Brillouin scattering in ice and deuterated ice as a function of temperature

The elastic constants c₁₁, c₃₃, c₄₄ for ordinary ice and c₁₁ for D₂O ice between 12 and 250°K are deduced from light scattering Brillouin measurements for sound waves of wavevector q = 2.35 × 10⁵cm^?1. A range of temperature is found between 70 and 130°K where the elastic constants display an abnormal behaviour.     

Experimental determination of the total reaction cross section of the stellar nuclear reaction 16O + 16O

The total reaction cross section for ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O has been measured at six energies between E_c.m. = 6.8 and 11.9 MeV. Cross sections for the production of protons, alphas, neutrons, deuterons, ³¹S, ³⁰P, ¹²C(g.s.) + ²⁰Ne(g.s.) and the relative γ-yield were obtained with a variety of experimental methods. No ³H or ³He were found. All cross sections are normalized to ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O elastic scattering at θ_c.m. = 90°, which was measured separately with high precision between E_c.m. = 7.3 and 14.4 MeV. The elastic scattering and relative γ-yield of ¹²C + ¹²C were measured between E_c.m. = 3.9 and 7.5 MeV. The elastic scattering and neutron yield of ¹²C + ¹⁶O were measured between E_c.m. = 5.4 and 10.1 MeV.     

Anomalous thermoelastic behaviour of cubic potassium cyanide

The temperature dependence of all elastic constants of cubic potassium cyanide has been measured by ultrasonic methods in the range from -105.4 to 181°C. Until about 180°C all elastic wave velocities increase with higher temperatures. The behaviour of the shear constant c₄₄ is given by c₄₄ = a · logT/T₀ with a = 0.219 · 10¹¹dyn.cm^?2 and T₀ = 153.7°K with a good approximation. These unusual effects are assigned to the librational vibrations and orientational jumping processes of the CN-ions. The phase transition at -105.5°C is a consequence of the low c₄₄ value.     

Polarization in quasielastic (p,2p) scattering on a 4He nucleus at 1 GeV

The polarization of secondary protons from the (p, 2p) reaction induced by 1-GeV protons incident to a ⁴He nucleus was measured in a kinematically complete experiment. By using a two-arm magnetic spectrometer, two secondary protons from this reaction were recorded in coincidence at unequal scattering angles of Θ₁ = 18°?24.21° and Θ₂ = 53.22° over a broad range of the recoil-nucleus momentum K _B between 0 and 150 MeV/c. It was found that the measured polarization of either secondary proton is less than that observed in free elastic proton-proton scattering. The magnitude of this difference is determined by the mean binding energy of s-shell protons rather than by the effective nuclear density. The polarizations measured in inclusive quasielastic and elastic scattering of 1-GeV protons on ⁴He nuclei are presented for scattering angles in the range Θ₁ = 18° ? 24.21°.     

A study of isobaric analogue resonances in 71Ga

Differential cross-section and analysing-power excitation functions were measured for elastic proton scattering from E_p = 3.6–6.4 MeV at θ_c.m. = 90°, 115.8°, 129.8° and 155.3°. Differential cross-section angular distributions were measured at 3.56, 3.94, 5.78 and 8.98 MeV and analysing-power angular distributions at 5.78 and 8.98 MeV. Optical-model parameters were deduced from these distributions. Resonance parameters were determined for eight analogue resonances in ⁷¹Ga and neutron spectroscopic factors were calculated. These were compared with the results of previous (p, p) cross-section analyses and the results of (d, p) reactions leading to states in ⁷¹Zn.     

Thermal analysis and brillouin scattering in CaPd(CN)4·5H2O: Possibility of a phase transition near - 70°C

A small peak of specific heat has been observed in CaPd(CN)₄·5H₂O at - 70°C by differential thermal analysis indicating the possibility of a phase transition at this temperature. This hypothesis seems to be confirmed by a Brillouin scattering investigation which shows that the six elastic stiffnesses c_ii, i = 1, …, 6 are affected near the same temperature. The results are compared to those which are available in other compounds containing the planar groups M(CN)₄^2?.     

The (γ, n) reaction on 16O between giant resonance and pion threshold

A new TOF facility has been built for measurements of differential (γ, n) cross sections to discrete final states of light nuclei in the photon energy range between giant resonance and pion threshold. The observed neutron angle θ_n can continuously be varied between 0° and 150°, and additionally measurements at 175° and 180° are possible. Differential cross sections for the reaction ¹⁶O(γ, n₀)¹⁵O are presented for E_γ = 60 MeV (40° ? θ_n ? 149°) and for θ_n = 90° (60 MeV ? E_γ ? 160 MeV). The results, combined with the corresponding (γ, p₀) cross sections, indicate an absorption mechanism of high energy photons by neutron-proton pairs.     

