Yields and recoil properties of products from the reaction between natural copper and 86 MeV/A12C ions

Absolute cross sections and thick target/thick catcher recoil properties have been determined for radionuclides produced in the reaction between copper and 86 MeV/A¹²C ions. Integration of the obtained mass yield curve gives a cross section of reactions leading to spallation products of 1,440 mb. TheF/B-ratios are found to increase with decreasing product mass, reaching a maximum of ～100 for products with masses 20–25 mass units lower than the target mass, followed by a decrease. The recoil data have been analyzed with the two-step vector model to deduce momentum transfer and product kinetic energies. The momentum transferred to an intermediate system is found to increase for reactions leading to decreasing product masses, reaching values of 1/3 of full momentum transfer. The derived mean kinetic energies are found to be higher than found in comparable proton induced reactions. Some possible explanations for this phenomenon have been discussed. The results have been compared with Monte Carlo cascade-evaporation calculations, and the agreement between the predictions and experiment is in general found to be good.     

Systematic study of projectile fragments in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 4.1-4.5 A GeV/c and multi-source thermal model

The multiplicity distributions of projectile fragments (PFs) produced in interactions of (⁴He, ¹²C, ¹⁶O, ²²Ne and ²⁸Si with emulsion (Em) at 4.1?C4.5 A GeV/c beam energies, and their dependence on target groups (H, CNO and AgBr) are presented and have been reproduced by using a multi-source thermal model. The dependence of the mean multiplicities on masses of projectile and target nuclei is investigated. The experimental results are compared with the corresponding ones from the theoretically calculated ones. The experimental results agree with theoretical calculations using the multi-source thermal model.     

The peculiarities of the low-energy ion scattering by polycrystal targets

In the present work, experimental and computer simulation studies of low-energy (E₀ = 80-500 eV) Cs⁺ ions scattering on Ta, W, Re target surfaces and K⁺ ions scattering on Ti, V, Cr target surfaces have been performed for more accurate definition of mechanism of scattering, with a purpose of evaluation of an opportunity of use of slow ions scattering as a tool of surface layers analysis. The choice of the targets was based on the fact that the ratios of atomic masses of target atoms and ions μ = m₂/m₁ were almost the same for all cases considered and greater than 1 (direct mass ratio) however, the difference of binding energies of target atoms in the cases of Cs⁺ and K⁺ scattering was almost twice as much. It has been noticed that the dependencies of the relative energy retained by scattering ions at the maximum of energy distribution versus the initial energy E_m/E₀ (E₀) have a similar shape in all cases. The relative energy retained by scattering ions increases while the initial energy of incidence ions decreases. The curves are placed above each other relative to the binding energies of target atoms, to show what this says about the influence of binding energy on a process of scattering of low-energy ions. The correlation between value of energy change maintained by an ion for different values of E₀ in the case of scattering by targets with different masses of atoms and its binding energies is experimentally established. The contrary behavior of the E_m/E₀ (E₀) dependencies concerning the target atom binding energy quantity E_b for cases with direct (μ > 1) and inverse (μ < 1) mass ratio of colliding particles is established. The comparison of experimental energy distributions with calculated histograms shows that the binary collision approximation cannot elucidate the abnormally great shift in the maxima of relative energy distributions towards greater energy retained by scattering ions.     

Nuclear charge distribution of heavy fission fragments from thermal-neutron-induced fission of235U

Fragments from thermal-neutron induced fission of²³⁵U have been separated by a mass spectrometer with respect to their masses and kinetic energies within 1 μsec. The separation principles are briefly described. For masses 130 to 139 amu the charge distributions have been determined by counting the number of beta tracks emitted from the individual mass selected fission fragments in a nuclear photographic emulsion. In another method, the average number of beta particles for each fragment mass is determined by use of a 4π-proportional counter. The mean nuclear charge as a function of mass is compared with other experimental results and theoretical curves. Contradictory to the radiochemical results, this experiment yields a dip in the mean nuclear charge versus mass curve at mass 132 amu corresponding to the doubly magic nucleus (N=82,Z=50)¹³²Sn. Recent theoretical calculations of Nörenberg are in agreement with this finding.     

