Simulation and analysis of 13N+p elastic resonance scattering

The ^13 N＋p elastic resonance scattering has been studied at the secondary radioactive beam facility of CIAE in inverse kinematics via a thick-target method. The excitation function for the ^13N（p,p） scattering was obtained in the energy interval of Ecru ≈0.5-3.2 MeV with a ^13 N secondary beam of （47.8±1.5） MeV. Careful analysis of the secondary beam components and extensive Monte-Carlo simulations enable the resolution of the experimental proton spectra. The resonance parameters for five low-lying levels in ^14 O were deduced by Rmatrix fitting calculations with MULTI7 and SAMMY-M6-BETA. The present results show general agreement with those from a recent similar work, and thus confirm the observation of a new 0^- level at 5.7 MeV in 140 with an improved width of 400（45） keV.     

Surface Diffuseness Anomaly in 16O+208Pb Quasi-elastic Scattering at Backward Angle

The quasi-elastic scattering excitation function of the doubly magic ^16O＋^208 Pb system at a backward angle is measured at sub-barrier energies with high precision. The diffuseness parameters extracted from both the singlechannel and the coupled-channels calculations give almost the same value a = 0.76 ± 0.04 fro. The results show that the coupling effect is negligible for the spherical system. The obtained value is smaller than the extracted value from the fusion excitation function, but larger than the value of a -- 0.63 fm, which is from the systematic analysis of elastic scattering data.     

Exotic Behaviour of Angular Dispersion of Weakly Bound Nucleus ^17F at Small Angles

The differential cross sections of ^17F and ^17O elastic scattering products on ^208Pb have been measured at the Radioactive Ion Beam Line at Lanzhou （RIBLL）. Two angular dispersion plots of In（ dσ/ dθ ） versus 02 are obtained from the angular distribution of the elastic scattering differential cross sections. The angular dispersion plot exhibits a clear turning point for ^17F in the range of small scattering angles 6°-2° due to its exotic structure, but for ^17O, the turning point is not observed in the same angular range. The experimental results have been compared with previous data of other groups. Systematical analysis on the available data supports the above conclusion that there is an exotic behaviour of the angular dispersion plot of weakly bound nuclei with halo or skin structure as compared with that of the ordinary nuclei near stable line. Therefore the turning point of the angular dispersion plot appears at small angle for weakly bound nuclei with halo or skin structure, and can be used as a new probe to investigate the halo and skin phenomena of weakly bound nuclei.     

Unusual Threshold Anomaly in the ^6Li＋^208Pb System

The angular distributions of elastic scattering for the ^6Li ＋^208Pb system have been measured at several energies around the Coulomb barrier. The parameters of optical potential are extracted by means of a phenomenological optical model analysis. It is found that the real and imaginal potentials show a pronounced energy dependence. The behaviour of the potential at the nearly especially sub-barrier energies in the ^6Li＋^208Pb system is quite different from the results of some previous reports observed in other systems, such as ^19F＋^208Pb and ^16O＋^208Pb. This unusual threshold phenomenon indicates that breakup channel is strongly coupled with the elastic channel and has obvious effects on optical potential.     

Angular Dispersion and Deflection Function for Heavy Ion Elastic Scattering

The differential cross sections for elastic scattering products of ^17F on ^208Pb have been measured. The angular dispersion plots of ln（dσ/dθ） versus θ^2 are obtained from the angular distribution of the elastic scattering differential cross sections. Systematical analysis on the angular dispersion for the available experimental data indicates that there is an angular dispersion turning angle at forward angular range within the grazing angle. This turning angle can be clarified as nucleal rainbow in classical deflection function. The exotic behaviour of the nuclear rainbow angle offers a new probe to investigate the halo and skin phenomena.     

Levels in 13N examined by 12C p elastic resonance scattering with thick target

The elastic resonance scattering of 12C p has been studied in inverse kinematics via a novel thick target method at GIRAFFE facility of HI-13 tandem accelerator laboratory, Beijing. The recoil protons were measured by a △E-E counter telescope based on a large area double-sided silicon strip detector at laboratory angles around θ0 = 15°. The excitation function for 12C(p,p) elastic scattering has been obtained over a wide energy range of Ec.m.=0.31—3.45 MeV, which was explained quite well by the R-matrix calculation with known resonance parameters of the first three levels in 13N nucleus. Thus it is demonstrated that the present setup can be directly applied to the study of elastic resonance scattering with secondary radioactive beams.     

Excited Stated in ^207Rn

Excited states ^207Rn are investigated via the^196Pt(^16O,Sn)^207 Rn reaction at beam energies from 85 to 95 MeV using techniques of in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy.Measurements of γ-ray excitation function,x-γ and γ-γ-t conincidences are performed with ten BGO(AC) HPGe detectors.Based on these measurements,a level scheme of ^207Rn,including 17 γ-rays and 18 levels,is established.Spins for most of the levels are proposed according to the measured DCO ratios.The level struccture is compared with a weak-coupling calculation using the interaction energies extracted from neighbouring nuclei.     

