Annihilation of slow antiprotons in flight and in traps

The antiproton-nucleus annihilation in two possible experimental situations (low energy in-flight annihilation and annihilation in a trap) is investigated taking into account the Coulomb interaction. For these two cases, the formulas giving the relation between the antiproton-nucleus scattering lengtha _cs and observables (annihilation cross section and antiprotons time-of-life in a trap) are obtained. These relations are proposed to determinea _cs.     

Annihilation at rest of antiprotons and protons into neutral particles

Annihilation of antiprotons and protons at rest into neutral particles has been studied with the Crystal Barrel detector at LEAR. Annihilation frequencies are determined for final states containing π⁰, η, η′ and ω mesons using a liquid and a room temperature, 12 bar, gaseous hydrogen target. Including annihilation frequencies for production of neutral kaons from other experiments, the identified reactions for annihilation in liquid hydrogen add up to a branching fraction of (3.56±0.28)% per annihilation compared to the frequency of (3.50±0.30)% with which we observe the all-neutral decay modes inclusively. Since the exclusive final states are normalized to the Crystal Barrel measurement of the π⁰π⁰ branching ratio, the latter result is strongly supported by this present study.     

等离子体浸没注入超低能注入掺杂研究

A plasma immersion ion implantation(PIII) system based on inductively coupled plasma(ICP) technology was designed. The PIII system had a cylindrical chamber, and a radio frequency(RF) power was used to sustain discharge and a pulsed voltage source was provided to bias the wafer. The RF power was coupled into chamber by a non-coplanar two-turn circular structure coil. A Langmuir probe was connected to the PIII system to diagnose the plasma parameters. The probe diagnosis indicated that plasma ion density of the system achieves 10¹⁷m^-3, the uniformity of the ion density along radial direction achieves 3.53%. Boron (B) and phosphorus (P) doping experiments were performed on the system. Results from second ion mass spectrum (SIMS) tests showed that the measured injection depth is about 10nm and the shallowest is 8.6 nm (at 10¹⁸cm^-3), the peak ion concentration is below the surface of the wafer, and the ion dose reaches above10¹⁵cm^-2 and the abrupt 2.5 nm/decade.     

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基于感应耦合等离子体(ICP)技术设计了一套用于在硅基片上制作形成超浅结的等离子体浸没注入(PIII)系统。该ICP PIII系统工作腔室为圆柱形,采用射频功率源,注入偏压源为一脉冲直流电压源,系统与Langmiur探针相连。探针诊断结果表明,该系统的等离子体离子密度达到1017m-3,离子密度径向均匀性达到3.53%。硼和磷的超低能注入试验的二次离子质谱测试结果表明：掺杂离子注入深度在10nm左右,最浅的注入深度为8.6nm(在注入离子密度为1018cm-3时);注入离子剂量达到了1015cm-2以上;掺杂离子浓度峰值在表面以下;注入陡峭度达到了2.5nm/decade。     

Sputter yields in diamond bombarded by ultra low energy ions

Artificial diamond is an ideal material for high power, high voltage electronic devices, and for engineering use in extreme environments. Diamond process development requires parallel development in characterization techniques such as ultra low energy SIMS (uleSIMS), especially in the ability to depth profile for impurities and dopants at high depth resolution.As a contribution to the background knowledge required, we have measured the sputter yields of single crystal high pressure high temperature (HPHT) diamond using O₂⁺, Cs⁺ and Ar⁺ primary ions in the energy range 300 eV to 2 keV. We compare these with yields for silicon and GaAs. We show that the erosion rates with oxygen are ∼10 times what would be expected from ballistic processes and essentially energy independent in the measured range. This result agrees with the anomalously high sputter yield observed in the ion etching context. Conversely, positive ion yields for elements such as boron are very low in comparison with silicon. This points to a reactive ion etching process liberating CO or CO₂ rather than sputtering as the principal erosion process.This is both problematic and beneficial for SIMS analysis. Oxygen can be used to reach buried structures in diamond efficiently, and the effects of the near-normal incidence beam are planarizing as they are in silicon. Conversely, since positive ion yields are low, alternative probes or strategies must be found for high sensitivity profiling of electropositive elements.     

Interaction of antiprotons with deuterons at low energies

Approximate methods of solving the few-body problem are applied to describe the interaction of anti-protons with the deuteron. In cases available the results are compared with calculations based on solving the Faddeev equations.Submitted to the symposium Mesons and Light Nuclei, Liblice, Czechoslovakia, June 1981.     

Extraction of ultra-low energy antiprotons from Penning traps

Approximately one million antiprotons have been captured in a large Penning trap at the Low Energy Antiproton Ring at CERN. These antiprotons have subsequently been cooled by electron cooling. This has opened new discussions of the possible use of ultra-low energy antiprotons for nuclear, atomic, and gravitational physics. For most of these experiments, it will be necessary to extract the antiprotons from the trap in a continuous or bunched beam, allowing the timing structure to be used for post-acceleration schemes or as a time tag for the subsequent measurements. We have designed an extraction scheme to accomplish this and have tested portions of it using a smaller Penning trap loaded with protons. First results in generating a time-correlated beam of particles from a Penning trap are presented.     

Prospects for electron cooling of antiprotons at low energies

The motivation of using electron cooling in low-energy antiproton storage rings and the expected cooling performance are discussed. Results obtained recently, during the first operation of electron cooling in LEAR at CERN with a 50 MeV proton beam, are summarized, concerning in particular the equilibrium beam properties, the recombination between cooling electrons and cooled protons, and the deceleartion of acceleration of protons by friction in the electron beam. Conclusions are drawn for the formation of antihydrogen with the cooled antiproton beam, and for the deceleration of antiprotons to energies close to or below 1 MeV.     

