Hydrogen analysis in diamond like carbon by elastic recoil detection

Among the available surface analytic instruments, elastic recoil detection (ERD) is known as a reliable method for hydrogen analysis. Since conventional fluence determination i.e. beam current integration is incredible at a large tilt angle, ion fluence is determined by the scattering spectrum that is simultaneously measured with recoil spectrum. However scattering cross sections deviate Rutherford values in the ERD energy of 1–3 MeV. Carbon scattering cross section is different from Rutherford value for higher beam energies over 1.8 MeV. As a result hydrogen content is exaggerated when fluence is determined by carbon matrix because of fluence underestimation due to lower value of scattering cross section than Rutherford’s. Therefore in order to quantify hydrogen in diamond like carbon (DLC) incident beam energy lower than 1.6 MeV should be used where carbon scattering cross sections are well agreed with Rutherford’s.     

Messungen der Geschwindigkeitsabhängigkeit totaler Streuquerschnitte für Atom-Atom-Stöße im Energiebereich zwischen 6 und 1000 eV

The velocity dependence of the total scattering cross sectionQ(v) for fast Cs, K, and Na beams scattered by Xe, Kr, and Ar has been measured for energies of 6 to 1000 eV. In all cases, the transition region between thev ^?2/5-dependence ofQ(v) (where the cross section is predominantly influenced by the attractive part of the potential) and the high energy behaviour (where the cross section is determined by the repulsive part of the potential) is observed. Values for the product?r _m of the potential well depth? and the equilibrium distancer _m are determined by comparing the measurements with calculations for a five parameter potential model.     

Charge and energy flow in π+ p,K + p andpp interactions at 250 GeV/c

We present data on the flow of energy and charge in π⁺ p,K ⁺ p andpp interactions at 250 GeV/c. The energy and charge flow in the beam c.m. hemisphere is analysed in terms of the cluster-invariant Bialas-Ochs-Stodolsky variable λ=cot θ/E _jet. The profile functionsdQ/dλ anddE/dλ indicate a widening inp _T of jets between 32 and 250 GeV/c incident laboratory momentum, whereas the ratiodQ/dE is energy independent. The data are compared to μp deep-inelastic scattering resutls and to expectations from the single string LUND model, the Dual Parton Model and the two-string LUND model (FRITIOF).     

不同LET C离子束对粘红酵母菌的突变效应分析

以粘红酵母菌Rhodotorula glutinis AY 91015为材料, 研究了不同传能线密度（LET）的C离子对粘红酵母菌的失活截面和突变截面, 评估了不同LET的C离子对微生物的失活效应和突变效应。 结果表明, C离子LET为120.0 keV/μm时, 单个粒子对粘红酵母菌的失活截面最大, 为4.37 μm2, 接近酵母菌细胞核的平均核截面; LET为96.0 keV/μm时, 单个粒子对粘红酵母菌的突变截面最大。 通过对C离子束致突变能力的分析发现, C离子在LET为58.2 keV/μm时突变能力最强, 这一结果显示在经C离子辐照后存活下来的粘红酵母菌中, 可以引起有效突变的最佳LET为58.2 keV/μm左右, 此时所对应的碳离子能量约为35 MeV/u。 这些结果表明, C离子对粘红酵母菌的最佳致死效应和最佳致突变效应存在于不同的能量区域。 To evaluate inactive and mutagenic effects of carbon beam at different LET, the inactivation cross section and mutation cross section induced by carbon beams of different LET values were investigated in a red yeast strain Rhodotorula glutinis AY 91015. It was found that the maximum inactivation cross section of 4.37μm2 , which was very close to the average nucleus cross section, was at LET of 120.0 keV/μm. The maximum mutation cross section was at LET of 96.0 keV/μm. Meanwhile, the highest mutagenicity of carbon ion was found around 58.2 keV/μm. It implied that the most efficient LET to induce mutation in survival yeasts was 58.2 keV/μm, which corresponded to energy of 35 MeV/u carbon beam. The most effective carbon beam to induce inactivation and mutation located at different energy region.     