CDCC Approaches and Roles of Closed Channels in d-Nucleus Reactions

The effect of deuteron breakup in d-nucleus reaction is treated with the continuum discretized coupled channels （CDCC） approach, and the effects on the total reaction cross sections and elastic scattering angular distributions are studied by comparing the calculations of CDCC and spherical optical model with our global deuteron optical potential [Phys. Rev. C 73 （2006） 054605] below 200 MeV, for target nuclei ranging from ^12C to ^208Pb. The contributions from the closed channels to the total reaction and breakup cross sections, and angular distributions of elastic scattering are also seriously discussed.     

Charge Densities of Unstable Nuclei with Electron Scattering

Relativistic mean-field theory and phase-shift analysis are combined together to investigate the elastic Coulomb scattering between electrons and unstable nuclei. Electron scattering at several different energies is studied and compared, in order to see the energy dependence of electron-nucleus scattering. It is shown that electron scattering at 200 MeV or 300 MeV can be used to reveal electron-nucleus scattering information around the first diffraction minimum. Shifts in opposite directions are obtained for the first diffraction minima of the electron scattering off the ground and first excited states of ^17F with ^16O as reference, and similar effects are obtained for ^18Ne. Besides, some neutron-rich N = 8 isotones are also studied. Results show that electron scattering will be very useful and important in studying both proton- and neutron-rich nuclei in the future.     

Cross Section of Heavy Ion Reaction （14.5 MeV/u） ^132Xe ＋ Bi

We investigate the cross section of the heavy ion reaction （14.5 MeV/u） ^132Xe ＋ Bi by using a CR-39 plastic track detector. The target-detector assembly is exposed at UNILAC beam facility of GSI, Germany. After etching under appropriate etching conditions, the detector is scanned for multipronged events produced as a result of interactions of projectile ions with target atoms. The elastic events are separated from binary events and used for the determination of the quarter-point angle. The quarter-point angle obtained is used to determine the total reaction cross section. The total experimental reaction cross section is determined by using statistics of inelastic events of two-pronged and higher multiplicity events. The experimental reaction cross sections determined by using elastic and inelastic data observed in the reaction under study are found to be in good agreement with the theoretically calculated value of reaction cross section using a sharp cutoff model.     

Resonance scattering of canonical elastic shells in absorbing fluid medium

Resonance scattering of elastic spherical shell and cylindrical shell while the surrounding fluid medium has absorption is studied. The normal mode solution derived using exact elastic theory and the separation of variables is still applicable. However, the scattering form function has to be modified for the absorbing medium, otherwise the unreasonable result would be obtained. The backscattering form function in the absorbing medium is redefined, and the form function of elastic spherical and cylindrical shell with vacuum or solid matter filled is calculated in various absorption conditions. The results show that the absorption of surrounding fluid leads to notable attenuation of the coincidence resonances in the mid-frequency, but it has a little influence on the low-frequency resonance scattering induced by the filler inside the shell.     

Transient saturation absorption spectroscopy excited near the band gap at high excitation carrier density in GaAs

Transient saturation absorption spectroscopy in GaAs thin films was investigated using femtosecond pump and supercontinuum probe technique at excitation densities higher than 1×10^{19}cm^{-3}. The Coulomb enhancement factor of the electron－hole plasma results in a spectrum hole at the pump wavelength. Two distinct transmission peaks at two sides of the pump wavelength are observed, arising from the bleaching of transitions from the heavy- and light-hole bands to the conduction band. The dynamic process of the transient saturation absorption is fitted using a bi-exponential function. The fast decay process is dominated by the carrier-phonon scattering and the slow process may be attributed to the electron－hole recombination.     

Decay of the 67-μs Isomer in ^142Pm

Excited states in ^142pm are investigated via the ^12sTe(^19F, 5n)^142pm reaction at beam energies from 75 to 95 MeV by using techniques of in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy. Measurements of γ-ray excitation function, X-γ and γ-γ-t coincidences are performed with 10 BGO(AC)HPGe detectors. Decay of the previously known 67-μs isomer in     

Excitation Function Measurement in Reaction of ^19F＋^27Al

The measurement of excitation functions for the strongly dissipative collision with the reaction system of ^19F ^27Al has been carried out at the China Institute of Atoraic Energy, Beijing. The ^19F^8 beam was extracted from the HI-13 tandem accelerator. The beam incident energies were varied from 110 to 118.75 MeV in steps of 250 keV. The self-supporting ^27A1 target foil with the thickness of 60μg/cm^2 was used. The detector arrangement is shown in Fig.1.     

