The fragmentation of 20Ne at 400 A MeV

The total charge-changing cross sections and partial cross sections for the production of projectile fragments are measured in the interactions of 400 A MeV ²⁰Ne with aluminum, carbon and polyethylene targets sandwiched with CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors. The measured total charge-changing cross sections are compared with the predictions using the Bradt-Peters semi-empirical formula, and the NUCFRAG2 and PHITS models. It is shown that the measured experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical model prediction and other experimental results, and it can be clearly seen that the partial cross sections for fragment production show obvious odd-even effects.     

Total charge-changing cross sections for neutron-deficient isotopes from58Ni fragmentation

At the projectile-fragment separator FRS of GSI, relativistic secondary beams of about 520 MeV/nucleon were produced by fragmentation of a primary beam of⁵⁸Ni at 650 MeV/nucleon in a beryllium target. By means of aΔE—Bρ—TOF measurement, the fragments have been identified and their charge-changing probabilities in targets of CH₂, C, Al, and Pb have been determined. We describe the results for the total charge-changing cross sections in this first paper, whereas a second article deals with the partial charge-changing cross sections. At the drip line, the measured charge-changing cross sections exhaust close to 100% of the total interaction cross sections as calculated with semiempirical models. The measurements at the proton drip line with low-Z targets indicate that only a very small increase of the cross sections may be observed, whereas the measurements with a lead target show that no significant increase of the total charge-changing cross sections is present which would be a hint for low-lying dipole strength. Our experimental data are compared to Glauber-type calculations.     

The total charge-changing cross sections and the partial cross sections of 56Fe fragmentation on Al,C and CH2 targets

The total charge-changing cross sections and the partial cross sections of ⁵⁶Fe fragmentation on polyethylene, carbon and aluminum targets at the highest energy of 496 A MeV are investigated using CR-39 plastic nuclear track detector. The total charge-changing cross-section for hydrogen target is calculated based on the results of polyethylene and carbon targets. It is found that the total charge-changing cross sections for fragmentation of ⁵⁶Fe on hydrogen, carbon and aluminum targets are independent on the beam energy in our studied energies, and are consistent with the predictions of Bradt–Peter semi-empirical formula, Nilsen parameterized formula, NUCFRG2 and QMSFRG theoretical simulation codes. The partial cross sections for projectile fragment production are independent on beam energy in our studied energies for each targets and do not show a significant even-odd effect.     

Relativistic Energy Pb Projectile Fragmentation with Heavy Target Nuclei

We investigate the fragmentation of 158A GeV ^207Tpb projectiles with Bi, Pb, Cu and AI targets using CR-39 nuclear track detectors. The exposures were made at SPS-CERN. After the etching, the detectors were scanned using an optical microscope to collect the data of etched cone diameters and lengths. We measured the partial charge-changing cross sections using the data of etched cone lengths. The predicted cross sections are compared to similar measurements reported in literature and their dependences on projectile and target mass are described.     

Angular distribution of 6He+p elastic scattering

The angular distribution of ¹H(⁶He,p)⁶He elastic scattering has been measured at E_c.m.=4.3 MeV by using a thick-target inverse kinematic method. The experimental differential cross sections are reproduced by the distorted-wave Born approximation calculation utilizing the CH89 global optical potential parameter set. The real part of CH89 is reduced comparing with other potentials, which may be attributed to the couplings necessary for the weakly bound nuclei.     

Fragmentation of 370 MeV/n 20Ne and 470 MeV/n 24Mg in light targets

Total charge-changing cross sections and cross sections for the production of projectile-like fragments were determined for fragmentation reactions induced by 370 MeV/n ²⁰Ne ions in water and lucite, and 490 MeV/n ²⁴Mg ions in polyethylene, carbon and aluminum targets sandwiched with CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors. An automated microscope system and a track-to-track matching algorithm were used to count and recognize the primary and secondary particles. The measured cross sections were then compared with published cross sections and predictions of different models. Two models and the three-dimensional Monte Carlo Particle Heavy Ion Transport Code System (PHITS) were used to calculate total charge-changing cross sections. Both models agreed within a few percent for the system ²⁴Mg + CH₂, however a deviation up to 20% was observed for the systems ²⁰Ne + H₂O and C₅H₈O₂, when using one of the models. For all the studied systems, PHITS systematically underestimated the total charge-changing cross section. It was also found that the partial fragmentation cross sections for ²⁴Mg + CH₂ measured in present and earlier works deviated up to 20% for Z = 6–11. Measured cross sections for the production of fragments (Z = 4–9) for ²⁰Ne + H₂O and C₅H₈O₂ were compared with predictions of three different semi-empirical models and JQMD which is used in the PHITS code. The calculated cross sections differed from the measured data by 10–90% depending on which fragment and charge was studied, and which model was used.     

