Simulation study of neutrino nucleus crosssection measurement in a segmented detectorat a spallation neutron source

Knowledge of ν_e-Fe/Pb differential cross sections for ν_e energy below several tens of MeV scale is believed to be crucial in understanding supernova physics. In a segmented detector at a spallation neutron source, ν_e energy reconstructed from the electron range measurement is strongly affected because both multiple scattering and electromagnetic showers occur along the electron passage in target materials. In order to estimate these effects, a simulation study has been performed with a cube block model assuming perfect tracking precision. The energy spectrum distortion is observed to be proportional to the atomic number of the target material. Feasibility of unfolding the distorted ν_e energy spectrum is studied for both Fe and Pb. An evaluation of the statistical accuracy attainable is therefore provided for a segmented detector.     

Monitoring the energy variation of an electron linac using a Cerenkov detector

A new method to monitor the energy variation of a multi-energy electron linac by combining a Cerenkov detector and a CsI(Tl) detector is reported. The signals in the Cerenkov detector show an appreciable but different dependence on the energy of the electron linac from the traditional CsI(T1) detector due to the particular response of the former to charged electrons with high velocity above threshold. The method is more convenient than the HVL (half-value layer) method which is commonly employed to calibrate the energy of an electron linac for real time monitoring. The preliminary validity of the method is verified in a dual-energy electron linac with 6 MeV and 3 MeV gears. Moreover, the method combining the Cerenkov detector and the CsI(Tl) detector is applicable to probe the X-ray spectrum hardened by the inspected material and may serve as a novel tool for material discrimination with effective atomic number in radiation imaging.     

Measurement of spin correlation in tt production using a matrix element approach

We determine the fraction of tt events with spin correlation, assuming that the spin of the top quark is either correlated with the spin of the top antiquark as predicted by the standard model or is uncorrelated. For the first time we use a matrix-element-based approach to study tt spin correlation. We use tt → W+ b W- b → ?+ νb?- ν b final states produced in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV, where ? denotes an electron or a muon. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb(-1) and were collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The result agrees with the standard model prediction. We exclude the hypothesis that the spins of the tt are uncorrelated at the 97.7% C.L.     

Manifestation of the bulk phase transition in the edge energy spectrum in a two-dimensional bilayer electron system

We use a quasi-Corbino sample geometry with independent contacts to different edge states in the quantum Hall effect regime to investigate the edge energy spectrum of a bilayer electron system at a total filling factor of ν=2. By analyzing nonlinear I–V curves in normal and tilted magnetic fields, we conclude that the edge energy spectrum is in a close connection with the bulk one. At the bulk phase transition spin-singlet-canted antiferromagnetic phase, the I–V curve becomes linear, indicating the disappearance or strong narrowing of the ν=1 incompressible strip at the edge of the sample.     

Results from the MUNU experiment on neutrino-electron scattering

The MUNU experiment studies electron antineutrino-electron elastic scattering. The detector is a time projection chamber surrounded by an anti-Compton detector. The distance between the reactor (serving as the neutrino source) and the detector is 18 m. Here, data are presented corresponding to 66.6-d live time reactor on and 16.7-d reactor off. The electron recoil spectrum obtained by using a visual scanning procedure is presented. The upper limit on the neutrino magnetic moment ν_π<1.0×10^?10π_B is derived.     

基于复合结构的气体电子倍增器增益模拟和实验研究

气体电子倍增器(GEM)作为高性能的微结构气体探测器在高能物理相关领域内得到了广泛的研究和应用.其中增益是GEM探测器基本性能研究中的一个重要参数,该值的精确测量至关重要.增益的测量一般采用电流测量或者能谱测量方法,但均存在精度较低或者过程繁琐的问题,且无法精确测量低增益值.针对GEM探测器增益的精确测量,本文提出了一种由GEM探测器与微网结构气体探测器(MM)级联构成的复合结构探测器(GEM-MM).利用GEM-MM结构以相对方法实现GEM增益的精确测量.该方法既可以省去传统方法中复杂的电子学标定过程,同时不需要进行原初电离电子数的估算,保证了增益的精确测量,并且可以实现GEM低增益的测量.基于GEM-MM测量GEM增益的原理,本文首先对GEM-MM电荷输运过程进行了模拟研究,优化了合适的工作电压.比较了三种不同类型和配比工作气体下GEM增益模拟结果,并在Ar/iC_4H_(10)(95/5)气体中测量了单层GEM在3—24范围内的有效增益.不同Penning系数下GEM增益的模拟结果表明,Penning系数为0.32时GEM增益的模拟结果与实验测量结果符合得很好.由此可以确定一个大气压下的Ar/iC_4H_(10)(95/5)气体中,Penning系数为0.32±0.01.     

