基于HIAF的物理研究(英文)

在2010年,中国科学院近代物理研究所向国家发展和改革委员会建议了重大科技基础设施--强流重离子加速器装置（High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility,简称HIAF）。经过一系列评估和论证,HIAF于2015年12月被国家发展改革委立项。HIAF建设地址位于广东省惠州市,计划于2018年年底正式开工建造。HIAF由超导直线加速器、同步增强器、高能放射性束流线、储存环谱仪以及若干实验测量装置构成,总投资约为25亿人民币。依托HIAF,我们将拓展核素存在版图,研发先进实验技术和方法,开展前沿物理研究;同时,开展重离子束应用研究,服务国家经济社会发展。简要介绍拟建的加速器系统、实验测量装置以及相关的物理研究计划。The Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, proposed the Major National Science and Technology Infrastructure Facility named as High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) in 2010. After a series of assessments charged by the National Development and Reform Commission of China, HIAF was officially approved by China government in December, 2015. HIAF will be constructed in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, and the groundbreaking ceremony of construction is scheduled around the end in the year of 2018. HIAF is composed of a superconducting Linac, a booster ring, a high-energy radioactive beam line, a storage ring, and a number of experiment setups. The total investment of HIAF is about 2.5 billion Chinese Yuan. The major goals for HIAF are to explore the hitherto unknown territories in nuclear chart, to approach the experimental limits, to open new domains of physics researches in experiments, and to develop new ideas and heavy-ion applications beneficial to the societies. In this paper, the accelerator complex of HIAF is briefly introduced, and the experimental setups and associated physics research program are presented.     

HIAF BRing及高能外靶实验终端的辐射屏蔽设计

强流重离子加速器（HIAF）是中国科学院近代物理研究所自主研制的一台高能强流重离子加速器,它可以实现p到U的全离子加速。为了保证HIAF运行时的辐射安全,针对该装置的增强器（BRing）及高能外靶实验终端,利用蒙特卡洛程序FLUKA及外推法计算得到了加速p,C及U三种离子时所需的辐射屏蔽。结果表明,加速质子时所需屏蔽厚度最大,并以此为依据给出了全地下结构的屏蔽设计。在此基础上,提出了一种估算高能质子/重离子加速器束流均匀损失时横向屏蔽厚度的方法。结果显示,估算结果与FLUKA计算结果符合较好,验证了该方法的有效性和准确性。High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) is designed by the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, which can accelerate particles from proton up to uranium. To guarantee the radiation safety of HIAF during operation, the FLUKA code and extrapolation method were adopted to calculate the shielding thickness. The calculations were based on proton, carbon and uranium particles when losing on the Booster Ring (BRing) and the high-energy experimental terminal. The results indicate that the shielding thickness required for accelerating protons was the largest. Basing on the results, a method for estimating the lateral shielding of a high-energy proton/heavy-ion accelerator was proposed. A good agreement shows between the estimated results and the FLUKA calculated results, the validity and accuracy of the method were verified.     

HIAF-BRing中极化质子加速研究

为了更深入地研究核子性质,中国科学院近代物理研究所将在强流重离子加速器装置（HIAF）上利用极化质子束开展实验。HIAF增强器BRing能够提供最大能量9.3 GeV/u的极化质子束,在加速过程中极化束流会遇到多次退极化共振,需要特殊设计才能使束流保持较高的极化度。利用退极化共振强度模拟程序DEPOL,研究了BRing加速过程中不同退极化共振对束流极化度的影响。结果表明,加速过程遇到的两种退极化共振将会使束流完全退极化;在BRing电子冷却段加入Full Siberian Snake可以使质子束在加速时保持较高的极化度。In order to explore the nucleon properties in details, the polarized proton will be used for some special experiments at HIAF project in Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMP,CAS). The maximum energy of 9.3 GeV/u for Polarized protons will be provided in the Booster Ring(BRing) at HIAF. The polarized beam experiences depolarizing resonances many times during acceleration process, so it's necessary to suppress those resonances to keep polarizability well by special design. In this paper, the code DEPOL is used to simulate the influence of depolarizing resonances process in BRing. According to the results, the beam's polarization has been destroyed completely by the depolarizing resonances in the acceleration process. And the Full Siberian Snake is chosen in the Electron Cooler part of BRing to preserve the beam's polarization during the acceleration, and its strength and location of the Siberian Snake are also presented here.     

HIAF及CiADS项目进展与展望

强流重离子加速器（HIAF）及加速器驱动嬗变研究装置（CiADS）是"十二五"期间国家优先安排建设的16项中的重大科技基础设施。本文介绍了HIAF及CiADS项目意义、科学目标、装置构成及主要特点,对项目实施进展进行了阶段性总结,并对未来发展进行了展望。High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) and China initiative Accelerator Driven System (CiADS) are among 16 national research facilities built as a priority during China's Twelfth Five Year Plan. In this paper, the scientific feasibility, structures and the features of HIAF and CiADS are briefly summarized. Meanwhile, their present construction progresses are reported and their developments in the near future are outlined.     

