Screening effects on ~(12)C+~(12)C fusion reaction

One of the important reactions for nucleosynthesis in the carbon burning phase in high-mass stars is the ~(12)C+~(12)C fusion reaction. In this study, we investigate the influences of the nuclear potentials and screening effect on astrophysically interesting ~(12)C+~(12)C fusion reaction observables at sub-barrier energies by using the microscopic α-αdouble folding cluster(DFC) potential and the proximity potential. In order to model the screening effects on the experimental data, a more general exponential cosine screened Coulomb(MGECSC) potential including Debye and quantum plasma cases has been considered in the calculations for the ~(12)C+~(12)C fusion reaction. In the calculations of the reaction observables, the semi-classical Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin(WKB) approach and coupled channel(CC)formalism have been used. Moreover, in order to investigate how the potentials between ~(12)C nuclei produce molecular cluster states of ~(24)Mg, the normalized resonant energy states of ~(24)Mg cluster bands have been calculated for the DFC potential. By analyzing the results produced from the fusion of ~(12)C+~(12)C, it is found that taking into account the screening effects in terms of MGECSC is important for explaining the ~(12)C+~(12)C fusion data, and the microscopic DFC potential is better than the proximity potential in explaining the experimental data, also considering that clustering is dominant for the structure of the ~(24)Mg nucleus.     

B12@B12@B60 and B12@(B12)12 giant clusters with doping atoms observed by high-resolution electron microscopy

B₁₂@B₁₂@B₆₀ and B₁₂@(B₁₂)₁₂ giant clusters consisting of B₁₂-based icosahedral clusters in B₁₀₅Al_2.6Cu_1.8 and B₅₆Y crystals were directly observed by high-resolution electron microscopy, image calculation and crystallographic image processing. Doping atom positions such as Al, Cu, and Y were also detected in the high-resolution images. The present work indicates that the cluster arrangements with light element of boron could be detected by using the crystallographic image processing technique.     

Heavy cluster knockout reaction (16)O((12)C,2(12)C)(4)He and the nature of the (12)C-(12)C interaction potential

The heavy cluster knockout reaction (16)O((12)C,2(12)C)(4)He performed for the first time, reveals the true nature of the (12)C-(12)C interaction. The observed cross section is enhanced by almost 2 orders of magnitude over the conventional zero range distorted wave impulse approximation (DWIA) predictions. An attractive (12)C-(12)C optical potential, as obtained in the folding model, does not explain the enhanced cross section in the finite range (FR) DWIA framework. The inclusion of a hard core of fairly long range ～3.65 fm explains the data. The present investigation of (16)O((12)C,2(12)C)(4)He along with the (12)C-(12)C elastic scattering also proves beyond doubt that the folding model's deep attractive heavy ion potentials are unsuitable to describe the highly overlapping heavy ions. The application of FR-DWIA opens up new avenues to use the heavy core knockout for the detailed investigation of heavy as well as Borromean halo nuclei.     

The12C+12C reaction at subcoulomb energies (II)

The reaction¹²C+¹²C has been studied in the energy range E_c.m.=2.8–6.3 MeV by charged-particle spectroscopy. Angular distributions of the proton and α-particle exit channels were obtained. The excitation functions do not reveal evidence for the phenomenon of absorption under the barrier. The data have been extrapolated to the energy region of astrophysical interest. The existence of reported and new intermediate resonance structures is discussed.     

Angular distribution measurement for ~(12)C fragmentation via ~(12)C + ~(12)C scattering at 100 MeV/u

The angular distributions and energy spectra of~(11)B,~(10)B,and~9Be fragments of~(12)C in the angular range from 1.0°~to 7.5°~at 100 Me V/u were obtained via~(12)C+~(12)C scattering.Detailed comparisons are presented between the experimental data and the modified antisymmetrized molecular dynamics(AMD-FM),binary intranuclear cascade model(BIC)and Liege intranuclear cascade model(INCL++).The experimental angular distributions and energy spectra are well reproduced by the AMD-FM calculations but fail to be reproduced by the physical models installed in the Geant4 program,including the BIC and INCL++models.     

Interaction of different types of nanocages (Al12N12, Al12P12, B12N12, Be12O12, Mg12O12, Si12C12 and C24) with HCN and ClCN: DFT,TD-DFT,QTAIM, and NBO calculations

In this work, the ability of different types of nanocages including Al₁₂N₁₂, Al₁₂P₁₂, Be₁₂O₁₂, B₁₂N₁₂, Si₁₂C₁₂, Mg₁₂O₁₂ and C₂₄ for the adsorption and detection of poisonous gases HCN and ClCN has been investigated, theoretically using the D3 dispersion corrected density functional theory (DFT-D3). The absorption spectra of HCN–nanocage and ClCN–nanocage complexes were calculated by the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and compared with the calculated absorption spectrum of isolated nanocage to investigate the ability of nanocage for sensing of HCN and ClCN gases. It was found that the strongest interaction between HCN (ClCN) molecule and nanocage takes place when the molecule is adsorbed via its N atom on the surface of nanocage except for C₂₄. Also, it was shown that the Al₁₂N₁₂ is the best adsorbent for HCN and ClCN gases among the selected nanocages and Si₁₂C₁₂ is the best sensor for the detection of these gases using the electroconductivity and absorption spectroscopy techniques.     

The12C+12C reaction at subcoulomb energies (I)

The reaction¹²C+¹²C has been studied in the energy rangeE _cm=2.45–6.15 MeV byγ-ray spectroscopy. Gamma-ray transitions from a large number of excited states in²⁰Ne,²³Na and²³Mg were observed, which show strong and rapid yield variations. When the influence of the Coulomb barrier is removed, these structures appear superimposed on a flat reaction yield, which does not show a strong increase at low energies, in contrast to previous work. These results obviate the need for the hypothesis of absorption under the barrier at least down toE _cm=2.45 MeV. The nuclear and astrophysical aspects of the data are discussed.     

