Gas-Dynamic Research Technique of Indirectly Irradiated Targets in Porous Materials at Iskra-5 Fasility

In this paper, studies of gas-dynamic flows in samples of various materials loaded with an X-ray flux in “Illuminator”-type targets on Iskra-5 laser facility of the ILFI VNIIEF are presented. The obtained results on the velocity of shock waves in the sample under the study are compared with model calculations to match the gas-dynamic parameters to their calculated estimates.     

An extension of the generalized exciton model and calculations of (p,p') and (p,α) angular distributions

We present a model for calculating the energy-angle double differential cross section of the nucleon emission from preequilibrium states in nucleon-induced reactions. It is an extension of the generalized exciton model of Mantzouranis et al. for treating the kinematics of the NN collision properly. Its final expression is compact and easy to use. Numerical calculations for various reactions were carried out and some improvements over the previous results were obtained. The angular distribution was well reproduced except at backward angles. The validity of the “fast” particle assumption used in the previous models was also examined.We then applied the present model to composite-particle emission by employing the technique for composite-particle emission spectra we developed previously. Here we assumed that the angular distribution of the composite particle is obtained by folding that of the “leading” particle over the internal motion of the composite particle. The numerical calculation for α-emission was performed and a good fit to the experimental data was obtained for various targets and incident energies without any adjustable parameters.     

Emission von Spallationsprodukten aus metallischen Targets

Emission of spoliation products with mass numbers A = 147 ? 173 from tantalum targets irradiated by 660 MeV protons has been investigated. Cascade-evaporation model calculations are compared to experimental results and data for smaller energies and various targets. Calculations are in agreement with experiments. Relations allowing to estimate the “practical range” of neutron deficient nuclides in thick targets have been obtained.     

“Exact” shell model calculations and linked nuclear effective interactions

It is shown that so-called “exact” shell model calculations of spectra (diagonalizations) contain important unlinked terms which are due to space truncation. These terms render less interesting a comparison between the “exact” calculation of spectra and model space calculations with effective interactions containing linked terms only. The spectral calculations were performed in mass 6. The lowest order unlinked terms which arise in the “exact” calculation were calculated in mass 6 and mass 18.     

The atomic and electronic structure of the TiO2- and BaO-terminated BaTiO3(0 0 1) surfaces in a paraelectric phase

Relaxation and rumpling of BaTiO₃(0 0 1) surface with two different terminations have been investigated from ab initio local density approximation calculations. Large displacements of ions deviated from their crystalline sites have been obtained. These kinds of displacements lead to the formation the surface rumpling, dipole moments and electric field in the near-surface region. Band structures, density of states, bond population and electronic density redistributions have been obtained. Considerable enhancement of Ti–O chemical bond covalency nearby the surface, especially for the TiO₂ termination surface, has been found.     

Optical conductivity in a 2D model of the pseudogap state

A 2D model of the pseudogap state is considered on the basis of the scenario of strong electron scattering by short-range-order fluctuations of the “dielectric” (antiferromagnetic or charge density wave) type. A system of recurrence relations is constructed for a one-particle Green’s function and the vertex part, describing the interaction of electrons with an external field. This system takes into account all Feynman diagrams for electron scattering at short-range-order fluctuations. The results of detailed calculations of optical conductivity are given for various geometries (topologies) of the Fermi surface, demonstrating both the effects of pseudogap formation in the electron spectrum and the localization effects. The obtained results are in qualitative agreement with experimental data for underdoped HTSC cuprates.     

A simple and realistic triton wave function

We propose a simple triton wave function that consists of a product of three correlation operators operating on a three-body spin-isospin state. This wave function is formally similar to that used in the recent variational theories of nuclear matter, the main difference being in the long-range behavior of the correlation operators. Variational calculations are carried out with the Reid potential, using this wave function in the so-called “symmetrized product” and “independent pair” forms. The triton energy and density distributions obtained with the symmetrized product wave function agree with those obtained in Faddeev and other variational calculations using harmonic oscillator states. The proposed wave function and calculational methods can be easily generalized to treat the four-nucleon α-particle.     

AB initio hartree-fock study of the MgO(001) surface

The MgO(001) surface has been studied with an ab initio Hartree-Fock crystalline orbital LCAO program. An optimized basis set containing nine atomic orbitals (three s and six p) per atom has been used. The semi-infinite crystal has been simulated by a slab containing three planes (six atoms per cell). In agreement with the most recent LEED experiments, no relaxation is found and the “rumpling” is very small (1% of the nearest neighbour separation in the bulk). The analysis of the electron charge distribution and of the ion multipoles shows that the fully ionic character found for the bulk is maintained at the surface, and that the anion deformation is very small. A surface energy of 1.43 J/m² was obtained.     

Effect of metal and carbon vacancies on the band structure of hexagonal tungsten carbide

The band structure of hexagonal tungsten carbide (β-WC) containing vacancies in metal and carbon sublattices is investigated within the first-principles full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) approach for a model of 16-atom supercells. Specific features of the formation of “vacancy” states are discussed, and the formation energies of defects and their charge states are estimated. The results obtained are compared with previous calculations and available experimental data.     

