Synthesis of C26 Crystallite Polyethylene by C2+ Ion Bombardment

A new form solid Carbon has been synthesized consisting of a hexagonal close packing of a26 molecules under energetic C₂₆ ion 2.4 MeV bombardment of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The beam current was about 150 mA and the total dose was 1×10¹⁶ ions cm^－2. The residual gas pressure in the irradiation chamber was 1.3×10^－4Pa during bombardment High-resolu-tion transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction, and time-of-flight mass spectroscopy studies of the molecular packing confirm that the C₂₆ molecules have the Caged fullerene structure.     

BaF2 Scintillator Coupling with a Low-pressure Multistep Avalanche Chamber

We studied the properties of a UV light sensitive low-pressure multistep avalanche chamber containing pure TMAE vapour.The gain of two chambers with different constructure at various temperatures is measured.With pure TMAE vapour at 40°C the gain of one chamber was 4×10⁵,the time resolution was 4.1ns.Coupling the chamber with a 2×2×2.4cm³ BaF₂ scintillator we successfully observed the signal of ¹³⁷Cs γ-ray of 0.661MeV.     

STUDY ON RADIATION DAMAGE OF CHINESE-MADE HIGH-Z SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS

Radiation damage effects of several Chinese-made high-Z scintillation crystals have been studied on a ⁶⁰Co irradiation unit of 100KCi Results on small size BGO crystals irradiated by 60Co γ rays with various doses from 5×10³ to 7.5×10⁵rad are presented.The decrease in scintillation light output depends non-linearly on the dose applied and saturation effects above 5×10⁴rad have been observed.The spontaneous recovery of the light output can be described by the sum of at least three exponential functions.The radiation damage effects of small size BaF₂,CsI(Tl) and ZnWO₄ crystals at 5×10⁵rad were also investigated.Serious damage to BaF₂ has been found.Preliminary analyses indicate that this may be attributed to the inclusion of certain critical elements in the crystal.CsI(T1) after irradiation does not exhibit strong afterglow of noticeable coloration as were reported in the literature.     

TRIPLET TO SINGLET CONVERSION OF POSITRONIUM IN OXYGEN

Using a aerogel sample with introduced oxygen gas as a variable energy positronium source,the triplet to singlet conversion of positronium in the elastic and inelastic collisions between positronium atoms and oxygen molecules has been investigated with a time selecting energy spectrometer.We have found that the conversion cross section σ_0—p is proportional to 1/v for slow positronium in the elastic collisons,where v is the mean velocity of positronium,and for the inelastic processes,the cross sections are estimated to be σ_0—p=2.1×10^－17cm² and 6.6×10^－18cm² respectively at kinetic energies of positronium near two thresholds.     

THE SYMMETRY BREAKING OF THE SUPERSTRING-INSPIRED MODEL

By considering the one-loop radiative corrections,we discussed the symmetry breaking of a specific superstringinspired model based on the gauge group SU(3)_C×SU(2)_L×SU(2)_R×U(1)^′×U(1)^′′ We discussed phenomenologically the neutrino mass problem,and the value of the soft breaking parameters A,m and M at the scale Mx were given.     

THE RIGHT-HANDED CURRENTS OF NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE β DECAY IN 48Ca

Right-handed Currents in 0νββ decay with lepton-number nonconservation is discussed by using two nucleons mechanism and the effective operator approach of nuclear matrix elements in this paper. The relation between the mixing parameter η of right-handed currents and the Majorana neutrino mass m_ν is calculated from the experimental decay lifetime of 0νββ decay in ⁴⁰Ca. Our results show that i) m_ν≤(18~23)eV, if |η|=0;ii) |η|≤(1.6~2)×10^－5, if m_ν=0     

Development of Yangbajing air shower core detector for a new EAS hybrid experiment

