慢正电子技术在固体表面与界面研究中的应用

综述了慢正电子技术的发展以及从放射源β衰变发射出的慢正电子的慢化原理，概述了利用慢正电子技术研究固体薄膜表面和界面的基本原理和方法，并讨论了慢正电子束技术在固体薄膜表面和界面研究中的应用。     

北京慢正电子强束流运行性能测试

慢正电子强束流采用高能脉冲电子束流轰击金属钽靶, 以产生正负电子对的方式提供正电子, 作为慢正电子束流方法学研究和薄膜材料缺陷研究的束流基础. 本文是在该装置实现运行后, 对慢正电子束流的强度、能散、形貌等运行性能的测试工作的介绍, 以及慢正电子湮没多普勒测量系统的调试和标准样品的测量结果.     

一种新的灵敏核探针——慢正电子束流装置

简要介绍了广泛应用于表面科学的灵敏核探针——慢正电子束设备的原理、构造和应用 ,阐述了北京慢正电子束流装置的设计原理和性能 ,讨论了北京慢正电子束流装置今后的研究前景. A novel and compact slow positron beam line——Beijing Slow Positron Beam Line was described. The basic physical concepts of the slow positron beam and its applications were reviewed. Recent experimental results showed the converting effcicency for the total positrons from the radioisotope to slow positrons was 8×10 -5 and the moderation efficiency was 1.7×10 -4 . The future development of Beijing Intense Slow Positron Beam, based on the BEPC LINAC, was also briefly discussed.     

正电子慢化体的研究和进展

正电子湮没技术是一种研究材料的微观缺陷和相变的灵敏工具,在通常的正电子谱仪中,正电子能量为MeV量级,在样品中注入深度比较学（－100μm）,主要研究材料体内的平均缺陷密度,慢正电子束方法把正电子的能量降低为keV量级（而且可以调节）,注入比较浅（－μm）,所以是研究表面缺陷的探测手段,正电子慢化体是产生慢正电子的关键设备,对其研究有重要意义,文章综述了慢化体研究的历史和现状,从物理概念出发介绍使正电子慢化的四种可能方法和当今慢化体的五种几何排列方法,其中应用最广泛的是钨慢化体和百叶窗式的排列方式,效率最高的是惰性气体固体慢化体,而加电场慢化体是有待开发的高效慢化体。     

锆离子注入锆-4合金缺陷的慢正电子研究

采用慢正电子束多普勒展宽谱研究了Zr离子注入Zr-4合金产生的缺陷及其退火回复行为，发现经过大于离子注入剂量为1×10¹⁶cm^-2的样品所产生的缺陷在注入过程中已经回复，而对剂量为1×10¹⁵cm^-2样品做300℃退火处理，其缺陷基本回复，得出合金缺陷回复能较低的结论. 考虑到材料的缺陷含量越高，其抗腐蚀性能越差，在辐照环境下通过给材料保持一定温度，即可使其缺陷得到较好回复，从而提高材料的抗腐蚀性能.     

北京慢正电子强束流磁场输运系统设计研究

针对基于北京正负电子对撞机的慢正电子强束流系统对输运磁场的设计要求,本文对不同规格的磁场输运线圈模型、长螺线管端口处磁场的补偿以及地磁场和弯管道对正电子束流的影响等进行了计算,提出适用于本系统传输慢正电子束流的输运磁场分布、补偿线圈、调整线圈的加工参数,计算表明,系统的总体磁场不均匀度小于10髎.实际运行束流测试表明,所设计的磁场系统能够很好的将慢正电子束流输运到约16m远的样品测量室,慢正电子束斑尺寸基本没有变化,满足慢正电子束流系统的设计要求.     

脉冲慢正电子束流的直流化装置

在基于加速器的北京慢正电子强束流装置上, 用Penning-Trap技术实现了脉冲慢正电子束流的存储和直流化. 实验表明, 系统的真空度对正电子的存储效率有严重影响, 脉冲正电子的释放方式决定了直流化后束流的能量分散; 改变释放级信号波形以及释放方式可以得到能量分散小于1eV的准直流化慢正电子束流.     

