On a possibility for observing the neutron electric polarizability

A new method is proposed for setting a lower or upper limit a α _n * on the neutron electric polarizability α _an . It is based on the fact that the real part of the s-wave scattering amplitude changes sign near the s-wave neutron resonance at E=E*. The methods consist of the observation of the energy behavior of the forward-backward scattering asymmetry ω ₁ which experiences a jump at E=E*. If the jump is such that dω ₁/dE>0, then α _n >α _n *, while if dω ₁/dE<0, then α _n <α _n *, and if dω ₁/dE∼0, then α _n ∼α _n *. Seven even-even nuclei are found with α _n * from 0.5 to 3.1 in 10⁻³ fm³. Some details of a possible experiment with ¹⁸²W are described. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 70, No. 3, 171–174 (10 August 1999) Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.     

Calculation of the nuclear electric polarizability

Starting from a simple hydrodynamical hamiltonian, an analytical expression is derived for the nuclear electric polarizability. The comparison with more detailed calculations is very satisfactory.     

RPA description of the electric polarizability of the nucleon

Excited states of the nucleon are described as RPA configurations on a mean-field ground state taken from the MIT bag model. A residual interaction of a structure as in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model is used. The particlehole states are coupled to good total angular momentum and isospin. Valence excitations of particle-hole type and quark-antiquark (q $\bar q$ ) states from the Dirac-sea are included. The dependence of the baryon spectrum and multipole response functions on the coupling constantG is studied. At critical values ofG the 3q-ground state becomes degenerate with strongly collectiveq99-2 modes. The model is used to calculate the averaged electric polarizability of the neutron and the protonα. Without residual interactionα=7·10^?4 fm ³ is found. With residual interaction the value increases toα=(?11)·10^?4 fm ³. The measured value ofα is reproduced within experimental error bars.     

Atom interferometry measurement of the electric polarizability of lithium

Using an atom interferometer, we have measured the static electric polarizability of ⁷Li α=(24.33 ±0.16)×10^-30 m³ = 164.2±1.1 atomic units with a 0.66% uncertainty. Our experiment, which is similar to an experiment done on sodium in 1995 by Pritchard and co-workers, consists in applying an electric field on one of the two interfering beams and measuring the resulting phase-shift. With respect to Pritchard's experiment, we have made several improvements which are described in detail in this paper: the capacitor design is such that the electric field can be calculated analytically; the phase sensitivity of our interferometer is substantially better, near 16 mrad/ ; finally our interferometer is species selective so that impurities present in our atomic beam (other alkali atoms or lithium dimers) do not perturb our measurement. The extreme sensitivity of atom interferometry is well illustrated by our experiment: our measurement amounts to measuring a slight increase Δv of the atom velocity v when it enters the electric field region and our present sensitivity is sufficient to detect a variation Δv/v ≈6 ×10^-13.     

Relativistic corrections to the electric polarizability of compound systems

The widely used relation alpha; = alpha(0)+Deltaalpha for the electric polarizability, where Deltaalpha is proportional to the r.m.s. charge radius of the system, is revisited within a simple model of two spinless particles bound electromagnetically. A complete set of the relativistic corrections to alpha(0) following from the Breit Hamiltonian is obtained. It is shown that these corrections modify the result for alpha; in comparison to that obtained with alpha(0) taken in the nonrelativistic approximation. We propose that the same situation can take place in the more complicated case of hadrons. Special attention is devoted to the correct definition of the center-of-mass coordinates which are found to be very important.     

Mesoscopic fluctuations of the dipole moment and the electric polarizability

We consider mesoscopic fluctuations of the dipole moment and the electric polarizability of a disordered thin film in the diffusive regime. It is shown, that the requirement of a fixed particle number is crucial for obtaining finite fluctuations at low temperatures. For systems with sufficient disorder and a long screening length a spontaneous dipole moment should be observable with an atomic force microscope.Dedicated to Prof. H. Wagner on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

利用~3He中子监测仪对中子管产额进行实验监测

以自主研制的ZFD-1型中子发生器为例,研究了在不同加速高压下D-D型中子管中子的轴向分布情况,以及影响3He中子监测仪探测性能的一些主要因素.根据所得实验数据拟合图线,可对中子管产生中子的轴向分布进行标定.     

ICF中子示波管的实验研究

 介绍了一个旨在将高时间分辨率和高探测灵敏度相结合、用于惯性约束聚变（ICF）研究的时间分辨的中子诊断技术的中子示波管，初步实验获得了技术时间分辨约40ps,可探测中子总产额10⁸。     

Effect of the nuclear magnetic susceptibility on the evaluation of the electric dipole polarizability

The σ_?2 photonuclear sum rule together with recently determined magnetic susceptibilities is used to evaluate the corrections to the static electric dipole polarizability of nuclei. Those corrections are sizeable in the realm of very light nuclei.     

ICF中子示波管的实验研究

介绍了一个旨在将高时间分辨率和高探测灵敏度相结合、用于惯性约束聚变（ICF）研究的时间分辨的中子诊断技术的中子示波管,初步实验获得了技术时间分辨约40ps,可探测中子总产额108。     

Thermal expansion in small metal clusters and its impact on the electric polarizability

The thermal expansion coefficients of Na(N) clusters with 8相似文献   

激光烧蚀金属元靶等离子体中电学信号的实验研究

将高功率脉冲激光作用于金属元靶,探测激光诱导等离子体在靶上产生的电学信号.研究了作用激光能量的差异对等离子体电信号的影响,实验结果表明随着激光能量的增加电信号脉冲幅度逐渐增大并趋于饱和.同时,将激光烧蚀过程中的靶材等效为瞬态电流源,初步建立了激光诱导等离子体等效电路模型,并将该模型应用于激光烧蚀金属靶,对靶上电信号的产生机制进行了详细讨论.     

Measurement of the neutron electric form factor

The neutron electric form factor G_E,n has been measured at three different four-momentum transfer in a D(|e|→, e′|e|→)p experiment. Neutronwere detected in a recoil 0 polarimeter, using a spin precession method. We present the experiment and the status of data analysis.     

Measurement of the tensor electric polarizability of a deuteron in storage rings

When an electric field of resonant frequency acts on a deuteron beam in a storage ring, the tensor electric polarizability stimulates buildup of the vertical polarization of the beam (the Baryshevsky effect). This effect allows high-precision measurement of the tensor electric polarizability of the deuteron, which contains important information about spin-dependent nuclear forces. The general formulas describing the Baryshevsky effect are derived. It is shown that doubling of the resonant frequency leads to dramatic enhancement of the effect.     

Experimental constraints on polarizability corrections to hydrogen hyperfine structure

We present a state-of-the-art evaluation of the polarizability corrections--the inelastic nucleon corrections--to the hydrogen ground-state hyperfine splitting using analytic fits to the most recent data. We find a value Delta(pol)=1.3+/-0.3 ppm. This is 1-2 ppm smaller than the value of Delta(pol) deduced using hyperfine splitting data and elastic nucleon corrections obtained from modern form factor fits.