Single ionization of helium atoms by energetic fully stripped carbon ions

A four-body distorted wave approximation is presented for theoretical investigations of the single ionization of groundstate helium atoms by fully stripped carbon ions at impact energies of 2 MeV/amu and 100 MeV/amu. The nine-dimensional integrals for the partial quantum-mechanical transition amplitudes of the specified reaction are reduced to some analytical expressions or one-dimensional integrals over real variables. Fully differential cross sections(FDCSs) are calculated and compared with their experimental values as well as the results obtained from other theories. Despite the simplicity and quickness of the proposed quadrature, the comparison shows that the obtained results are in reasonable agreement with the experiment and are compatible with those of other complicated theories.     

Investigation of nuclear reaction products by atomic force microscopy

The use of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM, from Corporate Head, Santa Clara, California, USA) opened a new way to study latent nuclear tracks. In our experiments we used plastic track detectors of the type CR-39 (Columbia Resin No. 39) Impinging ions with energy above a threshold of 180 keV can alter the molecular structure forming latent tracks. Since nuclear latent tracks have diameters in the range of 10 to 1000 nm, they can be visualized by AFM with a slight chemical etching (6 min in 6 n NaOH solution at 70 °C). These tracks are significant for the energy, momentum and the mass of the incoming particles. In our study, passive CR-39 detectors were irradiated by secondary particles produced bombarding ¹⁰³Rh by ¹⁶O and ¹²C in a wide range of energy (1 MeV/amu to 33 MeV/amu) at the MP Tandem generator of the Laboratorio Nazionale del Sud in Catania, Italy. The experiment was carried out in order to identify the secondary particles and to determine their density and the spatial distribution.     

Demonstration of a 17-GHz, high-gradient accelerator with a photonic-band-gap structure

We report the testing of a high gradient electron accelerator with a photonic-band-gap (PBG) structure. The photonic-band-gap structure confines a fundamental TM(01)-like accelerating mode, but does not support higher-order modes (HOM). The absence of HOM is a major advantage of the PBG accelerator, since it suppresses dangerous beam instabilities caused by wakefields. The PBG structure was designed as a triangular lattice of metal rods with a missing central rod forming a defect confining the TM(01)-like mode and allowing the electron beam to propagate along the axis. The design frequency of the six-cell structure was 17.14 GHz. The PBG structure was excited by 2 MW, 100 ns pulses. A 16.5 MeV electron beam was transmitted through the PBG accelerator. The observed electron beam energy gain of 1.4 MeV corresponds to an accelerating gradient of 35 MV/m, in excellent agreement with theory.     

L-shell vacancy production in Ag,Ta and Au for incident ionsZ 1≦10 in the energy range of 0.125–4 MeV/amu

Absolute Ag, Ta and AuL-shell X-ray cross sections were measured using protons,⁴He,¹⁴N as well as²⁰Ne ions in the energy range of 0.125–4 MeV/amu. By means of single-hole fluorescence yields experimental ionization cross sections were deduced and compared with calculations according to the corrected PWBA model — PWBA(BPCR). With decreasing asymmetry of the collision system the experimental cross sections exceed the predictions of the direct ionization theory. This is caused by an increasing contribution of a competing KL charge exchange mechanism which was investigated in detail for Ne+Ag. The Lapicki and Losonsky capture model was found to fail at energiesE<1 MeV/amu because adiabatic relaxation effects in the projectileK-shell become important. An estimation by means of the Nikitin model led to more physically comprehensible results at the lowest ion velocities investigated.     

Continuum electron capture dependence on projectileZ and velocity

Continuum electrons centered in velocity about that of the projectile and ejected near zero degrees in the laboratory frame have been observed for collisions of highly stripped C^q+ and O^q+ ions incident on Argon. For fully stripped projectile ions, the Z dependence and the velocity dependence of the continuum capture cross section have been determined for beam energies of 1.6 to 2.8 MeV/amu. Striking disagreements are noted between some results of this work and present theoretical predictions.     

