 0.3 MeV. A 8Be nucleus manifests itself in the coherent-dissociation reaction ¹⁰B → ²He + H with a probability of (25 ± 5)%, (14 ± 3)% of it being due to 9B decays. The ratio of the branching fractions of the ⁹B + n and ⁹Be + p mirror channels is estimated at 6 ± 1. An analysis of the relativistic dissociation of ¹²C nuclei in a nuclear track emulsion revealed nine 3α events corresponding to the Hoyle state.     

Dissociation of 10C nuclei in a track nuclear emulsion at an energy of 1.2 GeV per nucleon

The charge topology in the fragmentation of ¹⁰C nuclei in a track nuclear emulsion at an energy of 1.2 GeV per nucleon is studied. In the coherent dissociation of ¹⁰C nuclei, about 82% of events are associated with the channel ¹⁰C → 2α+ 2p. The angular distributions and correlations of product fragments are presented for this channel. It is found that among ¹⁰C → 2α+ 2p events, about 30% are associated with the process in which dissociation through the ground state of the unstable ⁹Be_g.s. nucleus is followed by ⁸Be_g.s. + p decays.     

Exposure of nuclear track emulsion to a mixed beam of relativistic 12N, 10C, and 7Be nuclei

A nuclear track emulsion was exposed to a mixed beam of relativistic ¹²N, ¹⁰C, and ⁷Be nuclei having a momentum of 2 GeV/c per nucleon. The beam was formed upon charge exchange processes involving ¹²C primary nuclei and their fragmentation. An analysis indicates that ¹⁰C nuclei are dominant in the beam and that ¹²N nuclei are present in it. The charge topology of relativistic fragments in the coherent dissociation of these nuclei is presented.     

Isotope-selective infrared multiphoton dissociation of CF3Br in a supersonic free jet

The carbon-isotope selectivity in the multiphoton dissociation of CF₃Br is studied in the collisional region of supersonic free jet. The isotopic abundance of¹²C and¹³C in C₂F₆ formed by recombination of the dissociation products is measured with a quadrupole mass spectrometer. An enrichmet factor of 9.4 is obtained for¹²C with the 9R(30)CO₂ laser line while the factor of 6.9 is obtained for¹³C with the 9P(16) line.     

Excitation and dissociation of polyatomic molecules under the action of femtosecond infrared laser pulses

The effect of high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses (100–200 fs) in the near (0.8–1.8 μm) and medium (4.6–5.8 μm) IR ranges on the CF₂HCl, CF₃H, (CF₃)₂C=C=O, and C₄F₉COI molecules is examined. Irradiation of CF₂HCl and CF₃H molecules by 0.8-to 1.8-μm laser pulses with intensities of >40 TW/cm² (>4 × 10¹³ W/cm²) makes them dissociate to yield CF₃H and CF₄, respectively. The key mechanism of the dissociation of these molecules is field ionization and fragmentation. The excitation of the stretching vibrations of the C=O bond in the (CF₃)₂C=C=O and C₄F₉COI molecules by 4.5-to 5.8-μm femtosecond pulses produced no detectable dissociation up to a fluence of ∼0.5 J/cm² (or a intensity of ∼2.5 TW/cm²). Probable explanations of this observation are discussed. Original Russian Text ? V.M. Apatin, V.O. Kompanets, V.B. Laptev, Yu.A. Matveets, E.A. Ryabov, S.V. Chekalin, V.S. Letokhov, 2007, published in Khimicheskaya Fizika, 2007, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 18–25.     

A study of coherent dissociation of C → 3α in usual and enriched by Pb emulsions

A search for the coherent dissociation ¹²C → 3α in emulsion enriched by Pb and the comparative analysis of our data with ones obtained in usual emulsions have been made at 4.5 A GeV/c. Both of experiments cannot be described in the framework of statistical model of the ¹²C → 3α decay.     

X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) facility

The proposed European X-ray Free-Electron Laser source (XFEL) will provide extremely brilliant (B>10³³ ph/s/mm²/mrad²/0.1% bw) and highly coherent X-ray beams. Due to the pulse structure and the unprecedented brightness one will be able for the first time to study fast dynamics in the time domain, thus giving direct access to the dynamic response function S(Q,t), instead of S(Q,ω), which is of central importance for a variety of phenomena such as fast non-equilibrium dynamics. X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS) measures the temporal changes in a speckle pattern produced when coherent light is scattered by a disordered system and therefore allows the measurement of S(Q,t). This article summarizes important aspects of the scientific case for an XPCS instrument at the planned XFEL. New XPCS setups taking account of the XFEL pulse structure are described. To cite this article: G. Grübel, C. R. Physique 9 (2008).     

