Decay of the ultraviolet continuum in the afterglow of a pulsed argon discharge

The decay of the ultraviolet continuum in argon has been measured at pressures up to 120 torr. At pressures lower than 20 torr the decay frequency is given by ν_D = 48/Λ²p + 45p + 18.0p².     

Study of the OZI selection rule in hadronic processes

In the experiments with LEPTON-F and SPHINX spectrometers the pion-induced charged exchange reactions π- + p → ? + n and π- + p → ω + n at Pπ-=32.5 GeV, as well as proton-induced diffractive reactions p + N → [p?] + N and p + N → [pω] + N at E _p =70 GeV were studied. The comparison of the cross-sections for ? and ω-production in these reactions is used for testing the OZI selection rule in hadronic processes. It has been demonstrated that in pion reactions the ratio of the yields of ? and ω-mesons R(?/ω) = (3 ± 1) · 10^?3 is in a good agreement with naive quark model prediction based on the mixing in vector meson nonet and on the OZI rule (R(?/ω)ozi = tg ²Δθ _V ? 4 · 10^?3). At the same time in proton reactions the effective ratio of ? and ω yields is ～ (4 ÷ 7) · 10^-2, i.e. a strong violation of the OZI rule is observed in proton-nucleon interactions. This violation can be in favor of possible existence of some exotic ss? component in the quark structure of protons.     

Analysis of the spectra of In XII–XIV and Sn XIII–XV in the far-VUV region

The 4p ⁶4d?(4p ⁶5p + 4p ⁶4f + 4p ⁵4d ²) transitions in the spectra of In XIII-Sn XIV and the 4p ⁶4d ²?(4p ⁶4d5p + 4p ⁶4d4f + 4p ⁵4d ³) transitions in the spectra of In XII-Sn XIII are investigated. About 150 spectral lines in the wavelength range 120–160 Å, which is important for projection vacuum UV lithography, have been classified for the first time. The fine structure intervals of the ground state 4p ⁶4d ² D and the energies of eight levels of the 4p ⁶5p, 4p ⁶4f, and 4p ⁵4d ² configurations are measured in each spectrum of In XIII and Sn XIV. The energies of all levels of the ground configuration 4p ⁶4d ² and the energies of 35 levels of the interacting configurations (4p ⁶5p + 4p ⁶4f + 4p ⁵4d ³) are determined in the spectra of In XII and Sn XIII. The resonant transitions 4p ^{6 1} S ₀?4p ⁵4d ¹ P ₁ in the spectra of In XIV and Sn XV are also identified. The semiempirical parameters of the configurations under study determined by mean-square fitting of measured level energies are in agreement along both isoelectronic and isonuclear sequences of the spectra.     

Inequalities for the Schattenp-norm. IV

We prove some inequalities for the Schattenp-norm of operators on a Hilbert space. It is shown, among other things, that ifA,B, andX are operators such thatA +B ≧ |X| andA +B ≧ |X*|, then ∥AX +XB∥ _p ^p + ∥AX* +X*B∥ _p ^p ≧2 ∥X∥ _2p ^2p for 1 ≦p<∞, and max (∥AX +XB∥, ∥AX* +X*B∥) ≧ ∥X∥². Also, for any three operatorsA,B, andX, $$|| |A|X - X|B| ||_2^2 + || |A*|X - X|B*| ||_2^2 \leqq ||AX - XB||_2^2 + ||A*X - XB*||_2^2 .$$      

Pairing-energy coefficients of neutron-rich fragments in spallation reactions

The ratio of pairing-energy coefficient to temperature(a_p/T)of neutron-rich fragments produced in spallation reactions has been investigated by adopting an isobaric yield ratio method deduced in the framework of a modified Fisher model.A series of spallation reactions,0.5A and 1A Ge V~(208)Pb+p,1A Ge V~(238)U+p,0.5A Ge V~(136)Xe+d,0.2A,0.5A and 1A Ge V~(136)Xe+p,and~(56)Fe+p with incident energy ranging from 0.3A to 1.5A Ge V,has been analysed.An obvious odd-even staggering is shown in the fragments with small neutron excess(I≡N-Z),and in the relatively small-A fragments which have large I.The values of a_p/T for the fragments,with I from 0 to36,have been found to be in a range from-4 to 4,and most values of a_p/T fall in the range from-1 to 1.It is suggested that a small pairing-energy coefficient should be considered in predicting the cross sections of fragments in spallation reactions.It is also concluded that the method proposed in this article is not good for fragments with A/A_s85%(where A_(s )is the mass number of the spallation system).     

