Study of radiation background at the north crossing point of the BEPCⅡ in collision mode

Understanding the radiation background at the north crossing point (NCP) in the tunnel of BEPCII is crucial for the performance safety of the High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector, and in turn of great significance for long-term stable running of the energy measurement system. Therefore, as the first step, a NaI(Tl) detector is constructed to continuously measure the radiation level of photons as background for future experiments. Furthermore, gamma and neutron dosimeters are utilized to explore the radiation distribution in the vicinity of the NCP where the HPGe detector will be located. Synthesizing all obtained information, the shielding for neutron irradiation is studied based on model-dependent theoretical analysis.     

国际地下实验室发展综述

地下实验室是开展粒子物理学、天体物理学及宇宙学等领域一些重大基础性前沿课题的重要研究场所和良好的低本底环境,建设和发展地下实验室对于一个国家的基础科学研究具有重要科学意义.目前,国际上许多国家都已经建立起地下实验室,而中国一直没有很好的地下实验室,特别是极深地下实验室.2009年,清华大学与二滩水电开发有限责任公司开展战略合作,利用锦屏山隧道建立中国首个世界最深的地下实验室--中国锦屏地下实验室(China Jinping Underground Laboratory,CJPL),并于2010年12月12日正式启用.中国锦屏地下实验室的建成,标志着中国已经具备开展物理学重大基础前沿科学研究的自主地下实验平台,对于推动我国相关领域的重大基础前沿课题的自主研究意义重大.文章对国际上一些重要地下实验室的情况进行了介绍,并对中国锦屏地下实验室的基本情况进行了介绍.     

Pattern memory analysis of second-order neural networks with time-delay

In this paper, the pattern memory of the second-order neural networks with time-delay are investigated based on the stability theory. Several sufficient conditions are obtained such that the equilibrium point is locally exponential stable when the equilibrium point located in the saturation region. These conditions can be directly derived from the synaptic connection weights and the external input of the second-order neural networks, and be verified easily. In addition, four examples are given to show the effectiveness of the results.     

Alkyl side chain length dependent compatibility of poly(4‐n‐alkylstyrene)s and 1,4‐rich polyisoprene blends

We investigated the compatibility of blends of 1,4‐rich polyisoprene (1,4‐PI) and poly(4‐n‐alkylstyrene)s with six kinds of n‐alkyl side groups, that is, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, hexyl, and octyl focusing on carbon number of alkyl groups. Poly(4‐methylstyrene)/1,4‐PI blend was turned out to be immiscible at all temperature range adopted in this work and poly(4‐ethylstyrene)/1,4‐PI blend revealed UCST type phase behavior, while the others were found to be compatible. The phase diagrams of poly(4‐ethylstyrene)/1,4‐PI blends were obtained by optical microscopy, and the temperature dependence of the Flory‐Huggins interaction parameter χ has been estimated to be χ = ?0.036 + 24/T by applying lattice theory, where T is the absolute temperature. From this relationship χ value at room temperature (298 K) was calculated to be 0.045, the value is reasonably low for miscible polymers system. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017 , 55 , 1791–1797     

Characterization of the smoothness and curvature of a marginal function for a trust-region problem

Received May 28, 1996 / Revised version received May 1, 1998 Published online October 9, 1998     

Persistence of regions with high segment density in polyethylene melts

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin-spin relaxation measurements were made on three commercial-grade polyethylenes in the melt state, free of solvent. All samples exhibit a three-component relaxation behavior, with components being assigned to amorphous low-molecular weight material (non-network fraction), amorphous entangled network fraction, and an ordered or high-segmental-density fraction, in order of decreasing relaxation times. Sample thermal history is shown to have a considerable effect on the overall relaxation behavior, and therefore on the relative amounts of each of the three components in the melt. An adequate thermal treatment of samples produces an equilibrium melt with invariant composition of the three fractions. The effects of thermal history on the relative amount of high-segment-density regions in the melt parallels its effect on the fraction of crystalline material in the solid polymer. These results are evidence for the persistence of ordered regions in polyethylene at temperatures well above the crystalline melting point of the polymer. We further comment on the nature of the two slower relaxing components and present examples of how the components manifest themselves in other polymer characterization techniques. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

