原子核质量的测量和评估

质量是原子核的基本性质之一,在核物理和核天体物理中都有重要的应用。原子核质量测量是目前核物理研究的一个前沿热点课题,国际上各个核物理实验室积极发展新设备和新技术,在短寿命放射性核素测量和超高精度质量测量方面取得了重要进展,本文对此进行了总结评述。在兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环（HIRFL-CSR）上利用等时性质量谱仪测量了一些原子核的质量,本文对其在测量精度、核态最短寿命等前沿进展做了简要介绍,并介绍了正在发展的双飞行时间质量谱仪。原子质量评估收集所有与原子核质量相关的实验数据,经过评估后推荐出质量值及相应误差。原子质量评估AME2016于2017年3月发表,为科技工作者提供基准数据。Mass is a fundamental property of the atomic nucleus. Nuclear mass data play an important role in nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics. Thanks to the developments of novel mass spectrometers and radioactive nuclear beam facilities, the experimental knowledge of nuclear masses has been continuously expanding along two main directions, including:measurements aimed at high-precision mass values and at the most exotic nuclei far from the stability. The latest progress are reviewed in the paper. In the past few years, mass measurements of short-lived nuclides were performed using isochronous mass spectrometry based on the Cooler Storage Ring at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL-CSR). The progresses on the frontiers of short half-life and high precision are introduced. The Atomic Mass Evaluation (AME) is the most reliable source for the comprehensive information related to the atomic (nuclear) masses. The latest version of the AME, i.e., AME2016, was published in March, 2017, serving the research community with the benchmark data.     

Schottky探针研制与测试研究

利用Schottky质谱仪进行远离β稳定线核质量测量研究是九五国家大科学工程兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环上的一个重要研究方向. 简要分析了Schottky探针的工作原理和利用 Schottky质谱仪进行质量测量, 给出了对用于HIRFL CSR束流诊断与测量的Schottky探针的研制与测试结果. he mass measurement of the nuclides far from the β stability by using Schottky mass spectrometry is an important aspect of the studies on HIRFL CSR. The principle of Schottky pick up and the method and prospect of Schottky mass spectrometry are also briefly analyzed. The Schottky pick up designed for the system of diagnostics and measurement of HIRFL CSR and also the test results are given.     

Study of X(5568) in a unitary coupled-channel approximation of BK and B_sπ

The potential of the B meson and the pseudoscalar meson is constructed up to the next-to-leading order Lagrangian, and then the BK and B_sπ interaction is studied in the unitary coupled-channel approximation. A resonant state with a mass about 5568 MeV and J~P= 0~+is generated dynamically, which can be associated with the X(5568) state announced by the D0 Collaboration recently. The mass and the decay width of this resonant state depend on the regularization scale in the dimensional regularization scheme, or the maximum momentum in the momentum cutoff regularization scheme. The scattering amplitude of the vector B meson and the pseudoscalar meson is calculated, and an axial-vector state with a mass near 5620 MeV and J~P= 1~+is produced. Their partners in the charm sector are also discussed.     

Realization of High Optical Density Rb Magneto-optical Trap

We report experimental demonstration of a magneto-optical trap （MOT） of Rb atoms with a high optical density. With 2.2-cm-diameter cooling laser beams, we achieve an optical density of nearly 11 for about 2.6× 10^10 trapped Rb atoms with the beam intensity of about 6.6 mW/cm^2 per beam. The temperature of the cold atoms is about 250 μK. Furthermore, by ramping the magnetic field gradient from 8 G/cm to about 20 G/cm, the atomic cloud in the MOT is compressed and the optical density is up to 16.     

Single π0electro-production in the resonance region with CLAS＊

We report the analysis status of single π0electroproduction in the resonance region to study the electromagnetic excitation of the nucleon resonances. The study is aimed at understanding of the internal structure and dynamics of the nucleon. The experiment was performed using an unpolarized cryogenic hydrogen target and 2.0 and 5.8 GeV polarized electron beam during the ele and e1-6 run periods with CLAS at Jefferson Lab. The new measurements will produce a data base with high statistics and large kinematic coverage for the hadronic invariant mass （W） up to 2.0 CeV in the momentum transfer （Q2） range of 0.3--6.0 GeV2. Preliminary results will be presented and compared with the various model calculations.     