Calculation of spectral and Rosseland paths in a plasma with multiply charged ions based on a statistical approach

The semiclassical approach to determine the Fourier components of the electron dipole moment disregarding polarization (noninteracting electron model) is used for analyzing ion oscillator strengths and determining the radiation properties of plasmas consisting of multiply charged ions of heavy elements. The oscillator strength distribution df/d?? (proportional to the photoabsorption cross section) is calculated as a function of the degree of ionization and self-similar frequency ?? = ??/Z. It is found that for low degrees of ionization, function df/d?? for an ion is close to function df/d?? for a neutral atom; upon an increase in the degree of ionization, regions are formed in which df/d?? = 0 (transparency windows) and the photoabsorption cross section for high degrees of ionization differs from zero only in small frequency ranges. The resultant distribution of the ion oscillator strengths is used for calculating the polarizability of ions as a function of frequency and the cross section of radiation scattering on ions. For a gold plasma, the absorbance and opacity (both spectral and averaged according to Rosseland and Planck) are calculated. The results of computing the paths and absorption coefficients coincide in order of magnitude with the available data. The effect of scattering on the Rosseland path is estimated.     

Deuteron exchange mechanism for the6Li(n, α) reaction at low energies

It is proposed that the major part of the low energy (l/v)⁶Li(n, α)³H cross section may be explained as being due to a direct deuteron exchange mechanism. This proposal is in agreement with recent experimental data on the spin-dependent⁶Li(n, α) cross section; it may be used to extract information on the⁶Li-αd vertex constant. The importance of the assumption of ad-exchange process for the⁶Li(n, α) angular distribution is discussed in the framework ofS-matrix theory.     

Electron impact dissociation of ND<Superscript>+</Superscript>: formation of D<Superscript>+</Superscript>

Absolute cross sections for electron impact dissociation of ND⁺ leading to the formation of D⁺ have been measured by applying the animated electron-ion beam method in the energy range from the reaction threshold up to 2.5 keV. The maximum inclusive cross section is observed to be (16.8 ± 0.8) × 10⁻¹⁷ cm² at the electron energy of 65.1 eV. The appearance energy for the D⁺ production is measured to be (4.0 ± 0.5) eV. Collected data are analyzed in details by means of an original procedure in order to determine separately the contributions of dissociative channels. A specific Monte Carlo modeling has been developed, which is proven to reconstruct adequately the dissociative ionization cross section. The present energy thresholds provide information about the ground and excited states of the molecular ion, as well as about the possible population of the vibrational levels. The reaction D₂(v) + N⁺ (or H₂(v) + N⁺) is a probable source for that population and it constitutes the first step of the molecular activated processes, so the corresponding chain of reactions has to be considered to study the chemistry of plasma sources.     

Rayleigh scattering from a trapped bose condensate and the corresponding recoil atom velocity distribution

An approach has been developed that allows the Rayleigh scattering cross section to be calculated with allowance for the quantum character of motion of the center of mass of the trapped scattering particles. The shape of the line of light scattering from a Bose condensate in a parabolic trap has been studied. A shift of the scattering line center is equal to the recoil shift, while the line width depends on the chemical potential of the Bose gas and on the relaxation time of the velocity of the above-condensate recoil particles. A velocity distribution function in the beam of recoil atoms formed in the course of induced Rayleigh scattering is determined. It is shown that, under the typical experimental conditions, the characteristic width Δv/v of the recoil velocity distribution in this beam is on the order of 10^?3 at a velocity v on the order of several centimeters per second.     

The Reaction Cross Section and Neutron Removal Cross Sections of 17C

The reaction cross section, together with the one-, two- and three neutron removal cross sections, of ¹⁷C with the energy of 79A MeV on carbon target were measured using the radioactive beam line RIPS of RIKEN. The reaction cross section and the one-neutron removal cross section were analyzed within the frame of Glauber model. Both the analyses favor the dominant configuration of a ¹⁶C core (2⁺) plus a d_5/2 valence neutron for ¹⁷C. The work for the neutron-rich carbon isotope on the reaction cross section σ_R and the interaction cross section σ_I on ^{12C target are summarized.}     

Der Kernphotoeffekt am3H

The nuclear photoeffect in tritium was investigated by irradiating a gaseous³H-target with bremsstrahlung of 32,5 MeV endpoint energy in the collimated beam of the Heidelberg betatron. Protons and deuterons from the reactions³H(γ, n)d and³H(γ, p)2n were measured independently at (90±15)° with respect to the γ-beam by adE/dx-E-semiconductor telescope. The cross section of the twobody disintegration³ H(γ, n)d is derived forγ-energies fromE _γ=18 to 31 MeV. The integrated cross section from threshold to 32 MeV is (11.8±1.4) MeVmb. The cross section of the threebody disintegration³ H(γ, 2n)p is obtained by making assumptions regarding the angular distribution and energy split up amongst the three disintegration products, which appear plausible on theoretical grounds. Within experimental errors the results reported here seem to be in agreement with a theoretical calculation byFetisov.     