Studies of oxides related to high temperature superconductors

Samples of the series of compounds YBa₂(Cu_1?x Fe _x )₃ O_6.5+p with 0<x≤0.2 have been characterised by X-ray diffraction, oxidation titration and Mössbauer spectroscopy yielding information on the oxygen content parameterp and the charge state ratios Cu³⁺/Cu²⁺ and Fe⁴⁺/Fe³⁺.     

Signatures for neutralinos at theZ 0

We calculate the visible and invisible width for production of neutralinos,Z ⁰→χ _i ⁰ χ _k ⁰ , and all possible decay rates of the neutralinos. We systematically study their dependence on the supersymmetry parameters and work out the domains where detectable signatures occur. These are the one-sided eventsZ ⁰→e ⁺ e ^?+p _miss,Z ⁰→jets+p _miss,Z ⁰→γ+p _miss andZ ⁰→H _2,3 ⁰ +p _miss, and the two-sided eventsZ ⁰→γ+γ+p _miss,Z ⁰→γ+l ⁺ l ^?+p _miss andZ ⁰→γ+jets+p _miss.     

Study of the36Cl(n,p)36S reaction in the neutron energy range up to 10 keV

The³⁶Cl(n,p)³⁶S reaction cross-section was measured by the time-of-flight method in the IBR-30 pulsed reactor of the JINR. The measured cross-section shows three not previously observed neutron resonances with energies E_n = 1.3; 3.5 and 8.2 keV for which the parameters A_p=gΓ_nΓ_p/Γ: 0.07 ±0.01; 0.08 + 0.03 and 1.7 + 0.3 eV were determined, respectively. Comparison of these results with the excited states obtained by the³⁶S(p, γ)³⁷Cl reaction made possible a more exact determination of the scale energy of the³⁷Cl nucleus excited states.     

Optical characterization of the deep Cr level in GaAs

Comparison between the excitation spectra of luminescence (ESL) of the 0.57 eV band (typical of p or SI materials) and of the 0.62 eV band (typical of n samples) with the photoionization cross-sections σ⁰_n(hv) and σ⁰_p(hv) of the chronium level leads us to attribute unambiguously these luminescence transitions to the (Cr³⁺?Cr²⁺) center in chromium doped GaAs.     

The (γ, p0) reactions in the giant dipole resonance region of 51V and 52Cr nuclei

The differential cross sections at 90° for the ⁵¹V(e, p₀)⁵⁰Ti and ⁵²Cr(e, p₀ + p₁)⁵¹V reactions have been measured over the giant dipole resonance region. These cross sections were used to obtain the differential cross sections of the ⁵¹V(γ, p₀)⁵⁰Ti and ⁵²Cr(γ, p₀ + p₁)⁵¹V reactions. The results show two peaks that appear at the same energies as the main peaks of the (γ, n) and (γ, p) cross section for both nuclei. The angular distributions of protons from the (e, p) reaction have also been measured at several points of the incident electron energy. The coefficients A₂ obtained by fitting with a series of Legendre polynomials, W(θ) = 1 + A₁P₁(cos θ)+A₂P₂(cos θ), varies with excitation energy. These results are discussed in terms of the direct-semidirect process considering isospin effects in the giant dipole resonance.     

The study of ungerade electronic states of the Xe2 molecules in the region of Xe*(5p 56p, 5d, 7s, 6d) by the resonance multiphoton ionization method

Electronic spectra of the Xe2 molecules in the energy range of 77700?C89300 cm^?1 are recorded. The method of resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization of molecules in a supersonic molecular beam was used, in which excitation of the molecules by three photons was followed by ionization caused by a fourth photon (the (3+1) REMPI method). Analysis of the vibrational structure of observed systems of bands yielded information about the dissociation energy and the molecular constants for ungerade states of molecules. On the basis of the Franck-Condon principle, the equilibrium distances for potential curves were estimated from the relative intensities in vibrational progressions. Data on 16 new electronic states of diatomic xenon molecules with the dissociation limits Xe ₂ ^* ?? XE(5p ^{6 1} S ₀) + Xe*(5p ⁵6p,5d, 7s, 7p) were obtained.     

