Progress of Jinping Underground laboratory for Nuclear Astrophysics (JUNA)

Jinping Underground laboratory for Nuclear Astrophysics(JUNA) will take the advantage of the ultra-low background of CJPL lab and high current accelerator based on an ECR source and a highly sensitive detector to directly study for the first time a number of crucial reactions occurring at their relevant stellar energies during the evolution of hydrostatic stars. In its first phase, JUNA aims at the direct measurements of~(25)Mg(p,γ)~(26)Al,~(19)F(p,α)~(16)O,~(13)C(α,n)~(16)O and ~(12)C(α,γ)~(16)O reactions. The experimental setup,which includes an accelerator system with high stability and high intensity, a detector system, and a shielding material with low background, will be established during the above research. The current progress of JUNA will be given.     

Electrochemical comparison of LiFe<Subscript>0.4</Subscript>Mn<Subscript>0.595</Subscript>Cr<Subscript>0.005</Subscript>PO<Subscript>4</Subscript>/C and LiMnPO<Subscript>4</Subscript>/C cathode materials

A comparison of electrochemical performance between LiFe_0.4Mn_0.595Cr_0.005PO₄/C and LiMnPO₄/C cathode materials was conducted in this paper. The cathode samples were synthesized by a nano-milling-assisted solid-state process using caramel as carbon sources. The prepared samples were investigated by XRD, SEM, TEM, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX), powder conductivity test (PCT), carbon-sulfur analysis, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and galvanostatic charge-discharge cycling. The results showed that LiFe_0.4Mn_0.595Cr_0.005PO₄/C exhibited high specific capacity and high energy density. The initial discharge capacity of LiFe_0.4Mn_0.595Cr_0.005PO₄/C was 163.6 mAh g^?1 at 0.1C (1C = 160 mA g^?1), compared to 112.3 mAh g^?1 for LiMnPO₄/C. Moreover, the Fe/Cr-substituted sample showed good cycle stability and rate performance. The capacity retention of LiFe_0.4Mn_0.595Cr_0.005PO₄/C was 98.84 % over 100 charge-discharge cycles, while it was only 86.64 % for the pristine LiMnPO₄/C. These results indicated that Fe/Cr substitution enhanced the electronic conductivity for the prepared sample and facilitated the Li⁺ diffusion in the structure. Furthermore, LiFe_0.4Mn_0.595Cr_0.005PO₄/C composite presented high energy density (606 Wh kg^?1) and high power density (574 W kg^?1), thus suggested great potential application in lithium ion batteries (LIBs).     

Enhanced electrochemical properties and thermal stability of LiNi<Subscript>1/3</Subscript>Co<Subscript>1/3</Subscript>Mn<Subscript>1/3</Subscript>O<Subscript>2</Subscript> by surface modification with Eu<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>

Layered LiNi_1/3Co_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ cathode material is synthesized via a sol-gel method and subsequently surface-modified with Eu₂O₃ layer by a wet chemical process. The effect of Eu₂O₃ coating on the electrochemical performances and thermal stability of LiNi_1/3Co_1/3Mn_1/3O₂@Eu₂O₃ cells is investigated systematically by the charge/discharge testing, cyclic voltammograms, AC impedance spectroscopy, and DSC measurements, respectively. In comparison, the Eu₂O₃-coated sample demonstrates better electrochemical performances and thermal stability than that of the pristine one. After 100 cycles at 1C, the Eu₂O₃-coated LiNi_1/3Co_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ cathode demonstrates stable cyclability with capacity retention of 92.9 %, which is higher than that (75.5 %) of the pristine one in voltage range 3.0–4.6 V. Analysis from the electrochemical measurements reveals that the remarkably improved performances of the surface-modified composites are mainly ascribed to the presence of Eu₂O₃-coating layer, which could efficiently suppress the undesirable side reaction and increasing impedance, and enhance the structural stability of active material.     