Interpretation of a layer mechanical impedance measured using a hard round die

Theoretical expressions for the impedance characteristics of a layer bound to a rigid base are obtained for various profiles of the normal pressure under a die that vibrates on the layer surface without producing any shear stresses. The frequency dependences of the impedance characteristics of a homogeneous gelatin layer and their variation with changes in the die diameter are measured by means of a specialized software-hardware system. The impedance characteristics are calculated for the models with “uniform,” “parabolic,” and “hyperbolic” pressure profiles under the die, and the results are compared with the experimental data. The model with a uniformly distributed pressure under the die is found to be the most adequate one.     

Surface rumples and band gap reductions of cubic BaZrO3 (001) surface studied by means of first-principles calculations

Electronic properties of the (001) surface of cubic BaZrO$_{3}$ with BaO and ZrO$_{2}$ terminations have been studied using first-principles calculations. Surface structure, partial density of states, band structure and surface energy have been obtained. We find that the largest relaxation appears in the first layer of atoms, and the relaxation of the BaO-terminated surface is larger than that of the ZrO$_{2}$-terminated surface. The surface rumpling of the BaO-terminated surface is also larger than that of the ZrO$_{2}$-terminated surface. Results of surface energy calculations reveal that the BaZrO$_{3}$ surface is likely to be more stable than the PbZrO$_{3}$ surface.     

A New Way of Looking at Nuclear Resonant Scattering

A new model for nuclear-resonant scattering of gamma radiation from resonant matter has been developed and is summarized here. This “coherent-path” model has lead to closed-form, finite-sum solutions for radiation scattered in the forward direction. The solution provides a unified microscopic picture of nuclear-resonant scattering processes. The resonant absorber or scatterer is modeled as a one-dimensional chain of “effective” nuclei or “effective” planes. The solution is interpreted as showing that the resonant radiation undergoes sequential scattering from one absorber “nucleus” or “plane” to another before reaching the detector. For recoil-free processes the various “paths” to the detector contribute coherently. The solution for this case gives calculated results that are indistinguishable from those using the classical optical model approach, although the forms of the solutions are completely different. The coherent-path model shows that the “speed-up” and “dynamical beating” effects are primarily a consequence of the fact that the single “effective” nuclear scattering processes are 180° out of phase with the incident radiation while the double nuclear scattering processes are in phase with the incident radiation. All multiple scattering paths are, and must be, included. The model can also treat the incoherent processes, i.e., processes involving gamma emission with recoil or conversion-electron emission. The source of the resonant gamma radiation can be from a radioactive source or from synchrotron radiation: both cases are treated. The model is used to explain and understand the results when each of the following experimental procedures is applied: time-differential Mössbauer spectroscopy, time-differential synchrotron radiation spectroscopy, enhanced-resolution resonant-detector Mössbauer spectroscopy, and the “gamma echo”.     

On the problem of “intrinsic” vs “extrinsic” scattering in x-ray photoemission from core levels of solids

It is shown that an exact separation of “intrinsic” and “extrinsic” contributions to the strength of bulk- and surface-plasmon satellites in XPS is impossible. However, separate calculations of electron and hole scattering, as well as interference terms for various excitation depths and photoelectron energies indicate the situations where “intrinsic” or “extrinsic” effects dominate in the observed spectrum.     

Linear theory of beam–wave interaction in double-slot coupled cavity travelling wave tube

A three-dimensional model of the double-slot coupled cavity slow-wave structure(CCSWS) with a solid round electron beam for the beam–wave interaction is presented. Based on the "cold" dispersion, the "hot" dispersion equation is derived with the Maxwell equations by using the variable separation method and the field-matching method. Through numerical calculations, the effects of the electron beam parameters and the staggered angle between adjacent walls on the linear gain are analyzed.     

Dielectric barrier discharge in needle-to-plane configuration: Model of surface charge relaxation

Relaxation process of surface charge owing to dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in “needle – air gap – polyethylene terephthalate film – plane” configuration is considered. Experimental data of the surface charge relaxation (SCR) are obtained by means of the rotating capacitive probe. Taking into account Gaussian radial distribution of accumulated charge density, effective surface and volume electrical conductivities of a barrier dielectric, phenomenological model of SCR for any dielectric thickness is proposed and exact solutions are obtained. The adequacy of the model is confirmed by the numerical computation. There is a good agreement between the experimental results and the model calculations.     

On the nuclear matter approach to the heavy-ion optical potential

A simple theory of the heavy-ion optical potential oV, based on the local density approximation, is presented. The colliding ions are described locally as two slabs of nuclear matter. The real part of the energy density of the two slabs is derived from the properties of nuclear matter, and for the imaginary part the “frivolous model” is applied. Results for oV in the case of two slabs are presented and compared with results of other calculations. Arguments are given in favour of using the frivolous model in the optical potential and the VUU calculations for heavy-ion collisions.     

Quantum radiation theory in a diffusion model version

Using the diffusion model associated by the author with the wave equations, a part of current quantum radiation theory is reformulated so that the characteristic divergences in the associated calculations no longer arise. The reformulation does this by stipulating, on purely physical grounds, that a transition involving a “virtual” quantum must include a high frequency “cutoff” factor in its interaction Hamiltonian. For a transition involving a “real” quantum, the stipulation is that the “cutoff” factor is not to be included.