Exotic hyperfullerenes produced by irradiation of 20 MeV protons

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images demonstrate that two graphitic nanoparticles, a nanoparticle and a nanotube, as well as two nanotube pairs can join together under specific angles in bump-like, neck-like and L patterns with saddle surfaces at the junction. A negatively curved surface containing eight-member rings has first been observed in the L type structure. It is suggested that the large energy transfer of the proton-carbon collision plays an important role in forming such structures.     

Angular and energy distribution of electrons produced by 200–500 keV protons in gases

The cross beam method was used to measure double differential ionization cross sections for electron production by 200–500 keV protons incident on a molecular beam. The ejected secondary electrons were detected by an electron multiplier and an electrostatic 90 °-spectrometer which was movable in the scattering chamber from 18 °–155 ° with respect to the incident proton direction. After the elimination of disturbing electric and magnetic fields, electrons were measured at energies down to 1 eV. The absorption of the very slow electrons along their path through the spectrometer could be minimized by using a relatively low gas pressure in the scattering chamber of a few 10^?5 Torr. The efficiency of the electron detector was determined with an electron source whose emission rate per solid angle was known. Absolute cross sections and their angular dependence were obtained by measuring the slow electrons—ejected with a relatively high rate—without the molecular beam; these data being used to normalize the electron spectra acquired with the molecular beam. Ionization cross sections with 300 keV protons incident on helium are discussed and except for the very slow electrons, a good agreement is found with results of Ruddet al.     

Excitation of acoustic waves in metals by electrons and protons

A study of the excitation of acoustic oscillations in metals by electrons and protons is described. For thin metal plates, the amplitude of the electric signal is independant of the energy of the electrons and is proportional to the ionization losses of the charged particles. The dependence of the amplitude of the acoustic signal on the energy of the incident electrons and protons is considered and a comparison between the Cherenkov radiation, thermoelastic, and dynamic models is made.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 72–76, October, 1973.The authors thank I. A. Grishaev, I. I. Zalyubovskii, V. V. Petrenko, M. F. Lomanov, L. L. Gol'din, and Ya. L. Kleinbok for constant help in carrying out this work and to V. T. Lazurik-Él'tsufin for useful discussions.     

Bremsstrahlung production by colliding beams of protons and electrons

The differential cross section of bremsstrahlung emitted in the head-on collision of beams of energetic protons and electrons is calculated in the laboratory frame. The angular distribution of the photons is more isotropic than in the common bremsstrahlung production on stationary target atoms. The total cross section is determined by integration over the photon angles which are allowed kinematically.     

Production of low-emittance MeV protons by localized electrons

Energetic proton beam generation and the suppression of transverse proton beam divergence are investigated in this paper. In laser-foil interactions, foil ions are accelerated by an ambipolar field created by accelerated high-energy electrons. The high-energy electrons are generated by the ponderomotive force of an intense laser. When an intense laser illuminates a hydrogen foil target, the electrons are strongly accelerated longitudinally, and a localized negative electrostatic potential is generated at the opposite side of the laser illumination. Foil protons are accelerated longitudinally and at the same time extracted to the central axis of the laser by the localized potential in the transverse direction. Consequently, transverse proton divergence is suppressed and a low-emittance MeV proton beam is produced.     

Inelastic interactions of protons and electrons with biologically relevant molecules

Ionization and fragmentation of water and uracil molecules was studied both by electron and proton impact. A special coincidence technique allows on an event by event basis the investigation of product ions formed upon the collision of protons with neutral molecules including the identification of the charge state of the projectile. This enables the characterization of the ionization processes occurring, i.e. direct ionization, single electron capture or double electron capture for 0, 1 or 2 electrons that are transferred from the target to the projectile, respectively. For uracil the fragmentation patterns obtained by electron and proton impact ionization reveal close similarities and indicate a comparable amount of excitation for the two different ionization mechanisms at high enough projectile energies. Received 25 February 2002 Published online 13 September 2002     

