Micromegas prototypes with thermo-bond film separators

In this paper we report the results of Micromegas prototypes constructed by attaching micromesh to an anode using thermo-bond films. The excellent metal attaching ability and good dielectical property of this kind of film make it a promising material to be used as avalanche gap spacers. Several prototypes are successfully made. The electron transmission properties are first studied and then the gas gain is measured in argon-isobutane mixtures. The maximum gain of more than 10⁴ is easily obtained. The energy resolutions for ⁵⁵Fe 5.9 keV K_α ray can be better than 20% over one magnitude in gain for different operational gas mixtures and the best energy resolution of 13.7% (FWHM) can be achieved with the gas mixture of 94% argon concentration. The preliminary test results of the prototypes with sensitive area of 45 mm×45 mm without internal support show good uniformity across the sensitive area.     

Quantitative conditions for the formation of p-wave neutron halos

With the experimental binding energies and configurations, the root-mean-square radii of p-wave valence neutron distributions for nuclei up to the second p-shell have been calculated in the framework of the single-particle potential model. By analyzing the relations between the radii and the binding energies, the scaling laws of p-wave valence neutron distributions are obtained. The quantitative conditions for the formation of p-wave neutron halos are deduced from these scaling laws. Based on the investigation on the probability of finding the valence nucleon outside the range of the interaction potential, a 2p_3/2 halo state in ⁴⁷S is anticipated for the first time. These obtained results might provide reference for searching for p-wave neutron halos in nuclei up to the second p-shell.     

A new probe of neutron skin thickness

The correlation between neutron-to-proton yield ratio (R_np) and neutron skin thickness (δ_np) in neutron-rich projectile induced reactions is investigated within the framework of the Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics (IQMD) model. The density distribution of the Droplet model is embedded in the initialization of the neutron and proton densities in the present IQMD model. By adjusting the diffuseness parameter of neutron density in the Droplet model for the projectile, the relationship between the neutron skin thickness and the corresponding R_np is obtained. The results show strong linear correlation between R_np and δ_np for neutron-rich Ca and Ni isotopes. It is suggested that R_np may be used as an experimental observable to extract δ_np for neutron-rich nuclei, which is very interesting in the study of the nuclear structure of exotic nuclei, the equation of state (EOS) of asymmetric nuclear matter and neutron-rich matter in astrophysics, etc.     

一种鲁棒性的最小方差无失真响应波束形成算法及其应用

理论上,自适应波束形成方法要比不依赖于输入数据的常规波束形成方法有更好的目标参数估计能力和干扰抑制能力.但在实际水声环境中,声传播模型、接收阵阵列流形以及信号统计特征等因素往往与实际情况存在一定的差异,导致传统的自适应波束形成方法性能下降.因此,提高自适应波束形成方法对上述因素的鲁棒性变得越来越重要.本文基于最差条件最优化的思想,改进MVDR(最小方差无失真响应)方法的约束条件提出了一种鲁棒性最小方差无失真响应自适应波束形成算法(R-MVDR),并对输入数据协方差矩阵和方向向量存在不确定性的情况进行了性能分析,推导给出了波束形成的加权向量和空间谱估计表达式,最后通过海上实验数据进行了验证.结果证明本文提出的算法在实际环境中有更好的方位分辨能力和干扰抑制能力.