Model-based optimization of phased array ultrasonic testing

Simulation of phased array beams in dovetail and austenitic welds is conducted to optimize the setup of phased array ultrasonic testing（PAUT）.To simulate the beam in such material with complex geometry or with characteristic of anisotropy and inhomogeneity, firstly,linear phased multi-Gaussian beam（LPMGB） models are introduced and discussed. Then,in the case of dovetail,wedge is designed to maximize the stable amplitude of the beam along the steering path;in the case of austenitic weld,modified focal law are developed to solve the problem of beam screwing and defocusing due to the material properties.To verify the effectiveness of the modified focal law,beam fields are calculated using LPMGB model in austenitic welds.     

Beam Steering Analysis in Optically Phased Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array

Beam steering in implant defined coherently coupled vertical cavity surface emitting laser(VCSEL) arrays is simulated using the FDTD solution software. Angular deflection dependent on relative phase differences among elements, inter-element spacing, element size and emitted wavelength is analyzed detailedly and systematically.We design and fabricate 1×2 implant defined VCSEL arrays for optimum beam steering performance. Electronically controlled beam steering with a maximum deflection angle of 1.6° is successfully achieved in the 1×2 VCSEL arrays. The percentage of the power in the central lobe is above 39% when steering. The results show that the steering is controllable. Compared with other beam steering methods, the fabrication process is simple and of low cost.     

实验环Betatron振荡随机冷却的模拟

随机冷却是一种基于带宽反馈系统对束流振荡进行衰减的冷却方法,更适合冷却较大发射度和动量分散的次级粒子束,与电子冷却互补,可以得到更高品质的束流。兰州重离子研究装置(HIRFL) 目前处于冷却存储环的实验环随机冷却系统的设计和建造阶段。通过对横向Betatron 振荡的模拟,得到了提高系统带宽、增加探测器(Pick-up) 和冲击器(Kicker) 的个数、降低系统噪声温度等对缩短冷却时间和减小冷却平衡值的重要作用。同时,分析了较大的动量分散或较大的放大器增益对Betatron 振荡冷却过程产生的加热现象。Stochastic cooling, based on a feedback system, aims at damping the oscillation of particles. Stochastic cooling is more suitable to cool secondary beam with larger size and momentum spread, and it is therefore can be complemented with electron cooling, in order to obtain beam of higher quality. Stochastic cooling system is being designed and constructed on the experimental Cooling Storage Ring of HIRFL. By simulation of Betatron stochastic cooling, it is obtained that the importance for shortening the cooling time and reducing cooling equilibrium by improving bandwidth, increasing the numbers of pickup and kicker, and decreasing the system noises. Meanwhile, the heating during the cooling process caused by larger momentum spread or larger gain of amplifier is analyzed.     

Vector Meson Mass in Finite Density and Temperature Lattice QCD

Vector meson mass values are studied at finite chemical potential and temperature in lattice QCD with lattice size of 24 × 122× 6 using two flavors of staggered quarks. The investigation focuses on the change of the vector meson mass in the critical region close to T c with two different types of chemical potentials switched on: the isoscalar chemical potential μS and its isovector counterpart μV. It is found that the vector meson mass increases in the QGP phase with both chemical potentials and decreases with μS in the confinement phase.     

HIRFL-CSR电子冷却系统

建议中的兰州重离子加速器冷却贮存环（ＨＩＲＦＬ－ＣＳＲ）拟采用电子冷却方法将重离子束冷却到３００ＭｅＶ／ｕ．最高电子能量为１６５ｋｅＶ,最大电子电流密度为０．２４４Ａ／ｃｍ２．叙述了ＣＳＲ电子冷却装置的初步方案． Electron cooling technique will be applied to the proposed Lanzhou heavy ion cooler-storage ring(HIRFL-CSR).A electron cooling device with a max-imum electron energy of 165keV and maximum current density of 0.244A/cm2 is planned to cool heavy ions up to energies of 300MeV/u.The prelimnary design for the cooling system is presented.     

