Gamma-ray tuning by stimulated emission of recoilphonons

Tuning of gamma radiation by exciting the ultrasonic vibrations of different coherency degree in crystals is discussed. The quantum approach based on the formalism of coherent quantum states is used to take into account statistical properties of the stimulating ultrasonic wave. Multi-quantum transitions with emission of gamma quanta and simultaneous stimulated emission of recoil phonons or absorption of one or several phonons from an external ultrasonic wave are considered as an example of multi-quantum transitions with quanta coupled to different degrees of freedom of the radiating nuclei. The spectrum of gamma radiation is determined for a partially coherent stimulating ultrasonic wave with fixed amplitude and uncertain phase, and completely incoherent casual acoustic oscillations. A comparison is made with some known results obtained by both classical and quantum methods. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Gamma-ray laser with hidden population inversion of nuclear states

A comparative analysis of various schemes of a gamma-ray laser is presented. All of the schemes employ a hidden inversion of nuclear states, which appears in cooled nuclear ensembles due to nuclear recoil in the emission and absorption of gamma photons.     

Average Energy Loss Measured in Single and Double Electron Capture Collisions of He^2＋ on Ar at Low Velocities ＊

Employing the recoil ion momentum spectroscopy we investigate the collision between He^2＋ and argon atoms. By measuring the recoil longitudinal momentum the energy losses of projectile are deduced for capture reaction channels. It is found that in most cases for single- and double-electron capture, the inner electron in the target atom is removed, the recoil ion is in singly or multiply excited states （hollow ion is formed）, which indicates that electron correlation plays an important role in the process. The captured electrons prefer the ground states of the projectile. It is experimentally demonstrated that the average energy losses are directly related to charge transfer and electronic configuration     

利用252 Cf快裂变室测量BC501A液闪探测器的相对探测效率和响应函数

本文利用²⁵²Cf快裂变室和多参数数据采集系统,逐事例的同时记录了自发裂变中子和瞬发伽马的飞行时间(TOF),脉冲形状甄别(PSD)和反冲能量(RE,裂变中子是通过测量反冲质子;瞬发伽马是通过测量康普顿反冲电子)三维信息.详细介绍了通过离线数据分析完全扣除三维信息中的伽马事例贡献,以获得Φ50.8 mm×50.8 mm的BC501A液闪探测器的相对探测效率和响应函数的方法.在不通过探测器响应函数进行数据转换的条件下,利用中子的能量直接确定了中子的有效测量阈值.得到的中子 关键词： 252Cf快裂变室')" href="#">²⁵²Cf快裂变室 BC501A液闪探测器 相对探测效率 响应函数     

Interpretation of intensities in electron-momentum and photoelectron spectroscopiesag

Relative intensities for the photoelectron reaction on atoms and molecules are not related to structure calculations in the same way as those for the noncoplanar symmetric (e, 2e) reaction. The photoelectron dipole matrix element is dependent on recoil momentum only through the unique relationship of recoil momentum to the photon energy and is much harder to calculate for chemically-interesting momenta. Relative intensities for binary (e, 2e) reactions are independent of total energy at high enough energies and strongly dependent on symmetry and recoil momentum, for which an intensity profile can be measured for values starting at zero. In comparing with structure calculations, binary (e, 2e) intensities for low recoil momentum may be compared directly with pole strengths in calculations of the one-electron Green's function. In the case of states within a single symmetry manifold the relative intensities will be independent of recoil momentum up to some maximum, usually at least a few atomic units.     

Investigation of <Superscript>138</Superscript>Ba in the (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">n′γ</Emphasis>) reaction

For the reaction ¹³⁸Ba(n, n′γ) induced by a beam of fast reactor neutrinos, the gamma spectrum, the angular distributions of gamma radiation, and its linear polarizations are measured, along with the half-lives of the excited states involved. The known diagram of energy levels and gamma transitions is supplemented. The multipole-mixture ratios δ are found for many transitions between the energy levels in question, and half-lives are determined for some excited states.     

