Gamma-ray bursts at high and very high energies

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are extra-galactic and extremely energetic transient emissions of gamma rays, which are thought to be associated with the death of massive stars or the merger of compact objects in binary systems. Their huge luminosities involve the presence of a newborn stellar-mass black hole emitting a relativistic collimated outflow, which accelerates particles and produces non-thermal emissions from the radio domain to the highest energies. In this article, I review recent progresses in the understanding of GRB jet physics above 100 MeV, based on Fermi observations of bright GRBs. I discuss the physical implications of these observations and their impact on GRB modeling, and I present some prospects for GRB observation at very high energies in the near future.     

高频大功率磁绝缘线振荡器的理论设计

 初步考虑了高频率与高功率的磁绝缘线振荡器的设计问题。用在阴极端头增加发射电流的办法,在C波段理论得到了1.16GW的微波输出功率。利用增加高次谐波的办法在X波段理论获得了270MW的功率输出。     

Characteristics of urea under high pressure and high temperature

The properties of urea under high pressure and high temperature(HPHT) are studied using a China-type large volume cubic high-presentation apparatus(CHPA)(SPD-6 × 600).The samples are characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), x-ray diffraction(XRD), and Raman spectroscopy.By directly observing the macroscopic morphology of urea with SEM, it is confirmed that the melting point of urea rises with the increase of pressure.The XRD patterns of urea residues derived under different pressures show that the thermal stability of urea also increases with the increase of pressure.The XRD pattern of the urea residue confirms the presence of C_3H_5N_5O(ammeline) in the residue.A new peak emerges at 21.80°, which is different from any peak of all urea pyrolysis products under normal pressure.A more pronounced peak appears at 708 cm~(-1) in the Raman spectrum, which is produced by C–H off-plane bending.It is determined that the urea will produce a new substance with a C–H bond under HPHT, and the assessment of this substance requires further experiments.     

Hardness of materials at high temperature and high pressure

The intrinsic character of the correlation between hardness and thermodynamic properties of solids has been established. The proposed thermodynamic model of hardness allows one to easily estimate hardness and bulk moduli of known or even hypothetical solids from the data on Gibbs energy of atomization of the elements or on the enthalpy at the melting point. The correctness of this approach is illustrated by an example of the recently synthesized superhard diamond-like BC₅ and orthorhombic modification of boron, γ-B₂₈. The pressure and/or temperature dependences of hardness were calculated for a number of hard and superhard phases, i.e. diamond, cBN, B₆O, B₄C, SiC, Al₂O₃, β-B₂O₃ and β-rh boron. Excellent agreement between experimental and calculated values is observed for temperature dependences of Vickers and Knoop hardness. In addition, the model predicts that some materials can become harder than diamond at pressures in the megabar range.     

高气压大电流放电条件下的电极烧蚀

归纳了影响开关电极烧蚀量的因素,包括开关电极材料、放电条件等,分析了开关电极烧蚀特征与烧蚀后表面形貌,总结了开关电极烧蚀的主要机制电极加热和电极材料去除机制。为了延长开关工作寿命,提出了减少开关电极烧蚀的措施,包括选用抗烧蚀性能优异的材料作为开关电极材料、采用合适的开关电极结构和优化的放电条件等。     

Low-power decoupling at high spinning frequencies in high static fields

We demonstrate that heteronuclear decoupling using a Phase-Inverted Supercycled Sequence for Attenuation of Rotary ResOnance (PISSARRO) is very efficient at high spinning frequencies (ν_rot = 60 kHz) and high magnetic fields (900 MHz for protons at 21 T) even with moderate radio-frequency decoupling amplitudes (ν₁^I = 15 kHz), despite the wide range of isotropic chemical shifts of the protons and the increased effect of their chemical shift anisotropy.     

一种新型的高功率高频率同轴渡越时间振荡器

 提出了一种高频率和高功率的渡越时间振荡器,并且对其进行了理论和数值研究。这种振荡器采用同轴结构，功率容量大，不需要外加引导磁场聚焦电子束，波束相互作用区短，保持了传统渡越时间振荡器在结构上的简单性和输出信号的稳定性；运用电压为225kV和电流为11kA的电子束进行模拟，在X波段获得了峰值功率为1.4GW，频率为8.335GHz的微波输出。     

高温高压下钼的结构稳定性研究

以钼为代表的一系列过渡金属,在高温高压的相变及结构稳定性研究是实验和理论研究的热点.钼在常温常压下是bcc结构,但是在高温高压下可能的相结构一直未能确定.本文首先预测了几种高压下的结构,并计算了其自由能及力学性质.针对可能的hcp结构,我们通过新近发展的自洽晶格动力学方法,充分考虑声子间相互作用,成功获得了hcp结构高温高压声子色散曲线,结果表明hcp相在热力学及动力学上都是能够稳定存在的结构,是一种可能的高压相.     

Operating mode of high pressure straws with high spatial resolution

The article presents results of studying the operating mode of thin-walled drift tubes (straws) at flushing it with a high-pressure gas mixture, which allowed obtaining extremely high spatial resolution for straw detectors. The results of studying the radiation ageing of straws operating in this mode are also described.     

13.5 nm Schwarzschild microscope with high magnification and high resolution

A Schwarzschild microscope with a numerical aperture of 0.2 and a magnification of 130 in a 100μm field of view(FOV)is designed and is working at 13.5 nm.Meanwhile,a CCD is used as a detector with a pixel size of 13μm×13μm and imaging area of 13 mm×13 mm.The imaging quality with tolerances of system and errors of mirrors are considered.We obtain that the best on-axes object resolution can be up to about 200 nm,the average value is 230 nm,and the resolution is about 360 nm at 80μm FOV.     