断前粒子发射的同位素效应

用推广的裂变扩散模型研究了²⁸Si+^164,167,170Er→^192,195,198Pb反应中测量的断前中子、质子和α粒子多重性的激发函数.发现扩散模型能很好地拟合这些轻粒子多重性随裂变系统激发能和Pb同位素的变化趋势.表明断前粒子发射存在一个同位素效应.进而在一个考虑了裂变过程中摩擦效应的统计模型的框架内,在In和Er这两个元素的同位素链中,考察了同位素效应与裂变碎片质量不对称性和裂变系统尺度的关系.计算结果表明:同位素效应的存在不依赖于裂变系统的大小和不对称性.此外,当裂变系统具有高的中质比时,轻带电粒子发射将不再敏感于裂变延迟时间的长短,而中子发射则非常敏感.这个结果暗示对那些特别丰中子的裂变系统,轻带电粒子(质子和α粒子)的多重性对于研究热核裂变过程中的摩擦强度不是一个好的探针.     

A Brief Note on a New Cosmic “Coincidence” and New Physics

The latest results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) with regard to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) throw up some intriguing results, and the question has been asked “Does this point to new physics?” We point out that indeed all this indicates new physics on the Planck scale.     

High‐resolution solid‐state NMR study of the domain structure and molecular motion in drawn films of a vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene copolymer with 73 mol % vinylidene fluoride

The heterogeneous higher order structure and molecular motion in a single crystalline film of a vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and trifluoroethylene (TrFE) copolymer with 73 mol % VDF was investigated with the ¹H–¹³C cross‐polarization/magic‐angle spinning NMR technique. A transient oscillation was observed in plots of the ¹³C peak intensity versus the contact time for the CH₂, CHF, and CF₂ groups. On the basis of the extended cross‐relaxation theory of spin diffusion, we determined that the oscillation behavior was caused by the TrFE‐rich segments in the chain and that the crystal consisted of VDF‐rich and TrFE‐rich domains. The former had TrFE‐rich segments in VDF and TrFE fractions of 0.24 and 0.27, respectively, and the latter had VDF‐rich segments in a VDF fraction of 0.49. The spin–lattice relaxation time T_1ρH in the rotating frame for each group was minimal in the three temperature regions of β, α_b, and α_c (↑) on heating and in the two temperature regions of α_1D and α_c (↓) on cooling. The α_c (↑) and α_c (↓) processes depended on the first‐order ferroelectric phase‐transition regions on heating and cooling, respectively. The motional modes for the other processes were confirmed by the T_1ρH minimum behavior of the VDF and TrFE groups in the TrFE‐rich domain and the VDF‐rich segments in the VDF‐rich domain. The β and α_b processes were attributed to the flip–flop motion of the TrFE‐rich segments and the competitive motion of the TrFE‐ and VDF‐rich segments in the ferroelectric phase, respectively. The α_1D process was due to the one‐dimensional diffusion motion of the conformational defects along the chain in the paraelectric phase, accompanied by the trans and gauche transformation of the VDF conformers of ttg⁺tg^? and g⁺tg^?tt. The effect of the competitive motion of the TrFE‐rich segment on the thermal stability of the VDF‐rich segment in the chain near the Curie temperature was examined. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 40: 1026–1037, 2002     

Some new results of IR systems'' sensitivity equations

Typical IR systems' sensitivity equations have been established for decades, these include the NETD equation for IR imaging systems, and the acquisition and tracking range equations for IR searching and tracking systems, but they only fit the specific or simplified conditions. For example, the NETD equation can only be used for systems tested under the standard condition. In the field application, we must deal with the noise equivalent radiance difference NELD, not the NETD, and give out its explicit equation for concrete calculation. For the range equation, when the small target, often called a point source, is not strong enouph, i. e., when the target contrast is seriously decreased, we must consider the unneglectable background effect. In this paper, we summarrize some more general and valuable IR systems' sensitivity equations, which can be used for the practical engineering analysis and projection effectively.