Revisit to Two-Proton Radioactivity of 19Mg and Observation of Two-Proton Decay of 30Ar

An experiment aimed to investigate the two-proton (2p) decay of the previously unknown nucleus 30Ar was performed at GSI: By tracking the decay products in-flight with silicon micro-strip detectors, the 2p decays of 30Ar were observed for the first time. For the calibration purpose, 2p decays of 19Mg were also remeasured by tracking the coincident 17Ne+p+p trajectories. By comparing the measured angular p-17Ne correlations with those obtained from the corresponding Monte Carlo simulations, the simultaneous 2p decay of 19Mg ground state and the sequential 2p emission of several known excited states of 19Mg were confirmed. One new excited state in 19Mg and two new excited states in 18Na were observed.     

Transient field measurements of g-factors for 28Si and 30Si

Transient field precession measurements have been performed on the first excited J^π = 2⁺ states of ²⁸Si and ³⁰Si with the IMPAC technique on recoil in magnetized iron. The results were analyzed with empirically adjusted Lindhard-Winther predictions. This yields g-factors of $\text{g = +0.56 ± 0.09}\text{and}\text{g = +0.56 ± 0.16}\text{for}{}^{28}\text{Si and}{}^{30}\text{Si}$, respectively. In the present cases the influence of static hyperfine fields is negligible due to the very short mean lives for ²⁸Si and ³⁰Si of 0.68 and 0.35 ps, respectively. The results are compared with theoretical calculations. Previous results for ²⁶Mg(2₁⁺) were reanalyzed with the more recent lifetime of τ_m = 0.72 ± 0.03 ps. The value of the g-factor becomes g = +0.82 ± 0.16.     

北航沙河校区土壤中40 K、238 U、232 Th相对含量的实验测量

环境中天然伽马射线主要来源于40K以及钍系、铀系和锕系.通过探测伽马射线来识别放射性核素并得到它们的相对含量,是核科学与核技术中的一个重要方法.利用高分辨的高纯锗探测器,北航以及国内部分高校已开设了鉴别环境中放射性核素的实验.在此基础上,本文进一步利用特征γ射线与递次衰变规律,对北航沙河校区土壤中的40 K、238 U...     

β-delayed proton decay of the proton drip-line nucleus142Ho in the rare-earth region

New β-delayed proton precursor¹⁴²Ho was produced via heavy ion induced reaction¹⁰⁶Cd(⁴⁰Ca, p3n), and identified for the first time by using a He-jet fast tape transport system in combination with “p-γ” coincidence measurements. The β-delayed proton decay of¹⁴²Ho was observed and its half life was determined to be (0.4±0.1) s. By fitting the experimental relative branching ratios to final states in the proton daughter nucleus¹⁴¹Tb and the energy spectrum of β-delayed protons with a statistical model calculation, the ground-state spin of¹⁴²Ho was assigned as 5, 6 or 7. Nuclear energy-potential-surface (EPS) calculations were performed using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. The calculated results favored the assignments of 7⁻ to¹⁴²Ho. As the by-products, some γ-transitions in the proton daughter nuclei following the β-delayed proton decays of precursors¹³⁹Gd,¹⁴⁰Tb,¹⁴²Tb, and¹⁴³Dy were reported here for the first time.     

Analysis of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in soil samples for the assessment of the average effective dose

The activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides namely ²³⁸Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K are measured for soil samples collected from different locations of Faridkot and Mansa districts of Punjab. HPGe detector, based on high-resolution gamma spectrometry system is used for the measurement of activity concentration. The range of activity concentrations of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K in the soil from the studied areas varies from 21.42 Bq kg⁻¹ to 40.23 Bq kg⁻¹, 61.01 Bq kg⁻¹ to 142.34 Bq kg⁻¹ and 227.11 Bq kg⁻¹ to 357.13 Bq kg⁻¹ with overall mean values of 27.17 Bq kg⁻¹, 95.22 Bq kg⁻¹ and 312.76 Bq kg⁻¹, respectively. Radium equivalent activities are calculated for the analyzed samples to assess the radiation hazards arising due to the use of these soil samples in the construction of dwellings. The absorbed dose rate calculated from activity concentration of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K ranges between 9.87 and 18.55, 38.01 and 88.68 and 9.40 and 14.79 nGy h⁻¹, respectively. The total absorbed dose in the study area ranges from 61.10 nGy h⁻¹ to 112.86 nGy h⁻¹ with an average value of 84.80 nGy h⁻¹. The calculated values of external hazard index (H _ex) for the soil samples of the study area range from 0.36 to 0.68. Since these values are lower than unity, according to the Radiation Protection 112 (European Commission, 1999) report, soil from these regions is safe and can be used as construction material without posing any significant radiological threat to population. The corresponding average annual effective dose for indoor and outdoor measured in the study area are 0.42 mSv and 0.10 mSv respectively.      

理论预测超重核274-291Cn和266-287Ds的衰变模式

自发裂变和α衰变是影响超重核稳定性的两个主要因素。为了探索270Ds附近的长寿命的超重核,系统地计算了电荷数在104 ≤ Z ≤ 112范围内的α衰变与自发裂变之间的竞争。采用推广的液滴模型和唯象的解析公式计算了α衰变半衰期。基于包括壳效应和同位旋效应的WKB近似方法估算了相同超重核的自发裂变半衰期,进而预测了未知超重核274-276,279Cn与267-269Ds的衰变模式。The stability of superheavy nuclei (SHN) is controlled mainly by spontaneous fission and α decay processes. To investigate whether long lived SHN could really exist around 270Ds, the competition between α decay and spontaneous fission in the region 104 ≤ Z ≤ 112 are studied systematically. The α decay half-lives are investigated by employing a generalized liquid drop model (GLDM) and phenomenological analytical formula. Calculations of spontaneous fission half-lives for the same SHN are carried out based on the Wenzel-Kramers-Brillouin(WKB) approximation with both the shell effect and the isospin effect included. Decay modes are predicted for the unknown nuclei 274-276,279Cn and 267-269Ds.     

Vibrational and Rotational Spectroscopy of 13CD3OD

We have used Fourier Transform spectral data on the C-O stretching mode of ¹³CD₃OD in order to perform a vibro-rotational analysis for this molecule. We have estimated a few molecular parameters of the ground and C-O stretching vibrational modes. Based on these parameters, and by using the Kwan-Dennison model, we propose assignments for a number of far-infrared laser transitions of ¹³CD₃OD.     

IR and FIR Spectroscopy of 13CH3I

We have investigated the ¹³CH₃I isotopomer of methyl iodide as a source of Far Infrared (FIR) laser radiation using the optical pumping technique. The molecule is pumped by using a pulsed waveguided CO₂ laser, driven by a novel all solid state power supply that lases on the 10HP band as well as the regular bands. We discovered and assigned two new FIR laser emissions and we give further spectroscopic information about polarization and pump frequency offset for five already known lines.     

Lifetime measurements of levels in 26Si and the ratio of neutron to proton transition amplitudes for mirror nuclei

The mean lifetimes of the 1796, 2784, 3333 and 4138 keV levels of ²⁶Si have been measured using the Doppler shift attenuation method. The ratios of neutron to proton transition matrix elements determined from these data and additional data from mirror transitions in ²⁶Mg are compared with recent data from inelastic pion scattering and with shell model calculations. The isoscalar strenghts are compared with α-scattering data.     

Fusion Reaction of ^16O＋^14N and Its Implication for the Production of ^26Al in Explosive Oxygen Burning

We suggest that the fusion reaction ^16O＋^14N may be a new way to produce ^26Al in interstellar medium. Adopting different mixing modes, we investigate the impact on the production of ^26Al in explosive oxygen burning and find that the result is extremely sensitive to mixing mechanisms. In some cases, we obtain an encouraging result, for example, the greatest final abundance of ^26Al reaches 7.779×10^-6, which means that the explosive oxygen burning may be a new origin of ^26 Al.     