Aiming at the observation of cosmic-ray chemical composition in the "knee" energy region, we have been developing a new type of air-shower core detector(YAC, Yangbajing Air shower Core detector array) to be set up at Yangbajing(90.522?E, 30.102?N, 4300 m above sea level, atmospheric depth: 606 g/m2) in Tibet, China.YAC works together with the Tibet air-shower array(Tibet-Ⅲ) and an underground water Cherenkov muon detector array(MD) as a hybrid experiment.Each YAC detector unit consists of lead plates of 3.5 cm thickness and a scintillation counter which detects the burst size induced by high energy particles in the air-shower cores.The burst size can be measured from 1 MIP(Minimum Ionization Particle) to 106 MIPs.The first phase of this experiment, named"YAC-Ⅱ ", consists of 16 YAC detectors each with a size of 40 cm×50 cm and distributed in a grid with an effective area of 10 m2.YAC-Ⅱ is used to check hadronic interaction models.The second phase of the experiment, called"YAC-Ⅱ ", consists of 124 YAC detectors with coverage of about 500 m2.The inner 100 detectors of 80 cm×50 cm each are deployed in a 10×10 matrix with a 1.9 m separation; the outer 24 detectors of 100 cm×50 cm each are distributed around these to reject non-core events whose shower cores are far from the YAC-Ⅱ array.YAC-Ⅱ is used to study the primary cosmic-ray composition, in particular, to obtain the energy spectra of protons, helium and iron nuclei between 5×1013eV and 1016 eV, covering the "knee" and also connected with direct observations at energies around 100 TeV.We present the design and performance of YAC-Ⅱ in this paper.     

Pure annihilation type decays B0→Ds- K2*+ and Bs→Da2 in perturbative QCD approach

We calculate the branching ratios of pure annihilation type decays B⁰→D_s^- K₂^*+ and B_s→Da₂ using the perturbative QCD approach based on k_T factorization. The branching ratios are predicted to be (60.6_{-16.5-10.4-2.1}^{+17.3+4.3+3.2} )× 10^-6 for B⁰→D_s^- K₂^*+, (1.1_-0.4-0.2-0.1^+0.4+0.1+0.1)×10^-6 for B_s→D⁰a₂⁰ and (2.3_-0.8-0.4-0.1^+0.8+0.2+0.1)×10^-6 for B_s→D^-a₂⁺. They are large enough to be measured in the ongoing experiment. Due to the shortage of contributions from penguin operators, there are no direct CP asymmetries for these decays in the Standard Model. We also derive simple relations among these decay channels to reduce theoretical uncertainties for the experiments to test the accuracy of theory and search of new physics signal.     

Observation of a pp mass threshold enhancement in ψ′→π+π－J/ψ(J/ψ→γpp) decay

The decay channel ψ′→π⁺π^－J/ψ(J/ψ→γpp) is studied using a sample of 1.06×10⁸ ψ′ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the pp invariant mass spectrum. The enhancement can be fitted with an S-wave Breit-Wigner resonance function with a resulting peak mass of M=1861⁺⁶_－13 (stat)⁺⁷_－26 (syst) MeV/c² and a narrow width that is Γ<38 MeV/c² at the 90% confidence level. These results are consistent with published BESII results. These mass and width values do not match with well established mesons.

     

Pressure-induced phase transition of wulfenite

The in-situ high-pressure structures of wulfenite have been investigated by means of angular dispersive X-ray diffraction with diamond anvil cell and synchrotron radiation. In the pressure up to 22.9 GPa, a pressure-induced scheelite-to-fergusonite transition is observed at about 10.6 GPa. The pressure dependence for the lattice parameters of wulfenite is reported, and the axial compression coefficients Ka₀=－1.36×10^－3 GPa^－1 and Kc₀= －2.78×10^－3 GPa^－1 are given. The room-temperature isothermal bulk modulus is also obtained by fitting the P-V data using the Murnaghan equation of state.

     

Experimental Study of f0 (975) in the J/ψ Decays

Based on 7.8×10⁶ J/ψ events collected by the BES at BEPC, through study of the hadronic decays J/ψ→φπ⁺π^－ and J/ψ→ωπ⁺π^－, the branching ratios of the processes and the mass positions and the widths of f0 are obtained. The angular distributions of J/ψ→φf₀,f₀→π⁺π^－, are fitted and the helicity amplitude ratio of this process is first given.     

