Experimental evidence of core modification in the near drip-line nucleus 23O

The longitudinal momentum (P(axially)) distributions of one- and two-neutron removal fragments ((21,22)O) of 23O from the reaction with a C target at 72 A MeV have been measured for the first time using a new direct time-of-flight method with nearly full acceptance for the breakup fragments. The unexpectedly narrow width of 21O ( 115 +/- 34 MeV/c in FWHM) is consistent with two neutrons occupying the 2s(1/2) orbital in 23O. This indicates modification of core (22O) structure for neutron halo-like sd shell nuclei near the drip line. This also suggests the lowering of the s orbital providing a justification for the N = 16 magic number.     

Selective population and neutron decay of an excited state of 23O

We have observed a resonance in neutron-fragment coincidence measurements that is presumably the first excited state of 23O at 2.8(1) MeV excitation energy which decays into the ground state of 22O. This interpretation is consistent with theory. The reaction mechanism supports the assignment of the observed state as the 5/2+ hole state. This assignment and the recently observed 3/2+ particle state advance the understanding of 23O.     

Spectroscopic study of neutron shell closures via nucleon transfer in the near-dripline nucleus 23O

Neutron single particle energies have been measured in 23O using the 22O(d,p)23O*-->22O+n process. The energies of the resonant states have been deduced to be 4.00(2) MeV and 5.30(4) MeV. The first excited state can be assigned to the nu d3/2 single particle state from a comparison with shell model calculations. The measured 4.0 MeV energy difference between the nu s1/2 and nu d3/2 states gives the size of the N=16 shell gap which is in agreement with the recent USD05 ("universal" sd from 2005) shell model calculation, and is large enough to explain the unbound nature of the oxygen isotopes heavier than A=24. The resonance detected at 5.3 MeV can be assigned to a state out of the sd shell model space. Its energy corresponds to a approximately 1.3 MeV sized N=20 shell gap, therefore, the N=20 shell closure disappears at Z=8 in agreement with Monte Carlo shell model calculations using SDPF-M interaction.     

Measurement of the 4f strong interaction level width in light antiprotonic atoms

The yields of the atomic 4→3 transitions in antiprotonic¹⁴N,^16,17,18O,¹⁹F, and²³Na were measured at the CERN antiproton facility, LEAR. From these, the widths Γ_up of the 4f levels were determined to be 136±19meV (¹⁴N); 603±22 meV (¹⁶O); 731±35 meV (¹⁷O); 795±23 meV (¹⁸O); 2.79±0.16 eV (¹⁹F); and 23.8±7.4 eV (²³Na).     

Enhancement of saccharin removal from aqueous solution by activated carbon adsorption with ultrasonic treatment

This study investigates the use of ultrasonication as a pretreatment process and its effect on the adsorption characteristics of saccharin onto activated carbon (AC). Ultrasonic decomposition of saccharin was performed at a frequency of 500 kHz under argon and O2/N2 (20/80 vol%) atmospheres. Adsorption was carried out using a commercial activated carbon. The behavior of total organic carbon (TOC) during ultrasonication was investigated. Saccharin removal after 180 min of ultrasonication under Ar and O2/N2 atmospheres are 38% and 26%, respectively, while the amount of saccharin removed by activated carbon adsorption without US pretreatment is 40% after 16 h. After 16 h of AC adsorption with 180 min of ultrasonic pretreatment under Ar and O2/N2 atmospheres, both removal ratios increased to 75%. These results indicated that the pretreatment of sonication under O2/N2 leads to the increase in the amount of saccharin adsorbed on AC. On the other hand, the TOC removal by decomposition by ultrasound is not more than 5% in both Ar and O2/N2 atmospheres after 180 min ultrasonication. However, the TOC removal increased to 54% and 69% after 16 h of adsorption of saccharin pretreated by ultrasonication for 180 min under Ar and O2/N2 atmospheres, respectively. About 13% and 16% TOC removal in Ar and in O2/N2, respectively, were achieved due to adsorption of the by-products. It is considered that the improvement in TOC removal is also brought about by the formation of the by-products that were adsorbed onto AC.     