The heavy-ion reaction channels of the system 16O + 16O

The reaction channels of the system ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O with outgoing heavy particles from lithium to magnesium have been measured using a ΔE-E telescope. Excitation functions from 49 to 65 MeV at θ_Lab = 30° and angular distributions from θ_Lab = 10° (20°) to 50° at E_Lab = 51.5 MeV are presented for the strong transitions. The excitation function of the ¹²C-²⁰Ne (4.25 MeV) channel shows a pronounced regular cross structure with peaks at 52 and 60 MeV. A selective excitation of certain states in the inelastic scattering and the ¹²C-²⁰Ne channel is observed; the yields of the other heavy-ion channels being weaker by at least one order of magnitude. An explanation of this phenomenon is given by considering the angular momentum matching between entrance and exit channels. Furthermore it is shown that no strong dependence of the cross sections on the transferred angular momentum or on the nuclear structure of the final states is observed. Possible implications of these results on the reaction mechanism are discussed.     

Microwave spectrum,centrifugal distortion,substitution structure,and dipole moment of sulfine,CH2SO

The microwave spectrum of the reactive species sulfine (CH₂SO) has been studied. Assignments of 86 transitions of the ground vibrational state normal isotopic species, with J up to 60, have allowed a thorough centrifugal distortion analysis. With planarity implied by the I_c-I_a-I_b value of 0.1333 amu $\text{A}\text{?}{}^2$, spectral assignments of seven other isotopic modifications have resulted in the following substitution bond lengths and angles: CH_syn = 1.085 Å, CH_anti = 1.077 Å, CS = 1.610 Å, SO = 1.469 Å, ?HCH = 121.86^°, ?SCH_syn = 122.51^°, ?SCH_anti = 115.63^°, and ?CSO = 122.51^°. From Stark effect measurements of the normal and d₂ species, the dipole moment has been determined to be 2.994 D, oriented 25.50° relative to the SO bond and 9.61° relative to the normal species “a” axis. At an initial pressure of 30 mTorr in a clean brass waveguide, the lifetime of sulfine at 25°C is ～30 min.     

Nuclear matter distributions for 16,17,18O from a microscopic analysis of elastic proton scattering

An analysis of 65 MeV elastic proton scattering by ^16,17,18O has been made in terms of a reformulated optical model. Matter distributions for ¹⁷O and ¹⁸O have been obtained relative to ¹⁶O. The results for the rms matter radii are R₁₇?R₁₆ = 0.04±0.03 fm and R₁₈?R₁₆ = 0.35± 0.07 fm.     

Measurements of intensities and nitrogen-broadened linewidths in the CO fundamental at low temperatures

Intensities and nitrogen-broadened half-widths of lines R(0), R(8) and R(16) in the fundamental band of ¹²C¹⁶O have been measured at 83°K, 100°K, 150°K, 200°K and 298°K. The intensities of several other lines in the P- and R-branches of the band have also been measured at 298°K. The absolute intensity derived from the line intensity data using the Herman-Wallis formula is S^°_v = 273 ± 10 cm^-2atm^-1 at S.T.P. A separate measurement employing the Wilson-Wells-Penner-Weber method has yielded S^°_v = 277 ± 4 cm^-2 atm^-1 at S.T.P. Both of these values are within 6 per cent of most of the previously published direct measurements of this parameter. The values for the line intensities reported earlier by other authors are lower by nearly 16 per cent.     

Mößbauereffekt in Eisenstilben und FeCl2·H2O

Using Mößbauer effect measurements in the temperature range between 3 °K and 310 °K the magnetic fields at the nucleus in iron-stilbene, FeCl₂·H₂O and FeCl₃ are determined to beH _T=0=(250±10) kOe, (252±18) kOe and (468±10) kOe; a Néel-temperature ofT _N=(23±1) °K is measured for iron-stilbene. The electric quadrupole splittings atT=0 °K for iron-stilbene and FeCl₂ ·H ₂ O, ΔE=(+2.52±0.02) mm/sec and (+2.50±0.05) mm/sec, yield electric field gradients at the iron nucleus ofq _z=+9.7·10¹⁷ V/cm² and +9.6·10¹⁷ V/cm², whereq _z⊥H; Debyetemperatures of θ=162 °K and 188 °K are obtained. The energy of the excited 3d-electron levels in iron-stilbene is estimated to Δ₁=309 cm^?1 and Δ₂=618cm^?1 as deduced from the temperature dependence ofΔE. In contrast to the suggestion ofEuler andWillstaedt bivalence of the iron in ironstilbene is found; its composition is shown to be 4(FeCl₂ ·H ₂O)·stilbene.     