Asymmetric fission of the pre-actinide nuclei

Study of α particles, protons and neutrons emission in reactions induced by¹⁶O on Sn targets. The threshold for direct a emission is found to be v/c?0.04 (v velocity of the projectile at the top of the Coulomb barrier) whereas direct protons and neutrons, if any, would be emitted for beam energies higher than 7.8MeV/n. (v/c>0.092). Atv/c 0.092, 90% of the direct a cross section is shown to be incomplete fusion. On¹¹⁶Sn target, besides the main exit channels α4n and αp4n, we observed 2α4n and α2p4n channels where the direct α is followed by evaporation particles. This implies a lower initial angular momentum than for the main channels.     

Mathematical modeling of the heating of a fast ignition target by an ion beam

We develop a BIN computer code for simulating the interaction of a monochromatic ion beam with a plasma, which takes into account changes in the spatial distribution of the heated-plasma temperature. This enables us to calculate the heating of both homogeneous and inhomogeneous plasmas with parameters corresponding to their real spatial distributions at the time of maximum compression of the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) target. We present the results of a numerical simulation using the BIN code for the heating of a homogeneous deuterium–tritium plasma by a short pulse of monochromatic ions at various ion velocity and plasma–electron thermal velocity ratios. We also present the results of calculations for the heating of an inhomogeneous plasma of a non-cryogenic target formed as a beryllium deuteride–tritide shell by beams of light, medium, and heavy ions. As the initial distributions, we use the results of numerical simulations for such a target, precompressed by a laser pulse (carried out at the M. V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics using the DIANA code). We demonstrate the possibility of forming the central ignitor with the parameters sufficient for igniting the targets by beams of ions with energies E ~ 100 ? 400 MeV/u and specific energy densities of the beam Q ～ 5?20 GJ/cm². The required specific energy density drops with increase in the ion energy; however, due to the increased path length, larger-charge ions have to be used.     

Ionization of hydrogen and helium atoms by highly charged fast ions in collisions with small momentum transfer

Ionization of hydrogen and helium atoms is studied for the case of “soft” collisions with highly charged fast ions with v≲Z≪v² and v≫v ₀, where Z is the ion charge, v is the collision velocity, and v ₀∼1 is the characteristic velocity of the electron in the ground state of the atom. Analytical expressions are derived for the singly and doubly differential cross section for ionization of a hydrogen atom accompanied by the ejection of a slow electron v _e≲v ₀, where v _e is the velocity of the ejected electron with respect to the recoil ion). The results are generalized to the case of single ionization of helium. It is shown that soft collisions provide the main contribution to the hydrogen ionization cross section and for all practical purposes determine the cross section for single ionization of helium. The asymmetry in the angular distribution of the ejected slow electrons and the properties of momentum exchange in such collisions are discussed. Finally, a formula for the cross section for single ionization of helium is proposed. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 112, 1966–1977 (December 1997)     

Capture of ultracold neutrons in thin absorbing films

The dependence of the ultracold neutron capture cross section in targets with a thickness smaller than the neutron wavelength is calculated in the time-dependent quantum theory. It is shown that, for low velocities of neutrons, their capture cross section σ_c～v, i.e., tends to zero as the neutron velocity v tends to zero.     

裸核离子与中性原子碰撞电离过程的理论研究

基于处理裸核离子与中性原子碰撞电离过程的OBKN和ECPSSR理论模型,系统计算了不同裸核离子与中性原子碰撞K壳层电子俘获截面和直接电离截面,并与其它文献已有的理论和实验结果进行了比较.研究结果表明:碰撞能量较低时,电子俘获截面大于直接电离截面,随着碰撞能量的增加,电子俘获截面和直接电离截面均是先增大后减小且直接电离截面减小地非常缓慢,高能时,直接电离截面大于电子俘获截面.当入射炮弹离子速度接近0.67倍靶原子K壳层电子速度时,电子俘获截面达到最大值,而当入射炮弹离子速度接近靶原子K壳层电子速度时,直接电离截面达到最大值.     

