Effect of atomic arrangement on penetration of charged particles into crystals

The angular and spectral distributions of protons having initial energies of 4–7 MeV have been studied in simple cubic ionic crystals and in germanium and silicon crystals with and without the channeling effect. The average energy losses of the channeled and unchanneled protons in the crystals were measured. The concentration of structural defects in the crystals is shown to affect the proton energy spectra measured when channeling occurs. A procedure involving photographic plates was used to study the angular distributions of the channeled protons. The possible use of proton diffraction to study the structure and other characteristics of crystals is discussed.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii Fizika, No. 8, pp. 86–91, August, 1969.     

Dechannelization of relativistic protons in an elastically deformed single crystal

Experimental results on the deflection of a beam of relativistic protons by a single crystal are compared with the results of a theoretical analysis of protons channeling in curved planar channels in the crystal. The effectiveness of using curved single crystals for controlling high-energy charged particle beams is analyzed. The effect of the divergence of the beam on the effectiveness of deflecting relativistic protons by the crystal is examined.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 8–11, June, 1981.     

Micro‐Raman depth profiling of silicon amorphization induced by high‐energy ion channeling implantation

In this work, we study the silicon amorphization dependence on the crystal depth induced by 6‐MeV Al²⁺ ions implanted in the <110> and randomly oriented silicon crystal channels, which was not directly experimentally accessible in the previous similar high‐energy ion–crystal implantation cases. Accordingly, the micro‐Raman spectroscopy scanning measurements along the crystal transversal cross section of the ion implanted region were performed. The ion fluence was 10¹⁷ particles/cm². The scanning steps were 0.2 and 0.3 µm, for the channeling and random ion implantations, respectively. The obtained results are compared with the corresponding Rutherford backscattering spectra of 1.2‐MeV protons in the random and channeling orientations measured during the channeling implantation. Additionally, scanning electron microscope picture was taken on the transversal cross section of the implanted region in the channeling implantation case. We show here that the obtained silicon amorphization maxima are in excellent agreement with the corresponding estimated maxima of the aluminum concentration in silicon. This clearly indicates that the used specific micro‐Raman spectroscopy scanning technique can be successfully applied for the depth profiling of the crystal amorphization induced by high‐energy ion implantation. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Impurity lattice location and recovery of structural defects in semiconductors studied by emission channeling

Doping of semiconductors by ion implantation usually requires implantation doses below 10¹³ cm^–2 to obtain typical impurity concentrations of <10¹⁸ cm^–3. The lattice location of impurities as well as the defect recovery after such low dose implantations can be studied using the emission channeling technique. In this technique, single crystals are doped with radioactive probe atoms and the channeling effects of electrons, positrons or -particles emitted from these atoms are measured. We present a quantitative analysis of electron emission channeling measurements after heavy-ion implantation into Si and III–V compound semiconductors by comparison with calculated channeling profiles based on the dynamical theory of electron diffraction. For In atoms implanted into Si, complete substitutionality was found after rapid thermal annealing to 1200 K. For lower annealing temperatures, the observed channeling effects indicate small mean displacements (of about 0.2 Å) of the In atoms from substitutional sites, caused by residual implantation defects. For GaAs, GaP and InP implanted at low temperatures with In or Cd isotopes, pronounced recovery stages around 300, 400 and 350 K, respectively, were observed and substitutional fractions close to 100% were derived after annealing above the stage.     

Mechanism for origination of a new kind of radiation during the channeling of relativistic electrons in a crystal

Singularities on the spontaneous radiation of relativistic electrons moving in the axial channeling mode in a crystal due to longitudinal electron vibrations are analyzed by quantum electrodynamics methods. A comparison is made with published experimental data.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 1, pp. 99–103, January, 1991.     

Comparative results on collimation of the SPS beam of protons and Pb ions with bent crystals

New experiments on crystal assisted collimation have been carried out at the CERN SPS with stored beams of 120 GeV/c protons and Pb ions. Bent silicon crystals of 2 mm long with about 170 μrad bend angle and a small residual torsion were used as primary collimators. In channeling conditions, the beam loss rate induced by inelastic interactions of particles with the crystal nuclei is minimal. The loss reduction was about 6 for protons and about 3 for Pb ions. Lower reduction value for Pb ions can be explained by their considerably larger ionization losses in the crystal. In one of the crystals, the measured fraction of the Pb ion beam halo deflected in channeling conditions was 74%, a value very close to that for protons. The intensity of the off-momentum halo leaking out from the collimation station was measured in the first high dispersion area downstream. The particle population in the shadow of the secondary collimator-absorber was considerably smaller in channeling conditions than for amorphous orientations of the crystal. The corresponding reduction was in the range of 2-5 for both protons and Pb ions.     

