Kinetic energy releases of small amino acids upon interaction with keV ions

In chromatin, DNA is tightly packed into one complex together with histone and non-histone proteins. These proteins are known to protect the DNA against indirect and to some extent even direct radiation damage. Radiation action upon amino acids is thus one of the primary steps in biological radiation action. In this paper we investigate the ionization and fragmentation of the gas-phase amino acids glycine, alanine and valine upon interaction with keV α-particles. High resolution coincidence time-of-flight mass spectrometry is used to determine the dominant fragmentation channels as well as fragment kinetic energies.     

Luminescent collisions of He+ and He++ ions with H2 molecules at energies below 2 keV

Spectroscopic studies of collisions between He⁺ and He⁺⁺ ions with H₂ gas target have been performed in the 200–600 nm wavelength range. Atomic lines of hydrogen Balmer series and several helium lines were identified and their excitation functions between 50 eV and 1 keV (2 keV for He⁺⁺) were determined.     

The interaction of fast H 3 + ions with a clean Ni-surface

Scattering of H ₃ ⁺ ions from a clean Ni(111) surface is observed at energies below 1 keV and grazing incidence in a time-of-flight system. The interaction with the surface leads to neutral particles mainly which are identified from the energy distributions as H and H₂. The neutralisation/dissociation mechanism is probably a resonant charge transfer of Ni electrons into the non-binding ground state of H₃.     

Fragmentation of adenine and uracyl molecules through electron captures in collisions with ions

The time-of-flight mass spectrometry method is used to study processes occurring when 36-keV multiply charged Ar ions (Ar⁶⁺) capture electrons from adenine and uracyl molecules. Adenine and uracyl constitute one of two base pairs entering into the RNA composition. The fragmentation scheme of resulting molecular ions is derived by analyzing correlations between the detection times of all fragment ions. Fragmentation patterns for molecular ions resulting from molecule ionization by photons, electrons, protons, and multiply charged ions are compared.     

Zeeman relaxation of N2 + (2Σ+) in collisions with 3He and 4He

We compare the cross sections for the transitions changing the projection of the total angular momentum of N₂ ⁺(²Σ) in collisions with ³He and ⁴He at very low collision energy. The fundamental states of the two nuclear spin isomers of N₂ ⁺ are considered as well as the two fine structure levels of the first excited para level N=2. It is shown that the two fundamental states of the two nuclear spin isomers behave differently. For the fundamental para level N=0 of N₂ ⁺, the projection changing cross section is always negligible compared to the elastic one for both He isotopes. For the fundamental ortho level N=1 of N₂ ⁺, the spin-rotation interaction couples the different spin levels directly so the spin relaxation becomes a first order process. The associated resonances increase the projection changing cross section which remains smaller but becomes comparable with the elastic one. This is in contrast with the excited rotational levels of N₂ ⁺, which for the rotational deactivation and elastic channels are found to be equal around the resonances for the collisions involving ³He. These two channels are always larger than the projection changing one. We also find that, for transitions involving the fundamental rotational state, the domain of validity of the threshold laws discussed by Krems and Dalgarno [Phys. Rev. A 67, 050704 (2003)] for a potential decreasing faster than 1/r2 is shortened, due to the long range charge induced dipole potential. This effect is illustrated for the collisions of ³He with the fundamental para state of N₂ ⁺.     

Possibility of utilizing the D-3He fuel cycle with 3He production in a spherical tokamak reactor

Possible operating regimes of a spherical tokamak reactor based on the D-³He fuel cycle with ³He production are considered. The parameters of the plasma and magnetic system are calculated for several versions corresponding to the high power efficiency (with a power gain factor in plasma of Q = 20) in a reactor with an aspect ratio of A = 1.5. According to calculations, for an axial magnetic field in vacuum of B ₀ = 2 T, a plasma radius of a = 3 m, an average 〈β〉 value of 0.53, and a plasma temperature of 〈T〉 = 48 keV, the reactor power can reach P _fus = 500 MW. In order to achieve a power of P _fus = 1500 MW in a reactor with a = 2 m, 〈β〉 = 0.36, and 〈T〉 = 40 keV, the magnetic field should be increased to B ₀ = 5 T.     

