Lake Baikal neutrino experiment: Selected results

We review the present status of the Lake Baikal neutrino experiment and present selected physics results obtained during the consecutive stages of the stepwise upgrade of the detector: from NT-36 to NT-96. The results cover atmospheric muons, neutrino events, neutrinos of very high energy, searches for neutrino events from WIMP annihilation, searches for magnetic monopoles, and environmental studies. We also describe an air Cherenkov array developed for studying the angular resolution of NT-200. From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 63, No. 6, 2000, pp. 1027–1036. Original English Text Copyright ? 2000 by Balkanov, Belolaptikov, Bezrukov, Budnev, Chensky, Danilchenko, Dzhilkibaev, Domogatsky, Doroshenko, Fialkovsky, Gaponenko, Garus, Gress, Kiss, Klimov, Klimushin, Koshechkin, Kuznetzov, Kulepov, Kuzmichev, Lovzov, Laudenskaite, Lubsandorzhiev, Milenin, Mirgazov, Moseiko, Netikov, Osipova, Panfilov, Parfenov, Pavlov, Pliskovsky, Pokhil, Popova, Rozanov, Sokalski, Spiering, Streicher, Tarashansky, Toht, Thon, Vasiliev, Wischnewski, Yashin. This article was submitted by the authors in English.     

Elemental analysis of fertilizer using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

In recent years, the use of fertilizers has increased to achieve high growth rate of agriculture products. With this increase the chemical impact of agricultural activities on the environment has also been enhanced. In order to keep the environment healthy, and clean, it is necessary to identify contaminants and characterize the sources of contamination. In this study, a comprehensive chemical characterization of a DAP fertilizer has been carried out using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Phosphorous, manganese, magnesium, iron, titanium, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, aluminum, chromium, lead, and uranium traces are detected. Relative abundances of Phosphorous, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, iron, titanium, nickel, vanadium, calcium, cobalt, cadmium, tin are 26.64, 17.75, 13 97, 8.25, 7.97, 7.11, 5.07, 3.15, 2.94, 1.94, 1,55, 1.73 percent, respectively, whereas relative abundances of sulfur, aluminum, chromium, lead, and uranium are less than 1% and their sum is 1.93% of the total sample.     

The Lake Baikal neutrino experiment

We review the present status of the Baikal neutrino experiment. The structure and parameters of the neutrino telescope NT-200, which was put into operation in April 1998, are described. Selected methodological results are presented. Physics results cover separating up-going muons from atmospheric neutrinos, searches for neutrino events from WIMP annihilation, searches for magnetic monopoles, and high-energy neutrinos. From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 66, No. 3, 2003, pp. 530–535. Original English Text Copyright ? 2003 by Balkanov, Belolaptikov, Bezrukov, Budnev, Chensky, Danilchenko, Dzhilkibaev, Domogatsky, Fialkovsky, Gaponenko, O. Gress, T. Gress, Il'yasov, Klabukov, Klimov, Klimushin, Koshechkin, Konischev, Kulepov, Kuzmichev, Kuznetsov, Lubsandorzhiev, Micheev, Milenin, Mirgazov, Moseiko, Osipova, Panfilov, Pan'kov Parfenov, Pavlov, Pliskovsky, Pokhil, Poleshuk, Popova, Prosin, Rosanov, Rubzov, Semenei, Spiering, Streicher, Tarashansky, Vasiliev, Wischnewski, Yashin, Zhukov. This article was submitted by the authors in English.     