Theoretical study of stereodynamics for the reaction O(3P) +D2 (v=0, j=0) to OD+D and isotope effect

Quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) calculations have been performed to study the product polarization behaviours in the reaction O(³P) + D₂ (v= 0, j= 0)→OD + D. By running trajectories on the ³A′ and ³A″ potential energy surfaces (PESs), vector correlations such as the distributions of the polarization-dependent differential cross sections (PDDCSs), the angular distributions of P(θ_r) and P(ø_r) are presented. Isotope effect is discussed in this work by a comprehensive comparison with the reaction O(³P) + H₂ (v= 0, j= 0) → H + H. Common characteristics as well as differences are discussed in product alignment and orientation for the two reactions. The isotope mass effect differs on the two potential energy surfaces: the isotope mass effect has stronger influence on P(θ_r) and PDDCSs of the ³A′ PES while the opposite on P(ø_r) of the ³A″ potential energy surface.     

Screening constant by unit nuclear charge calculations for (n s2)1Se, (np2)1De and (N s n p)1P○ excited states of He-like systems

Screening Constant by Unit Nuclear Charge (SCUNC) is a new analytical method suitable for the treatment of the properties of He-like systems. In this paper, the possibilities of the method are demonstrated for calculating in the framework of semi-empirical procedure, total energies, total electron-electron interaction energies and excitation energies for (ns²)¹S^e, (np²)¹D^e and (Nsnp)¹P° doubly excited states of He-like ions. The proposed semi-empirical scheme, leads to accurate results in good agreement as well as with available other theoretical results than experimental data.     

A Scanning Multi-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy System for Measurement of Tropospheric NO2 in Beijing

A scanning multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy （DOAS） system is developed for monitoring tropospheric NO2 abundance. Measurements at different viewing angles near the horizon can be performed sequentially with one telescope collecting scattered sunlight reflected by a moving mirror. Tropospheric NO2 diurnal variations can be derived from slant column densities （SCDs） of different elevation angles. The result from a field campaign in Beijing in summer of 2005 reveals potential possibility for the monitoring of tropospheric NO2 by multi-axis DOAS technique.     

The theoretical study on the potential energy curves for X^1 ∑^＋, A^1 ⅡI and C^1 ∑^- states of SiO molecule

This paper applies the symmetry-aziapted-cluster/symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration-interaction （SAC/SACCI） method to optimize the structures for X^1∑^＋, A^1 Ⅱ and C^1 ∑^- states of SiO molecule with the basis sets D95＋＋, 6-311＋＋G and 6-311＋＋G^＊＊. Comparing the obtained results with the experiments, it gets the conclusion that the basis set 6-311＋＋G^＊＊ is most suitable for the optimal structure calculations of X^1.∑^＋, A^Ⅱ and C^1∑^- states of SiO molecule. The whole potential energy curves for these electronic states are further scanned by using SAC/6-311＋＋G^＊＊ method for the ground state and SAC-CI/6-311＋＋G^＊＊ method for the excited states, then use a least square method to fit Murrell~Sorbie functions, at last the spectroscopic constants and force constants are calculated, which are in good agreement with the experimental data.     

~(39)K_2分子C~1Ⅱ_u-X~1∑_9~+(J′=105)Q支激光诱导荧光光谱及电偶极跃迁矩变化率研究

用4415.6(?)CW激光线获得了~(39)K_2分子C~1II_u(v′=0,J′=105)-X~1∑_g~+(v″=1～10,J″=105)Q支激光诱导荧光(LIF)光谱.用最小二乘法拟合出了~(39)K_2分子X~1∑_g~+态振动常数和C~1II_u态电子谱项值T_e.光谱分析表明C~1II_u态T_e=22968cm~(-1)是合适的.用~(39)K_2分子Morse势计算了(V′=0,J′=105)-(v″=1～10,J″=105)跃迁的Franck-Condon因子和跃迁强度,强度计算值和激光诱导荧光光谱测量值之间有令人满意的符合,进一步的r重心近似分析给出了~(39)K_2分子C~1II_u→X~1∑_g~+电偶极跃迁矩R_(?)随核间距r的归一化变化率为-0.157～-0.168 debye/(?)(4.22(?)相似文献   