Production of helium projectile fragments in {16O－emulsion interactions at 4.5 A GeV/c

The measurements of partial production cross sections of the multiple helium projectile fragments emitted at 4.5 A GeV/c {}^{16}O－Em interactions are reported. We have studied the production rate of helium projectile fragments due to fragmentation of {}^{16}O ions and compared it with that obtained from different projectiles at various energies. The dependence of on the mass number of the incident beams is formulated. The multiplicity distributions of the helium fragments produced in {}^{16}O－Em interactions at different energies exhibit Koba－Nielson－Olesen (KNO) scaling. The correlation of helium projectile fragments and target fragments is also investigated and it is found that the average of target fragments is increased with the decrease of the number of helium fragments in peripheral interactions.     

Fragmentation and particle production in interactions of 10.6 GeV/N gold nuclei with hydrogen, light and heavy targets

We have investigated the interactions of 10.6 GeV/n Au in nuclear emulsion. Two methods of separating interactions into those with hydrogen, light (C,N,O) and heavy (Ag,Br) target nuclei were used, giving almost identical results, which strengthened our confidence in the correctness of these methods. We also measured the angular distributions of singly and multiply charged relativistic particles emitted from the interaction vertices and the charges of the multiply charged projectile fragments. The fragmentation of the projectile Au nuclei and of the target nuclei were analyzed. The multiparticle production was studied as a function of the mass of the target nucleus. The multiplicity and the pseudorapidity distributions of relativistic singly charged particles were compared with the predictions of the RQMD Model. Received: 22 April 1998 / Published online: 8 September 1998     

Fragmentation of water by heavy ions

Absolute cross sections for fragmentation of water molecules by C3+ and O5+ ions over an energy region where the Bragg peak maximizes were measured for ionization, electron capture, and electron loss channels. A collision regime where sigmaSigmaOq+> or =sigmaH2O+ was reached for the first time, producing large abundances of H+ and O+ fragments in comparison to proton impact. Our findings have straightforward implications in the subsequent fast chemistry at the ionization site and on the O production in the first stages of water radiolysis. An unexpected channel-independent relationship between the cross sections for the fragmentation products, which is also approximately independent of the particle type, energy, and charge state, is found. A model is presented to explain such behavior allowing the cross sections of all fragmentation products to be obtained from single and double electron removal cross sections.     

R22、R134a在五级自动复叠制冷系统中的应用比较研究

对于多级自动复叠制冷系统,混合制冷剂的选取和组分配比具有很大的影响作用。分别采用R22/R23/R14/R740/R728和R134a/R23/R14/R740/R728两组混合制冷剂应用于五级自动复叠系统,对系统高温级制冷剂R22与R134a进行理论分析和对比实验研究,研究结果表明采用R134a更能有效控制系统排气温度,获取了更低的制冷温度。     

Investigation for a Drastic Change of the Core in 23O and 24O

We study the radius and energies of oxygen isotopes towards the neutron drip-line. The abrupt increase of the radius at ²³O is investigated with two different approaches; the m-scheme cluster-orbital shell model (COSM) and a simplified model approach with the core plus one and two valence neutrons. We investigate properties of the oxygen isotopes by changing the radius of the ¹⁶O-core in the m-scheme COSM approach and obtain the result that the broad structure of ¹⁶O is favored in the ²³O and ²⁴O. In the simplified model approach, we estimate the magnitude of the change of the size of ²²O in ²³O and ²⁴O.     

类铍CⅢ 和 OⅤ离子激发态的相对论能量和跃迁几率

利用多组态相互作用方法及Rayleigh-Ritz变分法,计算了类铍CⅢ和OⅤ离子激发态1s22s2p1P0,1s22s2p3P0,and 1s22p2 3P的能量,包括了相对论能量和质量极化效应。计算了相关态的振子强度、跃迁几率和波长。计算结果与其它理论和实验结果符合得很好。     

Effects of dissolved gas species on ultrasonic degradation of (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) acetic acid (MCPA) in aqueous solution