裸核离子与中性原子碰撞电离过程的理论研究

基于处理裸核离子与中性原子碰撞电离过程的OBKN和ECPSSR理论模型,系统计算了不同裸核离子与中性原子碰撞K壳层电子俘获截面和直接电离截面,并与其它文献已有的理论和实验结果进行了比较.研究结果表明：碰撞能量较低时,电子俘获截面大于直接电离截面,随着碰撞能量的增加,电子俘获截面和直接电离截面均是先增大后减小且直接电离截面减小地非常缓慢,高能时,直接电离截面大于电子俘获截面.当入射炮弹离子速度接近0.67倍靶原子K壳层电子速度时,电子俘获截面达到最大值,而当入射炮弹离子速度接近靶原子K壳层电子速度时,直接电离截面达到最大值.     

Charge exchange cross sections of carbon ions

Based on experimental data on the ion charge distributions, the cross sections of single electron loss σ _{i, i + 1} and single electron capture σ _{i, i ? 1} by carbon ions with velocities (2.7–8) × 10⁸ cm/s in different gaseous media (He, N₂, and Ar) have been obtained. Regularities of the cross section variation of the electron capture and loss by carbon ions as a function of the ion velocity, ion charge, and atomic number of the target have been for the first time studied in a wide range of the initial ion charge, from i = 0 to i = 6. A qualitative agreement of the obtained results with the published data has been established for a number of other ions. Theoretical calculations of the cross sections of single electron loss by carbon ions in helium have been carried out.     

CSR上154 MeV/u C6+离子束分别入射Ti、V、Fe、Ni和Zn靶的X射线辐射

用电子冷却存储环(CSR)提供的能量为165 MeV/u的高能C6+脉冲束分别与Ti、V、Fe、Ni和Zn靶表面相互作用,测量了各靶辐射的K壳层X射线。结果表明,实验探测到各靶的K和K X射线均向高能区发生了不同程度的移动。经分析,X射线发生频移是由靶原子外壳层发生多电离引起的。通过计算各靶K壳层X射线的产生截面,发现该截面随原子序数的增加而减小。将各靶K-X射线产生截面的实验值分别与两体碰撞近似、平面波恩近似和ECPSSR理论值比较,发现现有理论与实验值存在偏差,要准确描述实验结果需要进一步修正。     

A molecular beam study on the interaction of NO with a Pt(111) surface

NO adsorbs on Pt(111) with a (temperature independent) initial sticking coefficient S₀=0.88. The fraction of molecules not being chemisorbed is directly inelastically scattered back due to failure of translational energy accommodation. The nonlinear variation of s with coverage can well be described by a precursor-state model, the precursor state being formed by NO molecules translationally and rotationally accommodated in a physisorbed second layer. Dissociation is essentially restricted to defect sites and is negligible on perfect (111) planes. These defect sites (present in small concentration) are first populated and are also sampled by the modulated beam technique yielding an activation energy for desorption E_d = 33.1 kcal/mole and preexponential factor v_d = 10^15.5s^?1. Isothermal desorption measurements yielded E_d and v_d as a function of coverage: E_d rapidly drops from its initial value (at defect sites) to about 27 kcal/mole — which value is considered as representing the adsorption energy on a perfect (111) plane — and then decreases continuously due to effective repulsive interactions. Simultaneously v_d is decreasing to about 10¹² s^?1 at θ = 0.25 which marks the equilibrium coverage to be reached at 300 K. If the surface is precovered with oxygen atoms the NO sticking coefficient is reduced to 0.6, and the desorption parameters are lowered to E_d = 17.1 kcal/mole and v_d= 10^12.6s^?1 (at zero NO coverage).     

Electron-impact ionization and dissociative ionization of sulfur in the gas phase

We describe the methods and the results of investigation of the yield of positive ions formed as a result of electron-impact ionization of sulfur. The ionization energy for the basic molecule and the energies corresponding to the emergence of fragment ions are obtained from the ionization efficiency curves. The dynamics of formation of molecular sulfur ions in the temperature range 320–700 K is investigated. The energy dependences of efficiency S _n of the ion formation for n = 1–6 are analyzed, and their appearance energies are determined. The total cross section of sulfur ionization by a monochromatic electron beam is also investigated. Using the linear approximation method, we marked out features on the ionization function curve, which correspond to the ionization and excitation energies for multiply charged ions. The total cross section of the formation of negative sulfur ions is measured in the energy range 0–9 eV.