BRing中电荷交换引起的束流损失分布模拟计算

在强流重离子加速器运行中,带电粒子与真空管道中的残余气体分子相互作用发生的电荷交换反应是影响重离子束流寿命的关键因素。这种电荷交换过程导致的束流损失将解吸出真空管壁上吸附的气体分子,进而引起真空压力的动态变化,将严重影响加速器的稳定运行和最终束流引出流强。中国科学院近代物理研究所将在广东省惠州市建造的强流重离子加速器装置（High Intensity heavy-ion AcceleratorFacility,简称HIAF）利用增强器（Booster Ring,简称BRing）提供束流流强高达2×1011 ppp的238U35+用于核物理及原子物理等实验研究。对强流重离子加速器BRing中238U35+束流发生电荷交换反应,损失一个电子成为238U36+的过程进行了追踪模拟,计算得到了U36+损失前的运动径迹和全环粒子损失位置分布,模拟结果显示U36+受到色散元件的影响,将集中损失在位于二极磁铁后的漂移节区域中。基于模拟结果,在束流损失位置处设计安装由低解吸率材料制作的准直器,优化设计后的准直效率高达95%以上;并模拟计算了有无准直器时真空压力和束流流强的变化,安装准直器后BRing的平均真空度变化小于10%,将确保BRing加速器的稳定运行。During heavy ion accelerator operation, the charge exchange effect between ions and residual gas molecules is the key factor to influence beam lifetime. The charge exchange process has ions lost on the wall and leads to a dynamical vacuum change, which will seriously affect the accelerator operation and reduce the extraction beam intensity. The Institute of Modern Physics' future project, called High Intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), will be built in Huizhou city, Guangdong Province, China. The Booster Ring (BRing) will provide 2×11 ppp 238U35+ for nuclear physics experiments. This article studies the track of particle U36+ before impacting on the wall, which is the reference particle U35+ losing one electron, and gets the U36+ loss distribution along the BRing. The simulation result shows that U36+ will be influenced seriously by dispersion elements, and will be lost in the drift sections after the dipoles. Collimators made out of materials with low desorption will be installed in the particles lost positions. The collimator efficiency after optimization can be larger than 95%. It also shows BRing average pressure change and beam intensity change between collimators on and off. The result points out that the BRing average pressure change will be less than 10% with collimators on, which makes BRing operate stably.     

Injection method of barrier bucket supported by off-aligned electron cooling for CRing of HIAF

A new accelerator complex,HIAF(the High Intensity Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility),has been approved in China.It is designed to provide intense primary and radioactive ion beams for research in high energy density physics,nuclear physics,atomic physics as well as other applications.In order to achieve a high intensity of up to5×10~(11) ppp ~(238)U~(34+),the Compression Ring(CRing) needs to stack more than 5 bunches transferred from the Booster Ring(BRing).However,the normal bucket to bucket injection scheme can only achieve an intensity gain of 2,so an injection method,fixed barrier bucket(BB) supported by electron cooling,is proposed.To suppress the severe space charge effect during the stacking process,off-alignment is adopted in the cooler to control the transverse emittance.In this paper,simulation and optimization with the BETACOOL program are presented.     

香港大学在束伽玛谱学研究与新一代伽玛探测器阵列(英文)