Neutron detection using a crystal ball calorimeter

The program of experiments of the A2 Collaboration performed on a beam of tagged photons of the MAMI electron microtron in Mainz (Germany) includes precision measurements of the total and differential cross sections of the pion photoproduction on neutrons of a deuterium target. The determination of the detector ability to detect neutrons is undoubtedly one of the important problems of the experiment. The calorimetric system of the detector contains a segmented NaI Crystal Ball detector, which gives information about the position, energy, and detection time of neutral and charged particles in a wide angular range. In this work, we describe the measurement of the neutron detection efficiency in the energy range from 20 to 400MeV. The results are compared with BNL data obtained on a pion beam and proton target.     

Application of a scanning electron microscope in simulating a beta-emission-induced current

The current induced by emission from a thin ⁶³Ni layer is simulated with allowance for the real spectrum of ejected electrons and their angular distribution in Si and GaN. The calculated results are compared with simulation data obtained for a monoenergetic electron beam perpendicular to the semiconductor detector. For both Si and GaN, the ratio between the currents induced by the SEM beam and β emission from ⁶³Ni is demonstrated to be almost completely independent of the diffusion length, if the electron-beam energy of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) is appropriately selected.     

Observation of the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ)

We report the observation of the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ?- ν(?) based on 342 fb(-1) of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+ e- storage rings at SLAC. A simultaneous fit to three D(s)(+) decay chains is performed to extract the signal yield from measurements of the squared missing mass in the B meson decay. We observe the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ?- ν(?) with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations (including systematic uncertainties) and measure its branching fraction to be B(B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ?- ν(?)) = [6.13(-1.03)(+1.04)(stat)±0.43(syst)±0.51(B(D(s)))]×10(-4), where the last error reflects the limited knowledge of the D(s) branching fractions.     

Cross section and parity-violating spin asymmetries of W± boson production in polarized p + p collisions at sqrt[s] = 500 GeV

Large parity-violating longitudinal single-spin asymmetries A(L)(e+) = -0.86(-0.14) (+0.30) and A(L)(e-) = 0.88(-0.71) (+0.12) are observed for inclusive high transverse momentum electrons and positrons in polarized p+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s] = 500 GeV with the PHENIX detector at RHIC. These e± come mainly from the decay of W± and Z0 bosons, and their asymmetries directly demonstrate parity violation in the couplings of the W± to the light quarks. The observed electron and positron yields were used to estimate W± boson production cross sections for the e± channels of σ(pp → W+ X) × BR(W+ → e+ ν(e)) = 144.1 ± 21.2(stat)(-10.3) (+3.4) (syst) ± 21.6(norm) pb, and σ(pp → W- X) × BR(W- → e- ν[over ˉ](e)) = 31.7 ± 12.1(stat)(-8.2) (+10.1) (syst) ± 4.8(norm) pb.     

基于塑料闪烁光纤阵列的γ射线位置灵敏探测器数值模拟

基于蒙特卡罗的模拟方法,设计了一个基于塑料闪烁光纤阵列的γ射线位置灵敏探测器并对其性能进行了系统的研究。分析了该探测器在高能γ粒子辐照下的康普顿散射特性和圆形塑料闪烁光纤的能量泄漏情况,发现随着入射能量的不同,康普顿边缘峰值也相应变化,并且和入射光子能量一一对应。考虑阵列间粒子串扰的情况下,利用此特性得到该位置灵敏探测器在0.8~7.0 MeV的γ入射能量下,能量分辨率和空间分辨率分别能够达到10%和cm量级。但由于闪烁光纤原子序数较低,在较高能区的探测效率也较低,只有15%左右或更低。这就使得利用闪烁光纤阵列探测器不能同时满足较好的空间分辨率和能量分辨率,两者出现一定的矛盾。     

Intracavity spectroscopy of high-temperature water vapor in the region of 1.06 μm

The absorption spectrum of water vapor is studied in the region of 9375–9460 cm^?1 and at temperatures within 300–1200 K using an intracavity laser spectrometer based on a Nd laser having a threshold absorption sensitivity of 10^?8 cm^?1. More than 270 absorption lines are detected in the high-temperature spectrum of water vapor, 70% of which are assigned to ten vibrational bands: 3ν₂ + ν₃, 2ν₁ + ν₂, ν₁ + ν₂ + ν₃, ν₂ + 2ν₃, ν₁ + 3ν₂, 3ν₃ ? ν₂, 2ν₂ + 2ν₃ ? ν₂, ν₁ + 2ν₂ + ν₃ ? ν₂, 2ν₁ + ν₃ ? ν₂, and ν₂ + 3ν₃ ? 2ν₂. The vibrational-rotational energy levels are determined.     

Spectrum of coherent transition radiation generated by a modulated electron beam

The spectrum of coherent transition radiation has been recorded with the use of a Martin–Puplett interferometer. It has been shown that the spectrum includes monochromatic lines that are caused by the modulation of an electron beam with the frequency of an accelerating radio-frequency field ν_RF and correspond to resonances at ν _k = kν_RF k ≤ 10. To determine the length of an electron bunch from the measurement of the spectrum from a single bunch, it is necessary to use a spectrometer with the resolution Δν_sp > ν_RF.     

