High energy heavy ion interactions studied with SSNTDs

We have continued our studies of heavy ion projectile fragmentation using nuclear track detectors. Based on automatic track measurement it was possible to perform experiments with high statistical significance. Beams of different ions from the Berkeley BEVALAC, the Dubna Synchrophasotron, the Brookhaven AGS and the GSI Darmstadt SIS have been used. With CR-39 and BP-1 glass detectors we have studied the process of electromagnetic dissociation, we investigated multifragmentation and continued the search for quark nuclear complexes. This paper gives an overview of these experiments. Details of the experimental technique are discussed.     

中高能28Si碎裂截面研究进展

介绍了利用CR-39探测器对28Si与不同靶作用的电荷变化总截面和分截面的研究进展,给出723AMeV 28Si与碳靶作用电荷变化总截面和分截面的最新实验结果。对28Si与靶核反应电荷变化总截面和分截面与束流能量和靶核质量的关系进行了讨论,发现束流能量大于200 AMeV时,中高能28Si与不同靶核反应电荷变化总截面与束流能量无关,分截面表现出明显的奇偶效应,且随靶核质量数的增加而增加。In this paper, the development of the total and partial charge changing cross sections of 28Si ions beam in different targets using the CR-39 detectors are reviewed. The newest experimental results of the total and partial charge changing cross sections of 28Si in carbon target at 723 AMeV are presented. The dependence of the target mass and the cross sections of 28Si including the total and the partial charge changing cross sections are discussed. It is found that the total charge changing cross sections of 28Si are independent of the energy when the energy of the ions beam is greater than 200 AMeV. The partial charge changing cross sections show an obviously odd-even effect, and increase with the increasing of the mass number of the target.     

Study of projectile fragmentation in the reaction (158 A GeV) Pb + Pb using CR-39

The fragmentation of Pb ions at 158 A GeV energy produced in the interaction with Pb target has been studied using a CR-39 track detector. A stack comprising of 64 detectors was prepared such that a target of 1 cm thickness was sandwiched between the sheets of CR-39. The purpose of this exposure geometry was to calibrate CR-39 with respect to relativistic heavy ions as well as to study the fragmentation of Pb ions at 158 A GeV energy. The exposure was carried out at the SPS beam facility of CERN at normal incidence with a fluence of . Two detectors from the exposed stack have been selected for this study: one before and the other after the target material. After etching, the detectors were scanned using an optical microscope and the etched track lengths and the diameters of the track openings were measured manually. Considering that the lengths of tracks provide the best charge resolution for Z>65, we have measured track lengths for a sufficiently large number of fragments to identify individual charge states for 65<Z<83. The total charge-changing cross section has also been determined.     

Projectile fragmentation of O and S at 3.65 GeV/n on several targets

We investigate the charge changing collisions for ¹⁶O and ³²S beams at 3.65 GeV/n on several targets, by using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD). Track measurements were performed by an automatic measurement system. We determined the total charge changing cross sections and the elemental cross sections for the production of fragments of charge 9 ≤ Z ≤ 14. Comparison with theoretical models as well as with experimental data are given.     

Projectile fragmentation of silicon ions at 490 A MeV

Fragmentation cross sections are essential input parameters for propagation calculations which describe the effect of shielding against cosmic ray heavy nuclei by the walls of spacecraft or planetary habitat. Cross sections for the breakup of different elements are needed for different types of target material and for a wide range of energy.

For this purpose, we have extended our studies of projectile fragmentation. By using stacks containing CR-39 track detectors and targets ranging from CH₂ to Pb we have measured total and elemental fragmentation cross sections for fragments with charges Z_F>5, for silicon projectiles with energies of 490 AMeV. These new data sets allow us to improve our knowledge about the target and energy dependence of fragmentation cross sections.     

The fragmentation of 20Ne at 400 A MeV

The total charge-changing cross sections and partial cross sections for the production of projectile fragments are measured in the interactions of 400 A MeV ²⁰Ne with aluminum, carbon and polyethylene targets sandwiched with CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors. The measured total charge-changing cross sections are compared with the predictions using the Bradt-Peters semi-empirical formula, and the NUCFRAG2 and PHITS models. It is shown that the measured experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical model prediction and other experimental results, and it can be clearly seen that the partial cross sections for fragment production show obvious odd-even effects.     

Low mass dileptons from Pb + Au collisions at 158 A.GeV

The medium modification of vector meson properties in hot/dense hadronic matter and its role in explaining the CERES/NA45 dilepton data at different centralities are discussed.     