第2系列ZrO2(Y2O3)薄膜的慢正电子研究

用慢正电子技术研究了在溅射时不加偏压,衬底加热３００℃,纯Ａｒ气氛下制备的用Ｙ２Ｏ３稳定的ＺｒＯ２薄膜材料（简称ＹＳＺ薄膜）,发现了ＹＳＺ薄膜在不同深度处的缺陷分布情况,退火温度对ＹＳＺ薄缺陷影响,简要讨论了致密、优质ＹＳＺ薄的制备方法。     

正电子湮没多普勒谱中的3γ/2γ分析

在慢正电子束研究表面的实验中,一般仍使用高纯Ge γ谱仪测量正电子湮没多普勒展宽能谱,对能谱的分析采用线形参数S,W,这些参数提供的信息有限. 例如,当电子与正电子在材料中形成电子偶素时,简单的线形参数非但不能表征它们,反而因它们的存在使得分析变得复杂. 本工作在对多普勒展宽能谱进行数据处理的过程中,引入正态电子偶素自衰变强度I_3γ参数,建立了从能谱中获得I_3γ参数值的方法. 以标准样品为基准,选用Ag盖帽的气凝硅胶进行I_3γ参数计算,工作表明新参数对研究介孔材料及纳米薄膜能提供更丰富的信息.     

同步辐射小角X射线反射和慢正电子湮没表征low-k SiOx薄膜

利用射频磁控溅射方法制备了低介电常数材料多孔非晶SiO_x薄膜,溅射压强从1Pa—3Pa变化,傅立叶变换红外吸收光谱测行x的范围为1≤x≤1.6.同步辐射X射线反射(XRR)测量结果显示了随着溅射压强的增大,薄膜的孔隙率(体积比)从6%上升到24%,同时估计了薄膜的厚度.慢正电子湮没多普勒展宽测量探测了薄膜中的缺陷分布信息,结果显示随着溅射压强的增加,薄膜中的E'中心缺陷增加,其抑制了电子偶素的生成,从而使S参数呈下降趋势,利用VEPFIT程序对正电子湮没结果进行了拟合,得到的膜厚与XRR结果较为接近.     

Performance of the plugged-in 22Na based slow positron beam facility

The Beijing intense slow positron beam facility is based on the 1.3 GeV linac of Beijing ElectronPositron CoUider (BEPC) aiming to produce mono-energetic intense slow positron beam for material science investigation. The plugged-in 22Na based slow positron beam section has been newly constructed to supply continuous beam time for the debugging of positron annihilation measurement stations and improve the Beijing intense slow positron beam time using efficiency. Performance testing result of the plugged-in 22Na based slow positron beam facility are reviewed in this paper, with the measurement of the beam transport efficiency, the view of beam spot, the adjustment of beam position, the measurement of beam intensity and energy spread etc. included.     

反应堆二次中子源源强计算及验证

研究建立了反应堆二次中子源源强的机理性计算方法,并计算了某核电厂反应堆第2循环装料时的二次中子源源强。为验证二次中子源源强的计算结果,计算了反应堆装料第2步完成后堆外源量程探测器的计数率,并与实测结果进行对比。源量程探测器计数率计算结果与实测结果符合得非常好,验证了二次中子源源强计算结果的正确性以及所建立的计算方法的合理性。     

Conceptual design of an intense positron source based on an LIA

Accelerator based positron sources are widely used due to their high intensity. Most of these accelerators are RF accelerators. An LIA (linear induction accelerator) is a kind of high current pulsed accelerator used for radiography. A conceptual design of an intense pulsed positron source based on an LIA is presented in the paper. One advantage of an LIA is its pulsed power being higher than conventional accelerators, which means a higher amount of primary electrons for positron generations per pulse. Another advantage of an LIA is that it is very suitable to decelerate the positron bunch generated by bremsstrahlung pair process due to its ability to adjustably shape the voltage pulse. By implementing LIA cavities to decelerate the positron bunch before it is moderated, the positron yield could be greatly increased. These features may make the LIA based positron source become a high intensity pulsed positron source.     