Interference between nuclear resonance and nuclear Thomson scattering of photons

The elastic differential scattering cross section from ⁵⁵Mn has been measured at θ = 140° with E_γ = 5.5–11.4 MeV photons. Evidence for destructive interference between nuclear resonance (NR) scattering and nuclear Thomson (NT) scattering has been obtained.     

Electric moments of the first excited state of 18O

The static quadrupole moment Q_2⁺ and the B(E2; 0⁺ → 2⁺) value of the first excited state of ¹⁸O at e_x = 1.982 MeV have been determined using the reorientation effect in Coulomb excitation. Surface-barrier detectors at laboratory angles of 90° and 174° were used to detect ¹⁸O ions elastically and inelastically scattered from ²⁰⁸Pb. At both angles, we determined experimentally the maximum bombarding energies at which nuclear interference effects were negligible. It is found that Q_⁺ = ?0.023 ± 0.021 e · b (?0.052 ± 0.021 e · b) for destructive (constructive) interference from higher states. This result is in good agreement with theoretical expectation. For the transition moment we find B(E2; 0⁺ → 2⁺) = 0.00390 ± 0.00018 e² · b² (0.00371 ± 0.00018 e² · b²) for destructive (constructive) interference.     

Resonance-like structures in10B(10B,α)16O excitation functions

Excitation functions of the¹⁰B+¹⁰B elastic scattering at 80° (c.m.) and of the¹⁰B(¹⁰B,α)¹⁶O reaction at 5° (cm.) and 175° (c.m.) have been measured simultaneously for c.m. energies between 3 and 10 MeV. Whereas the elastic scattering is varying smoothly with energy, large resonant structures of intermediate width of about 600 keV have been found for the first time near 40 MeV excitation of²⁰Ne in most reaction channels to¹⁶O.     

Scattering and reactions of 14C + 14C and 14C + 14C

We have studied elastic scattering, inelastic scattering and several transfer channels of the systems ¹⁴C + ¹⁴C and ¹⁴C + ¹²C over a wide range of energies up to E_c.m. = 35 eMeV and 32 MeV, respectively. The reaction channels were identified by means of kinematic coincidences between solid-state detectors, γγ coincidences were measured to determine cross sections for mutual inelastic scattering of ¹⁴C + ¹⁴C.Pronounced regular gross structures, similar to those found for ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O, are observed in the elastic excitation function of ¹⁴C + ¹⁴C at θ_c.m. = 90°, The angular distributions measured at the energies of the maxima and an optical-model analysis suggest that one or a few surface partial waves dominate the scattering behaviour. Correlated structure of narrower width is found in the inelastic channels and, to a lesser degree, in the transfer channels which appear with rather small cross sections.In ¹⁴C + ¹²C elastic scattering the gross structures are strongly fragmented, in contrast to ¹⁴C + ¹⁴C but similar to ¹²C + ¹²C. While the ¹²C(2⁺) excitation is very weak, the observed strengths of the ¹⁴C(3^?) excitation and of neutron transfer point to a substantial role of these channels as coupling partners to the elastic configuration and to their influence on the elastic scattering behaviour. A correlated intermediate structure is observed near 23.5 MeV, where a dominance of l = 18 is suggested by the elastic scattering angular distribution. This unexpectedly high l-value exceeds l_graz at this energy by at least two units of ?.     

Elastic scattering and fusion cross sections of 13C+13C

The ¹³C+¹³C total fusion cross section has been determined in the range 3.26⩽E_c.m.⩽8.0 MeV using Ge(Li) detector measurements of low-lying transitions in the residual nuclei and a statistical model calculation of excited state populations. The six most abundantly produced residual nuclei have been observed and their yields are given. To constrain the parameters in fusion models for these reactions, we have also taken elastic scattering data at θ_c.m.=60°, 70°, 80°, and 90° for 4.5⩽E_c.m.⩽8.5 MeV, as well as angular distributions at E_c.m.=7.0 and 8.0 MeV. The IWBC model and an optical model with a “shallow” potential have been used for parametrizing the nucleus-nucleus interaction.     

Elastic and inelastic scattering of identical heavy ions

The elastic and inelastic scattering of ¹²C, ¹²C, ²⁴Mg, ²⁴Mg, ²⁸Si, ²⁸Si was studied at bombarding energies E_c.m. = 5–18.8, 20–33, 29–36 MeV, respectively. The experimental arrangement includes two position sensitive detectors covering the angular ranges from O₁₂₄ = 20°–70°. The results are compared to calculations within the framework of the diffraction and optical model. A phase shift analysis is performed for the elastic scattering data of the ¹²C+¹²C system. It is shown that a shallow nuclei potential in needed to reproduce the ²⁸Si+²⁸Si results and that the ¹²C, ¹²C scattering shows evidence of resonance formation in the elastic channel.