强激光对燃烧室壳体的热-力毁伤研究

基于ANSYS有限元软件, 按有无内压作用, 分别对激光辐照下燃烧室壳体的温度场、热应力、应变与损伤进行了计算与分析.分析表明, 壳体的温度场分布与光束的功率分布一致, 光斑中心温度最高.壳体中应力最大值不在光斑中心, 而是位于光斑边缘处, 在壳体吸收的激光功率密度超过1 000 W/cm²时, 壳体中应力大于材料的强度极限, 壳体均会发生软化.在存在内部燃气压力的情况下, 壳体应力会产生局部集中, 沿壳体环向表面通过光斑中心中轴线区域很有可能裂口;相比较无内压的壳体, 存在内压的壳体中的应力和产生的形变均大于无内压时的壳体.因此, 为达到相同的毁伤效果, 在存在内压的情况下, 可以适当的降低激光的辐照强度.     

Modeling cluster jets as targets for high-power ultrashort laser pulses

A hydrodynamic model is formulated that describes the formation of clusters in atomic gas jets expanding into vacuum, which are used as laser plasma targets. Detailed model calculations performed for an argon gas jet describe spatial distributions of the density of gas and cluster phases formed in the Laval nozzle at room temperature in a broad range of entrance gas pressures. The cluster density distribution is significantly inhomogeneous. The cluster distribution features revealed by the model calculations were qualitatively confirmed by the X-ray spectroscopic measurements of the spatial distribution of emission from the plasma created in the jet tar-gets by high-power ultrashort laser pulses.     

强激光对燃烧室壳体的热-力毁伤研究

基于ANSYS有限元软件,按有无内压作用,分别对激光辐照下燃烧室壳体的温度场、热应力、应变与损伤进行了计算与分析.分析表明,壳体的温度场分布与光束的功率分布一致,光斑中心温度最高.壳体中应力最大值不在光斑中心,而是位于光斑边缘处,在壳体吸收的激光功率密度超过1 000W/cm2时,壳体中应力大于材料的强度极限,壳体均会发生软化.在存在内部燃气压力的情况下,壳体应力会产生局部集中,沿壳体环向表面通过光斑中心中轴线区域很有可能裂口;相比较无内压的壳体,存在内压的壳体中的应力和产生的形变均大于无内压时的壳体.因此,为达到相同的毁伤效果,在存在内压的情况下,可以适当的降低激光的辐照强度.     

Superfluidity-insulator phase transition in ensemble of Fermi atoms in optical lattice

An ultracold Fermi gas in an optical lattice with a parabolic potential is modeled by the quantum Monte Carlo method. The gas density profile is calculated in the Hubbard model; it is shown that a domain with a density of one atom per site is formed in the trap that corresponds to the Mott insulator state. The insulator phase is surrounded by a superfluid region occupying the center of the trap, as well as its periphery.     

Resonant soft X-ray reflectivity as a sensitive probe to investigate polished zinc sulphide surface

Resonant soft X-ray reflectivity measurements at and near the L₃ absorption edge of sulphur have been performed on mechanically polished zinc sulphide using Indus-1 synchrotron source. A sulphur rich surface (∼15 nm thick) consisting of two layers with gradient electron density distribution was uniquely determined. As compared to bulk ZnS, the top layer has ∼30-50% less electron density whereas, the intermediate layer has ∼10-18% less electron density. Conventional hard X-ray reflectivity measurement at Cu Kα wavelength also indicates low electron density (sulphur rich) surface of ZnS but the technique was found insensitive for unique determination of electron density distribution. Optical constants of ZnS in the soft X-ray region (100-250 eV) have been reported for the first time and were in good agreement with the theoretically reported values.     