Development and application of the intense slow positron beam at IHEP

This paper describes the development and application of an intense slow positron beam at IHEP with regard to its two main components.The Variable-Energy Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy (VEPLS) based on the pulsing system consisting of a chopper,a prebuncher and a buncher has been constructed in order to meet the needs of materials science development.At present,the time resolution of the VEPLS can easily reach about 386 ps with a peak-to-background ratio of about 600:1.A plugged-in 22Na positron source section for adjusting the newly built experimental station and for increasing the beam operation efficiency has been constructed.A slow positron beam with an intensity of 2.5x105 e+/s and the beam profile whose diameter is 10 mm has been obtained;the moderation efficiency of the tungsten mesh moderator reaches 5.1x 10-4 as calculated with an original positron source activity of 52 mCi.     

Mesoporous titania films investigated by positron annihilation based on a slow positron beam

Tunable mesoporous titania (TiO₂) thin films were synthesized via a sol-gel method using an amphiphilic triblock copolymer F38 as the structural template. The dependence of crystalization, pore morphology and interconnectivity of TiO₂ films on the weight ratio of F38 was studied by wide-angle X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy and Doppler broadening of positron annihilation radiation spectroscopy based on a slow positron beam. By loading more F38, the crystallization of TiO₂ films is enhanced, accompanied by a decrement in oxygen vacancies/grain boundaries. Smaller and isolated mesopores are formed in the films prepared with F38 less than 15?wt%. The pore percolation occurs when the weight ratio of F38 is up to 20?wt% and larger and interconnected worm-like pores are formed.     

SIMION simulation of a slow pulsed positron beam

A new slow pulsed positron beam, including a positron source, a moderator, a chopper, a pre-buncher, a main-buncher and a sample chamber, etc, has been installed and tested. It is necessary to simulate the acceleration, transportation and space focusing of positrons to meet the needs of beam debugging and further positron annihilation experiments. The result from SIMION simulations shows that the radius of the focused positron beam is less than 5 mm, which is further confirmed in our practical debugging process.     

Development and application of the intense slow positron beam at IHEP

This paper describes the development and application of an intense slow positron beam at IHEP with regard to its two main components. The Variable-Energy Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy (VEPLS) based on the pulsing system consisting of a chopper, a prebuncher and a buncher has been constructed in order to meet the needs of materials science development. At present, the time resolution of the VEPLS can easily reach about 386ps with a peak-to-background ratio of about 600:1. A plugged-in ²²Na positron source section for adjusting the newly built experimental station and for increasing the beam operation efficiency has been constructed. A slow positron beam with an intensity of 2.5×10⁵e⁺/s and the beam profile whose diameter is 10mm has been obtained; the moderation efficiency of the tungsten mesh moderator reaches 5.1×10^－4 as calculated with an original positron source activity of 52mCi.     

Positron annihilation studies of mesoporous silica films using a slow positron beam

Positron annihilation lifetime spectra were measured for mesoporous silica films, which were synthesized using triblock copolymer (EO₁₀₆PO₇₀EO₁₀₆) as a structure-directing agent. Different positron lifetime spectra for the deposited and calcined films indicated the formation of meso-structure after calcination, which was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra and field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) observation. Open porosity or pore interconnectivity of a silica film might be evaluated by a two-dimensional positron annihilation lifetime spectrum of an uncapped film. Pore sizes and their distributions in the silica films were found to be affected by thermal treatments.     

Intense slow positron production at the 15 MeV LINAC at Argonne National Laboratory

An intense slow positron beam using a 15 MeV LINAC (average current 1.25 × 10¹⁵ e⁻/s) at the Radiation and Photochemistry Group, Chemistry Division of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has been proposed and studied. Computer simulated results optimizing the positron yield and distribution of energy and angle show that a slow positron production at 10¹⁰ e⁺/s is possible. A proposed design of an intense slow positron beam with optimal conditions of incident electron, converter/moderator configurations, and extraction/transportation is presented.