Fully correlated electronic dynamics for antiproton impact ionization of helium

We present total cross sections for single and double ionization of helium by antiproton impact over a wide range of impact energies from 10 keV/amu to 1 MeV/amu. A nonperturbative time-dependent close-coupling method is applied to fully treat the correlated dynamics of the ionized electrons. Excellent agreement is obtained between our calculations and experimental measurements of total single and double ionization cross sections at high impact energies, whereas for lower impact energies, some discrepancies with experiment are found. At an impact energy of 1 MeV we also find that the double-to-single ionization ratio is twice as large for antiproton impact as for proton impact, confirming a long-standing unexpected experimental measurement.     

Non-equilibrium dynamics in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions: (II). Calculation of inclusive particle spectra

We present theoretical results for proton, deuteron, triton, ³He and ⁴He inclusive particle spectra measured in 250 MeV/amu and 400 MeV/amu nucleus-nucleus reactions. The calculations are based on a multiple collision model which is derived from the relativistic Boltzmann equation and which includes composites formation through thermodynamics. The agreement with the data is reasonable to good and the remaining discrepancies are discussed.     

E0 andM1 excitations in56Ni

The centroid energy and the decay width of the giant monopole resonance in the unstable nucleus⁵⁶Ni are predicted. The resulting 0⁺, ΔT=0 strength distribution, including the escape and the spreading width, displays a structure centered at around 18 MeV with the total width of about 5 MeV. We also study theM1 response in this nucleus which shows a strong isovector transition at 9.6 MeV and a weak isoscalar one at 7.5 MeV.     

The tracklengths of iodine and gold ions in mica

The tracklengths in mica have been measured for iodine and gold ions in the energy range 0 to 1 MeV/amu. These data and those from previous studies have been compared with the Lindhard-Scharff-Schiøtt theory for the stopping of heavy ions in matter. Discrepancies from the theory are discussed.     

Reduced occupancy of the deeply bound 0d(5/2) neutron state in 32Ar

The 9Be(32Ar, 31Ar)X reaction, leading to the 5/2+ ground state of a nucleus at the proton drip line, has a cross section of 10.4(13) mb at a beam energy of 65.1 MeV/nucleon. This translates into a spectroscopic factor that is only 24(3)% of that predicted by the many-body shell-model theory. We introduce refinements to the eikonal reaction theory used to extract the spectroscopic factor to clarify that this very strong reduction represents an effect of nuclear structure. We suggest that it reflects correlation effects linked to the high neutron separation energy (22.0 MeV) for this state.     

Stopping power and straggling of energetic light ion beams in yttrium

Energy loss and straggling for protons, deuterons and α-particles in yttrium were measured in the energy region between 0.15 MeV and 2.5 MeV. The measured stopping powers of the hydrogen ions agree reasonably well with the semi-empirical values of Andersen and Ziegler, although better agreement was found with the values of Janni. For helium ions there are a marked difference with the values of Ziegler. Below 200 keV/amu the stopping ratios of the helium and hydrogen ions are lower than Ziegler's master curve. The straggling values of the hydrogen ions are about 15% lower than the Bohr estimate, while the straggling of the helium ions reach the Bohr value at about 0.2 MeV/amu.     

Nuclear spectral energy functions beyond the shell model

We predictl=0 nucleons in¹²C to have a negative (binding) energy centered around –22 MeV with a full width at half-maximum of 5.3 MeV. Thel=1 (P _3/2 nucleons) are predicted to have a much narrower spectral energy function centered around –10.6 MeV. A strongly correlated translational invariant wave function was used to describe the ground state nucleus. A central two-nucleon potential was utilized in the hyperspherical harmonic method to approximately solve the Schrödinger equation for the ground state wave function. Both confirmation and failings of the independent particle shell model are exposed.     

