Recent progress in AMS measurement of 182Hf at the CIAE

In order to improve the accuracy of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurement for ¹⁸²Hf/¹⁸⁰Hf, a series of measurements have been taken in the AMS laboratory at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The major ones include the instantaneous monitoring of ¹⁸⁰HfF₅^- current, testing the stability of transmission, the alternate measurements of an unknown sample and standard, and the origin identification and minimization of background ¹⁸²W. The experimental details and the improvement in the measurement accuracy, as well as some useful suggestions for better satisfying the requirements of certain practical applications, are presented in this paper.     

Light Particle and Complex Fragments Emission from 12C Induced Reactions on 58Ni,64Ni at E/A=46.2MeV

Energy spectra of light charged particles and complex fragments emitted in the interaction of 46.2MeV/u ¹²C with different target ⁵⁸Ni,⁶⁴Ni,¹²C,¹⁹⁷Au and ²⁰⁹Bi have been measured by telescopes,consisting of CsI(Tl) and surface barrier detector stacks.These telescopes for light charged particles and complex fragments have good energy resolution and mass identification.The inclusive data have been analysed within a moving source parametrization.The complex fragment yields from different targets have been compared at several angles.The systematic variation of deduced isotope yields ratios with different reaction systems is used to detemine the N/Z degree of freedom equilibration of the system achieved.     

Progress in AMS Measurement of 182Hf at CIAE

Accelerator mass spectrometry （AMS） is one of the most promising methods to detect minute amounts of 182Hf. However, the sensitivity of 5×10^-11 for ^182Hf/180Hf obtained previously by the AMS method at China Institute of Atomic Energy （CIAE） cannot meet the requirement of some applications. We present some new improvements of measurement method for AMS measurement of 182Hf at the CIAE HI？13 tandem accelerator system. As a result, a sensitivity of 1.0×10^-11 for 182Hf/180Hf is achieved.     

Study of the Reaction Mechanisms Induced by 16O on 64Ni at 96MeV

The angular distributions and Wilczynski plots of emitted fragments from He to O in reaction of ¹⁶O+⁶⁴Ni at 96MeV have been measured.The DIC cross section and intereaction time were obtained.DIC character of the reaction was discussed.The trace which shows that the emitted fragments of He and Li mainly come from the evaporation process of compound nuclei emerged.     

Radial Expansion Flow in Reactions of 40Ca+58Fe and 40Ca+58Ni

By means of using an isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Langevin equation which includes isospin-dependent symmetry energy, Coulomb energy, isospin-dependent nucleon-nucleon cross sections, Pauli blocking, and initialization, the radial expansion flow of reaction systems ⁴⁰Ca+⁵⁸Ni and ⁴⁰Ca+⁵⁸Fe at 53, 100, 150, and 200 MeV/u in the central collisions were studied. It has shown that the more neutron rich system exhibits smaller radial expansion flow. It was found that the neutron rich system had smaller threshold energy which may provide a new method to determine the isospin dependent nuclear equation of state from calculated result and linear fitting result.     

DETERMINATION OF THE AVERAGE NEUTRON ENERGY USING CROSS SECTION RATIO OF 58Ni(n,p)58m+gCo and 58Ni(n,2n)57Ni REACTIONS

The method of determination for average neutron energy from D-T reaction by using two silicon semiconductor detectors and the cross section ratios of ⁵⁸Ni(n,p)^58m+gCo and ⁵⁸Ni(n,2n)⁵⁷Ni reactions is described.The plot of the cross section ratio against the neutron energy has been obtained.The results have been compared with existing data.     

Angular and Z Distributions of the Fragments at Forward and Intermediate Angles in the Reaction of 25MeV/u 40Ar+115In,58Ni,27Al

The angular & Z distributions of foe fragments emitted in the forward and intermediary angles are measured at the reaction of 25 MeV/u ⁴⁰Ar+¹¹⁵In,⁵⁸Ni,²⁷Al. Their characteristics are investigated based on the model of Modified Qantum Molecular Dynamics (MQMD). Generally, the theoretical calculations are in good agreement with the experiment data. But in the forward angles the yield of the fragments is underestimated by MQMD model while in the case of the intermediate angle region, the calculation is higher than the experiment data in some degree for the fragments whose charge numbers are in the vicinity of the proiectile. The angular & charge distributions of the fragments are also compared with the statistical model of GEMINI. The results turn out to be that a small proportion of the statistical evaporation component exists in the forward angles while in the intermediate angle region, this component increases to some extent. However, its ratio is still small. It is found that the equilibrium evaporation component decreases gradually when the Z of the fragments becomes smaller.     