Calculation of the elastic scattering properties for cold and ultracold 39K atoms in a triplet state

The elastic scattering properties for collisions between cold and ultracold 39K atoms in a triplet state are investigated. Based on the recent theoretical and experimental results, the improved hybrid potential is presented for a triplet α3∑u^＋ ground state of K2. Our calculated value of the s-wave scattering length a by using the Numerov method for the triplet state is 79.578α0 and found to be in good agreement with the previous ones. The numbers of bound states are supported by the molecular potential. Pronounced shape resonances appear for the l = 3 partial waves for the α3∑u^＋ state. Furthermore, the s-wave scattering cross section, the total cross section and energy positions of shape resonances for the α3∑u^＋ state are calculated.     

Simulation of ultrasound influence on melt convection for the growth of GaxIn1−xSb and Si single crystals by the Czochralski method

The flow simulation for Ga_xIn_1−xSb and Si melts was conducted for quasi-steady conditions. The maximum velocity was under the solid–liquid interface near periphery of the crystals. An introduction of ultrasound into the liquid formed a standing wave channel under the solid–liquid interface, which acted on melt particles. The calculations of convective and ultrasonic forces acting on the particles in the melt showed that the ultrasonic force is much higher than the convective force.     

An easy and novel approach for the decoration of graphene oxide by Fe3O4 nanoparticles

A new and relatively general route was developed to fabricate graphene oxide (GO)-Fe₃O₄ hybrid. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron morphology, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy-dispersive spectrum were used to demonstrate the successful attachment of iron oxide nanoparticles to GO sheets. Transmission electron microscopy observation indicates that the size of the Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles was about 2.7 nm with narrow size distribution. Moreover, this hybrid shows superparamagnetic property and allows the rapid separation under an external-magnetic field. In addition, the method could be extended to further development of graphene-based nanoelectronics.     

An airborne diode laser spectrometer for the simultaneous measurement of H2O and HNO3 content of stratospheric cirrus clouds

We describe a tunable diode laser spectrometer for the in situ simultaneous detection of the nitric acid and the water vapour by means of high resolution absorption spectroscopy on rovibronic lines, using a single laser emitting in the mid-infrared (5.8 μm) and a multipass cell. The instrument was designed to be installed on a high altitude aircraft, as a part of a composite payload for atmospheric aerosol studies. The instrument design criteria are discussed and the expected performances are compared with results of laboratory and field operation. Due to the high chemical activity of HNO₃, that makes difficult to use a reference cell, a fast sweep detection of direct absorption was used for the measurement. An absorption sensitivity of about 2×10⁻⁴ was achieved with an integration time of 2.5 s, corresponding to a concentration of about 4 ppb of HNO₃ in the cell and 0.1 ppb in the external aerosol. The data acquisition and processing techniques, based on the full molecular lineshape fitting are also shown and discussed, including some examples of the data acquired during the scientific flights.     

Energy and fine structure of 1s2np(n≤9) states for lithium-like systems from Z=11 to 20

A new variation method is extended to study the atomic systems with higher nuclear charges and in more highly excited states. The non-relativistic energies of 1s^2np (n≤9) states for the lithium-like systems from Z=11 to 20 are calculated using a full-core-plus-correlation method with multi-configuration interaction wavefunctions. Relativistic and mass-polarization effects on the energy are calculated as the first-order perturbation corrections. The fine structures are determined from the expectation values of spin-orbit and spin-other-orbit interaction operators in the Pauli－Breit approximation. The quantum-electrodynamics correction is also included. Our results are compared with experimental data in the literature.