J/ψ Physics at BES

Based on 9.0×10⁶ J/ψ data collected at BES, a systematic physics analysis has been Performed. We confirmed the existence of ξ(2230) in J/ψ→γKK and observed for the first time the non-strange decay modes ξ(2230)→π⁺π^－,π⁰π⁰,and pp. The resonance and polarization parameters of f₀(980) and f₂(1270) were measured. The moment stUdy on J/ψ→γK⁺K^－ revealed that the controversial f_J,(1710) is composed of two states, a 0⁺⁺ and a 2⁺⁺. With the help of PWA method, the spin-Parities for η(1440) and f₀(1500) were obtained, and their main decay modes were found.     

Observation of Heavy Cluster Emission From Radioactive 230U Nuclei

230Pa was produced with the reaction ²³²TH (p, 3n)230Pa in the irradiation powder targets of ThO₂ with 35 MeV Proton beam. Sources of ²³⁰Pa -²³⁰U were prepared by radiochemical method. Using solid-state track registration detectors, two events of ²³⁰U decay with heavy cluster emission have been observed. The preliminary branching ratio to decay comes out to be B=λ_Ne/λ_α=(1.3±1.8)×10^－14.     

Analysis of Λb→pK- and pπ- decays in a flavor changing Z' mode

In this paper, we calculate the branching ratios of Λ_b→pK^- and pπ^- decays in the avor changing Z' model. We nd that the branching ratios for these two decay modes are sensitive to the contributions of the Z' boson. For Λ_b→pK^- decay, if the left-handed couplings are equal to the right-handed couplings, the branching ratio of this decay could match up to the currently experimental data for ξ_s=0.01 and -52°<φ_s^L<132°, or ξ_s=0.004 and 0°<φ_s^L<84°; if only the left-handed couplings are considered, it could match up to the experimental data for ξ_s=0.01 and -10°φ_s^L<138°. And for Λ_b→pK^- decay, if the left-handed and right-handed couplings are equal, the branching ratio of Λ_b→pK^- decay may be consistent with the currently experimental data with ξ_d=0.05 and -135°φ_d^L<43°, if only the left-handed couplings are considered, it may be consistent with ξ_d=0.05 and -114°φ_d^L<8°.     

The Observation of Positron Surface State of Germanium

The formation yield of positronium (Ps) as a function of target temperature has been measured when positron implanting energy was 20eV.By thermal dynamic analyising we obtained the binding energy E_b of positron surface state of germanium to be 2.2eV and the thermal activation energy E_a of Ps to be 0.2±0.01eV at vacuum 1.33×10^－4Pa.The different of E_b and E_a at the condition of high and ultra-high vacuum was discussed.     

Photoluminescence Study of He ions hot-implanted Sapphire After 208Pb27+ of 230MeV Irradiation

In the present work the photoluminescence (PL)character of sapphire implanted with He ions and subsequently irradiated with ²⁰⁸Pb²⁷⁺ of 1.1MeV/u was studied. Sapphire single crystals were implanted with 110keV He ions at 600K temperature to fluences ranging from (0.5 to 2)×10¹⁷ ions/cm², some of them were subsequently irradiated with ²⁰⁸ Pb²⁷⁺.From experimental results we found PL spectra peaks at 375nm, 413nm, and 450nm, and it's intensity gets maximum at fluence of 5×10¹⁶ He ions/cm². Also we found a new peak at 390nm after subsequent ²⁰⁸ Pb²⁷⁺ irradiation, which is possibly due to the crystallized sediment containing nano crystal Al₂O₃ appeared on the sample surface.     

