The collective Lamb shift in nuclear γ-ray superradiance

The electromagnetic transitions of M?ssbauer nuclei provide almost ideal two-level systems to transfer quantum optical concepts into the regime of hard x-rays. If many identical atoms collectively interact with a resonant radiation field, one observes (quantum) optical properties that are strongly different from those of a single atom. The most prominent effect is the broadening of the resonance line known as collective enhancement, resulting from multiple scattering of real photons within the atomic ensemble. On the other hand, the exchange of virtual photons within the ensemble leads to a tiny energy shift of the resonance line, the collective Lamb shift, that remained experimentally elusive for a long time after its prediction. Here we illustrate how highly brilliant synchrotron radiation allows one to prepare superradiant states of excited M?ssbauer nuclei, an important condition for observation of the collective Lamb shift.     

Heterodyne detection of synchrotron radiation

A time integral method for the study of resonant nuclear scattering of synchrotron radiation in the forward direction is presented. The method relies on the interference of radiation scattered by nuclei in two samples, one moving with respect to the other. The method, termed heterodyne detection of synchrotron radiation, gives the same information on hyperfine parameters as the well known differential method. The general formalism is developed for the case where the reference is a single line sample and the investigated sample has magnetic or quadrupole splitting. The first experiments are discussed. A comparison of time differential synchrotron radiation spectroscopy, heterodyne detection and Mössbauer spectroscopy is given.     

Soft X-Ray Holographic Microscopy of Biological Cells

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Nuclear Creation and Annihilation Operators and Electromagnetic Multipole Fields

The frequency spectrum of electromagnetic radiation can be written as the Fourier transform of the first-order correlation function of the vector potential. If nuclei are coupled to the radiation field, the Heisenberg equations of motion of the field operators contain nuclear operators and vice versa. Under plausible assumptions the equations of motion for the nuclear operators can be integrated and hence, the equations of the field operators can be solved. The vector potential of the radiated field can then be expressed as a function of solely nuclear quantities. The first-order correlation function deduced from it contains only two-times and one-time averages of simple nuclear creation and annihilation operators. The theory can be used to explain homogeneous line broadening for long-lived nuclei submitted to small fluctuating interactions. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Magnetic Resonance and Relaxation of Polarized Beta-Active Nuclei: Modern State and Visible Trends

A review of experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic resonance and relaxation of polarized beta-active nuclei (beta-NMR) is presented since the invention of the method just after the discovery of parity nonconservation. Basics of the method and layouts of reactor- and accelerator-based installations are considered. Main attention is devoted to studies of radiation after-effects, multi-spin resonances and their application for investigation of the defects and disordered systems, NMR and cross-relaxation line shapes, and random walks in disordered media (magnetic analogy of the Forster resonance energy transfer).     

Radiative corrections for level widths in light muonic atoms

The corrections, which are associated with electron vacuum polarization, for the radiation level widths and line intensities in light muonic atoms are examined. The total level widths, with allowance for the finite size of the nuclei, relativistic effects, and recoil are found. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 112, 805–817 (September 1997)     

Energy Radiation of the Active Galactic Nuclei

In the Hellings-Nordtvedt theory, we obtain some expressions of energy radiation and mass defect effect for a kind of the active galactic nuclei, which is meaningful to calculating the energy radiation in the procession of forming this kind of celestial bodies. This calculation can give some interpretation for energy source of the jet from the active galactic nuclei.     

Level mixing induced transparency

We discuss level mixing induced transparency (LMIT), which is experimentally found in a thick absorber of FeCO₃ containing the ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer nuclei. LMIT is observed if two hyperfine levels of the excited state nucleus cross. Absorption of gamma radiation drops by about 25% with respect to the sum of two overlapping absorption lines. The absorption deficit is explained by the mixing of the crossing levels with a symmetry breaking interaction. The level mixing induces a polarization change of the scattered radiation. In such a way, the radiation develops in “normal modes,” which are less absorbed in a thick absorber. We show that, in spite of the absorption drop, the area of the absorption line does not change. This confirms the general knowledge that interference phenomena (destructive or constructive) do not change the lifetime of an excited state particle (atom, nucleus, etc).     