Interaction of 12.7 GeV He ions with U, Pb, Au and Ag targets

The processes of production of fragments Z 8 in the interactions of 12.7 GeV ⁴He with U, Pb, Au and Ag have been analyzed using the polycarbonate track detector Makrofol. A sandwich technique was used which enables direct evidence for multiple fragment emission by a single nucleus. The decay channels ending with one, two or more (three, four) fragments were detected. A classification scheme based on the multiplicity of heavy fragments M_H (Z> 20) was used in order to identify events belonging to the different reaction channels. Cross sections, excitation energies and multiplicities of intermediate mass fragments (8 Z 20) have been evaluated for various reaction mechanisms. The experimental features of the fragmentation process have been analyzed as a function of the target mass.     

基于RIBLL2的奇特原子核电荷改变截面实验测量进展

电荷半径是原子核最基本的物理观测量之一,反映了原子核内的质子分布。精确的电荷半径测量是研究奇特原子核结构的重要手段。在相对论能区,通过高精度测量原子核的电荷改变截面来提取电荷半径是近年来发展起来的一种新方法,这种方法尤其适于探索产额很低的奇特原子核。自2013年以来,北京航空航天大学-中国科学院近代物理研究所课题组基于兰州第二条次级束流线（RIBLL2）,提出并建成原子核电荷改变截面测量平台,研制了相关的TOF-△E探测器系统,开展了轻核区二十余个原子核的电荷改变截面的实验测量工作。介绍了实验平台研制情况、初步结果以及下一步计划。Charge radius is one of the most fundamental observables of atomic nuclei, reflecting the proton distributions in nuclei. Their precision measurements have severed as a key tool to study nuclear structure. Recently, a novel method to deduce charge radii has been developed via precise measurements of charge-changing cross sections(CCCS) of exotic nuclei at relativistic energies. This method is in particular suitable for investigation of exotic nuclei with low production yield. In 2013, we proposed to make such measurements for exotic nuclei lighter than oxygen based on the RIBLL2 beam line. Since then, the TOF-△E detector system for particleidentification(PID) and the CCCS platform have been constructed, continuously optimized and tested. So far CCCS measurements on a carbon target have been performed for more than 20 isotopes. In this contribution, we will introduce the progress of detector development, the progress in PID, and our experimental progress and plan.     

Theoretical Analysis of Neutron Double-Differential Cross Section of n+10B at 14.2 MeV

By using a new reaction model for light nuclei, the double-differential cross sections of n+ 10B reactions atEn ＝ 14.2 MeV have been analyzed. In the case of n+10B reactions there are over one hundred opened partial reactionchannels. Besides the sequential particle emissions, there is also the three-body breakup process, in which the kinematicsis classified into four types. In this paper the opened reaction channels are listed in detail with the LUNF code, withwhich the model calculation is performed to analyze the total outgoing neutron double-differential cross sections. All ofthe fittings agree fairly well with the measurements. The calculation results indicate that the pre-equilibrium mechanismdominates the whole reaction processes, and the recoil effect in light nuclear reaction is essentially important.     

低能电子入射电离He原子二重微分截面的理论研究

研究了低能电子入射单电离He原子的二重微分截面(DDCS)，通过对散射电子三重微分截面在全空间的角度积分得到敲出电子的DDCS.分别用DS3C模型和BBK模型计算了入射能为26.3，28.3，30.3，32.5，34.3，36.5和40.7eV时，低能电子入射电离He原子的DDCS；研究表明：DS3C的计算结果，除在低入射能(比如26.3eV)和小敲出角之外，均能与绝对测量的实验结果较好地符合.此外，对直接和交换效应也进行了研究，给出了交换效应对截面的贡献.     

Observation of the reaction products formed in the interaction of 3.65 A GeV O ions with thick copper target at wide angles

Experiments have been carried out to study the ‘heavy fragments’ emitted at wide angles in the interaction of 3.65 A GeV ¹⁶O ions with a thick Cu target, using a stack of CR-39 track detectors. Diametric distribution in a stack registering ¹⁶O-beam halo are compared with diameters observed in a stack placed downstream at an angle of 25°. There is a strong indication that the heavy fragments are scattered at large angles.     