氧化铝与Al（100）基体间界面原子结构研究

本文介绍了用M e v 离子散射和沟道效应研究单晶铝表面无定型氧化层与基体之间界面原子结构的方法, 报道了AI_2_O_3_/ Al ( 1 0 0) 界面原子结构的实验结果.实验表明, 在纯氧气氛围中400 ℃ 下生成的氧化铝膜, 铝和氧原子浓度比例严格为2 与3 之比;AI_2_O_3_ 膜和Al (100)基体之间的界面极其陡峭, 氧化铝膜下Al (1 0 0 ) 基体表面的再构层不大于一个原子层. 由实验测量与用Monte corlo 方法计算结果比较, 得到再构层原子离开原来晶格位置距离为0.18埃. 室温下,Al ( 1 0 0 ) 氧吸附层的元素成份在氧原子覆盖度较低时主要为AlO. 关键词：     

100 MeV/amu C~(6+)碰撞氦原子单电离的全微分截面

利用全量子方法改进且加入核核作用(PT)的修正库仑玻恩近似(MCBPT)和前人基于半经典的方法且不考虑核核作用的修正库仑玻恩近似(MCB)计算了散射平面和垂直平面内100 Me V/amu C6+单电离氦原子的全微分截面,研究了核核作用对截面的影响.其结果与实验数据和3DW理论进行了比较.发现,对于小动量转移,MCBPT计算结果与实验符合的很好;对于大动量转移,MCB结果很好的反映了实验数据.而且,我们详细的分析了扭曲势效应对截面的影响,结果表明随着动量转移的增加扭曲势效应迅速增强.     

New detectors on the basis of copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene with ethylene (PTFE-E)

The registration properties of PTFE-E (F-40, Russia; Tefzel, DuPont, USA; Hostaflon ET, Germany) having exceptional chemical and thermal (about 300°C) resistance are considered. The polymer samples were irradiated with ions in a wide region of masses (from O up to Xe) and energies (from 1 to 6 MeV/amu). Alkaline KMnO₄ solutions at 100°C were used for etching. It is shown that the polymer registration properties depend on the hydrogen content in the polymer. For a copolymer with 2–3 wt% of hydrogen the registration threshold is about 8 MeVcm²/mg. The ion tracks were not found after chemical etching for a copolymer with 1 wt% of hydrogen. Track membranes were produced and examined.     

100MeV/amu C6+ 碰撞氦原子单电离的全微分截面

利用修正的库仑玻恩近似理论（MCBPT和MCB）计算了散射平面和垂直平面内100MeV/amu C6+ 单电离氦原子的全微分截面,研究了核核作用对截面的影响.其结果与实验数据和3DW理论进行了比较.发现,对于小动量转移,MCBPT计算结果与实验符合的很好;对于大动量转移,MCB结果很好的反映了实验数据.而且,我们详细的分析了扭曲势效应对截面的影响,结果表明随着动量转移的增加扭曲势效应迅速增强.     

ISAC-I and ISAC-II: Present status and future perspectives

The ISAC facility at TRIUMF utilizes up to 100 μA from the 500 MeV H^- cyclotron to produce the RIB using the Isotopic Separation On Line (ISOL) method. The ISAC-I facility comprised the RNB production target stations, the mass separator and the beam delivery to low energy area and to a room temperature linear accelerator composed of a 4-rod RFQ and an inter-digital H type structure Drift Tube LINAC. ISAC-I linear accelerator can provide beam from A = 3 to 30 amu with an energy range from 0.15 to 1.5 A MeV. Since the beginning of operations target development program has been to increase proton beam currents on targets. Now we routinely operate our target at 50 to 85 μA and recently we have operated our target at 100 μA. Other developments are in place to add other ion sources, laser, FEBIAD and ECRIS to the actual surface ion source. The last two five year plans were mainly devoted to the construction of a heavy ion superconducting LINAC (ISAC-II), that will upgrade the mass and the energy range from 30 to 150 and 1.5 to 6.5 A MeV, respectively. We are now commissioning the medium β section and first experiment is scheduled for the fall 2006.     

Evidence for a dissipative friction mechanism based on 8Be fragments from the interaction of 12C with 59Co

It is suggested that the spectra of the ⁸Be ground-state (gs) nuclei produced in the interaction of ¹²C with ⁵⁹Co at incident energies varying from 8.3 to 33.3 MeV/amu can be explained by introducing a dissipative friction interaction mechanism preceding projectile break-up. Received: 27 March 2000 / Accepted: 11 April 2000