RESEARCH ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF A 70cm STREAMER CHAMBER

In this paper the influence of various proportion of Ne-He gases and the time delay on the quality of streamer tracks has been studied. The diameterand density of streamers under these mixed-gas conditions have been measured.
The time resolution of this streamer chamber was determined to be 2.1μs in 69% Ne+31% He+8×10^－8 SF₆, and as 177μs in pure neon by using the exponentially decreasing relation of streamer desity with delay time. The spatial resolution was determined to be 0.32mm in Ne+3×10^－8 SF₆ by measuring the streamer diameters, and the method of track standard deviation was also used.
Some results show that the diameter and brightness increase with increasing high voltage, but become rather even when high voltage continues increasing.
Photographs were taken with domestically produced special film (32 DIN, 60 lines/mm), being similar to Kodak SO-143.
A special designed central electrode of the streamer chamber with its wires inlaid in lucite plate is successful for preventing gas from breakdown near wires. Besides, delay time has been reduced to 1.3μs, mainly by the Marx generator and its trigger system the parameters of which have been chosen by a series of experiments.     

ΛΛ,ΛΛγ and ΛΛπ0 Productions in J/ψ Decay

The channels of J/ψ decay into,ΛΛ,ΛΛγ and ΛΛπ⁰ are analyzed with 7.8×10⁶ J/ψ events collected by BES detector at BEPC Collider.The branching ratios for three channels and the angular distribution for the first channel are measured.The branching ratios are Br(J/ψ→ΛΛ)=(l.08±0.06±0.24)×10^－3,Br(J/ψ→ΛΛγ)－4(90% CL)and Br(J/ψ→ΛΛπ⁰)=(2.3±0.7±0.8)×l0^－4 respectively. The angular distribution for J/ψ→ΛΛ is dN dcosθ=N₀(1+αcos²0),α=0.52±0.33±0.13.     

Nanocrystalline growth and diagnostics of TiC and TiB2 hard coatings by pulsed laser deposition

Nanocrystalline coatings of TiC and TiB₂ were grown by pulsed laser deposition on Si(100) and on X155 steel at low substrate temperatures ranging from 40 °C to 650 °C. A pulsed KrF excimer laser was used with the deposition chamber at a base pressure of 10^-6 mbar. The morphology and structure of the films, studied with SEM, XRD, and TEM, showed that nanocrystalline films with a fine morphology of TiC and TiB₂ were deposited with a grain size of 10 nm-70 nm at all substrate temperatures. The growth of the polycrystalline coatings possessed a columnar morphology with a 𘜄¢ preferred orientation. The hardness of the coatings was determined to be 40 GPa and the elastic modulus, 240 GPa. The composition and the kinetics of the plume produced during the pulsed laser deposition of TiC and TiB₂ was studied under film growth conditions. The mass analysis of ions of the ejected material was performed by time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (TOF-MS) and showed the presence of Ti⁺ and C⁺ during TiC ablation and B⁺, B₂⁺, and Ti⁺ during TiB₂ ablation. The kinetic energies (KE) of the ions depended on the laser fluence which was between 0.5 eV and 340 eV. The kinetic energy and the evolution of the plasma was studied with a streak camera. The velocity of the plasma was of the order of 10⁶ cm/sec and was linearly dependent on the energy fluence of the laser. The emission spectroscopy of the plasma plume confirmed the atomic neutral and single excited species of Ti. These results show that coating growth basically occurs by the recombination of the ionic species at the surface of the substrate.     

THE U(90) DYNAMICAL SYMMETRY IN LIGHT NUCLEI

In the IBM4,when s.d.g bosons are presented,the symmetry group of the system is U(90) In this paper,the group chain.U₉₀ U₁₅(sdg)×U₆(ST) SU₁₅(sdg)×U₆(ST) SU₅(sdg)× O₆(ST) SO₅(dg)×O₃(S)×O₃(T) O₃(dg)×O₃(S)×O₃(T) O₃(J)×O₃(T) is discussed,the reduction rules and the typical energy spectra are obtained.An example of a spectrum with this dynamical symmetry is found out,where the even-even nucleus ³⁴S and odd-odd nucleus ³⁴Cl are in one multiplet.