Sonochemical degradation of MCPA ((4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) acetic acid) in dilute aqueous solutions was studied using ultrasound with a frequency of 500 kHz. The effect of gas atmosphere on MCPA degradation was investigated in nitrogen (N(2)), air (O(2)/N(2)), oxygen (O(2)), argon (Ar) and Ar/O(2) (60/40% v/v) atmospheres. For sonochemical degradation of MCPA in N(2), air (O(2)/N(2)), O(2) and Ar atmospheres, the rate enhancement of MCPA decomposition by sonolysis was found to be more effective in an O(2)-enriched atmosphere compared to Ar atmosphere. It was considered that a higher amount of oxidants was formed in a higher O(2) partial pressure, which accelerated MCPA decomposition in a radical reaction system. On the other hand, both dechlorination and total organic carbon (TOC) removal rates were higher in Ar atmosphere, compared to those in O(2)/N(2) atmosphere. It was found that, MCPA was most effectively decomposed by sonication in Ar/O(2) (60/40% v/v) atmosphere, with higher rates of decomposition, dechlorination and TOC removal.     

Emission of intermediate-mass fragments in the interaction of 16O with 59Co, 93Nb and 197Au

In this paper we study the emission of ⁸Be_gs, B and N fragments in the interaction of ¹⁶O ions with ⁵⁹Co, ⁹³Nb and ¹⁹⁷Au at incident energies varying from 6 to 25 MeV/nucleon. The spectra of these fragments, as well as those of C fragments studied in a previous paper, are dominated at forward angles by a component originating from break-up of ¹⁶O. At the higher incident energies break-up occurs after quite a sizeable projectile energy loss. Another mechanism which dominates at large emission angles, favours the emission of low-energy fragments and is attributed to the coalescence of nucleons during the cascade of nucleon-nucleon interactions by means of which the excited nuclei produced in the primary two-ion interaction thermalize. Received: 21 January 2003 / Accepted: 27 March 2003 / Published online: 5 June 2003     

Line parameters of HDO from high-resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy in the 11 500-23 000 cm spectral region

This work presents new measurements of HDO line parameters in the near-infrared and visible regions (11 500-23 000 cm⁻¹). The measurements consist in high-resolution Fourier transform absorption spectra of H₂O/HDO/D₂O vapor mixtures, obtained using a long absorption path. Spectra with and without nitrogen as the buffer gas were recorded. Due to the simultaneous presence of the three isotopologues H₂O, D₂O, and HDO, the H₂O lines removal and the D₂O lines identification were two necessary preliminary steps to derive the HDO line parameters. The D₂O contribution was small and confined to the well-known 4ν₁ + ν₃ band. An extensive listing of HDO spectroscopic parameters was obtained, for the first time, by fitting some 3256 observed lines to Voigt line profiles. The list contains calibrated line positions, absorption cross-sections and, for many of the lines, N₂-broadening coefficients, as well as N₂-induced frequency shifts. As a result of the low HDO vapor pressures, it was not possible to retrieve the self-broadening parameters. The list is available on the http://www.ulb.ac.be/cpm website.     

Plasma chemical investigations for NOx andSO2 removal from flue gases

In a streamer-dominated pulsed corona the energetic electrons can interact with the background molecules and produce O, OH, and HO₂ radicals. Reactions involving these radicals are studied to analyze their effect on the removal of acidic pollutants NO, NO₂ , and SO₂ from flue gases. For the NO removal the reactions with O and HO₂ play a dominant role, whereas the OH radical is primarily responsible for the SO₂ and NO₂ removal     

Mathematical analysis of positive pulsed corona discharge processemployed for removal of nitrogen oxides

A mathematical model was proposed to describe the behaviour of the removal of nitrogen oxides (NO_x) in a positive pulsed corona discharge reactor. The proposed model takes into account radical production at each pulsing and subsequent radical utilization for NO_x removal. The production efficiencies of radicals such as O, OH, H, and N were derived by considering direct electron impact on dissociation of gaseous molecules, followed by excitation transfer reactions of excited oxygen atoms. The production efficiencies of those species were used for the model calculations. The proposed model could adequately predict the experimental data. Of the active species present, the ozone (O₃) produced by the reaction of O radical with oxygen was found to play the crucial role in oxidation of NO to NO₂ , both theoretically and experimentally     