Formation of a plane layer of plasma under irradiation by a soft X-ray source

We investigate theoretically the formation of a plasma in a plane layer of polymer foam (density ρ = 0.002 g/cm³ and thickness 800 μm) under the action of an external source of soft X-ray radiation under the conditions of PHELIX experiments. The incident flux is assumed to have a Planck’s distribution over the spectrum with T _rad = 20–40 eV. In numerical calculations, the flux of incident X-ray radiation and the spectral constants of the target substance are varied. The action of an external X-ray radiation source on a low-density foam substance with a density of 2 mg/cm³ causes a plasma to be formed with relatively homogeneous profiles of density and temperature T = 15–35 eV. Absorption of externalradiation energy is distributed in the volume. The plasma temperature increases with increase in the external energy, and the energy passed through the plasma also increases. The results prove to be sensitive to the values of optical constants used in numeral simulation. The spectral flux of external radiation passed through the plasma is chosen as a criterion of correctness of the optical constants used in the calculations. In future experiments using the PHELIX facility, we plan to investigate the slowing-down of an ion beam in a plasma formed as a result of indirect heating of low-density polymer triacetate cellulose (TAC) foam with densities ρ = 0.001–0.01 g/cm³ under the action of a pulse of X-ray radiation, into which the laser radiation is preliminarily transformed.     

Waves in plasma formed by above-threshold ionization of gas atoms

In the regime of above-threshold ionization of gas atom in the field of laser radiation, plasma with photoelectron distribution consisting of peaks at discrete energy values is formed. It is shown that the number of longitudinal waves in such plasma coincides with the number of peaks in the distribution function. When peaks practically don't overlap, the dispersion law of each wave in the region of short waves is determined by electrons from the corresponding peak. In this case the phase and group velocities of the waves are close to the electron velocity, which corresponds to the peak maximum. It is possible to talk about such waves as an electronic sound, since the perturbations of the electron density mainly arise due to pressure perturbations. When the peaks are narrow, but having a finite width, the Cherenkov damping of waves is exponentially small. Numerical calculations the dispersion laws for of the two and four waves in photoionized xenon plasma, in which the electron distribution function consists of two or four narrow peaks are given.     

High-quality two-dimensional electron gas at an inverted undoped heterointerface

A back-gated undoped heterostructure, in which a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is formed at the inverted undoped heterointerface through the back-side field effect, offers the possibility of high mobility and the feasibility of fabricating several kinds of back-gated structures. We used such a 2DEG system to fabricate a Corbino-disk structure. The results for the back-gated Corbino-disk structure show that the density of the 2DEG is well controlled by the back-gate bias and the fine structures corresponding to the integer and fractional quantized Hall effects are clearly observed, reflecting the high quality of the 2DEG formed in the undoped heterostructure. The characteristics in a low magnetic field region confirm the homogeneous back-gate control of the 2DEG down to a density of less than 10¹⁰cm⁻².     

Letter: Irreversible Processes in a Universe Modelled as a Mixture of a Chaplygin Gas and Radiation

The evolution of a Universe modelled as a mixture of a Chaplygin gas and radiation is determined by taking into account irreversible processes. This mixture could interpolate periods of a radiation dominated, a matter dominated and a cosmological constant dominated Universe. The results of a Universe modelled by this mixture are compared with the results of a mixture whose constituents are radiation and quintessence. Among other results it is shown that: (a) for both models there exists a period of a past deceleration with a present acceleration; (b) the slope of the acceleration of the Universe modelled as a mixture of a Chaplygin gas with radiation is more pronounced than that modelled as a mixture of quintessence and radiation; (c) the energy density of the Chaplygin gas tends to a constant value at earlier times than the energy density of quintessence does; (d) the energy density of radiation for both mixtures coincide and decay more rapidly than the energy densities of the Chaplygin gas and of quintessence.     

Z箍缩动态黑腔冲击波辐射图像诊断

在“聚龙一号”装置上开展了单层钨丝阵加载重泡沫的动态黑腔实验, 初步研究了Z 箍缩动态黑腔中冲击波传播和黑腔形成的物理过程. 获得了冲击波辐射环的演化图像, 分析了丝阵等离子体与泡沫的作用过程及动态黑腔内的辐射特性. 测得冲击波的向心传播速度为(14.2±1.7) cm/μs, 冲击波平均宽度为0.8-0.9 mm. 冲击波辐射环的发光强度沿角向分布的标准偏差约为±10%, 中心黑腔区的标准偏差约为±4.2%.     