The majorana neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

The proposed Majorana double-beta decay experiment is based on an array of segmented intrinsic Ge detectors with a total mass of 500 kg of Ge isotopically enriched to 86% in ⁷⁶Ge. A discussion is given of background reduction by material selection, detector segmentation, pulse shape analysis, and electroformation of copper parts and granularity. Predictions of the experimental sensitivity are given. For an experimental running time of 10 years over the construction and operation oft he Majorana setup, a sensitivity of T _1/2 ^0ν ∼4×10²⁷ yr is predicted. This corresponds to 〈mν〉∼0.003−0.004 eV according to recent QRPA and RQRPA matrix element calculations. From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 67, No. 11, 2004, pp. 2025–2032. Original English Text Copyright ? 2004 by Aalseth, Anderson, Arthur, Avignone III, Baktash, Ball, Barabash, Brodzinski, Brudanin, Bugg, Champagne, Chan, Cianciolo, Collar, Creswick, Doe, Dunham, Easterday, Efremenko, Egorov, Ejiri, Elliott, Ely, Fallon, Farach, Gaitskell, Gehman, Grzywacz, Hazma, Hime, Hossbach, Jordan, Kazkaz, Kephart, King III, Kochetov, Konovalov, Kouzes, Lesko, Macchiavelli, Miley, Mills, Nomachi, Palms, Pitts, Poon, Radford, Reeves, Robertson, Rohm, Rykaczewski, Saborov, Sandukovsky, Shawley, Stekhanov, Tornow, van de Water, Vetter, Warner, Webb, Wilkerson, Wouters, Young, Yumatov. This article was submitted by the authors in English. The authors represent the Majorana Collaboration     

Vacuum arc ion charge-state distributions

Vacuum arc ion charge-state spectra have been measured for a wide range of metallic cathode materials. The charge-state distributions were measured using a time-of-flight diagnostic to monitor the energetic ion beam produced by a metal vapor vacuum arc ion source. Data were obtained for 48 metallic cathode elements: Li, C, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er Yb, Hf, Ta, W, Ir, Pt, Au Pb, Bi, Th, and U. The arc was operated in a pulsed mode with pulse length 0.25 ms: arc current was 100 A throughout. The measured distributions are cataloged and compared with earlier results. Some observations about the performance of the various elements as suitable vacuum arc cathode materials are also presented     

A Rapid Method for the Determination of Trace Element Impurities in Silicons Oils by ICP-MS After Microwave-Assisted Digestion

Abstract

A microwave-assisted digestion procedure has been developed for the treatment of silicone oil samples. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used to determine the concentration level of 40 trace element impurities, like Li, Na, Mg, Al, P, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Sr, Rb, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Hf, W, Au, Pb, Hg, Th, Bi and U in these samples, having obtained average relative standard deviation values of 9.6%. The methodology developed has been tested by recovery studies on different natural samples spiked with known amounts of Mg, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn and Pb at concentration levels of 10, 0.5, 5, 5, 10 and 1 μg g^?1 and recovery percentage values varies from 97 to 105 %.     

ICP-AES法测定玉米秸秆中的微量元素含量

采用高压硝化罐处理样品,以ICP-AES法测定了我国山西、北京、新疆、山东、内蒙、甘肃、陕西、吉林、云南、江苏10个不同省区不同品种玉米秸秆中Zn,Mg,Mn,Sr,Fe,Co,Ni和Se八种微量元素的含量。实验确定加入5 mL硝酸、3 mL高氯酸以及3 mL氢氟酸,将硝化罐置于130 ℃油浴中4 h,即可将样品完全消解。此方法测定各地区玉米秸秆中Zn的回收率在96.5％～103.8％之间,Mg的回收率在98.0％～102.5％之间,Mn的回收率在95.7％～104.1％之间,Sr的回收率在97.1％～103.2％之间,Fe的回收率在95.1％～101.3％之间,Co的回收率在95.1％～104.5％之间,Ni的回收率在97.0％～103.5％之间以及Se的回收率在95.9%～104.6％之间。所有元素测定结果的相对标准偏差均小于5.00%。方法简便、快速、灵敏度高、准确性好、可多元素同时测定,且对环境污染小。     