Spin-spin interaction of Dy3+ ions in KY(WO4)2

The spin-spin interaction of Dy³⁺ ions in a KY(WO₄)₂ single crystal is investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at a temperature of 4.2 K and a frequency of 9.2 GHz. The EPR spectra of ion pairs located in different coordination shells are analyzed. It is revealed that the considerable contribution to the spin-spin interaction of the nearest neighbor ion pair nn is made not only by the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction but also by the isotropic exchange interaction with the parameter I _nn = (+601 ± 17) × 10^?4cm^?1. The exchange interaction in pairs of more widely spaced ions is substantially weaker: I _5n = (?38 ± 3) × 10^?4cm^?1 and I _9n = (+18 ± 4) × 10^?4cm^?1. For the other ion pairs, the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction dominates. It is found that the EPR spectra of single ions and ion pairs exhibit a superhyperfine structure associated with tungsten nuclei.     

Chemical reactions induced by 40 keV He+ ions in Fe3O4 and α-Fe2O3

The chemical reactions induced by 40 keV He⁺ ions in α-Fe₂O₃ and Fe₃O₄ were investigated by the conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy(CEMS). Magnetite(Fe₃O₄) was formed upon the bombardment of α-Fe₂O₃, whereas no change was observed in Fe₃O₄. The initial G value for Fe₃O₄ formation is estimated to be 3.5×10^?4 for 100 nm depth from the surface. The application of CEMS and sputtering technique to ion bombardment chemistry is discussed.     

Nucleon-nucleon interaction and some reactions with3He,3H

Experimental measurements and theoretical calculations are discussed for theA = 3 nuclei. With the sum rule formalism, the need for a better bound state is investigated. Some reactions on³He and³H like electron scattering, photodisintegration,-capture involve transitions to the continuum but with the work developed by Merkuriev, Gignoux and Laverne (1976) some progress is possible. The same realisticNN interactions used for calculating the bound state wave function of the three nucleon system are incorporated in the scattering equations based on the Faddeev approach.Presented at the symposium Mesons and Light Nuclei, Bechyn, Czechoslovakia, May 27–June 1, 1985.     

Fragmentation of positronium in collision with He atoms

The absolute cross section for the fragmentation of positronium in collision with He atoms has been measured. The results are compared with available theories. The longitudinal energy distributions of positrons resulting from fragmentation have also been determined and are found to display a peak situated just below half the residual energy. This is suggestive of the occurrence of "electron loss to the continuum" in which the two residual charged particles lie in a low relative-velocity Coulomb-continuum state.     

Luminescence of Ln3+ and WO 2 2+ ions in wolframylphosphate glasses

We investigate the luminescent properties of potassium wolframylphosphate glasses doped with Eu³⁺, Tb³⁺, and Dy³⁺ ions whose luminescence is excited by donor-acceptor interaction between the active WO ₂ ²⁺ and Ln³⁺ ions, as well as the migration of energy in the subsystems of each type of the active ions. Comparison of the obtained data with the results of investigation of the spectroscopic properties of Ln³⁺ in uranylphosphate materials shows that a sufficiently high degree of the ionicity of bonds of Ln³⁺ with the atoms of its first coordination sphere is preserved in wolframylphosphate matrices. We show that three stages of the decomposition of electron excitations are typical of the WO ₂ ²⁺ ions in wolframylphosphate glasses doped with Ln³⁺ and two stages in nonactivated glasses. The electron excitation energy transfer in the WO ₂ ²⁺ −Ln³⁺ system occurs due to induction-resonance interaction. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 620–625, September–October, 1997.     

Processes involving a change in the charge states during interactions of He2+ ions with fullerenes

The cross sections for the elementary processes involving a change of the charge states of both particles during the interaction of He²⁺ ions with fullerene molecules are for the first time measured over a broad energy range of electron-volt energies. It is found that processes involving the capture of one or two electrons by the He²⁺ ions are accompanied by additional ionization of the fullerene and that the collisional contribution of the transfer-ionization processes increases with increasing velocity. Single-electron capture is rarely accompanied by fragmentation of the fullerene. Double-electron capture leads, with a higher probability, to fragmentation with the formation of several light charged fragments and, with a smaller probability, to fragmentation with the formation of a heavy charged fragment containing an even number of carbon atoms and light fragments in an uncharged state. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 12–14 (April 1998)     

Generator-coordinate study of 3He+3He elastic scattering with a semirealistic nucleon-nucleon potential

The elastic scattering of ³He by ³He is studied in the framework of the generator coordinate method, using a new semirealistic nucleon-nucleon potential. All components of this potential have a soft core in the sense that they can be used in calculations where short-range correlations between nucleons are not taken into account. With this potential, a good agreement between calculated and measured cross sections and polarizations is obtained. The tensor component of the potential is found to be essential to explain the J-dependence of the empirical phase shifts, although the calculated polarizations are insensitive to the strength of the tensor potential.