Calculation and Analysis of Neutron-Induced Reactions on 58Ni Below 150MeV

Based on the experimental data of the total, the nonelastic and the elastic cross sections and the elastic scattering angular distributions for n+⁵⁸Ni reactions, a set of parameters for a neutron optical model potential is obtained in the incident neutron energy region from 0.8—150MeV. Then reaction cross sections, angular distributions, energy spectra, gamma-ray production cross sections and gamma-ray production energy spectra are calculated in terms of the optical model, the distorted wave Born approximation theory, the Hauser-Feshbach theory, the exciton model and the cascade mechanism inside nuclear. The results are analyzed and compared with the existing experimental data and other evaluated data from ENBF/B-6. They are in agreement with each other within error bars.     

Heavy fragment production cross sections from 1.05 GeV/nucleon 56Fe in C, Al, Cu, Pb, and CH2 targets

We have obtained charge-changing cross sections and partial cross sections for fragmentation of 1.05 GeV/nucleon Fe projectiles incident on H, C, Al, Cu, and Pb nuclei. The energy region covered by this experiment is critical for an understanding of galactic cosmic ray propagation and space radiation biophysics. Surviving primary beam particles and fragments with charges from 12 to 25 produced within a forward cone of half-angle 61 mrad were detected using a silicon detector telescope to identify their charge and the cross sections were calculated after correction of the measured yields for finite target thickness effects. The cross sections are compared to model calculations and to previous measurements. Cross sections for the production of fragments with even-numbered nuclear charges are seen to be enhanced in almost all cases.     

L-Shell X-Ray Yields and Production Cross Sections of Zr and Mo Bombarded by Slow Highly Charged Ar16+ Ions

The L-shell x-ray yields of Zr and Mo bombarded by slow Ar16＋ ions are measured. The energy of the Ar^16＋ ions ranges from about 150 keV to 350 keV. The L-shell x-ray production cross sections of Zr and Mo are extracted from these yields data. The explanation of these experimental results is in the framework of the adiabatic direct- ionization and the binding energy modified BEA approximation. We consider, in the slow asymmetric collisions such as Ar and Mo/Zr, the transient united atoms （UA） are formed during the ion-surface interaction and the direct-ionization is the main mechanism for the inner-shell vacancy production. Generally, the theoretical results are in good agreement with the experimental data.     

Nuclear reaction cross sections of 16O + 16O obtained by γ-ray detection

The partial production cross sections for reaction residues produced by the fusion of ¹⁶O with ¹⁶O have been measured at E_c.m = 9–30 MeV by detecting the characteristic γ-rays with a Ge(Li) detector. The dominant products are ²⁴Mg and ²⁷A1 corresponding to 2α and αp emission from the compound nucleus, respectively. The total γ-producing cross sections σ_R were also derived by summing the partial cross sections after correction for the observed (average) γ-ray angular distributions. The trend in the total cross sections is very similar to the trends derived from an optical model or a statistical-evaporation model calculation. The partial production cross sections were compared with other experimental results at 11.9 MeV and 30 MeV and with the results of the statistical-model calculation. It is concluded that the treatment of angular momentum in the calculation is inadequate for describing the partial cross sections. Structure in the partial and total cross section excitation functions is observed with minima occurring at E_c.m. = 27, 24, 20, 17.5, and possibly 15 MeV. Some of this structure is well established by the statistical accuracy of the data and most, but perhaps not all of it, is correlated in the various channels. This structure is compared with that observed in another experiment and some of its implications are discussed.     

Quasi-Elastic Scattering of 16C from 12C at 47.5 MeV/Nucleon

Differential cross sections for the quasi-elastic scattering of^16 C at 47.5 MeV/nucleon from ^12 C target are measured.Coupled-channels calculations are carried out and the optical potential parameters are obtained by fitting the experimental angular distribution.     

Theoretical Calculations and Analysis of n+208Pb Reaction for Intermediate Energy Neutron

Based on experimental data of total, nonelastic, elastic cross section and elastic scattering angular distributions for n+Pb reactions, a set of neutron optical model potential parameters is obtained in the region of incident neutron energy from 1—300 MeV. The cross sections, angular distributions and energy spectra are calculated and analyzed by optical model, distorted wave Born approximation theory, Hauser-Feshbach theory, exciton model and cascade mechanism inside nuclear. The results indicate that the cross sections can be given for n+ ²⁰⁸Pb reactions which are all in good agreement with experimental data.     

MEASUREMENT OF COMPLETE FUSION CROSS SECTION OF 12C+159Tb,12C+165Ho

Complete fusion cross sections have been measured for ¹²C+¹⁵⁹Tb and ¹²C+¹⁶⁵Ho reactions by using K-X rays of evaporation residues with Si(Li)spectrometer.The half-lives of evaporation residues and its yield distributions as a function of incident energy have also been obtained.The experimental values for the complete fusion cross section were compared with the theoretical ones.     