Role of the nuclear and electromagnetic interactions in the coherent dissociation of the relativistic <Superscript>7</Superscript>Li nucleus into the <Superscript>3</Superscript>H + <Superscript>4</Superscript>He channel

The differential cross section in the transverse momentum Q and a total cross section of (31 ± 4) mb for the coherent dissociation of a 3-A-Ge V/c ⁷Li nucleus through the ³H + ⁴He channel have been measured on emulsion nuclei. The observed Q dependence of the cross section is explained by the predominant supposition of the nuclear diffraction patterns on light (C, N, O) and heavy (Br, Ag) emulsion nuclei. The contributions to the cross section from nuclear diffraction (Q ≤ 400 Me V/c) and Coulomb (Q ≤ 50 Me V/c) dissociations are calculated to be 40.7 and 4 mb, respectively.     

Isotopically selective infrared multiphoton dissociation of 2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane: 13C selectivity and mechanism

13 C-selective infrared multiphoton dissociation of CF₃CH₂Cl has been studied by analyzing the distribution of ¹³C concentrations of the main products CF₂=CHCl, CF₂=CH₂, CF₂=CHF, C₂F₆, and the trace products CF₃CH₂CF₃ and CF₃CH=CHF₃. The mechanism mainly concerns the dissociation of energized CF₃CH₂Cl, the collisional stabilization of excited CF₃CH and CF₃CH₂ and the recombination of the nascent radicals. No significant radical–molecule reactions degrade the intrinsic ¹³C dissociation selectivity. High ¹³C production yield and ¹³C concentration can be attained at a laser fluence of 1.6 J/cm². Such low fluence can be used to improve focus condition and enhance photon utilization efficiency for practicable ¹³C separation. Received: 10 March 1998/Revised version: 17 September 1998     

Tritium isotope separation by CO2-laser irradiation at low temperatures

Tritium isotope separation by CO₂-laser induced multiphoton dissociation of CTF₃ is investigated. For the optimization of the performance of this working substance, trifluoromethane, the conditions to yield high-selectivity at high-operating pressure and low-critical fluence for complete dissociation are studied using our deconvolution procedure. The irradiation conditions are varied over the following ranges; wavenumber: 1052–1087 cm^–1, gas temperature: 25°C to –78°C, CHF₃ pressure: 5–205 Torr. The selectivities exceeding 10⁴ are observed for 85–205 Torr CHF₃ at –78°C by the irradiation at 1057 cm^–1.     

A study of water vapour adsorption on the (110) surface of copper

The adsorption of water vapour on the (110)Cu face has been studied by AES and Δφ measurements in the 5 × 10^?9 to 3 × 10^?7 Torr range between 75 and 500°C. At lower temperatures, an initial physisorption of oriented water dipoles produces a fast initial Δφ decrease. Further adsorption causes no important changes of the Cu surface potential. At higher temperatures (above 100°C) a partial dissociation of the water molecules leads to a dissociative chemisorption producing a Δφ increase after the initial Δφ decrease due to water physisorption.     

Efficient laser isotope separation of 13C using novel linear multi-pass cavity

¹³C isotope has been separated in the form of enriched product C₂F₄ by selective multi-photon dissociation (MPD) of Freon-22 (CHClF₂) using the 9P(26) laser line of a transversely excited atmospheric CO₂ laser. The non-linearity factor, γ, that determines the dependence of the yield of ¹³C isotope on the fluence (J/cm²) has been determined for various laser rotational lines (9P(20)–9P(26)) and the advantage of a lower γ in the case of 9P(26) is highlighted for macroscopic production of ¹³C isotope. It is also shown that a higher value of the optimum fluence at 9P(26) not only results in a higher enrichment efficiency but in a relatively lower value of γ also. The laser pulse energy is efficiently utilized for selective MPD of Freon-22 by focusing the pulse energy repeatedly with the help of a novel linear multi-pass cavity (LMPC). The novelty of this optical arrangement lies in its ability to maintain the laser fluence around an optimum value for a desired enrichment of ¹³C in the product. This also ensures a higher quantity of enriched product because of the higher reaction volume. The advantage of the LMPC over the conventionally used Herriott multi-pass cell has also been presented. The gain in reaction volume in the present optical cavity having 20 passes with a constant fluence in each pass is as high as 12. Isotope-selective MPD of Freon in a LMPC with constant fluence in each pass showed a distinct advantage in energy utilization to separate ¹³C isotope over the gradually reducing fluence case.This revised version was published online in August 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