Surface channeling of protons and electrons on reflection by a single crystal

Computer modeling is used to investigate the reflection of 0.67-MeV protons and 1-MeV electrons by the (110) face of an Au single crystal for angles of divergence < _cr of the incident beam with the direction 110 lying in the surface. The angular distributions and reflection coefficients of protons and electrons are compared. Several maxima are found in the angular distributions. In additon to the specular-reflection maximum at = there is a maximum at > for protons and a maximum at < for electrons. The maxima in the angular distributions are attributed to multiple scattering at atomic chains of the crystal surface. An analytic approximation of the reflection coefficient for protons K_cor() is given. The great contribution to the reflected flux from particles channeled in the surface layer allows it to be used for structural analysis of crystal surfaces.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 85–90, March, 1979.     

Incoherent X-radiation produced by relativistic electrons in crystals

Differential and integral features of incoherent X-radiation, induced by relativistic electrons in crystals, are studied for observation angles θ_γ several times greater than γ^-1, where γ is the projectile Lorentz factor. The existence of sharp maxima and a minimum of the five-folded incoherent differential cross-section as a function of the final electron angles, and a dip minimum when the cross-section is taken as a function of the photon energies, is demonstrated. At near backward observation angles the three-folded cross-section shows a maximum in the region of several keV photon energies. The obtained results allow us to optimize the conditions for coincidence experiments, minimizing the incoherent contribution to the total radiation yield, and helping to analyse results of finite-size detector experiments with crystal targets. Received: 2 July 2001 / Accepted: 26 November 2001     

Some material structural properties of SOI substrates produced by SDB technology

SOI substrates have been produced by silicon direct bonding (SDB) technology. Thermal oxides ranging in thickness from native oxide to 1 μm or even more, on either or both wafers have been bonded successfully. The fracture strength of the SOI layer is 130–200 kg/cm² which is similar to the value of intrinsic bulk silicon. Dislocations have been shown to be concentrated on the backsides of the substrate and no additional defects have been developed within 80 μm of the Si-SiO₂ bonding area. Mobility and minority carrier lifetime similar to that of the original bulk silicon have been obtained after annealing.     

Evidence for long-range fission fragments induced by irradiation with electrons

In search of natural superheavy elements, long-range fission fragments penetrating up to 73 μm of mylar were observed, when thick metallic foils of U, Pb and W, covered with six mylar foils were irradiated with 550 MeV or 1300 MeV electron beams. The cross section is of the order of 10⁻³⁰ cm². The effect is produced in natural U, Pb, W and similarly in mass separated ²⁰⁸Pb and ¹⁸⁶W isotopes — not by fission of a superheavy element.     

The role of coincidence experiments in studying the nuclear continuum with high-energy electrons and protons

The Lee model of π-nucleon interactions is very simple, and, in a certain case, an exact solution of the problem of a meson scattering on two “nucleons” can be obtained. However, graphs involving crossed pions are absent in that solution. Because such crossed graphs are crucial in determining the form and character of the physical π-nucleus scattering solution, the Lee model should not be used in testing field theories of the pion-nucleus interaction.     

Anisotropic properties of carbonaceous material produced in arc discharge

A helium-pressure influence on the structure and properties of carbonaceous material from the inner part of a deposit forming in an arc discharge has been studied. At the helium pressure of about 150 Torr and higher, the material was found to have a layered texture, which is perpendicular to the deposit growth axis. Electron microscopy measurements showed that a sample produced in He gas of 800 Torr consists of ∼80% carbon nanotubes having predominant orientation in the layers. Electric conductivity along and perpendicular to the samples’ surface have been measured from 4.2 to 500 K. The samples synthesised at higher helium pressures have significant anisotropy of conductivity, increasing with the carbon nanotubes content rise. X-ray fluorescence spectra represented the angle dependence that is caused by the anisotropy of chemical bonding in the carbon nanotubes. The valence π- and σ-bands for the carbonaceous material were separated. Received: 26 November 1999 / Accepted: 20 April 2000 / Published online: 10 January 2001     

A comparative study of threshold effects in the energy loss moments of protons,electrons and positrons using dielectric models for band-gap materials

A comparative study of the energy loss, mean free path and straggling of protons, positrons and electrons in an electron gas is performed using three dielectric models which represent the case of metals (Lindhard model for a free electron gas) and the cases of semiconductors and insulators (Levine and Louie model and Brandt and Reinheimer model for systems with a band gap). The properties of individual and collective contributions according to each model and for each of the particles are analyzed. In particular, the effects produced by the band gap of the material and by the properties of the incident particle are analyzed in detail. Significant differences related to the mass and to the indistinguishability (in the case of electrons) are described. Analytical expressions for the high-energy limit are derived in a simple way using the plasmon-pole approximation.     