MeV-ion axial surface-channeling from an electron irradiated KCl(0 0 1) surface

Surface-channeling of protons incident with 5 mrad on an electron-irradiated surface is investigated using a 0.55 MeV beam of protons. The target surface is KCl(0 0 1), which is damaged by electron-stimulated desorption with 5 keV electron irradiation. The direction of the incident beam is adjusted along the 〈1 0 0〉 and 〈1 1 0〉 channeling conditions and the channeling-dips of the scattering yields are observed. The irradiation dose-dependence of the minimum yields and widths of the dips is measured. Two dips are compared, i.e., for the 〈1 0 0〉 and 〈1 1 0〉 channelings. By increasing the irradiation dose up to 2 × 10¹⁶ cm⁻², the dip around the 〈1 0 0〉 axis becomes opened, but that of the 〈1 1 0〉 axis becomes shallow. The irradiated surfaces are observed to have many overlapped terraces of sub-micron with monolayer steps. The surface morphology deformed by the irradiation effects to truncate trajectories of the 〈1 0 0〉 channeling protons. This roughness of the surface is more effective for the trajectories of the 〈1 1 0〉 channeling protons. The protons incident on the rough surface along the 〈1 1 0〉 axis are not reflected from the atomic row but reflected by a potential of the surface with steps. Results by a simple computer simulation of the trajectories of protons at stepped surfaces also indicate the scattering processes.     

In Vivo Detection of N-Coupled Protons in Rat Brain by ISIS Localization and Multiple-Quantum Editing

Three-dimensional image-selected in vivo spectroscopy (ISIS) was combined with phase-cycled ¹H–¹⁵N heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence (HMQC) transfer NMR for localized selective observation of protons J-coupled to ¹⁵N in phantoms and in vivo. The ISIS–HMQC sequence, supplemented by jump–return water suppression, permitted localized selective observation of 2–5 μmol of [¹⁵N_indole]tryptophan, a precursor of the neurotransmitter serotonin, through the ¹⁵N-coupled proton in 20–40 min of acquisition in vitro at 4.7 T. In vivo, the amide proton of [5-¹⁵N]glutamine was selectively observed in the brain of spontaneously breathing ¹⁵NH₄⁺-infused rats, using a volume probe with homogeneous ¹H and ¹⁵N fields. Signal recovery after three-dimensional localization was 72–82% in phantoms and 59 ± 4% in vivo. The result demonstrates that localized selective observation of ¹⁵N-coupled protons, with complete cancellation of all other protons except water, can be achieved in spontaneously breathing animals by the ISIS–HMQC sequence. This sequence performs both volume selection and heteronuclear editing through an addition/subtraction scheme and predicts the highest intrinsic sensitivity for detection of ¹⁵N-coupled protons in the selected volume. The advantages and limitations of this method for in vivo application are compared to those of other localized editing techniques currently in use for non-exchanging protons.     

Saturation and isotope mixing during low-temperature implantations of hydrogen into metals

Deuterons of 10 keV energy and protons with the same mean projected range have been implanted into several metals at a temperature of approximately 35 K and at dose rates of approximately 2 × 10¹⁴ cm^–2 s^–1. The amount of retained deuterium saturates at fluences larger than roughly 2 × 10¹⁸ cm^–2. After implantation of deuterons and subsequent bombardment with protons, the deuteron depth profiles show characteristic double peak structures, which indicate a replacement process. The experimental data are in good agreement with a simple model of local saturation and mixing. The possible implications of this model are discussed.     

Supersaturated Si-As alloy formation by ion implantation and pulsed electron beam annealing

Supersaturated surface alloys produced by very high dose (0.8–2.6×10¹⁷cm^–2) implantation of As-ions into silicon and subsequent pulsed electron-beam annealing have been investigated by means of the channeling technique. The maximum solubility limit of 7×10²¹ As/cm³ has been determined. It exceeds the equilibrium solubility limit by more than a factor of 4. Angular scan measurements indicated that for doses above 1×10¹⁷cm^–2 As atoms are displaced by about 0.12 Å from the regular lattice sites.     