不同糖类化合物的太赫兹光谱特性

选取对人体有重要作用的三种糖类化合物,采用高分辨率太赫兹时域光谱系统与傅里叶变换红外光谱系统,在较宽的频谱范围内,对样品进行测谱分析;实验发现无水葡萄糖在1.10,1.30,1.45,1.79,1.88,1.97,2.08,2.40,2.55,2.70,2.84 ,2.96,3.24,3.64和4.23 THz频率处存在特征吸收,无水果糖在1.09,1.33,1.65,2.14,2.62,2.97,3.24,4.75,6.97,7.35,7.98,8.36,9.16,9.32,9.53和9.73 THz频率处存在特征吸收,无水半乳糖在2.21,2.33,2.70,2.82,3.17,3.42,3.93,4.51,5.07,5.96,6.60,6.91,8.03,8.71和9.01 THz频率处存在特征吸收。对掺杂不同比例葡萄糖、果糖、半乳糖与聚乙烯样品的实验结果做定量分析,发现在测得的上述特征吸收频率处,随化合物样品质量分数的增加,样品的吸收系数或吸光度呈线性递增。实验进一步得到无水葡萄糖与无水果糖在2.96 THz存在共同的特征吸收,无水葡萄糖与无水半乳糖在2.33,2.70和2.82 THz三处存在共同的特征吸收,无水果糖与无水半乳糖在8.00 THz处存在共同的特征吸收,而无水葡萄糖、果糖、半乳糖三者在3.20 THz处存在共同的特征吸收。三种化合物具有相同的分子式,所以三者都具有的3.20 THz特征吸收频率主要源于分子内相互作用,反应同分异构体相同的化学键或者基团。三者特征吸收频率的差异主要源于分子结构以及分子间相互作用的不同,代表同分异构体结构以及分子间振动模式的差异。通过分析三种糖类样品的实验测量结果,预测了葡萄糖在4.70,5.30,5.60,5.98,7.03,7.85,8.26,8.71和9.01 THz处存在特征吸收。基于密度泛函理论,采用CASTEP量子化学计算软件对三种化合物进行理论模拟,对样品在THz波段的特征吸收进行指认,计算得到的结果与实验结果吻合,这表明了CASTEP晶体模拟软件在化合物的THz光谱模拟方面应用的可行性。     

Multielement Analysis of Higherian Major Stimulants Using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA)

Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used for the determination of Na, Al, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Rb, Sb, Cs, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Dy, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, Pa, and U in bitter cola (Garcinia cola), Tatassai (Capsicum spp), sweet pepper (Capsicum annum), chillies (Capsicum spp.), alligator pepper (Aframomum melagueta) and onions (Allium caps) which are the major Nigerian stimulants.     

应用ICP-MS测定野生肉苁蓉中的稀土元素

中药材中的微量元素含量引起人们的普遍关注。应用ICP-MS分析了新疆产野生肉苁蓉中稀土元素的含量, La,Ce,Pr,Nd,Sm,Eu,Gd,Tb,Dy,Ho,Er,Yb,Lu,的浓度范围在1～260 ng·g-1之间,稀土元素之间含量差异比较大。在各种稀土元素中,新疆野生肉苁蓉含量超过100 ng·g-1的有三种,分别是La(144.89 ng·g-1,DW),Ce(259.75 ng·g-1,DW)和Nd(133.25 ng·g-1,DW);含量最少的三种是Eu(6.10 ng·g-1,DW),Ho(3.42 ng·g-1,DW)和Lu(1.15 ng·g-1,DW)。稀土元素在野生肉苁蓉中的分配除了自身的吸收分配特性以外,还要受土壤等环境因素的影响,分配机理需要进一步研究。     

ICP-AES雾化法氢化法联合测定白族产妇及新生儿发中常微量元素

本文报道用ICP-AES同时测定人发中24种元素的方法。采用10mg/ml样品,4.8mol/L盐酸溶液,用基体匹配法校正干扰,分别用雾化法和氢化法测定,用人发标准检验方法和结果的准确性。较满意地测定了Zn等18种元素。91例母婴发中的Zn、Fe、Sr、Mg、Cd、P、Ni、Se、As和Mo等元素呈显著的正相关性。     