磁性Pb(Ⅱ)表面印迹聚合物(Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP)的制备及谱学表征

吸附法处理含铅废水因其经济性备受关注。开发可回收的专一性Pb(Ⅱ)吸附材料是高效处理含铅废水和实现铅回收的关键。结合氧化石墨烯(GO)的强吸附性、Fe_3O_4的磁性和表面印迹技术,以氧化石墨烯负载四氧化三铁(Fe_3O_4/GO)为载体,硝酸铅为模板离子,甲基丙烯酸(MAA)及水杨醛肟(SALO)为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(EGDMA)为交联剂制备了磁性Pb(Ⅱ)表面印迹材料(Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP),并探讨其重复利用性和对Pb(Ⅱ)的专一性吸附性。结合XRD,SEM,FTIR等谱学方法,对Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP进行表征,并分析其对Pb(Ⅱ)的吸附机理。以Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP作为吸附剂选择性去除水溶液中的Pb(Ⅱ),结果表明,Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP对Pb(Ⅱ)具有很好的亲和性,反应在5min内,对初始浓度10mg·L-1的Pb(NO3)2的去除率达到70%,反应在20min左右达到吸附平衡。准二级吸附动力学和Langmuir吸附等温线能较好的表达其吸附过程。TEM和SEM图谱证明了Fe_3O_4均匀地分散在GO表面,粒径为10~20nm,Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP表面存在Pb(Ⅱ)印迹孔穴,增强其对Pb(Ⅱ)的选择吸附性;在竞争离子[Cd(Ⅱ),Zn(Ⅱ),Cu(Ⅱ)]存在条件下,Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP对目标污染物Pb(Ⅱ)的选择性系数比非印迹吸附材料(NIP)提高2~5倍;XRD和FTIR谱图分别从晶相结构和官能团证明了Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP的成功合成。对制备材料进行磁分离后洗脱再利用,结果表明Fe_3O_4/GO-IIP具有良好的重复利用性。该结果对于含铅废水处理和铅回收具有重要的意义。     

Evidence for the ground-state resonance of 26O

Evidence for the ground state of the neutron-unbound nucleus (26)O was observed for the first time in the single proton-knockout reaction from a 82 MeV/u (27)F beam. Neutrons were measured in coincidence with (24)O fragments. (26)O was determined to be unbound by 150(-150)(+50) keV from the observation of low-energy neutrons. This result agrees with recent shell-model calculations based on microscopic two- and three-nucleon forces.     

US/O3 combination degradation of aniline in aqueous solution

The influencing factors and mechanism of ultrasound (US)/ozone (O3) combination degradation of aniline in water were investigated. An increment of approximately 64% of aniline reduction and 110% of TOC reduction were observed with respect to the addition of the separated O3 and US systems, proving US/O3 technology had significant synergetic effects. Excellent removal performance was observed in the degradation with US/O3. With the initial concentration of aniline at 100 mg l(-1), the energy density of ultrasound at 0.1 W ml(-1) and the flow rate of ozone at 2 mg min(-1), the removal efficiency of aniline would be at least 82% and that of TOC would be at least 20% after reaction for 5 min. Major by-products included nitrobenzene, p-benzoquinone, p-aminophenol, carboxylic acid, etc.     

Fragmentation of relativistic oxygen nuclei in interactions with a proton

The data on investigation of inelastic interactions of ¹⁶O nuclei in a hydrogen bubble chamber at an incident momentum of 3.25 A GeV/c are presented. Separate characteristics as fragments isotope composition and topological cross-sections of fragmentation channels are given. The processes of formation of light fragments and unstable nuclei, and the break-up of the ¹⁶O nucleus into multicharge fragments are investigated. A comparison between the experimental data and the calculations of the cascade fragmentation evaporation model (CFEM) is made. The observed singularities of the interactions point out the important role of the nucleus α-cluster structure in the formation of the final products. Received: 9 January 2001 / Accepted: 13 June 2001