γ射线对含氢正比计数管中子能谱测量的影响

通过蒙特卡罗模拟和实验测量相结合的方法,获得从50keV~10MeV区间γ射线在直径为30mm内充1.013 25MPa氢气的球形含氢正比计数管上的能量响应,结果显示,γ射线在该计数管中的能量沉积主要集中在100keV附近及以下。Am-Be中子源和137 Cs源的实验测量结果显示,强137 Cs源的γ射线会严重影响含氢正比计数管对Am-Be中子源100keV以下能谱的测量,这表明,裂变材料介质内的强γ射线同样会影响到介质内100keV以下中子能谱的测量。根据计数管对反冲质子和电子电离信号的收集特性,采用上升时间法甄别掉本底γ射线是可行的。     

Observation of the neutron radiative decay

The aim of this work is the experimental observation of and research into a rare neutron mode, the radiative beta decay, where a new particle, the radiative gamma quantum, is formed along with the expected decay products: a beta electron, a recoil proton, and an antineutrino. The discovery of this rare neutron decay mode was conducted through identification of triple-coincidence events: simultaneous registration of a beta electron, a proton, and a radiative gamma quantum. The ordinary neutron decay was registered by double coincidences of a beta electron and a recoil proton. The statistics collected allow one to deduce the branching ratio (BR) BR = (3.2 ± 1.6) × 10⁻³ (90% C.L.) in the gamma energy region greater than 35 keV. This value of BR is consistent with standard electroweak theory. The text was submitted by the authors in English. An erratum to this article is available at .     

BC537探测器中γ射线的响应函数测量与蒙特卡罗模拟

为了将氘化液闪探测器(BC537)测量的反冲电子谱转换为γ射线能谱,利用标准γ点源对BC537探测器的响应进行了测量并运用基于蒙特卡罗方法的Geant4程序计算了BC537探测器探测γ射线的响应函数。讨论了探测器建模中有无铝壳和入射γ射线束流半径对探测效率和响应函数的影响。对比模拟和实验测量的反冲电子谱,两者符合较好。利用模拟的响应函数和实验测量标准γ源Cs-137和Co-60以及AmBe源在BC537探测器中的反冲电子谱,经迭代法解谱得到了对应的标准γ射线能谱,验证了模拟参数的合理性以及该响应函数的实用性。     

A possible Mössbauer effect in neutron capture

Direct radiative neutron capture onto a nucleus embedded in a lattice leads to recoil effects that are somewhat more complicated in principle than those present for conventional Mössbauer absorption, emission or resonant scattering processes. We have explored the theory for such recoil effects, and have found: (1) that under conditions in which the momentum of the incident neutron and emitted gamma are matched approximately, a Mössbauer pip that is broadened and shifted is predicted to occur; (2) that in the presence of highly nonthermal lattice excitation, possible anomalously large energy transfer with the lattice is predicted.     

Measurement of the cascade transition via the first excited state of 16O in the 12C(alpha,gamma)16O reaction, and its S factor in stellar helium burning

Radiative alpha-particle capture into the first excited, J(pi)=0+ state of 16O at 6.049 MeV excitation energy has rarely been discussed as contributing to the 12C(alpha,gamma)16O reaction cross section due to experimental difficulties in observing this transition. We report here measurements of this radiative capture in 12C(alpha,gamma)16O for center-of-mass energies of E=2.22 MeV to 5.42 MeV at the DRAGON recoil separator. To determine cross sections, the acceptance of the recoil separator has been simulated in GEANT as well as measured directly. The transition strength between resonances has been identified in R-matrix fits as resulting both from E2 contributions as well as E1 radiative capture. Details of the extrapolation of the total cross section to low energies are then discussed [S6.0(300)=25(-15)(+16) keV b] showing that this transition is likely the most important cascade contribution for 12C(alpha,gamma)16O.     

