Production of high transverse momentum prompt photons and neutral pions in proton-proton interactions at 280 GeV/c

The inclusive cross sections for production of prompt photons and π⁰ s by 280 GeV/c protons incident on a liquid hydrogen target, have been measured forp _T in the range 4.0 to 6.5 GeV/c and for |x _F |<0.45. A quantitative comparison of the prompt photon cross section with next-to-leading order QCD predictions using Duke and Owens structure functions is performed. Phenomenological fits to the π⁰ and prompt photon cross sections are given.     

High-efficiency mid-infrared ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator directly pumped by a lamp-pumped, Q-switched CrTmHo:YAG laser

We report a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO) based on a ZnGeP(2) crystal directly pumped by a lamp-pumped Q-switched CrTmHo:YAG laser. The IR was tunable from 4.7 to 7.8 microm via crystal angle tuning. A maximum optical to optical efficiency of 56% was obtained from the pump (2.09 microm) to total IR at a pump energy of 6.5 mJ. The corresponding idler energy was 1.45 mJ. The SRO was measured to have a slope efficiency of 64% and a threshold of 1 mJ. The spatial beam quality of the idler, characterized by the M(2) parameter, was 1.38 when the SRO was pumped at 2.5 times threshold. These results show that ZnGeP(2) optical parametric oscillators directly pumped by a CrTmHo:YAG laser can be operated efficiently, while maintaining good IR beam quality.     

High transverse momentumη production in π− p, π+ p,andpp interactions at 280 GeV/c

The inclusive cross sections for η production by the interactions of 280 GeV/c momentum π^?, π⁺, and proton beams in hydrogen have been measured. The kinematical range covered is ?0.45<x _F <0.45, and 4.0<P _T <7.0 GeV/c for Feynmanx _F and transverse momentum respectively. The η to π⁰ cross section ratios are given for the three reactions. The ratio of π^? p to π⁺ p cross sections for η production in the above kinematic ranges is 1.22±0.08±0.11.     

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六方MoN的合成新路线

 在高温高压极端条件下利用CH₄Cl还原二氧化钼的方法合成了六方MoN。反应条件为：压力2 GPa,温度1 500 ℃,时间2 h。并利用XRD对合成产物进行了表征。经最小二乘法拟合后结果表明,该合成产物具有六方结构对称性,其晶格常数为a＝0.572 nm,c＝0.560 nm。经过对其衍射峰位和峰强进行拟合计算,并与实验结果进行比较, 结果表明 MoN 产物的空间群为P6₃/mmc,其中Mo原子位于2b (0, 0, 1/4)和6h (x, 2x, 1/4),x＝0.489。N原子位于2a (0, 0, 0)和6g (0.5, 0, 0)。所采用的方法具有反应条件易达到、反应时间短、反应产物单相性好等特点。     

Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur von SrO2

Refinement of the Crystal Structure of SrO₂ Single crystals of SrO₂ have been obtained after high pressure/high temperature reaction of a SrO/KClO₃ mixture at 20 kbar, 1 400°C. The crystal structure was refined using 154 unique diffractometer data (I4/mmm; a = 3.5626(3), c = 6.6159(6) Å; Z = 2; R = 0.033, R_w = 0.022, S = 0.932). The O O distance (1.493(4) Å) is significantly longer than the one previously assumed. From a refinement of the site occupation factor for oxygen a composition SrO_1.95(2) has been found for the crystal investigated.