INFLUENCE OF THE NEUTRON NUMBER OF TARGET NUCLEUS ON CROSS SECTIONS OF PARTICLES EMISSION IN 12C+112,124Sn

The energy spectra and angular distributions of Li, Be, B particles emitted from the ¹²C+¹¹²Sn and ¹²C+¹²⁴Sn reactions at E_L=70.0MeV are measured. The angular distributions of the Li, Be, and B particles are found to be peaked around the grazing angle, without any forward peaked component.
The experimental results also showed that the cross section for emission is larger in ¹²C+¹¹²Sn reaction than that in ¹²C+¹²⁴Sn reaction, in contrast with the cross sections for Li, Be and B emissions. The indicates the effect of the neutron number of the target nucleus on the emission probability.     

Measurement of J/ψ Resonance Parameters

The cross sections of e⁺e^－→hadrons,e⁺e^－,μ⁺μ^－have been measured in the vicinity of J/ψresonance at BES/BEPC.The fit of the observed cross sections gives the new results of J/ψ resonance parameters:the partial widths to hadrons,electrons and muous are Γh=74.1±8.1keV,Γe= 5.14±0.39keV and Γμ=5.13±0.52keV respectively;the total width Γ=84.4±8.9keV;the branching fractions Γh/Γ=(87.8±0.5)%,Γe/Γ=(6.09± 0.33)%,and Γμ/Γ=(6.08±0.33) %.     

Independent Yield Measurement for the Hg-Isotope Products From 600 MeV 18O+natPb(thick target) System (Ⅰ) Experiment and Technique

With an on-line, gas-thermochromatographic Hg element separation as well as a special detection technique, the independent cross sections of the radioactive Hg-isotopes produced from a 600MeV ¹⁸O +^natPb(thick target) reaction system were determined. The independent cross sections of 22 Hg-isotope nuclides in the mass range from ¹⁸⁰Hg to ²⁰⁹Hg were measured. The experimental set-up, the detection technique, the γ-spectrum analyses and the extraction method of production cross sections based on the γ activities from the successively decaying daughter nuclei were described.     

Fragmentation Cross Sections of 12C on Different Targets at Beam Energies from 50 to 100MeV/Nucleon

The fragmentation cross sections of reactions ^12C＋^2H, ^12C, ^14N, ^16O at beam energies from 50 to 100 MeV/nucleon are investigated using the isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Langevin equation model. It is found that fragment species increase approximately with the increasing target mass. The fragment species and some fragments production cross sections in reactions of ^12C＋^12C, ^14N, ^16O show an obvious variation at the beam energies from 50 to 80 MeV/nucleon. However the calculated fragment production cross sections do not change much when the incident energy increases from 80 to 100 MeV/nucleon.     

Charge-changing cross sections of the neutron-rich isotopes8,9,11Li

Total charge-changing cross sections have been measured for⁸Li on C and Pb targets, for⁹Li on C, Al, Cu, Sn and Pb targets, as well as for¹¹Li on C, Sn and Pb targets at about 80 MeV/nucleon. These data are compared to measured total reaction cross sections and Glauber-type calculations using Hartree-Fock density distributions. These comparisons allow to draw conclusions on the proton density distribution of the neutronrich lithium isotopes. The results show that even for the most exotic nucleus¹¹Li the proton distribution is only very weakly influenced by the long tail in the neutron density distribution already established in several experiments.     

Non-Reproducibility of the Cross Sections of the Products Induced from Dissipative Reaction of 17F+27Al

The differential cross sections of the dissipative products B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na and Mg induced from the reactions of ¹⁹F+²⁷Al at two incident energies have been measured at the HI-13 tandem accelerator, Beijing. In the case of a fixed beam incident energy 114MeV or 118.75MeV respectively, identical reaction system and the same detection system, 20 target points in steps of 2mm on a 10mm×50mm rectangular Al foil have been bombarded. The experimental results indicate that the probability distribution of the cross sections is much wider than a standard Gaussian distribution. This non-reproducibility of the cross sections can't be interpreted by the statistical property of a finite count rate.     

Angular Distribution of Elastic Scattering of 17F and 18Ne on Proton

Under reverse kinematics, elastic scattering of ¹⁷F and ¹⁸Ne on proton is studied. The experimental differential cross sections were measured. A kind of global optical potential with the CH89 parameters is used to describe the radioactive nucleus as an initial optical potential parameters. The experimental differential cross section data are analyzed by using the theoretical calculation code DWUCK4 with the distorted wave Born approximation and parameter search subroutine ABOD which automatically searches the suitable parameters. Then the optical potential parameters of scattering ¹⁷F and ¹⁸Ne on proton are obtained. From the analyses of the optimized parameters, the real central potential mean square radii of ¹⁷F and ¹⁸Ne, 3.239fm and 3.317fm are deduced, respectively.