Structure relations in the x-ray photoelectron spectra of three chromium compounds

The chemical shift in electron binding energy, magnetic splitting of electron shells, and structures in the valence band are examined for chromium in the 3 + and 6 + oxidation states.The splitting of the Cr 3s energy level is associated with the appearance of a sharp Cr 3d line in the valence band. The relative chemical shift in the Cr 2p_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} line between Cr₂O₃ and K₂Cr₂O₇ is verified in the mixed compound KCr₃O₈ which contains both types of Cr ions, and the structure of this compound is verified by the X-ray photoelectron spectra. The spin-orbit intensity ratio of the 2p doublet of Cr⁶⁺ is 3, instead of the theoretical value of 2, and the spin-orbit splitting is less than for Cr³⁺. In the 3p level of Cr the relative chemical shift is 3.5 eV whereas for the 2p_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} level the shift is only 2.4 eV. The differences in chemical shift and intensity ratio can not be explained.     

The effect of the next nearest neighbor ion on the X-ray photoelectron spectra of 2p levels for Co2+, Ni2+ and Cu2+ in MgO

The X-ray photoelectron spectra of Co, Ni and Cu 2p levels for samples of M_xMg_1-xO (M = Co, Ni, Cu), CoO, NiO and CuO were compared. The binding energies of metal 2p_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} levels did not change with their concentration. The shake-up satellite main peak intensity ratios and FWHM of metal 2p levels for Co²⁺ and Cu²⁺ in MgO were smaller than those for CoO and CuO. The Ni 2p_{$\text{3}\text{2}$} spectrum for Ni²⁺ in MgO had no shoulder, unlike NiO. Results indicate that next nearest neighbor ions (metal ions) may influence the final states after photoelectron ejection.     

Collision-induced dissociation of H 2 + ions into the fragmentations H+H(2p) and H++H(2p)

Using a photon-particle delayed coincidence method the energy distributions of H +H(2p) and H⁺+H(2p) fragment pairs have been measured arising from collisional dissociation of 10 keV H ₂ ⁺ ions incident on various target gases. H fragments in their 2p state are identified by the Lymanα radiation emitted. The distribution of H+H(2p) fragment pairs arising from dissociative charge exchange reveals a sharp increase below 0.2 eV in the center-of-mass frame of the H ₂ ⁺ ion. This is ascribed to predissociation of vibrational levels of higher H₂ Rydberg states close above then=2 dissociation limit by those H₂ Rydberg states which separate into H+H(2p) fragments. Only direct transitions into the continuum of theGK ¹ ∑ _g ⁺ state may compete. Some structure at 0.3–0.5 eV is attributed to the three statesI ¹ П _g,i ³ П _g, andh ³ bE _g ⁺ having potential barriers of this height. The distributions for H⁺+H(2p) have maxima at 3.4, 3.8, and 4.2 eV for a H₂, Ar, and He target, respectively, indicating that the 2pπ _u state as well as the 3dσ _g state ofH ₂ ⁺ is excited. The H+H(2p) process has a greater probability than the H⁺+H(2p) process for Ar and H₂ targets, though all electronic H₂ states under consideration are bound.     

The KrXe molecule: Modification of potential curves of the ground and first excited electronic states

Potential curves of the ground state of the KrXe molecule and its excited states that converge to the Kr(4p ^{6 1} S ₀) + Xe(5p ⁵6s ³ P ₁) atomic states are corrected and tested using the results of modeling published vacuum ultraviolet spectra of a gas-discharge plasma of a krypton/xenon mixture.     

π−Electroproduction off deuterium above the resonance region

The reactionse + d → e' + p_S + p + π^?ande + d → e' + n_S + n + π⁺ were measured detecting electron and pion in coincidence at an invariant hadronic mass of 2.19 GeV. The measurements were performed at electron four-momentum transfer squared of f² = 0.70 and 1.35 GeV² in the range of t = (γ_v?π)² between t_minand ?1.0 GeV². The cross section d²σ/dtdφ of the reaction e + n → e' + p + π^? was determined.     