探索原子核的壳层演化,验证奇特核的幻数结构是香港大学核物理研究的重要方向。目前,科研团队利用在束伽玛谱学技术已经研究了30Ne的N=20幻数消失和78Ni（Z=28,N=50）附近原子核的双幻数结构,而即将开展的53,56Ca在束伽玛谱学实验会对新幻数N=34的定量研究,以及到N=40核的壳层演化提供重要的数据。下一步的研究目标是探索100Sn（N=Z=50）的奇特结构,特别是研究它的第一个2+激发态与其邻近原子核的低激发态性质。100Sn处于质子滴线以及核天体快质子俘获路径上,因此,它的幻数结构及其临近原子核单粒子性能研究将会极大增强对核力和核合成机制的认识。为了进一步提高物理实验统计,香港大学在数量上增加了30% NaI（Tl）晶体从而全面升级了DALI2伽玛探测阵列。此外,为了探索远离稳定线核区的新物理,开展更高精度在束伽玛谱学实验,香港大学与中国科学院近代物理研究所、中国原子能科学研究院计划合作研制基于溴化镧晶体的新一代伽玛探测器阵列。这套阵列主要在兰州重离子加速器（HIRFL）和将来建成的强流重离子加速器（HIAF）等大科学装置上开展实验,从而在奇特核研究方面取得大量重要的成果,促进科研人员全面认识、理解核力以及天体核合成过程。Exploring the evolution of shell closures and examining the magicity of extremely exotic nuclei are the main research interests of HKU (University of Hong Kong) experimental nuclear physics group. The group has employed in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy technique to investigate the vanishing of N=20 magicity in 30Ne (N=20) and the strong magicity in nuclei around 78Ni (Z=28, N=50). The approved future's experiment on spectroscopy of 53,56Ca, proposed by HKU, will give quantitative information for the "magic index" of N=34 and shell evolution toward N=40. The next goal is to investigate the structure of 100Sn (N=Z=50), particularly the energy of the first 2+ state, and the low-lying states in the neighboring nuclei. 100Sn lies on the proton drip-line and on the astrophysical rp-process path. Characterizing the magicity of 100Sn and the nature of single-particle states in its neighboring nuclei is therefore essential to the fundamental understanding of nuclear forces and nucleo-synthesis. To significantly increase the data statistics for our physics goals, HKU group has prepared the upgrade of gamma-ray spectrometer DALI2 with 30% more NaI(Tl) detectors integrated into a new array configuration. On the other hand, next significant insights into the structure of nuclei would require new gamma-ray detection array capable for higher precision gamma-ray spectroscopy. HKU group in collaboration with IMP and CIAE therefore proposes to construct a new-generation gamma-ray detection array based on the novel scintillator LaBr₃(Ce) to explore the new physics in nuclei far from the valley of stability. Utilizing the radioactive beams at the Chinese large-scale facilities such as the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL) in IMP and the future's High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF), this novel LaBr₃(Ce) array would lead to a significant boost to the frontiers of exotic-nuclei research, which will guide scientists towards the comprehensive and even beyond-traditional understanding of nuclear forces and nucleosynthesis.     

SHER-HIAF ring lattice design

The Super Heavy Experimental Ring （SHER）, which is one of the rings of the next accelerator complex High Intensity Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility （HIAF） at IMP, has to be optimized for e-cooling. Its lattice is designed for two modes： the first is the isochronous mode, which is a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for short-lived secondary nuclei, the second is the storage ring mode, which is used for collecting and cooling the secondary rare isotope beams from the transport line. In order to fulfil its purpose, the ion optics can be set to different ion optical modes.     

SHER-HIAF ring lattice design

The Super Heavy Experimental Ring (SHER), which is one of the rings of the next accelerator complex High Intensity Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) at IMP, has to be optimized for e-cooling. Its lattice is designed for two modes: the first is the isochronous mode, which is a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for short-lived secondary nuclei, the second is the storage ring mode, which is used for collecting and cooling the secondary rare isotope beams from the transport line. In order to fulfil its purpose, the ion optics can be set to different ion optical modes.     

相对论重离子碰撞中手征磁效应寻找的现状(英文)

量子色动力学中夸克和拓扑胶子场的相互作用可以产生局域宇称和共轭电荷宇称不守恒,这也许能解释宇宙中物质-反物质的不对称性。在强磁场下,宇称不守恒会导致粒子按正负电荷分离,此现象称为手征磁效应。在重离子碰撞实验中对电荷分离的测量主要受物理本底的影响,大部分的理论和实验工作一直致力于消除或减少这些本底。在此综述了相对论重离子碰撞中手征磁效应寻找的现状。Quark interactions with topological gluon fields in QCD can yield local P and CP violations which could explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in our universe. Effects of P and CP violations can result in charge separation under a strong magnetic field, a phenomenon called the chiral magnetic effect (CME). Experimental measurements of the CME-induced charge separation in heavy-ion collisions are dominated by physics backgrounds. Major theoretical and experimental efforts have been devoted to eliminating or reducing those backgrounds. We review the current status of these efforts in the search for the CME in heavy-ion collisions.     

Electron-ion collider in China

Lepton scattering is an established ideal tool for studying inner structure of small particles such as nucleons as well as nuclei. As a future high energy nuclear physics project, an Electron-ion collider in China (EicC) has been proposed. It will be constructed based on an upgraded heavy-ion accelerator, High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) which is currently under construction, together with a new electron ring. The proposed collider will provide highly polarized electrons (with a po- larization of 80%) and protons (with a polarization of 70%) with variable center of mass energies from 15 to 20 GeV and the luminosity of (2–3)×10³³ cm−2•s−1. Polarized deuterons and Helium-3, as well as unpolarized ion beams from Carbon to Uranium, will be also available at the EicC.The main foci of the EicC will be precision measurements of the structure of the nucleon in the sea quark region, including 3D tomography of nucleon; the partonic structure of nuclei and the parton interaction with the nuclear environment; the exotic states, especially those with heavy flavor quark contents. In addition, issues fundamental to understanding the origin of mass could be addressed by measurements of heavy quarkonia near-threshold production at the EicC. In order to achieve the above-mentioned physics goals, a hermetical detector system will be constructed with cutting-edge technologies.This document is the result of collective contributions and valuable inputs from experts across the globe. The EicC physics program complements the ongoing scientific programs at the Jefferson Laboratory and the future EIC project in the United States. The success of this project will also advance both nuclear and particle physics as well as accelerator and detector technology in China.     

