Photon statistics of laser light scattered by motile spermatozoa

The intensity of laser light scattered by swimming spermatozoa is experimentally determined to obey a gaussian distribution. This is due to the fact that the fluctuations of the electric susceptabilities of the sperm system accord with gaussian statistics. The result is obtained from the light intensity correlation data and the photoelectron counting distribution with a photoelectron counting technique. It also gives us the justification of the usual process in light intensity correlation spectroscopy of swimming spermatozoa when we get the susceptibility correlation function from the experimentally obtainable intensity correlation function.     

T-violation neutron experiment and polarized3He

An experimental scheme of the spin detailed balance in polarized neutron transmission through a polarized nuclear target is discussed for the T-violation test. The value of the spin detailed balance is estimated by using the data of the scattering amplitudes. The nuclear polarizations of proton,³He and¹³⁹La are discussed for the T-violation experiment.     

Study of γ d → π + π − d Reaction in an Energy Region of 0.67 ≤ E γ ≤ 1.08 GeV

Double charged pion photoproductions from the deuteron have been studied at Research Center for Electron Photon Science (ELPH), Tohoku University. Tagged photon beams in an energy range of 0.67 ≤ E _γ ≤ 1.08 GeV were impinged on the liquid deuteron target. Produced charged particles were observed with the Neutral Kaon Spectrometer2 (NKS2). The γ d → π ⁺ π ^? d process was clearly separated among the three charged tracks. We obtained the photon energy dependence of the normalized yields of this process.     

绿肥对华北潮土土壤可溶性有机物的影响

在华北潮土上种植不同绿肥,于绿肥翻压前原位采集其地上部及土壤样品,进行56d的绿肥翻压模拟试验。设毛叶苕子(Vicia villosa Roth.)、二月兰(Orychophragmus Violaceus L.)、黑麦(Secale cereale L.)三个绿肥处理和无绿肥对照处理,分析培养过程中土壤可溶性有机物(DOM)组分及其紫外-可见光谱参数的变化,以探究绿肥对土壤DOM的影响。种植和翻压绿肥增加土壤可溶性有机碳(DOC)、总有机酸碳(TOAs)和总碳水化合物碳(TCs)含量,三者的变化趋势一致,各处理均在培养第1 d上升至峰值后迅速下降。毛叶苕子提高DOC和TOAs的效果最好,最高比对照增加114.01%(培养第1d)和109.10%(培养第14 d)。黑麦提高TCs的效果最好,最高比对照增加323.18%(培养第42 d)。种植和翻压绿肥增加土壤可溶性有机氮(DON)含量,与DOC变化趋势不同,各处理在培养第1 d上升后迅速下降一段时间后又迅速上升。毛叶苕子提高DON的效果最好,最高比对照增加305.83%(培养第42d)。绿肥增加了SUVA₂₅₄,SUVA₂₆₀,SUVA₂₇₂,SUVA₂₈₀,SAUC_240-400,降低了A₂₅₀/A₃₆₅和A₂₄₀/A₄₂₀。紫外-可见光谱参数的主成分分析显示SUVA₂₅₄,SUVA₂₆₀,SUVA₂₇₂,SUVA₂₈₀间有很高正相关性,A₂₅₀/A₃₆₅和A₂₄₀/A₄₂₀间亦有很高正相关性,SAUC_240-400是这些参数中表征DOM性质的关键因子。综上结果表明,种植翻压绿肥增加了土壤DOM含量,提高了土壤DOM的芳香性、疏水性、腐殖化程度、平均分子量,增加了土壤DOM的稳定性。     

Phase rotation scheme of laser-produced ions for reduction of the energy spread

In order to widely spread out particle beams utilized in cancer therapy, laser-produced ions are developed as the injection beam for an ion synchrotron dedicated for cancer therapy. Such a laser ion source is expected to contribute largely to the realization of compactness of the size and low cost of the cancer therapy accelerator. The energy spectrum of the laser-produced ions, however, has no peak, but their intensities decrease exponentially according to the increase of the energy. For the purpose of modifying such a situation, we have proposed a scheme to rotate the beam in the longitudinal phase space with the use of the RF electric field, which is phase-adjusted with the pulse laser. We aim for a reduction of the energy spread of ± 5% selected by an energy analyzer and slits to ±1% by such phase rotation. For this purpose, a quarter wavelength resonator with two gaps with the same resonant frequency as the source laser has already been fabricated, together with its RF power source. The above phase rotation system and its recent experimental realization are presented.     

Mott transition from a spin liquid to a Fermi liquid in the spin-frustrated organic conductor kappa-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3

The pressure-temperature phase diagram of the organic Mott insulator kappa-(ET)2Cu2(CN)3, a model system of the spin liquid on triangular lattice, has been investigated by 1H NMR and resistivity measurements. The spin-liquid phase is persistent before the Mott transition to the metal or superconducting phase under pressure. At the Mott transition, the spin fluctuations are rapidly suppressed and the Fermi-liquid features are observed in the temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rate and resistivity. The characteristic curvature of the Mott boundary in the phase diagram highlights a crucial effect of the spin frustration on the Mott transition.     

Resolving the discrepancy of 135 MeV pd elastic scattering cross sections and relativistic effects

Three precise measurements for elastic pd scattering at 135 MeV/A have been performed with the three different experimental setups. The cross sections are described well by the theoretical predictions based on modern nucleon-nucleon forces combined with three-nucleon forces. Relativistic Faddeev calculations show that relativistic effects are restricted to backward angles. This result supports the two measurements recently reported by RIKEN and contradicts the KVI data.     

Determination of the structure of {31}ne by a fully microscopic framework

We perform the first quantitative analysis of the reaction cross sections of {28-32}Ne by {12}C at 240 MeV/nucleon, using the double-folding model with the Melbourne g matrix and the deformed projectile density calculated by antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. To describe the tail of the last neutron of {31}Ne, we adopt the resonating group method combined with antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. The theoretical prediction excellently reproduces the measured cross sections of {28-32}Ne with no adjustable parameters. The ground state properties of {31}Ne, i.e., strong deformation and a halo structure with spin parity 3/2{-}, are clarified.     

Mode Cooperation in a Submillimeter Wave FU Series Gyrotron

At certain gyrotron operating conditions, mode cooperation instead of mode competition takes place between a fundamental and a second harmonic mode. This means the phase bunching of a gyrating electron beam under the second harmonic operation reduces the starting current for the fundamental operation and increases total output power as well as beam efficiency. Such mode cooperation is observed in experiments and confirmed by computer simulations for submillimeter wave Gyrotron FU II.     

Nucleon form factors in a relativistic quark model

Electromagnetic form factors of protons and neutrons are investigated based on a relativistic quark model with the inclusion of a pion cloud. Pseudo-scalar π-quark interaction is employed to study the coupling between the nucleon and the π. The results show the important role of the pion cloud for the neutron charge form factor. Moreover, our numerical analysis indicates a difference between the relativistic and the nonrelativistic treatments. Received: 10 March 1999 / Revised version: 14 June 1999