Time-resolved measurement technique for pulsed electron beam envelope basing on framing and streaking principle

The time-resolved electron beam envelope parameters, including cross sectional distribution and beam centroid position, are very important for the study of beam transmission characteristics in a magnetic field and for verifying the rationality of the magnetic field parameters employed. One kind of high time-resolved beam envelope measurement system has recently been developed, constituted of a high-speed framing camera and a streak camera.It can obtain three panoramic images of the beam and time continuous information along the given beam profile simultaneously. Recently obtained data has proved that several fast vibrations of the beam envelope along the diameter direction occur during the front and the tail parts of the electron beam. The vibration period is several nanoseconds. The effect of magnetic field on the electron beam is also observed and verified. Beam debugging experiments have proved that the existing beam transmission design is reasonable and viable. This beam envelope measurement system will establish a good foundation for beam physics research.     

Detection of supernova neutrinos at spallation neutron sources

After considering supernova shock effects, Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effects, neutrino collective effects, and Earth matter effects, the detection of supernova neutrinos at the China Spallation Neutron Source is studied and the expected numbers of different flavor supernova neutrinos observed through various reaction channels are calculated with the neutrino energy spectra described by the Fermi-Dirac distribution and the "beta fit"distribution respectively. Furthermore, the numerical calculation method of supernova neutrino detection on Earth is applied to some other spallation neutron sources, and the total expected numbers of supernova neutrinos observed through different reactions channels are given.     

Sensitivity study of(10,100) GeV gamma-ray bursts with double shower front events from ARGO-YBJ

ARGO-YBJ, located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Observatory(4300 m a.s.l., Tibet, China), is a full coverage air shower array, with an energy threshold of ~300 Ge V for gamma-ray astronomy. Most of the recorded events are single front showers, satisfying the trigger requirement of at least 20 particles detected in a given time window. However, in ~11.5% of the events, two randomly arriving showers may be recorded in the same time window,and the second one, generally smaller, does not need to satisfy the trigger condition. These events are called double shower front events. By using these small showers, well under the trigger threshold, the detector primary energy threshold can be lowered to a few tens of Ge V. In this paper, the angular resolution that can be achieved with these events is evaluated by a full Monte Carlo simulation. The ARGO-YBJ sensitivity in detecting gamma-ray bursts(GRBs) by using double shower front events is also studied for various cutoff energies, time durations, and zenith angles of GRBs in ARGO's field of view.     

高精度组合脉冲激光时序控制系统设计

在激光等离子体机理的研究中,为实现灵活的界面配置和多路脉冲激光器高精度的时序延时,设计了一种基于微控制器STM32和FPGA的多路时序延时控制系统。重点介绍了基于FPGA的多路ns级时序信号和基于ucGUI的触摸屏界面的设计。另外,采用高速光电隔离技术和高速FET开关电路技术,对驱动电路进行了设计,缩短了输出脉冲上升沿的时间,提高了系统延时精度、驱动能力和抗干扰性能。测试结果表明,该设计每路延时可调,调节范围为5 ns~10 ms,最小可调步进为5 ns,延时误差小于1 ns。     

在不同初态下Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya相互作用及内禀退相干对海森伯系统的量子纠缠的影响

研究了存在内禀退相干时,对于不同的系统初态,具有DM相互作用和各向异性的三粒子XXZ海森伯模型的对纠缠动力学特性.得出了一些结论:系统的对纠缠度与各向异性参数?无关,但内禀退相干对系统的纠缠有明显的抑制作用;在内禀退相干存在时,若系统初态为纠缠态,选择合适的DM相互作用的参数,系统的对纠缠有一个非零的稳定值;系统初态为分离态时,系统的对纠缠会随时间震荡衰减,并且每次震荡会出现纠缠突然死亡现象,系统的对纠缠最终达到解纠缠状态.因此,选择合适的系统初态和DM相互作用参数可以有效地控制系统的对纠缠.