激光与固体靶相互作用中低密度预等离子体对高能电子产生的影响

对线极化、圆极化的超短超强激光脉冲与靶前有一段低密度预等离子体的固体靶的相互作用进行了理论和粒子模拟研究。激光通过有质动力加速机制加速预等离子体中的电子,研究了电子获得的最大能量随激光强度和预等离子体密度的变化。当激光脉冲与靶直接作用时,靶中的电子由于JB机制而得到加速,所获得的能量比预等离子体中电子低。研究表明,在超短超强激光脉冲与固体靶相互作用中,预等离子体的存在有利于高能电子的产生。     

Low energy antiprotons in the cosmic rays: A new upper limit

Kinematics predicts the severe suppression of low-energy (<1 GeV) secondary antiprotons in the Galactic cosmic rays. Thus the observation several years ago of a finite flux of low-energy antiprotons could not be explained with existing models of cosmic ray propagation, which led to a plethora of theoretical speculation. We have recently flown a balloon-borne instrument to measure the energy spectrum of cosmic-ray , and have found no antiprotons in the energy interval 200–640 MeV (corrected to the top of the atmosphere). This yields an upper limit to the ratio of 5.5×10⁻⁵ (90% confidence level), well below and hence contradicting the earlier result.     

A fast, low perturbation ionization beam profile monitor based on a gas-jet curtain for the ultra low energy storage ring

An ionization beam profile monitor relying on a supersonic gas-jet shaped into an extended, thin curtain is proposed for operation in an ultra high vacuum environment for very low perturbation on the accelerated beam, as requested for the in-ring profile monitoring at the Ultra low energy Storage Ring (USR) at the Facility for Low-energy Antiproton and Ion Research (FLAIR), in Darmstadt. In this paper, we describe the working principle of the monitor, as well as providing an analysis of sensitivity and resolution dependence on geometrical design and gas curtain thickness.     

Adiabatic cooling of antiprotons

Adiabatic cooling is shown to be a simple and effective method to cool many charged particles in a trap to very low temperatures. Up to 3×10(6) p are cooled to 3.5 K-10(3) times more cold p and a 3 times lower p temperature than previously reported. A second cooling method cools p plasmas via the synchrotron radiation of embedded e(-) (with many fewer e(-) than p in preparation for adiabatic cooling. No p are lost during either process-a significant advantage for rare particles.     

Production of low-energy antiprotons

The production, collection and deceleration of antiprotons is reviewed with the aim of establishing guidelines for the design of a simple yet efficient source of stopped antiprotons. A high-energy (20–100 GeV) high-intensity (∼10¹³ protons/pulse) proton accelerator is needed to produce antiprotons in copious numbers. A “passive” conversion-target consisting of a thin iridium rod embedded in graphite, and a magnetic-horn type lens to collect the antiproton flux from the target represent a good compromise between yield and reliability. To transport the flux to low energy a large-acceptance cooling and deceleration ring working up to an energy equal to one-eighth to one-tenth of the primary proton energy is required. Stochastic cooling (at high energy) and electron cooling (at lower energy) are indispensable for providing low-energy beams of useful density. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Measurements of atmospheric antiprotons

We measured atmospheric antiproton spectra in the energy range 0.2 to 3.4 GeV, at sea level and at balloon altitude in the atmospheric depth range 4.5 to 26 g/cm². The observed energy spectra, including our previous measurements at mountain altitude, were compared with estimated spectra calculated on various assumptions regarding the energy distribution of antiprotons that interacted with air nuclei.     

Production of MeV antiprotons

In view of a future antihydrogen programme at CERN, the options for producing MeV antiprotons are revisited. The current limitations, operational performances and foreseen improvements are detailed. An alternative scheme using a dedicated machine for production and deceleration is also discussed.     

Applications of trapped antiprotons

Recent successes in trapping antiprotons suggest that portable traps can be used in several important applications. Included among these are medicine, laser physics, energy development, and nondestructive materials evaluation. An experimental program for the next three years is outlined.Work supported in part by the AFOSR, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Rocketdyne Corporation.     

极低反射率光控高温超导开关的研究

提出了一种能够实现极低反射率的光控高温超导开关的新结构-微带直线结构,并提出实现此结构的新方法-辐照均匀法。理论分析、仿真数据和可行性验证实验都表明,光控高温超导开关采用辐照均匀法和微带直线结构,可以有效地扩大超导开关光辐照通断点的受辐射面积;因光束光强分布更加均匀,使通断控制性能更高;微带直线结构使得特性阻抗变化完全消失,具有极低的反射率;利用光学元件能够有效控制激光光束直径的特点,使微带线宽指标设计更加灵活,光控超导开关的适应面更广。     

Proton-nucleus inelastic cross section at ultra high energy

Energy dependence of proton-nucleus reaction cross section at very high energy is discussed. It is stressed that depending on the gluon distribution near the nuclear surface, proton-nucleous total cross section increases much more rapidly compared to the usual Glauber independent nucleon estimate. The recent observation of smaller X _max than the expected value at UHECR domain can be an indication for such a mechanism.     

Angular and energy differential electron emission cross sections in collisions between antiprotons and helium atoms

We present theoretical singly- and doubly-differential ionization cross sections in collisions between antiprotons and helium atoms at 50 and 100 keV impact energies. The calculations were performed within the frame work of the continuum distorted wave eikonal initial state approximation and a three-body classical trajectory Monte Carlo method. We find clear evidence for the formation of the anti-cusp in the differential distributions.