Gamma holography from multiple scattering

Since the introduction of heterodyne methods for synchrotron radiation (Cousesement et al. in Phys. Rev. B 54:16003, 1996; Callens et al. in Phys. Rev. 67:104423, 2003) one observes interferences between two scattering amplitudes; the scattering amplitude of resonant nuclei in a reference sample and the scattering amplitude of nuclei in the sample under investigation. Theses interferences can easily been observed as resonances in velocity spectra when one uses a time integrated method. They can also been observed as quantum beats, when one would use the time differential method. For both methods it is important that one uses a reference sample and therefore both methods disserved the name “heterodyne methods.” As theses interferences are a product of two scattering amplitudes, the amplitude of a wave scattered form the investigated sample can be known with its phase. But it is assumed that the reference wave is known in advance by a proper choice of the reference sample. At first sight it is very likely that multiple scattering would add more complexity but in this paper it is claimed that on the contrary it provide a bonus, especially for single crystals. It provokes only a line broadening and a line shift of the resonances in the velocity spectra (or a change in the damping and frequency of the quantum beats when the time spectra are registered). Moreover these changes in the line shapes can easily be measured and they provide all the information needed to reconstruct a 3-D picture of the atomic arrangement of resonant nuclei and moreover they distinguish between different hyperfine sites. The method may be more practical for measurements on synchrotron radiation but it does also apply to velocity spectra obtained from resonant scattering with strong sources. The use of radioactive sources suffer from the disadvantage of poorer statistics or much longer accumulation times but they enjoy the advantage to be table-top and at-home experiments. As strong sources are now commercially available this possibility to measure not only the hyperfine fields but also the corresponding crystal structure could give a renewed impetus to the investigations with Moessbauer spectrometry, with “at home and table top” instrumentation.     

Sign of excited state nuclearg-factors using gamma detected NMR/ON

Integral nuclear orientation and conventional CW NMR/ON studies using parity conserving gamma radiation can yield the nuclear moment μ, g and hence the nuclear spin, I, of the radioactive parent nuclei, but not the sign of g. In principle, the sign of g is accessible using parity non conserving beta radiation but is technically difficult; also, some nuclei decay without particle emission. We describe a novel spin echo NMR/ON technique that overcomes these previous difficulties and allows determination of the sign of the g-factor using gamma radiation.     

Conditions for generation of X-ray cherenkov radiation during motion of charges in realistic media

The influence of the spatial distribution of electrons, atoms, and nuclei in condensed media on a medium’s susceptibility and on the conditions for the formation of short-wavelength Cherenkov radiation are considered. It is shown that taking into account the inhomogeneous (atomic and electronic) structure of material media in which fast charged particles travel leads to a change in the effective susceptibility and permittivity in the X-ray range, as compared with cases of model homogeneous media with the same average concentration of electrons. The influence of the distribution functions of electrons and nuclei in a target on the conditions for Cherenkov radiation generation and its parameters and on the threshold energy of fast charged particles required to generate such radiation is studied. It is shown that the function of the spatial distribution of electrons and nuclei in a target affects the conditions for generating laser radiation in the X- and λ-ray ranges (on the problem of X- and λ-ray lasers). The obtained results show that using the Fresnel approximation in the X-ray range is insufficiently justified and can lead to significant errors.     

Shape transitions in proton-rich Ho and Tm isotopes

Total Routhian Surface (TRS) calculations have been performed for even-even nuclei along proton drip line to study nuclear ground-state deformations, as well as the odd proton nuclei Ho and Tm isotopes. The drip line nuclei show the expected shape transition with the shell e?ects. Ground-state shape changes from prolate to oblate at 143Ho and 145Tm in these two isotopes, which is due to the γ instability around N =76.     