Total cross-section measurements for the production of nuclear gamma rays from light nuclei by low-energy deuterons

The thick target yields of the reactions ⁶Li, ⁹Be, ¹⁰B(d, nγ) for specific final nucleus γ-rays have been measured between deuteron bombarding energies of 48 and 170 keV. The measured thick target yields are used, together with recently published values of the stopping power of low-energy deuterons in matter, to infer the total reaction cross sections for the production of the specific γ-rays between deuteron energies of 65 and 160 keV. The cross sections are compared to appropriate Coulomb barrier penetration probabilities and the astrophysical functions S(E) are deduced.     

Grand unification with local supersymmetry

We study general conditions for obtaining spontaneous breaking of local supersymmetry in N = 1 supergravity coupled to supersymmetric matter. We consider in particular the coupling of N = 1 supergravity to grand unified theories like SU(5) and study the conditions which must be met in order to obtain a realistic model. Specific models are built in which local supersymmetry is broken at a scale √M_Wm_p ～ 10¹⁰ GeV. This breaking of supersymmetry is only detected at low energies through soft terms breaking explicitly the global supersymmetry. These soft terms (scalar masses, gaugino masses and trilinear scalar couplings) are renormalized at low energies according to the renormalization group. The (mass)² of the Higgs doublet evolve towards negative values at low energies giving rise to SU(2) × U(1) breaking as a radiative effect of local supersymmetry breaking. We finally point out the possible relevance of non-renormalizable superpotentials for the problem of fermion masses.     

Seniority-three yrast states in theN=82 nucleus147Tb

Firm spin-parity assignments for the high-spin states up to 3.5 MeV in the one-proton nucleus¹⁴⁷Tb were obtained from¹⁴⁴Sm(⁶Li, 3n) in-beamγ-ray and conversion electron measurements. The energies of these two-particle one-hole excitations were calculated from the shell model with empirical nucleon-nucleon interaction energies. The calculated energy splittings agree well with experiment, whereas the theoretical excitation energies disagree by ?1 MeV if recently measured ground state masses are used.     

Atomic masses above146Gd derived from a shell model analysis of high spin states

From a shell model analysis of high-spin states in neutron deficient nuclei above¹⁴⁶Gd we have derived the ground state masses of theN=82 and 83 isotones of Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er. The results can be used to calculate the energies of aligned multiparticle yrast configurations. They also link ten α-decay chains to the nuclei with known masses, providing many new absolute mass values which are compared with predictions. An examination of the two-proton separation energies atN=82 shows an 0.5 MeV break in the nuclear mass surface atZ=64.     

Strong change in the mass distribution of fission-like processes around ACN = 100

The completely relaxed reaction products resulting from bombardment of ⁵⁹Co, ⁶⁵Cu, ⁷⁴Ge, ⁷⁹Br, ⁸⁵Rb and ⁸⁹Y with ³²S have been studied. At incident energies from 153 MeV to 184 MeV, compound of composite nuclei with masses, A_CN, between 91 and 121 are formed with excitation energies of 80–100 MeV. Their spins might be as high as 60–70 $\text{h}\text{?}$ which allows for fission decay. The mass distribution from the reaction ³²S on ⁸⁹Y exhibits a sharp peak corresponding to symmetric fragmentation and consistent with a fission mechanism. The mass distribution over the above range range of decaying composite nuclei continuously broadens with decreasing mass, A_CN. Maxima around the projectile and target mass gradually become more predominant and finally dominate the mass spectrum obtained in the reaction ³²S on ⁵⁹Co. These changes in the overall character of the mass distribution are discussed in terms of various mechanisms.     

Multifragmentation of gold nuclei by light relativistic ions: Thermal breakup versus dynamical disintegration

The multiple emission of intermediate-mass fragments (IMF) is studied for collisions of p, ⁴He, and ¹²C on Au with the 4π FASA setup. The mean multiplicities of IMF saturate at a value of around 2 for incident energies above 6 GeV. An attempt at describing the observed IMF multiplicities in the two-stage scenario, a fast cascade followed by a statistical multifragmentation, fails. Agreement with the measured IMF multiplicities is obtained by introducing an intermediate expansion phase and modifying empirically the excitation energies and masses of remnants. The angular distributions and energy spectra from p-induced collisions are in agreement with the scenario of “thermal” multifragmentation of a hot and expanded target spectator. In the case of ¹²C + Au(22.4 GeV) and ⁴He (14.6 GeV) + Au collisions, deviations from a pure thermal breakup are seen in the fragment energy spectra, which are harder than those both from model calculations and from the measured ones for p-induced collisions. This difference is attributed to a collective flow with the expansion velocity at the surface of about 0.1c (for ¹²C + Au collisions).     