Element Distributions of Intermediate Mass Fragments Emitted in 30 MeV/u 40Ar+58,64Ni and 115In Reactions

The element distribuhons of intermediate mass fragments (IMF) emitted over an angular region of 5°—140° have been measured in the reachons of 30MeV/u ⁴⁰Ar+^58,64Ni and ¹¹⁵In. Within 20°—80° range the IMFs with Z=3-24 were observed. The IMF production cross section changes smoothly with its charge number,and the element distribuhon changes continuously when the IMF charge number increases across the charge number of the projectile. There is no strong dependence of the element distribution on the charge number of the projectile in this angular region.The transition nature of the reaction mechanism in the intermediate energy region and the power law of the IMF element distribution,as well as the dependence of element distributions on the threshold of the detectors were discussed.     

ANALYSIS FOR ENERGY SPECTRA OF LIGHT PARTICLES EMITTED FROM 12C+64Ni REACTION

Some experimental results measured for light emission particles with Z≤2 from ¹²C+⁶⁴Ni reaction at E(¹²C)=69, 56MeV are reported. A comparison between moving source model calculation and proton's spectra have been performed. Extracted parameters of the source with faster velocity are agreement with the systematic values found before. The composite particle energy spectra of α, ³He and D were analyzed by coalescence model.     

Neutrino Energy Loss by Electron Capture on Nucleus ^56Mn, ^56Fe, ^56Co and ^56Ni in Strong Electron Screening

Based on the p-f shell model, the neutrino energy loss rates for nucleus ^56Mn, ^56Fe, ^56Co and ^56Ni in the electron capture process are canvassed in and not in a strong electron screening. The results show that the neutrino energy loss rates for ^56Mn, ^56Fe, ^56Co and ^56Ni decrease about 15%, 10%, 60% and i order of magnitude correspondingly at the temperature T9 = 15 and even debase 2 orders of magnitude at the temperature T9 = 1.     

The Angular Distributions of intermediate Mass Fragments Emittsd in 30 MeV/u 40Ar+58,64Ni and 115In Reactions

The angular distributions of intermediate mass fragments with Z=3-19 emitted in 30 MeV/u ⁴⁰Ar+^58,64Ni and ¹¹⁵In reactions over an angular range of 5°—140°have been measured.Exponential distribution function: dσ/dΩ=N·exp(-θ/a) was used tO fit the measured angular distributions.We have extracted the decay factor a that can be connected with the interaction time τ, and the factor N that is related to the intensity of the emission source.The relationships of a(Z) with Z and N(Z) with Z for different reaction systems and different angular ranges have been discussed. The dependence of angular distributions on isospin and the symmetry of reaction system have also been discussed.     

AMS measurement of In-situ produced cosmogenic 10Be in Loess Quartz in Luochuan

Loess is the most important and the most typical continental classic sediments of Quaternary. So the measurement of In-situ produced cosmogenic ¹⁰Be is expected to be used for the Loess stratigraphic age. But the production rate of In-situ produced cosmogenic ¹⁰Be in Loess quartz is very low. It requires very high sensitivity and accuracy of measurement. This work has measured the concentrations of ¹⁰Be of two layers in Loess section of Luochuan including L8, L9 and the concentrations of ¹⁰Be in (of) blank sample with the HI-13 AMS system at China Insitute of Atomic Energy(CIAE), then calculated the content of ¹⁰Be in loess quartz for each layer. The ratio of ¹⁰Be/⁹Be was found in the range of 10^－13. The background of ¹⁰Be/⁹Be was about 3×10^－14.     

Calculation and Analysis of Neutron-Induced Reactions on 58Ni Below 150MeV

Based on the experimental data of the total, the nonelastic and the elastic cross sections and the elastic scattering angular distributions for n+⁵⁸Ni reactions, a set of parameters for a neutron optical model potential is obtained in the incident neutron energy region from 0.8—150MeV. Then reaction cross sections, angular distributions, energy spectra, gamma-ray production cross sections and gamma-ray production energy spectra are calculated in terms of the optical model, the distorted wave Born approximation theory, the Hauser-Feshbach theory, the exciton model and the cascade mechanism inside nuclear. The results are analyzed and compared with the existing experimental data and other evaluated data from ENBF/B-6. They are in agreement with each other within error bars.     

加速器质谱14C断代

着重介绍加速器质谱计（ＡＭＳ）１４Ｃ断代方法,北京大学近三年来ＡＭＳ１４Ｃ断代工作,还介绍了夏商周断代工程及其ＡＭＳ１４Ｃ断代工作.The method of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14 C dating, some AMS 14 C dating work in Peking University during the recent three years and the project of Xia Shang Zhou chronology are introduced.     