Measurement of Relaxation Rates of N and H Backbone Protons in Proteins with Tailored Initial Conditions

Several methods are presented for the selective determination of spin–lattice and spin–spin relaxation rates of backbone protons in labeled proteins. The relaxation rates of amide protons in ¹⁵N labeled proteins can be measured by using two-way selective cross-polarization (SCP). The measurement of H^α relaxation rates can be achieved by combining this method with homonuclear Hartmann–Hahn transfer using doubly selective irradiation. Various schemes for selective or nonselective inversion of the longitudinal proton magnetization lead to different initial recovery rates. The methods have been applied to lysine K6 in ¹⁵N-labeled human ubiquitin and to leucine L5 in ¹⁵N- and ¹³C-labeled octapeptide YG*G*F*LRRI (GFL) in which the marked residues are ¹⁵N- and ¹³C-labeled.     

Structural analysis of uniformly C-labelled solids from selective angle measurements at rotational resonance

We demonstrate that individual H–C–C–H torsional angles in uniformly labelled organic solids can be estimated by selective excitation of ¹³C double-quantum coherences under magic-angle spinning at rotational resonance. By adapting a straightforward one-dimensional experiment described earlier [T. Karlsson, M. Eden, H. Luhman, M.H. Levitt, J. Magn. Reson. 145 (2000) 95–107], a double-quantum filtered spectrum selective for Cα and Cβ of uniformly labelled l-[¹³C,¹⁵N]valine is obtained with 25% efficiency. The evolution of Cα–Cβ double-quantum coherence under the influence of the dipolar fields of bonded protons is monitored to provide a value of the Hα–Cα–Cβ–Hβ torsional angle that is consistent with the crystal structure. In addition, double-quantum filtration selective for C6 and C1′ of uniformly labelled [¹³C,¹⁵N]uridine is achieved with 12% efficiency for a ¹³C–¹³C distance of 2.5 Å, yielding a reliable estimate of the C6–H and C1′–H projection angle defining the relative orientations of the nucleoside pyrimidine and ribose rings. This procedure will be useful, in favourable cases, for structural analysis of fully labelled small molecules such as receptor ligands that are not readily synthesised with labels placed selectively at structurally diagnostic sites.     

Search for cold nuclear fusion in palladium-deuteride

We searched for protons generated in cold D fusion reactions in Pd cathodes doped electrolytically with D. The applied experimental technique allowed the detection of proton production rates exceeding 0.074 s^–1 per cm³ cathode material (or 3.1·10^–24 s^–1 per D pair). Our results do not confirm fusion rates such like those recently reported.     

Volume reflection of 1-GeV protons by a bent silicon crystal

The volume reflection of 1-GeV protons by a bent crystal has been observed. The crystal is made of single crystal silicon. The (111) atomic planes are bent owing to the elastic quasimosaicity effect, which makes it possible to reduce the crystal length for a beam to 30 μm. It is found that the probability of the reflection effect is higher than the probability of the channeling effect (0.71 vs. 0.63), and the deflection angle of the protons reflected inside the crystal is equal to 1.39 ± 0.04 in terms of the critical angle for channeling under the conditions of the experiment (170 μrad). The width of the reflected peak is equal to 1.76 ± 0.04 in the same units. The protons that are not involved in channeling at the angular position of maximum channeling undergo volume reflection and are deflected in the direction opposite to the channeled beam by the angle 1.01 ± 0.05 in terms of the critical angle for channeling. The width of the reflected peak is equal to 1.94 ± 0.08 in the same units. Original Russian Text ? Yu.M. Ivanov, N.F. Bondar’, Yu.A. Gavrikov, A.S. Denisov, A.V. Zhelamkov, V.G. Ivochkin, S.V. Kos’yanenko, L.P. Lapina, A.A. Petrunin, V.V. Skorobogatov, V.M. Suvorov, A.I. Shchetkovsky, A.M. Taratin, W. Scandale, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 84, No. 7, pp. 445–450.     

“Defect” states of channeling electrons

We develop a theory of quantum states caused by defects of the crystal lattice during planar channeling of electrons. Points defects are considered. We obtain expressions for the wave function and the transverse energy of the defect states and make estimates for {110} planar channeling in silicon by electrons with energies of 1–10 MeV. Substitutional, interstitial, and vacancy impurity atoms are examined. We propose using properties of the electromagnetic radiation of electrons in defect states for diagnostics of single crystals.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp.68–72, April, 1990.     