CAEP远红外100 μm FEL自发辐射谱的实验研究

在FEL实验中,电子束通过摇摆器,一方面由于周期性磁场作用,电子束轨迹要周期性的摆动,另一方面还要辐射同FEL辐射波长一致的自发辐射,该辐射谱反映电子束、摇摆器集成后的参数。在CAEP(Institute of China Academic Engineering Physics)远红外100 μm FEL实验中,自发辐射谱通过Ge∶Ga低温探头和远红外100 μm光栅谱仪测量。文章侧重从实际摇摆器磁场分析了远红外100 μm FEL的自发辐射谱。     

MC模拟无卷积全谱转换法测量X，γ辐射剂量

为了更好地进行环境X/γ辐射剂量的测量,通过对电制冷高纯锗探测器蒙特卡罗建模获取0.01～1.5 MeV能量范围内的能谱和剂量（率）值,并利用无卷积全谱转换法进行能谱-剂量转换研究。研究发现,通过无卷积全谱转换法计算得到的剂量率与模拟剂量率符合较好;通过在中国计量研究院环境γ辐射空气吸收剂量标准辐射场中进行Co-60和Cs-137放射源剂量率实验验证,结果显示,在0.01～1.5 MeV的能量范围内,通过能谱-剂量转换得到剂量率与标准剂量率的误差小于±10%,这表明通过无卷积全谱转换法进行能谱-剂量（率）转换系数的求解是可行的。     

通过相位内插与补偿提高相干平均线谱检测性能

针对现有基于相位补偿的相干平均检测方法相位补偿不准确引起线谱检测性能下降的问题,提出了一种改进的相干平均线谱检测方法。该方法在使用FFT估计分段长度不等于信号周期整数倍引起的各段信号之间的相位差时,采用频域三点插值获得精确相位差估计,在相干平均前对分段数据乘以一个复系数,以消除该相位差使相位同步。理论分析表明,改进方法能获得最大3.9dB的增益。通过计算机仿真比较了非相干的平均功率谱法、相干平均法、改进的相干平均法的检测性能,与理论分析基本一致,验证了改进方法有更强的线谱检测能力。      

强流电子束中ν/γ的物理意义

 从Lawson和Humphries公式以及强流束中的储能导出ν/γ的表达式(ν为Budker参数,γ为相对论因子),对它的物理含义作了充分说明。可用它来表征强流束的总体性质,它代表了强流束的自场横向电磁能与轴向动能之比。     

One-dimensional diffusion of Pb atoms on the Si(553)-Au surface

One-dimensional diffusion along long atomic chains of the Si(553)-Au surface is studied with scanning tunneling microscopy. Ab initio calculations reveal aligned preferential adsorption sites between Si step edge atomic chain and double Au atomic chain on each terrace. At 220 K the Pb atoms hop between shallow potential basins forming a potential groove and move parallel to the atomic chains. By combining the results of measurements with the model calculations of the Pb atoms static energy on the Si(553)-Au surface the attempt frequency ν? is determined.     

Improving coherent averaging line spectrum detection with phase interpolation and compensation

For the purpose of resolving the problem of performance deterioration introduced by inaccurate phase compensation in existing coherent averaging line spectrum detectors,a modified coherent detector is proposed.The three point interpolation in frequency domain is applied to obtain accurate estimate of phase difference between segments when the segmented length is not an integral multiple of the signal period.Then the segmented data are multiplied by a complex coefficient to remove the phase difference and synchronize the phases of all the segments before coherent averaging.Theoretical analysis shows that there will be a gain of3.9 dB at most by using the modified detector.The detection performance of the incoherent averaging power spectrum detector(AVGPR),the phase coherent averaging detector,the modified coherent averaging detector are compared with each other by computer simulations.The results coincide basically with the theoretical analysis,which show the superiority of the modified detector to the former two detectors.     

Mass and magnetic moment of the antiproton by the exotic atom method

Precision determinations of the mass and magnetic moment of the antiproton were made by the exotic atom method. Antiprotons were stopped in lead or uranium targets. De-excitation X-rays from the antiprotonic atoms were viewed by a high resolution Ge (Li) detector. Six principal transitions of the p?Pb spectrum (16 → 15 to 11 → 10) were analyzed to deduce a value of the antiproton mass. The fine structure splittings of the 11 → 10 and 12 → 11 transitions of p?Pb and p?U were used to determine a value of the antiproton magnetic moment. Our computed values of the energy eigenvalues of the (n, l, j) levels included corrections due to vacuum polarization and higher order radiative terms, electron screening, nuclear finite size and nuclear polarization. In the case of the p?U data, an additional shift due to the dynamic E2 mixing of nuclear rotational levels with antiprotonic orbital levels was included. Noncircular transitions were included in the analysis of the data. The values obtained for the antiproton mass and magnetic moment, 938.179±0.058 MeV and ? 2.791±0.021 nuclear magnetons, respectively, are compared with the corresponding quantities pertaining to the proton, 938.2796 ± 0.0027 MeV and +2.793 nuclear magnetons, respectively (error 1.1 × 10^?6 nuclear magnetons).