高温高压下钙钛矿晶体结构变化

最近高压单晶X射线衍射实验明确显示正交晶系（Pbnm或Pnma）（钙钛矿）ABO3的高压压缩行为完全由晶体框架结构（framework）中的BO6八面体和AO12多面体的相对压缩性所确定,即对一些钙钛矿晶体,BO6较AO12多面体更易压缩时,压力导致晶体结构向高对称性结构演变;对另外一些钙钛矿,BO6较AO12多面体更不易压缩时,压力导致晶体结构向低对称性结构演变.基于价键匹配关系假设,建立多面体压缩率之间关系：βB/βA=MA/MB,由价键参数和常压晶体结构数据计算参量Mi,可以估计BO6和AO12多面体的相对压缩率,从而正确地预言高压压缩行为.文章最后引入高温高压钙钛矿倾斜相变的一般性规律,即MA/MB＞1时,相变温度和高压关系为dTc/dP＜0,当MA/MB＜1时,dTc/dP＞0。     

一种高效率和高功率的双同轴虚阴极振荡器

 提出了一种双同轴虚阴极振荡器，并对其进行了理论分析和数值模拟。这种振荡器采用了一种新的能量提取结构，将波束相互作用和能量提取分开进行。提取区内轴的左端面可以反射微波，为波束相互作用提供反馈机制；同时还可以吸收在下游漂移的电子，这有利于输出功率和效率的提高。在器件的入口处注入峰值电压为500kV的梯形脉冲时，模拟得到了瞬时峰值功率大于2.5GW，周期平均的峰值功率约1.2GW的微波输出，频率为2.175GHz，能量提取效率达到11％。输出的微波保持了传统同轴虚阴极振荡器的优点，模式纯度高、谱宽非常窄。     

高电压大电流晶闸管组件的热特性

晶闸管具有控制特性好、寿命长、噪声小等优点,目前在脉冲功率技术应用中,利用大功率晶闸管代替传统气体开关是研究趋势。晶闸管在高电压、大电流、重复频率工作条件下使用,需要对开关组件进行仔细的选型和组合。基于晶闸管的失效机理,对晶闸管组件在高电压、大电流、高di/dt,高du/dt、重复频率工作下的发热问题进行了理论分析、仿真计算和试验研究,对晶闸管组件在重复频率脉冲功率系统中的使用条件给出了理论依据。随着晶闸管工作电压、电流、频率增大,晶闸管的热损耗也越大,晶闸管的发热也越严重。为保证晶闸管安全稳定地工作,需要结温保持在安全范围内,不能长时间在重复频率下工作。     

极端条件下锆的动力学稳定性研究

过渡金属Zr具有优良的物理、化学及力学性能, 具有广泛的应用价值. 主要通过新近发展的自洽晶格动力学方法, 充分考虑声子间的相互作用, 成功获得了β-Zr的高温高压声子色散曲线, 预测了β-Zr在相图中能够稳定存在的区域, 进一步比较α-Zr, ω-Zr和β-Zr的自由能, 获得了α-β 及ω-β 相变的相边界, 构建了Zr的参考相图. 同时, 也获得了β-Zr的高温状态方程及热膨胀系数, 能够为构建Zr的全区物态方程提供有益的参考.     

Thermodynamic properties of OsB under high temperature and high pressure

The energy-volume curves of OsB have been obtained using the first-principles plane-wave ultrasoft-pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and local density approximation (LDA). Using the quasi-harmonic Debye model we first analyze the specific heat, the coefficients of thermal expansion as well as the thermodynamic Grüneisen parameter of OsB in a wide temperature range at high pressure. At temperature 300 K, the coefficients of thermal expansion α_V by LDA and GGA calculations are 1.67×10⁻⁵ 1/K and 2.01×10⁻⁵ 1/K, respectively. The specific heat of OsB at constant pressure (volume) is also calculated. Meanwhile, we find that the Debye temperature of OsB increases monotonically with increasing pressure. The present study leads to a better understanding of how the OsB materials respond to pressure and temperature.     

Techniques for high power microwave sources at high average power

Experiments on CLIA (compact linear induction accelerator), capable of generating 750 kV and 10 kA into a matched load using magnetic switching to produce 60 ns long pulses, are described. As a first application, the authors used CLIA to drive a water-cooled L-band magnetron at repetition rates as high as 250 Hz with no breakdown or pulse shortening. This gives an average power of 6.3 kW. A short burst at 1 kHz demonstrates operation that would translate to an average power of approximately 25 kW. In this regime operation is not limited by gas build-up, electrode erosion or microwhisker depletion. Currently, the authors are operating on CLIA with a high current relativistic klystron. Beams with modulated current powers of approximately 1 GW have been generated at 100 Hz for bursts as long as 5000 pulses. It is concluded that there are no apparent obstacles to much higher average powers at higher peak powers     

Graphitization of activated carbon under high pressures and high temperatures

Activated carbon was treated at 5.0 GPa up to 1600 ^°C and the structural evolution in the graphitization process was investigated. The graphitization temperature is reduced to 1200 ^°C at 5 GPa, as reflected by x-ray diffraction patterns. Honeycomb-like structures come into being in the high-pressure sintering temperature range of 1000–1100 ^°C and slice-like structures appear after graphitization. Raman frequency and half width drop drastically near the graphitization temperature, and the appearance of D and D′ lines indicates there are still some disorder structures in the graphitized activated carbon.     

Mid-infrared dual-cladding photonic crystal fiber with high birefringence and high nonlinearity

Optical Review - We propose two mid-infrared photonic crystal fibers with an elliptical As2S3 core and a dual-cladding structure with high birefringence and high nonlinearity. The cladding filling...