µCF experiments in thin deuterium films and progress towards slow µ− production

Muon-catalyzed fusion was investigated in thin solid deuterium films to determine the experimental feasibility of slow µ^– production by detection of dd fusion protons as well as slow µ^– collection utilizing a large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer. The spatial distribution of the fusion reaction in the film was extracted, and an optimum thickness for slow µ^– emission was deduced. Collected 10 keV µ^– were also successfully detected. However, the dd fusion yield being insufficient, we were not able to distinguish slow µ^– via µCF from degraded µ^–.     

Collective acceleration of ions in a system with an insulated anode

An investigation was made of the processes of collective acceleration of protons in vacuum in a system with an insulated anode and trans-anode electrodes, which were insulated or grounded, in high-current Tonus and Vera electron accelerators. The influence of external conditions and parameters of the electron beam on the efficiency of acceleration processes was investigated. Experiments were carried out in which protons were accelerated in a system with trans-anode electrodes. A study was made of the influence of a charge prepulse and of the number of trans-anode electrodes on the energy of the accelerated electrons. A system with a single anode produced N_p=10¹⁴ protons of 2E_e < E_p < 3E_e energy. Suppression of a charge prepulse increased the proton energy to (6–8)E_e and the yield was then 10¹³. The maximum proton energy of 14E_e was obtained in a system with three trans-anode electrodes. A possible mechanism of proton acceleration was analyzed. The results obtained were compared with those of other investigations. Ways of increasing the efficiency of this acceleration method were considered.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 53–58, November, 1980.The authors are grateful to A. I. Arbuzov and V. G. Tolmacheva for their great help in the measurements, and to Yu. G. Yushkov and Yu. P. Yusov for valuable comments and discussions of the results of the experiments.     

Radiation—measurement complex of the Sirius synchrotron

The radiation-measurement complex associated with the Sirius synchrotron has been operating in the Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Physics of the S. M. Kirov Polytechnic Institute in Tomsk since 1985. Research on meson physics, channeling of high-energy electrons in crystals, new types of radiation, and applications of synchrotron radiation is carried out in this complex. The renovation of the synchrotron presently under way will allow these problems to be studied more effectively.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 5–7, June, 1991.     

Spatial distribution of albedo particles on altitudes ∼500 km

Spatial distributions of energetic charged particles, neutrons and gamma rays at altitude 500 km (below the radiation belts of the Earth), obtained by the measurements of two apparatuses on board the Intercosmos-17 satellite, are presented. The latitudinal dependences, [i.e. the variation of flux with vertical cut-off rigidity of the measurement point], for neutrons (E _n = 1 –30 MeV), gamma rays (E =0·15–6 MeV), secondary electrons (E _e > 100 MeV) and for primary protons coming from the west and the east, respectively, are given. The main characteristic, the ratioN _p/N _e of the counting rate of the particles in the polar regionN _p(R_vert< <0·1 GeV/c) and on the equatorN _e(R_vert > 16 GeV/c), is obtained for the various types of particles. This value is 10 for neutrons, 3.7 for gamma rays, 1·8 for electrons, 11 for protons in westward direction, 10 for protons in eastward direction. The latitude profile of neutrons and gamma rays is in a good agreement with calculations assuming their production by nuclear reactions of primary cosmic rays with nuclei of the atmosphere. The weakening of rigidity dependence of protons coming from east in comparison with those coming from the west, is interpreted as the cause of additional proton albedo flux. The equality of albedo electron fluxes (E_e = 100–3500 MeV) from these directions is observed. With the use of the shadowing effect the obtained data on electron-positron component are consistent with the flux of albedo positrons (E_e + > 3·5 GeV) of the value (0·5±0·2) m^–2. s^–1. ster^–1. The possibility of abundance of albedo positrons above electrons at these altitudes for the energy intervalE=0·2÷0·3 GeV is indicated.     

H+2，H+3团簇离子在沟道条件下的背散射 质子产额测量

采用卢瑟福背散射方法，测得了每质子能量为650 keV的H⁺₂，H+₃团簇离子在Si晶体<100>和<110>沟道条件下的质子背散射能谱.结果发现，由于H⁺₂，H⁺₃团簇在晶体中的库仑爆炸和团簇效应，H⁺₂的背散射质子产额大于H ⁺的背散射产额，而H^{+< 关键词： 团簇 沟道效应 库仑爆炸 背散射}