Proposal for a nuclear gamma-ray laser of optical range

A possibility of the amplification of the 7.6 eV γ radiation by the stimulated γ emission of the ensemble of the (229m)Th isomeric nuclei in a host dielectric crystal is proved theoretically. This amplification is a result of (1) the excitation of a large number of (229m)Th isomers by laser radiation, (2) the creation of the inverse population of nuclear levels in a cooled sample owing to the interaction of thorium nuclei with the crystal electric field or with an external magnetic field, (3) the emission or absorption of the optical photons by thorium nuclei in the crystal without recoil, and (4) the nuclear spin relaxation through the conduction electrons of the metallic covering.     

远离β稳定线奇异核性质的理论研究

回顾了对远离β稳定线奇特核性质的理论研究现状，并用相对论平均场理论研究了远离β稳定线奇特核的性质．包括轻核的中子晕和质子晕、远离β稳定线核的壳效应和超重核的性质等.The present situation of studies on exotic nuclei far from the β stable line is simply reviewed and then the relativistic mean field study on these nuclei has been carried out. This includes studies on neutron halos and proton halos in light nuclei, on nuclear shell effects of nuclei far from the stability, and on the properties of superheavy nuclei.     

Triton-Clustering in Light Nuclei Near the Neutron Drip Line

Triton-clustering in light nuclei near the neutron drip line is analyzed from their binding energies. Various propertie! of these exotic nuclei are explained.     

Propagation of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays in an expanding Universe

A numerical code is described that simulates the propagation of protons and ultrahigh-energy nuclei in an expanding Universe, taking into account the interaction with the background electromagnetic radiation. Using this code, we calculate the intensity of extragalactic cosmic rays, sources of which are jets of galaxies with active nuclei.     

远离稳定线核研究进展

近几年在对远离核的实验研究中,观测到了理论预言的新衰变模式,如45Fe的双质子衰变,β-缓发裂变;对中子滴线外一些核的存在可能性也进行了较多的实验探索和理论分析;开始了对人们一直关注的中子集团存在可能性的实验探索.远离核谱学和衰变性质研究逐渐深入,通过对一些远离核第一激发态能量的系统比较和许多远离核β衰变Q值的测量,以及核质量的精确测量,发现在远离核区,原有的一些幻数消失,代之产生了一些新的幻数,对其产生原因的理论分析做了简要的综述. Recently the predicted new decay model, for instance two-proton decay and β~(-)delayed fission have been observed in the investigations of the nuclei far from stability line. The existence of the nuclei located beyond the drip-line has already been studied experimentally and theoretically. It has been started to search for the neutron cluster in experiment by using neutron-rich nuclei. The researches of the spectroscopy and decay properties of the nuclei far from stability line are more and deeper, and...     

Influence of laser radiation on the Mössbauer absorption spectra of CdS (Fe<Superscript>57</Superscript>) single crystal

Influence of laser radiation on the resonant absorption of gamma radiation from Fe⁵⁷ nuclei in cadmium sulphide is investigated. It is shown that under action of laser radiation the shape of the Mössbauer spectrum of the sample is modified. The observed modification of the spectrum is explained by the presence in the sample of acoustic vibrations arising as a result of photoacoustic effect.     

Modification of Mössbauer reflection spectra of group AIIBVI single crystals with Fe<Superscript>57</Superscript> nuclei under influence of infrared radiation

Interaction of Mössbauer gamma radiation with ultrasound vibrations in group AIIBVI single crystals of CdS and CdSe with Fe⁵⁷ impurity nuclei under action of infrared radiation is investigated. It is shown that the infrared irradiation excites a phonon field in single crystals. Similar to the case of optical irradiation of single crystals the shape of their Mössbauer spectrum is modified. The effect of double modulation of resonant gamma radiation by infrared radiation has been observed.