Inverse Quasifission in <Superscript>156,160</Superscript>Gd + <Superscript>186</Superscript>W Reactions

To investigate the impact shell effects have in the formation of neutron-rich fragments in multinucleon transfer reactions, a series of experiments to explore the binary channel in ^156,160Gd + ¹⁸⁶W reactions at energies near and above the Coulomb barrier is performed at the Flerov Laboratory’s U-400 accelerator using the CORSET setup. These experiments are aimed mainly at obtaining the production cross sections of leadlike fragments in the process of inverse quasifission. The mass, energy, and angular distributions of the binary reaction products are measured at energies of 860 and 935 MeV of ¹⁶⁰Gd ions and 878MeV in the case of ¹⁵⁶Gd ions. The excitation energies of primary fragments are estimated using their measured mass–energy distributions. Enhanced yields of products with masses of 200–215 amu are observed for both reactions. At energies above the barrier for side-to-side collisions (935 MeV), the yield of lead-like fragments is an order of magnitude larger than at energies near the Coulomb barrier, due possibly to the influence of orientation effects. The enhancement observed in the yield of reaction products with masses heavier than the target mass confirms that multinucleon transfer reactions can be used to obtain new neutron-rich isotopes, and to synthesize new superheavy elements.     

On the projectile fragmentation in heavy-ion reactions at intermediate energies

The two-body fragmentation of the projectile in the target field is described within a three-body dynamic model. Four types of reaction emerge: fusion at low energies and low impact parameters b, elastic and inelastic reactions at high b and two types of fragmentation in peripheral collisions. For high b the two projectile parts are emitted while for low b one fragment fuses with the target and only the other one can be detected. In the first case the part which has grazed the target has been strongly slackened and has a velocity of 0.7 V beam for small emission angles to 0.5 V beam for large angles. It might be a contribution to the relaxed fragment events detected at intermediate angles. In agreement with experimental data, the b² window for this kind of fragmentation is very narrow for heavy quasi-projectiles and widens with decreasing masses. This model allows to reproduce semi-quantitatively the mass distribution of the quasi-projectiles, the position of the maximum in the one- and two-peak energy spectra and the relative importance of the two types of fragmentation.     

Neutrino

Neutrinos are the only fundamental fermions which have no electric charges. Because of that neutrinos have no direct electromagnetic interaction and at relatively small energies they can take part only in weak processes with virtual W ^± and Z ⁰ bosons. Neutrino masses are many orders of magnitude smaller than masses of charged leptons and quarks. These two circumstances make neutrinos unique, special particles. The history of the neutrino is very interesting, exciting and instructive. We try here to follow the main stages of the neutrino history starting from the famous Pauli letter and finishing with the discovery and study of neutrino oscillations. Outstanding contribution to the neutrino physics of Bruno Pontecorvo is discussed in some details.     

In-beam gamma-ray and electron spectroscopy following the75As(p,n)75Se reaction

The level scheme of⁷⁵Se has been studied through the⁷⁵As (p, n) reaction at proton energies from 1.5 to 5.0 MeV.γ-ray and internal conversion electron measurements were made using NaI (T1) and Ge(Li) detectors and a six-gap electron spectrometer. A proportional counter and a thin window NaI(T1) detector were used to detectγ-rays with energies less than 30 keV. The level scheme has been established by observing the thresholds of variousγ-rays and byγ-γ and e^?-γ coincidence measurements. New levels at 133.0, 293.2, 790.0, 953.0, 1020.8, 1184.3, 1198.5 and 1258.2 keV not observed in earlier (p, n) studies have been established. Conversion coefficients of most of the low-lying transitions have been determined. Angular distributions of some of theγ-rays were also measured and compared with the statistical model calculations. DefiniteJ ^π assignments have been made to most of the low-lying levels. Life-times of the 112.1, 133.0, 286.7 and 293.2 keV levels have been measured to be 0.69±0.12, 5.3±0.6, 1.35±0.15 and 31±2 nsec respectively. The reduced transition probabilities for various low-lying transitions have been determined and compared with recent calculations. The 1/2^? and 9/2⁺ levels hitherto unknown in this nucleus has been identified. The structure of the low-lying levels is discussed in terms of the existing models.     