ICP-AES快速测定云南省部分辣椒果实中的18种元素

采用电感耦合等离子体-原子发射光谱法测定了辣椒中Cu、Na、B、Li、Mn、Ca、Ba、Sr、Zn、Fe、Co、Tl、Al、Ni、Ga、K、Ag、In等18种元素的含量。分析结果的相对标准偏差为0.3%—1.8%,平均回收率在80.00%—116.93%之间。该方法简单、快速、可靠、灵敏度高,且多元素可同时测定,能满足实际样品分析要求。实验表明:辣椒中含有丰富的对人体有益的Ca、Fe、Zn、Mn、Cu、Na等元素,不同品种的辣椒其元素含量存在差异,这种差异与辣椒的基因型有关。用ICP-AES测定辣椒中微量元素对此类资源的充分利用有重要的指导意义。     

Using elemental profiles and stable isotopes to trace the origin of green coffee beans on the global market

A broad elemental profile incorporating 54 elements (Li, Be, B, Na, Mg, Al, P, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Mo, Pd, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Te, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb, Re, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Bi and U) in combination with δ(2) H, δ(13) C, δ(15) N and δ(18) O was used to characterise the composition of 62 green arabica (Coffea arabica) and robusta (Coffea canephora) coffee beans grown in South and Central America, Africa and Asia, the four most internationally renowned areas of production. The δ(2) H, Mg, Fe, Co and Ni content made it possible to correctly assign 95% of green coffee beans to the appropriate variety. Canonical discriminant analysis, performed using δ(13) C, δ(15) N, δ(18) O, Li, Mg, P, K, Mn, Co, Cu, Se, Y, Mo, Cd, La and Ce correctly traced the origin of 98% of coffee beans. Copyright ? 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

火焰原子吸收光谱法测定锁阳中15种金属元素含量

采用浓硝酸-高氯酸(φ∶4∶1)常压微沸条件下消解锁阳样品,应用火焰原子吸收法测定了锁阳中的金属元素Na, K, Mg, Ca, Cu, Zn, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Pb, Cr, Cd, Au, Ag含量,研究了测定不同元素的仪器最佳工作条件、方法的准确性和精密度。结果表明,锁阳中Na, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Zn,Cu, Mn, Pb, Ni, Ag含量分别为13 572.0, 14 260.0, 358.3, 168.3, 238.5, 19.4, 5.9, 3.4, 2.6, 1.3, 0.4 μg·g-1, Co, Cr, Cd, Au未检出。方法的加标回收率为97.8%～104.5%, 相对标准偏差(n=9)为0.2%～5.0%。测定方法简单易行,方便快捷,结果令人满意。     

NESTOR experiment in 2003

NESTOR is a submarine high-energy muon and neutrino telescope, now under construction for deployment in the Mediterranean close to Greek shores. The first floor of NESTOR with 12 optical modules was deployed successfully in March 2003 together with the electronics system. All systems and the associated environmental monitoring units are operating properly and data are being recorded. The status of the NESTOR project is presented. We outline briefly the construction of the deepwater neutrino telescope, properties of the NESTOR site, infrastructure of the project, the deployment of the first floor, and its current operation. The first data are presented and plans for the next steps are summarized. From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 67, No. 11, 2004, pp. 2075–2078. Original English Text Copyright ? 2004 by Zhukov, Aloupis, Anassontzis, Arvanitis, Babalis, Ball, Bezrukov, Bourlis, Butkevich, Chinowsky, Christopoulos, Darsaklis, Dedenko, Elstrup, Fahrun, Gialas, Goudis, Grammatikakis, Green, Grieder, Karaevsky, Katrivanos, Keussen, Kiskiras, Knutz, Korostylev, Komlev, Kontakxis, Koske, Learned, Ledenev, Leisos, Limberopoulos, Ludvig, Makris, Manousakis-Katsikakis, Makropoulos, Matsuno, Mielke, Mihos, Minkowski, Mironovich, Mitiguy, Nounos, Nygren, Papageorgiou, Passera, Politis, Preve, Prybylsky, Rathley, Resvanis, Rosen, N. Schmidt, Th. Schmidt, Siotis, Shnyrev, Sopher, Staveris, Stavrakakis, Stokstad, Surin, Tsagli, Tsirigotis, Tsirmpas, Tzamarias, Vasiliev, Vaskin, Voigt, Vougioukas, Voulgaris, Zakharov, Ziabko. The authors represent the NESTOR Collaboration This article was submitted by the authors in English.     