Theoretical study of photoionization of the isoelectronic sequence Rb<Superscript>+</Superscript>, Sr<Superscript>2+</Superscript>, and Y<Superscript>3+</Superscript>

The photoionization cross sections for the 4p shell of ions of the Kr isoelectronic sequence Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, and Y³⁺ are calculated. The configuration interaction theory and the perturbation theory are used to describe the many-electron effects. The relativistic effects are taken into account in the Pauli-Fock approximation. The calculated resonance structure of photoionization cross sections for the 4p shell in the region below the 4s threshold associated with the autoionization of the 4s-np singly excited states and the 4p4p-nln′l′ doubly excited states reproduces the results of recent measurements of total photoabsorption cross sections for the Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, and Y³⁺ ions. It is found that, as the nuclear charge in the isoelectronic sequence increases, the ratio between the direct and correlation parts of amplitudes of the 4s-(n/?)p transition changes and, as the consequence, the minimum of the photoionization cross section of the 4s shell shifts from the continuous spectrum to the region of states of discrete spectrum. This accounts for the strong changes in the shape of the 4s-np resonances in the photoionization cross sections for the 4p shell of Rb⁺, Sr²⁺, and Y³⁺, as well as the distinction between the shapes of the 4s-6p _1/2 mirror resonance in the partial 4p _1/2 and 4p _3/2 photoionization cross sections for the Y³⁺ ion which do not suppress each other in the total photoionization cross section, as is the case for similar resonances in Rb⁺ and Sr²⁺.     

A radiochemical study on the existence of dineutron

A radiochemical study has been made to search for dineutron² n produced in the simultaneous two-neutron emission of the excited⁶He nuclei,⁶He^*, induced in the reaction of⁹Be+n→-⁶He^*+α with fast neutrons in a reactor. It was attempted to detect the radio-activity of²⁸Mg as a product of the reaction² n+²⁷Al→²⁸Mg+p. The²⁸Mg radioactivity observed in heterogeneous samples composed of the² n-producing target Be and the² n-detecting target Al separately was not found to be more than that of a side reaction,²⁷Al{(n, p)(n _th, γ)+(n _th, γ)(n, p)}²⁸Mg, whereas it clearly exceeded that of the side reaction in alloy samples made of Be and Al metals. The former experiment gives an upper limit of the production rate of the dineutron in the bound state 1×10^?7 per event of the simultaneous two-neutron emission. A tentative explanation for the excessive²⁸Mg radioactivity observed in the latter experiment is the following two-step process,⁹Be+n→⁶He+α and²⁷Al+⁶He→+²⁸Mg+α+p, rather than the process induced by the dineutron in a virtual state.     

Analysis of transverse momentum distributions forpp interactions at 360 GeV/c in the framework of a quark-diquark fragmentation model

Using a quark-diquark fragmentation model, in which either the Field-Feynman or the Lund model is coupled with a quark-diquark distribution function, we study transverse momentum distributions,p _T, for the inclusive reactionspp→hadron +anything at 360 GeV/c. We find that a primordial mean transverse momentum 〈k _T〉?0.4 GeV/c can well reproduce thep _T ² distributions of charged hadrons, π⁰,K _s ⁰ , Λ⁰,K ^* and Σ^* and the Feynmanx?p _T correlations. We confirm that a diquark in a proton plays an important rôle in reproducing thex?p _T correlation of Λ⁰.     

Neutral transverse momentum spectra in 60 and 200A·GeV16O+nucleus and proton+nucleus reactions

Transverse momentum (p _T) distributions fo inclusive photons and neutral pions at midrapidity are measured with a lead glass calorimeter in 60 and are measured with a lead glass calorimeter in 60 and 200A·Gev¹⁶O+nucleus and and proton+nucleus reactions. Inclusive photon distributions are compared for central and peripheral reactions. The degree of centrality is determined either from the charged particle multiplicity or from the remaining projectile energy in the forward direction. Deviations from a nucleus+nucleus interaction model based upon linear extrapolation from p+p reactions are observed in central¹⁶O+Au data. The variation of theaverage transverse momentum is investigated as function of centrality. The target-mass and energy dependence of π⁰ p _T distributions are presented. For¹⁶O+Au a change of slope in these distributions is observed atp _t ≈0.8 GeV/c compatible with hydrodynamic expansion models.