等离子体中氖输运及辐射特性模拟

通过假定一定的温度和密度分布,数值求解了一维等离子体连续性方程,获得了杂质氖电离态分布及辐射功率随空间位置和时间的变化.计算结果显示,在杂质注入时间较短时,由于离子输运及各种损失机制,总杂质密度在空间分布尚未达到平衡,电离态离子主要分布在等离子体周边,完全电离离子所占份额很小.当时间达到0.2s时,氖在等离子体中完全达到平衡状态,体积辐射功率趋于一个稳定的数值.达到平衡状态后,芯部一个很大范围内氖杂质主要以Ne 10离子型态存在,辐射功率以轫致辐射为主,因此辐射功率较小.辐射功率在空间的分布随时间变化较小,主要分布在等离子体周边及边界层一个狭小的辐射带内,说明氖引起的辐射主要由低电离态离子引起.     

Competition of Short-Range and Long-Range Mechanisms of Spectral Line Broadening in Emission of Atomic and Molecular Gases

An analogy is shown for broadening the spectral line of atoms in the case of competition between the short-range Doppler broadening mechanism and the long-range impact mechanism in atomic gases, as well as for the absorption band of a molecular gas in the infrared (IR) region of the spectrum, where the longrange part of the spectrum is also determined by the impact mechanism of the broadening. The long-range part in the pedestal region of the absorption band is associated with the distribution of molecules over the rotational states, and, in the range of wings of the absorption band, it is due to a finite time of collisions between emitting and perturbed molecules. The flux of resonant radiation produced by an excited atomic gas is estimated using the concepts of the spectral absorption band and a large optical thickness of the gas. These concepts are used for a molecular gas where, in the framework of the regular model (the Elsasser model), expressions are given for the absorption coefficient related to a specific spectral absorption band, separately in the pedestal region and for wings of the absorption band. As a demonstration of the possibilities of these concepts, the IR flux is calculated on the surface of Venus from its atmosphere, which includes seven vibrational transitions of the carbon dioxide molecule and amounts to 26% of the total flux of IR radiation emitted by the Venus surface. An analysis of the Venus energy balance leads to the conclusion that the main part of IR radiation of the Venus atmosphere falling on its surface is formed by a microscopic dust in the Venus atmosphere. This channel of the Venus energy balance is realized if the mass of a microscopic dust in the Venus atmosphere is seven orders of magnitude less than the mass of atmospheric carbon dioxide.     

电子束离子阱对中性气体电荷交换的光谱诊断

在实验室天体物理研究中,电子束离子阱(EBIT)是极端紫外(EUV)和X射线波段能谱分析的重要实验平台,其中EBIT中心残余的中性气体对离子产生存在显著影响。研究了阱区中心残余中性气体对电荷态分布的影响,发现阱区中心残余中性气体和高电荷态离子之间的电荷/能量交换过程不仅影响离子的电荷分布, 而且对激发函数(离子分布比例随电子能量关系曲线)有着极大的影响。利用电离平衡分析方法成功诊断出阱区中心区域残留的中性气体分子数密度,以及内腔室的真空度。     

Experimental investigation of supersonic radiation propagation in low-density plastic and copper-doped foams

1 Introduction The investigation of supersonic radiation wave transporting in low density foam pro-duced by thermal radiation is of crucial importance in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research[1]. When the intense radiation flux is incident in the media, first, a supersonic heat wave is formed which propagates into the undisturbed material. In time, due to the increasing mass of heated material, it slows down and is overtaken by a shock wave,thus becoming of the ablative type. Normally, …     

Formation region of emitted α and heavier particles inside radioactive nuclei

We investigate the formation distance(R_0) from the center of the radioactive parent nucleus at which the emitted cluster is most probably formed. The calculations are performed microscopically starting with the solution to the time-independent Schr?dinger wave equation for the cluster-core system, using nuclear potentials based on the Skyrme-SLy4 nucleon-nucleon interactions and folding Coulomb potential, to determine the incident and transmitted wave functions of the system. Our results show that the emitted cluster is mostly formed in the pre-surface region of the nucleus, under the effect of Pauli blocking from the saturated core density. The deeper α-formation distance inside the nucleus allows less preformation probability and indicates a more stable nucleus for a longer half-life. Furthermore, the α-particle tends to be formed at a slightly deeper region inside the nuclei, with larger isospin asymmetry, and in the closed shell nuclei. Regarding the heavy clusters, we observed that the formation distance of the emitted clusters heavier than α-particle increased via increasing the isospin asymmetry of the formed cluster rather than by increasing its mass number. The partial half-life of a certain cluster-decay mode increased with increase of either the mass number or the isospin asymmetry of the emitted cluster.     