ORLaND: A proposed neutrino facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA, ORLaND is a collaboration proposing a major neutrino physics facility at the Spallation Neutrino Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. An underground bunker is proposed adjacent to the first target station of the SNS. The bunker is designed to house one large detector (2000 t) and a number of smaller (200 t) detectors. A comprehensive program of neutrino experiments is being developed that could span the lifetime of the Spallation Source. From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 63, No. 6, 2000, pp. 1082–1086. Original English Text Copyright ? 2000 by Avignone III, Anderso, Awes, Berridge, Bilpuch, Britton, Bryan, Bugg, Burman, Busenitz, Carter, Chatterjee, Cianciolo, Cochran, Cohn, Danilov, De-Brackeleer, Degtiarenko, Efremenko, Elaasar, Fazely, Frank, Gabriel, Gould, Gudkov, Gunasingha, Handler, Hart, Imlay, Jagadish, Kamyshkov, Khosrovi, Koetke, Lane, Manweiler, Metcalf, Mezzacappa, Mo, Nosik, Nummaker, Nussinov, Piepke, Plasil, Reidy, Rosenfeld, Smith, Stancu, Stanislaus, Steinberg, Svoboda, Tashakkori, Tornow, Van Dalen, Walker, Watson, Wintenberg, Wolf, Wright, Zel’dovich, Zhang. This article was submitted by the authors in English.     

Pigment study by Raman microscopy of 23 paintings by the Portuguese artist Henrique Pousão (1859–1884)

Twenty‐three paintings by Henrique Pousão—a 19th century Portuguese painter—belonging to the collection of Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal, were analysed by Raman microscopy. The fine focus of a 100× objective allowed the visualisation and individual identification of small grains. As a result, thirty‐seven compounds, namely, anatase, barium white, basic lead sulfate, brochantite, cadmium red, cadmium yellow, calcium carbonate, carbon‐based black, celadonite, chrome green, chrome orange, chrome yellow, cobalt blue, cochineal lake, copper sulfide, emerald green, iron(III) oxyhydroxide, iron(III) oxide, kaolinite, lead antimonate yellow, lead carbonate, lead white, lead sulfate, madder lake, malachite, Prussian blue, quartz, realgar/pararealgar, red lead, rutile, Scheele's green, strontium yellow, ultramarine blue, vermilion, viridian, zinc white and zinc yellow, were identified. Not all these compounds are pigments; some are extenders, others trace components and others probably products of reactions between pigments. Special attention was given to the Raman characterisation of celadonite, chrome orange, basic lead sulfate and lead antimonate yellow. Complementary techniques were used to confirm the identities of certain pigments and to characterise reference samples. Pousão, whose work has not previously been studied spectroscopically, was found to have used a remarkably wide range of pigments over his painting periods, without showing significant preference for any particular set of pigments. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Description of the geometry of crystals with a hexagonal close-packed structure based on pair interaction potentials

The pair force interaction potential that allows one to describe a deviation from spherical symmetry, which is typical for hexagonal close-packed structures, is constructed using the ??spherically symmetric?? Mie potential that depends only on the interatomic distance. The parameters of the considered potential, which ensure the stability of hexagonal close-packed lattices, are obtained for a wide range of metals, namely, beryllium, gadolinium, hafnium, holmium, dysprosium, yttrium, cobalt, lutetium, magnesium, osmium, rhenium, ruthenium, scandium, thallium, terbium, technetium, titanium, thulium, cerium, zirconium, and erbium. It is shown that for this pair interaction potential the hexagonal close-packed structure is energetically more favorable than the face-centered cubic structure. The proposed potential can be used to perform computational experiments and analytical investigations.