离子推力器束流引出状态对栅极刻蚀的影响

为了研究30 cm离子推力器束流引出状态对栅极刻蚀的影响,建立了束流引出模型,并采用PIC-MCC方法对CEX离子造成的栅极腐蚀速率进行了计算,最后将计算结果与1500 h寿命试验结果进行比对分析。结果显示:束流正常聚焦时,在3 kW和5 kW两种工作模式下,加速栅和减速栅的质量刻蚀速率分别为(1.11～1.72)×10?15 kg/s及(1.22～1.26)×10?17 kg/s。在5 kW工况下,当屏栅上游等离子体密度达到4.03×1017 m?3时,束流出现欠聚焦现象,此时加速栅和减速栅的最大离子刻蚀速率分别为4.33×10?15 kg/s和4.02×10?15 kg/s;在3 kW工况下,当屏栅上游等离子体密度达到0.22×1017 m?3时,束流出现过聚焦现象,此时加速栅和减速栅的最大离子刻蚀速率分别为3.24×10?15 kg/s和5.01×10?15 kg/s。寿命试验结果表明,加速栅孔质量刻蚀速率的计算值与试验值比对误差较小,而由于束流离子对减速栅孔的直接轰击,导致减速栅孔刻蚀速率的计算值和试验值差异极大。经研究认为,对屏栅小孔采用变孔径设计,是降低当束流处于欠聚焦或过聚焦状态下,CEX离子造成加速栅孔和减速栅孔刻蚀速率,并提升推力器工作寿命的有效措施。     

二极铁均匀场修正

HI-13串列加速器升级工程中的ISOL高质量分辨谱仪要求20000的质量分辨率, 分析磁铁磁场均匀性要求好于1×10-5。 要达到这样高的磁场均匀性, 必须对磁铁进行垫补。 介绍了二极铁表面线圈垫补均匀场的设计方法和制作工艺, 并且基于现有的一块C型二极铁对表面线圈垫补均匀场的方法进行了实验研究。 实验结果表明, 采用表面线圈垫补后, 场均匀性提高了一个数量级, 积分场的均匀性从5×10-4提高到3×10-5。 The mass resolving power of ISOL’s spectrometer for Beijing Radioactive Ion beam Facilities project is 20000, which requires the field uniformity of the magnet better than 1×10-5. To achieve such a high uniformity field,field optimize is indispensable. This paper presents the design method,manufacture techniques and experiment results of surface coils,which are set on pole face of a dipole to improve the magnetic field homogeneity. The integral field uniformity with surface coil is optimized to 3×10-5 from 5×10-4,which is improved roughly an order of magnitude.     

阻隔材料的气体渗透率

对气体渗透阻隔材料的渗透率与气体温度、气体压强的关系进行了理论分析,得到了在不同温度和气体压强条件下渗透率的加速因子的计算式,理论计算结果与相关文献中实验测量结果比较一致。根据加速条件下进行的水蒸气、氧气和二氧化碳对聚对苯二甲酸（PET）和环氧树脂渗透率测量的结果,计算得到在常温常压条件下这些气体对0.155 mm厚PET塑料的渗透率和对0.065 mm厚环氧树脂的渗透率。     

A pilot experiment for mass measurement at CSRe

A pilot experiment of mass measurement was performed at CSRe with the method of isochronous mass spectrometry. The secondary fragments produced via RIBLL2 with the primary beam of 400 MeV/u 36Ar delivered by CSRm were injected into CSRe. The revolution periods of the stored ions, which depend on the mass-to-charge ratios of the stored ions, were measured with a time-of-flight detector system. The results show that the mass resolution around 8×10-6 for Δm/m is achieved.     

HIRFL—CSR实验环电子冷却装置调试

HIRFL-CSR实验环电子冷却装置采用了能够产生空心电子束的电子枪。弯曲螺线管内采用了静电偏转电极，冷却段采用了独立的高精度螺线管串联产生纵向磁场的设计。测量了沿离子束运动方向冷却段磁场分布及磁场平行度、电子枪和收集器性能、300kV高压电源相关参数。结果表明，此装置达到了预期的设计目标。: In CSRe electron cooling device， a special electron gun which can produce variable profile electron beam with different size and density distribution was adopted for decreasing ion losses. Electrostatic bending device was used for reducing electron beam losses and improving vacuum condition. The instability of the electron beam is suppressed because the secondary electrons from collector would come back to the collector in the same orbit finally. Longitudinal magnetic field with parallelism better than 10-4 was achieved by adopting of independent high precise solenoid coils at cooling section. In this case， the r.m.s deviations of the transverse magnetic field at cooling section in horizontal and vertical direction are 3.298×10-5 and 2.458×10-5 respectively. The characters of the gun and collector were investigated. The results were presented and indicate that it achieves the design purpose very well.     