B12-nAlnN12 (n=0, 6, 12) 的稳定性和电子结构研究

通过Al取代B在B12N12中掺杂,基于密度泛函理论对B6Al6N12的稳定性进行了系统研究．表明在B6Al6N12中,Al和B倾向于相对分开．在最稳定结构中,B原子和Al原子分别处在笼的两半．我们还分析了B12-nAlnN12 (n=0, 6, 12)的电子结构,B12N12的能隙为6.84eV,掺Al后其能隙明显变窄,Al12N12和B6Al6N12的能隙分别为3.91eV和4.08eV．NBO分析表明,B12N12中B/N原子的电荷分别为±1.17,Al12N12中Al/N 原子的电荷分别为±1.85．在B6Al6N12中,B/Al原子上的电荷分别为1.06~1.12和1.86~1.91,N原子上的电荷为-1.18~-1.83．     

B12-nAlnN12 (n=0, 6, 12) 的稳定性和电子结构研究

通过Al取代B在B12N12中掺杂,基于密度泛函理论对B6Al6N12的稳定性进行了系统研究．表明在B6Al6N12中,Al和B倾向于相对分开．在最稳定结构中,B原子和Al原子分别处在笼的两半．我们还分析了B12-nAlnN12 (n=0, 6, 12)的电子结构,B12N12的能隙为6.84eV,掺Al后其能隙明显变窄,Al12N12和B6Al6N12的能隙分别为3.91eV和4.08eV．NBO分析表明,B12N12中B/N原子的电荷分别为±1.17,Al12N12中Al/N 原子的电荷分别为±1.85．在B6Al6N12中,B/Al原子上的电荷分别为1.06~1.12和1.86~1.91,N原子上的电荷为-1.18~-1.83．     

Beta decay of12B and12N to the first excited state of12C (4.44 MeV)

The branching ratios of the beta-decay of¹²B and¹²N to the 4.44 MeV state in¹²C were determined by (βγ-coincidences to be (1.182±0.019)% and (1.898±0.032)% of the total rate, resp. This givesft ^?=(1.407±0.023) · 10⁵ s andft ⁺=(1.406±0.024) · 10⁵ s. For theft-asymmetryδ=(ft ⁺/ft ^?)?1 the valueδ=?(1±14) · 10^?3 was obtained. This is in contrast to other GT mirror transitions which show positiveδ of a few percent.     

Multiple magnetic transitions in single crystals of Ce_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41) and La_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41)

Measurements of magnetic and transport properties were performed on needle-shaped single crystals of Ce_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41)and La_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41).The availability of a complete set of data enabled a side-by-side comparison between these two rare earth compounds.Both compounds exhibited multiple magnetic orders within 2-300 K and metamagnetic transitions at various fields.Ferromagnetic transitions with Curie temperatures of 100 and 125 K were found for Ce_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41)and La_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41),respectively,followed by antiferromagnetic type spin reorientations near Curie temperatures.The magnetic properties underwent complex evolution in the magnetic field for both compounds.An antiferromagnetic phase transition at about 60 K and 0.2 T was observed merely for Ce_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41).The field-induced magnetic phase transition occurred from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic structure.A strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy was evident from magnetization measurements of Ce_(12)Fe_(57.5)As_(41).A temperature-field phase diagram was present for these two rare earth systems.In addition,a logarithmic temperature dependence of electrical resistivity was observed in the two compounds within a large temperature range of 150-300 K,which is rarely found in 3D-based compounds.It may be related to Kondo scattering described by independent localized Fe 3d moments interacting with conduction electrons.     

States of 12ΛC formed in the reaction 12C(K−, π−)

States of ¹²_ΛC formed in the (K^?, π^?) reaction have been studied for momentum transfers up to 260 MeV/c, using an incident K^? beam of 800 MeV/c momentum. The angular distributions for the g.s. and for a peak at 11 meV have been measured between 0° and 19° in the laboratory. Limits on the splitting of the 11 MeV peak and on the formation of low-lying excited states are given.     

光折Bi12SiO20空间光调制器

本文利用光折晶体Bi_(12)SiO_(20)的非简并和简并多波混频实现非相干-相干转换;波长转换和相干图象与非相干图象的并行相减运算,并给出了实验结果。     

Measurement of the total reaction cross section for the mirror nuclei ~(12)N and ~(12)B

The mirror nuclei ~(12)N and ~(12)B are separated by the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou (RIBLL)at HIRFL from the breakup of 78.6 MeV/u ~(14)N on a Be target. The total reaction cross-sections of ~(12)N at 34.9 MeV/u and ~(12)B at 54.4 MeV/u on a Si target have been measured by using the transmission method.Assuming ~(12)N consists of a ~(11)C core plus one halo proton, the excitation function of ~(12)N and ~(12)B on a Si target and a C target were calculated with the Glauber model. It can fit the experimental data very well. The characteristic halo structure for ~(12)N was found with a large diffusion of the protons density distribution.     

(π +,p) Reaction in12C

Hartree-Fock wave functions obtained from realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction are employed to calculate cross-sections for the reaction¹² C(π ⁺,p)¹¹ C(g.s.). These wave functions take into account central correlations between nucleons inside the nucleus. This itself is found to change the cross-section by more than an order of magnitude. The incoming pion is represented by a plane wave while proton-distortion is taken into account in the high-energy or semi-classical approximation, thereby determining the proton optical well parameters. These values agree well with those obtained by more conventional methods. Variation of the cross-section with the oscillator well parameter is also studied. Calculations have been made using the one-nucleon mechanism for the pion-absorption process.