Heavy-Ion Collisions toward High-Density Nuclear Matter

In the present paper, the current efforts in heavy-ion collisions toward high-density nuclear matter will be discussed. First, the essential points learned from RHIC and LHC will be reviewed. Then, the present data from the STAR Beam Energy Scan are discussed. Finally, the current efforts, NICA, FAIR, HIAF, and J-PARC-HI (heavy ion) are described. In particular, the efforts of the J-PARC-HI project are described in detail.     

中国极化电子离子对撞机探测器设计

核子是构成宇宙可见物质的最主要成分,也是研究强相互作用的最佳实验室。对核子内部结构的研究是当前理论和实验研究的重要前沿。在核子内部结构的实验研究中,电子- 离子对撞机(Electron Ion Collider, EIC)是最理想的装置,能提供核子内部最清晰的图像,是人类认识物质世界深层次结构,特别是核子与原子核结构最理想的工具。中国极化电子离子对撞机EicC项目,设想在已开建的HIAF 高能离子束的基础上进行升级:将离子束流升级成15~20 GeV 的极化束流,建设3~5 GeV 高能极化电子束流,实现质心系能量为10~20 GeV双极化电子- 离子对撞,在海夸克能区对核子内部结构进行精细测量,并对质子质量、奇特强子态等诸多重要物理课题展开研究。在本文中,我们开发了EicC 快模拟软件,对探测器性能进行参数化模拟;通过物理模拟汇集EicC探测需求,利用探测器模拟软件进行优化并提出EicC 探测器谱仪的初步设计方案。该谱仪方案提供了接近全立体角的覆盖范围和大动量范围内的粒子鉴别能力,兼顾EicC项目丰富的物理课题。     

HIAF电子冷却装置高精度线圈磁轴测量

强流重离子加速器装置（HIAF）将采用电子冷却技术,降低重离子束流的发射度和动量分散,提高核物理及原子物理实验的精度与亮度。电子冷却装置的冷却段磁场均匀度是影响冷却效率的主要参数,HIAF电子冷却装置采用多个独立高精度线圈串联产生纵向磁场的设计,获得极高的冷却段磁场均匀度。本文介绍了一种测量高精度线圈磁轴偏角的装置,采用定位装置测量线圈的几何对称轴,通过旋转霍尔探头测量线圈中心平面上的径向与轴向磁场分布,再根据磁场测量数据计算出线圈磁轴与几何对称轴之间的偏角。实际测量表明该装置的磁轴偏角测量精度达到±0.10 mrad。测量得到的HIAF电子冷却装置冷却段线圈样品的磁轴偏角为（1.28±0.10）mrad,达到设计要求。     

PHELIX – Status and First Experiments

The high-energy high-power laser system PHELIX (Petawatt High Energy Laser for heavy Ion eXperiments) [1] is currently under construction at the Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI) Darmstadt. With PHELIX GSI will offer the unique combination of a high-current, high-energy (GeV/u) heavy-ion beam with an intense laser beam. This will open the door to a variety of fundamental science issues in the field of atomic physics, plasma physics and nuclear physics. The project will gain further interest in the near future by the dramatic increase of the accelerator performance with the starting FAIR project at GSI [2]. This paper reports the current status of the project as well as the laser architecture. The proposed physics program and a first experiment carried out with PHELIX, the realization of a transient collisionally excited x-ray laser [3], will also be reviewed briefly.     

Formation time of hadrons and density of matter produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Density of matter produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions depends substantially on the spacetime evolution of the collision and on the formation time of hadrons produced. Interactions of hadrons younger than their formation time are attenuated with respect to their normal values (transparency of hadronic matter for newly formed hadrons). The system of secondary hadrons produced in a heavy-ion collision thus expands as a gas of almost non interacting particles before hadrons reach their formation time. Densities of interacting hadronic matter produced in oxygen-lead and sulphur-lead collisions at 200 GeV/nucleon are estimated as a function of the formation time of hadrons. Uncertainties in our knowledge of the critical temepratureT _c and of the formation time of hadrons τ₀ permit at present three scenarios: an optimistic one (QGP has already been produced in collisions of oxygen and sulphur with heavy ions and will be copiously produced in Lead collisions), a pessimistic one (QGP cannot be produced at 200 GeV/nucleon) and an intermediate one (QGP has not been produced in oxygen and sulphur interactions with heavy ions and will be at best produced only marginally in Pb-collisions). We find the last opinion as most probable.