PdCO分子结构与势能函数

用密度泛函理论的B3LYP方法,对钯原子采用LANL2DZ收缩价基函数,碳原子和氧原子采用AUG-cc-pVTZ基组,对PdC,PdO和PdCO体系的结构进行优化,计算表明：PdC分子基态为¹Σ⁺态,键长为R_e=0.17285nm,离解能为4.919eV.PdO分子基态的平衡核间距为0.18546nm,其电子态为³Π,离解能为2.455eV,并拟合得到Murrell-Sorbie势能函数;PdCO分子有两 关键词： PdCO 分子结构 势能函数     

Coherence and squeezing in Z3‐graded spin coherent states

A new kind of spin coherent state called a Z₃‐graded spin coherent state is constructed by using the complex solution of the equation q³ = 1. We explicitly find three kinds of Z₃‐graded spin coherent states. The associated coherent property and spin squeezing are also examined.     

强激光场中离子HD+光解离几率的相干控制

对含时薛定谔方程用短时传播子的对称分割法求得了非微扰的数值解,计算了强超短脉冲基频激光(波长306.7nm)与其三倍频激光作用下的离子HD⁺光解离的相干控制参量大小设该离子的初态为电子振动.基态其中的相干激发是共振的.二束光之间的相对相位变化从0到360°在基频和倍频激光强度各为5×10¹³W/cm²和5.09×10⁸W/cm²情形下,发现相对相位为π时,光解离几率达到最大。     

Fragmentation of relativistic nuclei in peripheral interactions in nuclear track emulsion

The technique of nuclear track emulsions is used to explore the fragmentation of light relativistic nuclei down to the most peripheral interactions: nuclear “white” stars. A complete pattern of the relativistic dissociation of a 8B nucleus with target fragment accompaniment is presented. Relativistic dissociation ⁹Be → 2α is explored using significant statistics, and a relative contribution of ⁸Be decays from 0+ and 2+ states is established. Target fragment accompaniments are shown for relativistic fragmentation ¹⁴N → 3He +H and ²²Ne → 5He. The leading role of the electromagnetic dissociation on heavy nuclei with respect to breakups on target protons is demonstrated in all these cases. It is possible to conclude that the peripheral dissociation of relativistic nuclei in nuclear track emulsion is a unique tool to study many-body systems composed of the lightest nuclei and nucleons in the energy scale relevant for nuclear astrophysics. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Excitation of anomalous α-14C resonances in the inelastic scattering of 18O on a 12C target

Two broad resonances at 9.33 MeV and 9.65 MeV are observed in the inelastic excitation of ¹⁸O on a ¹²C target at a laboratory energy of 82 MeV. The α-decay of these states has been measured. A coherent sum of J^π = 2⁺ and 3^? is required to fit the correlations. The structure of these states and the excitation mechanism is discussed.     

Correspondence of Fluorescing States of Naphthols and Naphtholate Anions and its Effect on the Calculation of pKa∗ from Spectral Shifts

The validity of dissociation constants of electronically excited acids and bases, calculated from spectral shifts^1,2 accompanying protolytic dissociation, especially where shifts of fluorescence spectra are employed, is dependent, among other factors, upon fluorescence orginating from excited states of the same electronic configuration in both acid and conjugate base.³ In some of the molecules whose excited state acid-base properties have been most extensively studied, notably some derivatives of naphthalene, energy level reversals have been shown to accompany dissociation in the lowest excited singlet state in aqueous solutions.⁴ The spectroscopic properties and excited state dissociation phenomena of the naphthols have been studied extensively from several points of view.^5-9 While the calculation of the excited state dissociation properties of β-naphthol, in which fluorescence occurs from the ¹L_b state in both anion and neutral molecule, presents no particular problem with regard to correspondence of the lowest excited singlet states of conjugate acid and base, it appeared that in α-naphthol, by analogy with α-naphthylamine⁴, fluoescence might occur from the ¹L_a state in the conjugate base and from the ¹L_b state in the conjugate acid. Thus it seemed that a careful consideration of the states from which the fluorescences of the conjugate species derived from α-naphthol in fluid aqueous solutions orginated, would be useful.     

利用时间切片离子速度成像技术对AlO在193 nm的光解反应动力学研究

本文利用时间切片离子速度成像技术对AlO分子在193 nm下的光解反应动力学进行了研究. 实验通过产物Al⁺的离子速度和角度分布分析，发现了两个光解离反应通道，分别为中性AlO分子的单光子解离生成产物Al(²P_u)+O(³P_g)的通道，和AlO分子吸收两个光子电离产生AlO⁺进而解离生成产物为Al⁺(¹S_g)+O(³P_g)的反应通道. 每一个解离通道包括了AlO(v=0∽2)振动态的贡献，其中中性解离反应通道与离子解离反应通道相比，产物的各向异性参数对AlO的振动态依赖更大.