Gamma-ray production in the 170Er(p,n)170Tm nuclear reaction

For the first time discrete gamma-rays following the nuclear reaction ¹⁷⁰Er(p,n)¹⁷⁰Tm with enriched target were measured with a high resolution GeHP spectrometer. Protons delivered by the Bucharest FN Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator bombarded a thin self-supporting film of enriched erbium. Measured γ-ray energies (E_γ), their relative intensities (I_γ) and corresponding excitation functions for the beam energy range 2.0–3.6 MeV are reported in the present work. The measured excitation functions were fairly well reproduced by compound nucleus calculations based on the Hauser-Feshbach formalism.     

Voltage calibration of low-energy accelerators

The¹²C(p, γ)¹³N reaction has been used as a method to determine the absolute proton beam energy in the region ofE _p =150–350 keV with a precision of the order of 0.4 keV. The method makes use of the resulting captureγ-ray transition, whose intensity varies smoothly with beam energy and whose varying energy can be determined to high accuracy by comparison with precisely known energies ofγ-rays from radioactive sources. The energy calibration atE _p =80–150 keV has been carried out with the use of the nonresonant capture reaction D(p, γ)³He. The results have been applied to determine the absolute energies of proton-induced resonances on several light target nuclei.     

Secondary electron emission yield behaviour of polymers

The secondary electron emission yields of highly-insulating, thin polymer foils have been measured for incident primary beam energies, 50 ? E_p ? 2500 eV. The results follow closely a ‘universal’ reduced yield curve determined by the energy loss law, dE_p/dx = -A/E_p^n-1, where n = 2 and A is a constant proportional to the density of the solid, as predicted by the elementary theory of Lye and Dekker (1957). This behaviour remains true up to high primary beam energies and, as such, is unique to these low density solids.     

Ground-state energy and stability of three-particle coulomb systems versus the masses of the particles involved

The ground-state energy of three-particle Coulomb systems (trions) is investigated versus the masses of the particles involved. Variational calculations are performed for 34 asymmetric trions X^±Y^±Z^? consisting of electrons, muons, pions, kaons, nuclei of hydrogen isotopes and their antiparticles, as well as for more than 100 auxiliary three-particle systems involving particles of masses chosen arbitrarily. Wide bases of Laguerre exponential-polynomial functions depending on perimetric particle coordinates are used. Approximate analytic formulas for the ground-state energies of all trions X^±Y^±Z^? with arbitrary particle masses are constructed on the basis of the values found here for the energies of asymmetric trions and the values calculated previously for the energies of symmetric trions X^±X^±Z^?. Particle-mass regions are determined where trions are stable with respect to dissociation. In addition to symmetric trions X^±X^±Z^?, which are stable at any particle masses, asymmetric trions X^±X^±Z^? possess the stability property if the masses of the particles X and Y exceed the mass of the particle Z, where, by Z, we mean, for example, an electron, a muon, a pion, or a kaon. The t⁺d⁺p^? and t⁺d⁺d^? combinations of hydrogen nuclei and antinuclei are also stable with respect to dissociation. The general properties of the ground-state trion energy as a function of the particle masses are discussed.     

Many-body effects in the binding energies of image states at surfaces

A study of the influence of many-body effects on binding energies and effective masses of image potential induced surface states is presented. The binding energies calculated using experimentally measured ε(ω) response functions show a dependence on the electron density different from that obtained using a plasmon model, and are in agreement with recent experimental data of diesen et al. [Phys. Rev. B33 (1986) 5241]. The effects of plasmon dispersion and single particle excitations on binding energies are evaluated with a simple model, and it is shown that they result in a strong cancellation in the range of r_s values where most experimental data have been obtained (r_s ≈ 3), if realistic values of the surface plasmon dispersion relation are used. Corrections to the effective masses due to many-body effects are shown to be of the order of 1%.     

Radiative thermal neutron capture by natural sulfur

A high precision study of the gamma ray spectrum following neutron capture by a target of natural sulfur is reported. The energy precision obtained has permitted construction of decay schemes for³³S and³⁵S. In the case of the former isotope a total of 22 levels have been identified while for the latter and much weaker reaction 7 states have been observed. While some transitions attributable to capture by³³S are observed, their weakness prohibited detailed analysis. The neutron separation energies, based upon the¹⁴N(n, γ)¹⁵N standard are found to be 8,641.60 (3) keV and 6,985.84 (5) keV for³³S and³⁵S respectively.