Calculations of state-selective differential cross sections for charge transfer in collisions between O3+ and H2

The non-dissociative charge-transfer processes in collisions between O^3＋ and H2 are investigated by using the quantum-mechanical molecular-orbital coupled-channel （QMOCC） method. The adiabatic potentials and radial coupling matrix elements utilized in the QMOCC calculations are obtained with the spin-coupled valence-bond approach. Electronic and vibrational state-selective differential cross sections are presented for projectile energies of 0.1, 1.0 and 10.0eV/u in the H2 orientation angles of 45° and 89°. The electronic and the vibrational state-selective differential cross sections show similar behaviours： they decrease as the scattering angle increases, and beyond a specific angle the oscillating structures appear. Moreover, it is also found that the vibrational state-selective differential cross sections are strongly orientation-dependent, which provides a possibility to determine the orientations of molecule H2 by identifying the vibrational state-selective differential scattering processes.     

A measurement of cross sections for 16O Al and 16O Pb interactions at 60 and 200 GeV/c per nucleon

Cross sections are measured for ¹⁶O collisions with A1 and Pb. Dependences on beam momentum and atomic number are compared with data obtained at much lower beam momenta.     

160Gd(n,2n)159Gd和158Gd(n,p)158Eu反应截面测量

报道了在13.5—14.6MeV中子能区用活化法测得的¹⁶⁰Gd(n,2n)¹⁵⁹Gd和¹⁵⁸Gd(n,p)¹⁵⁸Eu的 反应截面值. 中子注量用⁹³Nb(n, 2n)⁹²m Nb反应截面得到. 由(13.5±0.2)MeV,(14.1±0.1)MeV和(14.6±0.2)MeV中子引起的¹⁶⁰Gd(n, 2n) ¹⁵⁹Gd反应截面值分别为(1940±83)mb, (2324±92)mb和(1983±77)mb, ¹⁵⁸Gd(n, p) ¹⁵⁸Eu反应截面值分别为(1.9±0.1)mb, (2.1±0.1)mb和(3.5±0.1)mb. 单能中子由T(d, n)⁴He反应获得.文中还列举了已收集到的数据以作比较.     

中高能电子电离He原子的二重微分截面

这篇文章用BBK和DS3C模型,计算了入射能为100,200,300,400和600 eV等中、高能情况下,电子入射电离He原子的二重微分截面(DDCS),给出了散射电子和敲出电子截面的角分布.散射电子和敲出电子的二重微分截面分别通过敲出电子和散射电子三重微分截面(TDCS)在全空间的角度积分而得到,所有的理论结果与有效的实验测量进行了比较.研究表明:除400和600 ev的高入射能之外,理论结果均能与绝对测量的实验结果较好的符合.     

Measurement of the absolute Raman scattering cross sections of sulfur and the standoff Raman detection of a 6‐mm‐thick sulfur specimen at 1500 m

The absolute Raman scattering cross sections (σ_RS) for the 471, 217, and 153 cm⁻¹ modes of sulfur were measured as 6.0 ± 1.2 × 10⁻²⁷, 7.7 ± 1.6 × 10⁻²⁷, and 1.2 ± 0.24 × 10⁻²⁶ cm² at 815, 799, and 794 nm, respectively, using a 785‐nm pump laser. The corresponding values of σ_RS at 1120, 1089, and 1081 nm were determined to be 1.5 ± 0.3 × 10⁻²⁷, 1.2 ± 0.24 × 10⁻²⁷, and 1.2 ± 0.24 × 10⁻²⁷ cm² using a 1064‐nm laser. A temperature‐controlled, small‐cavity (2.125 mm diameter) blackbody source was used to calibrate the signal output of the Raman spectrometers for these measurements. Standoff Raman detection of a 6‐mm‐thick sulfur specimen located at 1500 m from the pump laser and the Raman spectrometer was made using a 1.4‐W, CW, 785‐nm pump laser. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Projectile fragment emission in the fragmentation of 56Fe on C,Al and CH2 targets at 471 A MeV

The emission angle and the transverse momentum distributions of projectile fragments produced in the fragmentation of 56Fe on CHs, C and A1 targets at 471 A MeV are measured. It is found that for the same target, the average value and width of the angular distribution decrease with an increase of the projectile fragment charge; for the same projectile fragment, the average value of the distribution increases and the width of the distribution decreases with increasing the target charge number. The transverse momentum distribution of a projectile fragment can be explained by a single Gaussian distribution and the averaged transverse momentum per nucleon decreases with the increase of the charge of projectile fragment. The cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution of a projectile fragment can be explained well by a single Rayleigh distribution. The temperature parameter of the emission source of the projectile fragment, calculated from the cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution, decreases with the increase of the size of the projectile fragment.