Measurement of the transverse kinetic energies of argon recoil ions produced in 120 MeV -Ar collisions

Measurements were carried out to deduce the transverse kinetic energies of highly charged argon recoil ions produced in single collisions of 120 MeV ions with argon atoms in which the post collision charge states of the projectiles were not determined. A time of flight spectrometer was designed and fabricated to detect the charge states of recoils. Experimental procedures for optimizing the spectrometer for extraction, transmission and detection of recoils are described. A simple approach for determining the transverse kinetic energy of the recoil ions from FWHM of the peaks is reported. This method is shown to be independent of the choice of collision partners and requires only the knowledge of the physical values of “optimized parameters” of time-of-flight spectrometer used in the experiment. The transverse kinetic energy of the recoil ions determined from the present approach is found to vary from 0.03 eV for to 4.02 eV for Ar¹⁰⁺. These values are compared with the results reported by earlier workers and are shown to follow a q²-behaviour up to a charge state q =8+ of the recoil ions. Received: 5 February 1998 / Revised: 8 June 1998 / Accepted: 11 June 1998     

Violation of the Franck-Condon principle due to recoil effects in high energy molecular core-level photoionization

Carbon 1s photoelectron spectra of methane are measured over a photon energy range between 480 eV and 1200 eV. Additional components appear between the individual symmetric stretching vibrational components and are attributed to the excitations of asymmetric stretching and bending vibrations due to recoil of the high-energy photoelectron emission. This recoil effect is the evidence for the violation of the Franck-Condon principle which states that neither the positions nor the momenta of the nuclei change during the ionization event.     

Superradiant Rayleigh scattering of high-intensity short light pulses from a Bose-Einstein condensate of dilute atomic gases

Equations of a semiclassical model of superradiant Rayleigh scattering of high-intensity short light pulses from a Bose-Einstein condensate of dilute atomic gases are solved numerically taking into account the excitation of atoms by coherent Rayleigh radiation and their recoil in the backward direction. The evolution of the populations of coherent atomic states with a particular momentum is studied, and the pulse shape and the structure of the spectrum of such scattering are found in relation to the laser beam intensity and the recoil kinetic energy of atoms.     

Pair production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">γ</Emphasis>-rays on electrons

One of the most promising processes to measure polarization of high energy gamma rays is the pair production in the electron field. In the limit of high photon energy ω and for some threshold for the momentum recoil detection (p ₀), the distributions for the polar and azimuthal angles (and thus, the total cross section) are, in a first approximation, independent of the photon energy.     

Dependence of the nuclear recoil motion on the phonon spectrum of solids investigated by nuclear resonance fluorescence

The time dependence of the recoil velocity of a¹⁴⁰Ce nucleus in a La and a LaF₃ lattice after emission is studied via the Doppler shift of the 1.596 MeV transition in¹⁴⁰Ce. Evidence is obtained that the nucleus does not leave the lattice site even at a recoil energy of about 20 eV but carries out a damped oscillation. The quantitative comparison of the recoil velocity with the predictions of lattice theory leads to partial agreement.Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, contract Schu 222     

Stimulated gamma emission in an active medium with hidden inversion

This paper reviews some features of the nuclear electromagnetic transitions accompanied by recoil from the momentum of absorbed or emitted photons. We have presented, based on rigorous quantum mechanical calculations, the cross sections for nuclear anti-Stokes and Rayleigh scattering with recoil. The impact of recoil is critical to the establishing the hidden inversion of nuclear state populations and amplification of stimulated gamma radiation.     

Quasifree photoproduction of eta mesons off the neutron

Quasifree photoproduction of eta mesons off nucleons bound in the deuteron has been measured with the CBELSA/TAPS detector for incident photon energies up to 2.5 GeV at the Bonn ELSA accelerator. The eta mesons have been detected in coincidence with recoil protons and recoil neutrons, which allows a detailed comparison of the quasifree n(gamma,eta)n and p(gamma,eta)p reactions. The excitation function for eta production off the neutron shows a pronounced bumplike structure at W=1.68 GeV (E{gamma} approximately 1 GeV), which is absent for the proton.     

Measurement of the Ec.m. = 184 keV resonance strength in the 26gAl (p, gamma)27 Si reaction

The strength of the Ec.m. = 184 keV resonance in the 26gAl(p, gamma)27 reaction has been measured in inverse kinematics using the DRAGON recoil separator at TRIUMF's ISAC facility. We measure a value of omega gamma = 35 +/- 7 microeV and a resonance energy of Ec.m. = 184 +/- 1 keV, consistent with p-wave proton capture into the 7652(3) keV state in 27Si, and discuss the implications of these values for 26GAl nucleosynthesis in typical oxygen-neon white-dwarf novae.