20 MeV以下65Cu(n,p)65Ni 反应截面及其协方差数据的评价

为满足核工程对核数据的需求,对20 MeV以下65Cu(n, p)65Ni 反应截面的实验数据进行了分析和评价,包括实验数据的收集、修正、选取、归一、误差调整和数据处理,在分析实验误差特别是关联误差的基础上构造了每家数据的协方差矩阵,最后利用样条拟合程序SPCC给出了评价截面数据和实验数据的协方差矩阵。评价不仅考虑了实验数据的误差,还考虑了数据间的相关性。To meet the needs for nuclear data engineering, the experimental data of the 65Cu(n, p)65Ni cross section below 20 MeV were analyzed and evaluated.The evaluation procedure includes the experimental data collection, correction, selection, normalization, error adjustment and data processing, especially the covariance matrix for each experimental data is constructed with the information on experimental errors and correlation errors. The evaluation cross section data and the corresponding covariance matrices were given using the spline fitting procedure SPCC. The evaluation work was done with the consideration of not only the experimental errors but also the correlation of data.     

中国原子能科学研究院的长寿命核素加速器质谱测量及其应用(英文)

加速器质谱是近年来蓬勃发展的一种十分活跃的核分析技术,其应用涉及环境科学、地质学、核物理及天体物理、生物医学等多个领域。中国原子能科学研究院的加速器质谱装置自从1989年建立至今,已经对^36Cl,^10Be,^129I,^26Al,^79Se和^41Ca等多种核素进行了成功测量。介绍了中国原子能科学研究院的加速器质谱计系统、核素的测量原理及几种相关核素的成功应用。The Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facility at the China Institute of Atomic Energy was established in 1989. The measurement methods for interesting nuclides such as ^36Cl, ^10Be, ^129I, ^26Al, ^79Se and ^41Ca etc. have been established and studies on their applications have been carried out. The facility and some interesting applications are briefly introduced.     

Research on Measurement of 182Hf with HI-13 AMS System

¹⁸²Hf with half-life of about (8.90±0.09) Ma is an extinct radionuclide and can only be produced by a supernova explosion in nature. Therefore ¹⁸²Hf is an ideal candidate nuclide for the study on possible supernova explosions in the vicinity of the earth within the last 100 million years. In addition, ¹⁸²Hf is a long-lived radionuclide of particular interest for nuclear engineering. Accurate measurement of ultra-trace ¹⁸²Hf is very important for reactor design,studies on nuclear cosmo-physics and other fields. With an accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), it is possible to detect the trace amounts of ¹⁸²Hf. In this paper, the detection method of ¹⁸²Hf with HI-13 AMS system at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) and the chemical procedures to reduce ¹⁸²W interference are presented. The energy and TOF two-dimension spectra of ¹⁸²Hf and ¹⁸³W for blank and a series of standard samples have been obtained, respectively. The ¹⁸²W contribution to the counts in ¹⁸²Hf peak was corrected by ¹⁸³W normalization. The detection sensitivity of this AMS facility for ¹⁸²Hf/¹⁸⁰Hf ratio measurement is about 4.15±10^－11 at present.     

Measurements of 79Se with AMS based on extracting molecular negative ions

A new method for measuring selenium-79 with AMS, which is based on extracting molecular negative ions, is described in this paper. According to the experimental results, the extraction ion form SeO₂^－ could depress the interference of Bromine-79 as much as 5 order levels, that is to say, the background of ⁷⁹Br can be deducted to ⁷⁹Br/Se≈10^－10. By the way, the chemical form of sample and preparation flow was also developed. Finally, three ⁷⁹Se AMS calibration standard samples with theoretical ⁷⁹Se/Se ratios of 5.06×10^－7, 6.87×10^－8, 5.40×10^－10 were obtained and the method of ⁷⁹Se measurement was set up, which actualized transmission and detection of ⁷⁹Se. By using our Bragg curve detector, the two isobars ⁷⁹Br and ⁷⁹Se could be partly identified to a certain extent and ⁷⁹Se can be identified from ⁷⁹Br about 1 order level. AMS measurements of the three calibration standard samples above were performed and good linearity was obtained. The sensitivity of the measurement is (5.16±1.80)×10^－11.     

Quasi-Elastic Scattering of 16C from 12C at 47.5 MeV/Nucleon

Differential cross sections for the quasi-elastic scattering of^16 C at 47.5 MeV/nucleon from ^12 C target are measured.Coupled-channels calculations are carried out and the optical potential parameters are obtained by fitting the experimental angular distribution.     

Developments in accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) method for 182Hf

The present detection limit for ¹⁸²Hf at CIAE HI-13 AMS systems could not satisfy various applications (e. g. detection of a nearby supernovae signal). Therefore, techniques were developed in this work to improve the AMS measurement of ¹⁸²Hf mainly on building a new injector and using a method that based on solid-phase reaction for the preparation of HfF₄ samples from HfO₂. The experimental results show that mass resolution of the injector can reached 630, and the F^－/O－ and beam current of ¹⁸⁰HfF₅^－ for HfF₄ samples produced by dry method is about 2—3 times and 1.5 times of that by previously method, respectively.