Determining the parameters of a particle shower initiated in an position-sensitive calorimeter by electrons and protons

Several methods of reconstructing a shower axis and methods of searching for the starting point of the shower are presented. They were developed for “thin“ sampling position-sensitive calorimeters. For this purpose we used a Monte Carlo simulation of the interaction of electrons and protons with the silicon-tungsten calorimeter of the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment. After some adaptation, these methods could be applied for different types of calorimeters.     

An “instantaneous” distribution of the ionization-passive electrons and holes under irradiation of a dielectric by intense electron or laser beams

A method is worked out for calculation of an “instantaneous” energy distribution of the ionization-passive electrons and holes resulting from the electron-electron collisions before the onset of electron-phonon relaxation under 10⁻¹⁵–10⁻¹⁴ s irradiation of a dielectric by an intense electron or laser beam. The method is based on the solution of a system of integral-differential kinetic equations of general form. The Auger and impact ionization as well as hole recoil due to the momentum conservation law are taken into account in calculations. The “instantaneous” distribution is calculated in NaCl under irradiation of the sample by a high-density electron beam. The “instantaneous” distribution of ionization-passive electrons and holes is the initial one in solutions of all kinetic equations describing further relaxation of electron excitations in irradiated materials.__________Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 15–22, November, 2004.     

Quasicoherent oscillations induced by nonthermal electrons during magnetic reconnection in the T-10 tokamak

Small-scale quasicoherent oscillations of the x-ray emissivity and magnetic field perturbations are observed in the T-10 tokamak during abrupt growth of the m=2, n=1 magnetohydrodynamic modes at the density limit disruption. Analysis indicates a possible link between the small-scale oscillations and nonthermal electron beams induced around the X points of the m=2, n=1 magnetic island during reconnection of magnetic field lines at the disruption instability.     

紫外辐照对聚醚酰亚胺薄膜介电性能的影响

研究了不同紫外辐照时间对聚醚酰亚胺(PEI)薄膜介电性能的影响。采用FT-IR和SEM表征了PEI薄膜的分子结构和微观形貌。结果表明,紫外辐照后PEI薄膜在1742 cm-1处的吸收峰比原薄膜增大,说明PEI分子链中的C=O基团随辐照时间的增加而增加,并在薄膜表面产生了微裂纹。对PEI薄膜的介电性能进行的研究结果表明,随着紫外辐照时间的增加,PEI薄膜的介电常数和介电损耗增大,而表面电阻率下降,体积电阻率基本不变。并随紫外辐照时间的增加,直流击穿强度呈先增加后降低的趋势,一定辐照剂量可使薄膜发生交联反应,使击穿场强较原薄膜提高20%以上。     

紫外辐照对聚醚酰亚胺薄膜介电性能的影响北大核心CSCD

研究了不同紫外辐照时间对聚醚酰亚胺(PEI)薄膜介电性能的影响。采用FT-IR和SEM表征了PEI薄膜的分子结构和微观形貌。结果表明,紫外辐照后PEI薄膜在1742cm^(-1)处的吸收峰比原薄膜增大,说明PEI分子链中的C=O基团随辐照时间的增加而增加,并在薄膜表面产生了微裂纹。对PEI薄膜的介电性能进行的研究结果表明,随着紫外辐照时间的增加,PEI薄膜的介电常数和介电损耗增大,而表面电阻率下降,体积电阻率基本不变。并随紫外辐照时间的增加,直流击穿强度呈先增加后降低的趋势,一定辐照剂量可使薄膜发生交联反应,使击穿场强较原薄膜提高20%以上。