Computation and analysis of the Bessel beam scattering by a submerged elastic sphere

Taking an elastic sphere for example,the acoustic scattering of a submerged object illuminated by a Bessel beam is studied.The partial wave series representation for an elastic sphere has been extended to the case of Bessel beam scattering.Referring to the scattering of a plane wave,the peak to peak intervals in backscattering form function caused by the interference of the specular wave and the Franz wave have been analyzed in geometry.The influence of the characteristic parameterβof a Bessel beam on the peak to peak intervals has been indicated,and a predictive formula of the peak to peak intervals has been established for the first time.Meanwhile the elastic scattering of each partial wave has been separated based on the Resonance Scattering Theory.The influence ofβon the pure elastic resonance has been studied further.The results show that selecting specificβcan reduce the contribution of a certain partial wave.Therefore the resonance at the corresponding frequency and the nearby region in the backscattering is remarkably suppressed.The work of this paper could be helpful to the applications of Bessel beams on the acoustic detection of submerged objects.     

Upconversion Luminescence Dynamics in Er^3＋/Yb^3＋ Codoped Nanocrystalline Yttria

The upconversion luminescence and dynamics in Er^3＋ /Yb^3＋ codoped nanocrystalline yttria （7-65 nm） are studied under 980-nm pulsed laser excitation, It is found that the red emission of ^4F9/2-^4I15/2 and the green emission of ^2H11/2/^4S3/2 in nanoparticles with lower concentration of Yb^3＋ result from a two-photon excitation, In nanocrystals with higher Yb^3＋ concentration, the red emissions from a two-photon excitation, while the green emissions from a three-photon excitation, The luminescence dynamics indicates that as the particle size decreases, both the rise and the decay time constants become shorter, As the size decreases to several nanometres, the rise process nearly disappears, suggesting that the upconversion luminescence originates mainly from self-excitation of Er^3＋, instead of the energy transfer of Yb^3＋→ Er^3＋.     

Largely Deformed Dinuclear System Formed in ^19F ＋^27Al Dissipative Collision

Excitation functions are measured for different charge products of the ^19F＋^27AI reaction in the laboratory energy range 110.25-118.75MeV in steps of 250keV at θlab=57°,31° and -29°. The coherence rotation angular velocities of the intermediate dinuclear systems formed in the reaction are extracted from the cross section energy autocorrelation functions. Compared the angular velocity extracted from the experimental data with the ones deduced from the sticking limit, it is indicated that a larger deformation of the intermediate dinuclear system exists.     

Quasielastic Scattering of the Halo Nucleus ^6He at 25 MeV／u from a ^9Be Target

The differential cross sections of quasielastic scattering of a 25 MeV/u ^6He from ^9Be target have been measured.The double-folding model approach is applied to generate the real part of the optical potential. The imaginary potential parameters as well as some of the real potential parameters are studied in comparison with the experimental data. The effect of the unstable nucleus is discussed.     

Energy calibration of a BC501A liquid scintillator using a γ-γ coincidence technique

An accurate energy calibration of a BC501A liquid scintillator by means of Compton scattering of γ-rays is described.The energy resolution and the position of the Compton edge have been precisely determined using a γ-γ coincidence technique and fitting the coincidence spectrum with a Gaussian function superimposed on a quadratic polynomial for the background.The position of the Compton edge relative to the position of the maximum and the half height of the distribution in dependence on the relevant energy resolution is discussed in detail.The results indicate that the maximum energy of the recoil Compton electron does not occur at the half height distribution but at 0.90±0.05 of the maximum height in the energy range considered.The energy resolution varies from 15.6% to 8.02% for electrons in the energy region from 0.5 MeV to 3 MeV.     

Further Analysis of Neutron Double-Differential Cross Section of n ＋ ^16O at 14.1 MeV and 18 MeV

By using a new reaction model for light nuclei, the double-differential cross section of total outgoing neutron with LUNF code for n＋^16O reactions at En=14.1 MeV and 18 MeV have been calculated and analyzed. In this paper the opened reaction channels, which have contribution to emitting the neutrons, are listed in detail. To improve the fitting results the direct inelastic scattering mechanism is involved. The calculating results agree fairly well with the experimental data at E,~ = 14.1 MeV and the deviation from calculated results and experimental data in low energy region at En= 18 MeV has been analyzed. Since the possibility of 5He has been affirmed theoretically [J.S. Zhang, Sci. Chin. G 47 （2004） 137], so 5He emission from n＋ ^16O reaction is taken into account, which plays an important role at the region of the outgoing neutron energy εn〈3 MeV in total outgoing neutron energy-angular spectrum. The calculated results indicate that the pre-equilibrium mechanism dominates the whole reaction processes, and the recoil effect in light nuclear reactions is essentially important.