High-accuracy mass measurements in ion traps and storage rings

High-accuracy mass measurements have recently been performed on radioactive isotopes produced by proton-induced spallation at the on-line isotope separator ISOLDE at CERN and by heavy-ion projectile fragmentation at the fragment separator FRS at GSI. At ISOLDE, singly charged ions were injected into the Penning trap mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP and their masses determined by observing their cyclotron frequencies in the homogeneous magnetic field of the ion trap. At GSI, bare, hydrogen, or helium-like ions were injected into the experimental storage ring ESR, electron-cooled to the same velocity, and their masses determined by observing their revolution frequencies in the ESR. With ISOLTRAP and ESR, resolving power in the range of 4 × 10⁵< = m/Δ m(FWHM)< = 10⁷ and an accuracy up to \delta m/m~ 10^-7 were achieved for radioactive isotopes. Mass measurements of highly charged ions of stable isotopes were performed at Stockholm by use of SMILETRAP. In this case, a resolving power of about 10⁸ and an accuracy close to 10^-9 were obtained. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

电子束曝光机偏转系统及可动物镜分析

电子束大扫描场偏转系统设计中 ,像差的确定是一个必须解决的实际问题。以SDS 3电子束曝光机的磁复合偏转系统为基础 ,以双通道扫描原理进行扫描 ,分析了像差与电子束主轨迹的关系。给出了可动物镜的条件 ,并利用这一条件分析电子束最佳轨迹的结构和方法。并使用计算机辅助设计研究电子束曝光机聚焦偏转系统的结构。由该电子束曝光机试验结果表明 ,复合系统结构简单紧凑 ,像差小而可以不用动态校正。采用矢量描写电子轨迹 ,以积分式表示像差。以 0 .0 0 5rad半张角 ,5× 10 -5的高压纹波 ,5 0mm的像距 ,10mm× 10mm扫描场的边脚处 ,使动态校正前的总像差为 0 .0 3μm。     

Measurement of the neutrino mass splitting and flavor mixing by MINOS

Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analysis methods have been applied to an enlarged data sample from an exposure of 7.25×10(20) protons on target. A fit to neutrino oscillations yields values of |Δm(2)|=(2.32(-0.08)(+0.12))×10(-3) eV(2) for the atmospheric mass splitting and sin(2)(2θ)>0.90 (90% C.L.) for the mixing angle. Pure neutrino decay and quantum decoherence hypotheses are excluded at 7 and 9 standard deviations, respectively.     

Mass measurements of relativistic projectile fragments in the storage ring ESR

Two experimental methods of measuring masses of exotic nuclei in the storage ring ESR are presented. Bismuth and nickel fragments were produced via projectile fragmentation, separated and investigated with the combination of the fragment separator FRS and the ESR: (i) Direct mass measurements of relativistic projectile fragments were performed using Schottky mass spectrometry (SMS), i.e., exotic nuclei were stored and cooled in the ESR. Applying electron cooling, the relative velocity spread of circulating low intensity beams can be reduced below 10⁻⁶. Under this condition a mass resolving power of up to m/Δm=6.5·10⁵ (FWHM) was achieved in a recent measurement. Previously unknown masses of more than 100 neutron-deficient isotopes have been measured in the range of 60≤Z≤84. Using known Q _α values the area of known masses could be extended to more exotic nuclei and to higher proton numbers. The results are compared with mass models and extrapolations of experimental values. In a second experiment with ²⁰⁹Bi projectiles the area of the measured masses was extended to lower proton numbers. Due to various improvements at the ESR the precision of the measurements could be raised. (ii) Exotic nuclei with half-lives shorter than the time needed for SMS (present limit: T _1/2 ≈ 5 sec) can be investigated by time-of-flight measurements whereby the ESR is operated in the isochronous mode. This novel experimental technique has been successfully applied in first measurements with nickel and neon fragments where a mass resolving power of m/Δm=1.5·10⁵ (FWHM) was achieved.     

The third-order optical nonlinearity of the stainless steel doped SrTiO_3 thin film grown by L-MBE

Stainless steel-doped SrTiO3 thin films were fabricated by laser molecular beam epitaxy (L-MBE). Nonlinear optical property of the thin film was measured by the single beam Z-scan technique at the wavelength of 532 nm. Two two-phonon absorption coefficient and nonlinear refractive index were determined to be 9.37 x 10-7 m/W and 1.55 x 10-6 esu, respectively. The merit figure T was calculated to be 1.8, satisfying condition T < 1 for an optical switch. The thin film has a very promising prospect for the applications in optical device.