黑腔中等离子体相互作用的流体力学现象观测

激光间接驱动惯性约束聚变实验中,黑腔内情况复杂,在激光烧蚀和辐射烧蚀等的驱动下,光斑区、冕区、纯辐射烧蚀区、射流区的多种等离子体以不同规律运动.发展了X光双能段窄能带的时间分辨成像方法,用以观测黑腔内多种等离子体的运动情况.在真空黑腔中观测到清晰的射流,分析了射流产生机制及其速度;在黑腔中充气,能有效消除射流和抑制冕区等离子体运动,但两种物质界面处可能会出现流体力学不稳定性等现象,分析了界面处的压力平衡关系和密度陡变情况.     

Investigation of the X-ray radiation produced by a diffusive discharge in the rod-plane geometry under atmospheric pressure

Spatial parameters of the X-ray radiation produced by a high-voltage nanosecond discharge evolving in air under atmospheric pressure in the rod (cathode)-plane electrode system with a 10-cm electrode spacing are studied experimentally. A ∼170-ns voltage pulse with an amplitude of ∼200 kV and 10-ns rise time is applied to the cathode. The photoelectronic method is used to study, under the same conditions, the integrated (over the gap) characteristics of the radiation, in particular, the duration of its generation. It is found that, when the size of the X-ray source is not smaller than that of the discharge region of diffusive luminescence, radiation from the cathode region of the gap is primarily observed (i.e., from the region where the electric field distribution is sharply inhomogeneous). The X-ray generation is usually observed after the bridging of the discharge gap, the X-ray pulse having a rise time of ∼3 ns, a duration of ∼10 ns, and an effective radiation energy of ∼6 keV.     

Low-Frequency Behavior of the Spectral Energy Distribution Function of Equilibrium Radiation in a Degenerate Electron Gas

The low-frequency asymptotic behavior of the spectral energy distribution density of equilibrium radiation in a collisionless degenerate electron gas is studied. It is shown that the spatial dispersion in the electron gas permittivity leads to a logarithmic singularity in the spectral density distribution at low frequencies, similar to that we previously obtained for a Maxwellian plasma. In this case, the contribution of low frequencies to the total radiation energy remains finite. The results of the analytical consideration coincide with the numerical calculation.     

Increased Power Concentration and its Effects on the Discharge Parameters of the Low Pressure Hg-rare Gas Positive Column. II. Variation of Tube Radius

The reduction of the tube radius is an effective technique for enhancing power concentration. The increased wall losses are compensated by larger field strengths, which counteract the decrease in radiation efficiency with rising current density. The causal relationships are investigated for tube radii of 18-4 mm at constant discharge current i = 200 mA and constant current density j = 1.2 mA/mm² and for parameter variation of the field strength only. The measured efficiencies of the Hg-resonance lines 254 and 185 nm and the electron energy distribution functions agree well with the calculated values. Moreover, the results of the model calculations provide information on the elementary processes involved, such as elastic losses, collisions of second kind, stepwise processes and Coulomb interaction. The results show that Hg-rare gas discharge with tube radii R = 5–10 mm are no less suitable for light production than those with radii between 13 and 18 mm.     

双束黑洞靶辐射特性实验研究

本文着重介绍在“神光”装置上两路对打黑洞靶辐射特性实验研究。利用两台配置时标装置的亚千电子伏能谱仪(Dante)进行时间关联测量,分别监测双束靶吸收转换区和内爆压缩区泄漏X光谱脉冲波形、辐射能谱、辐射温度、辐射时间谱及其辐射温度随时间变化关系。同时进行了大量不同型号黑洞靶实验,给出吸收转换区辐射温度随注入激光能量面密度变化的关系曲线及其定标关系式。实验中,首次把掠入射平面反射镜用于亚千X光能谱测量,并取得预想的结果。