ARGO-YBJ detector simulation using GEANT4

‘G4argo＇, a GEANT4-based simulation package for the ARGO-YBJ detector, is described in this paper. C4argo incorporates in the simulation the true RPC time resolution and another 0.5 ns time uncertainty which is introduced from the offline calibration of TDC. In addition, the correct RPC geometry and the true materials for the ARGO-YBJ experimental hall are implemented. As a result, G4argo simulation shows a very good agreement with real data.     

Preparation,Structure, and Properties of Starch/Rubber Composites Prepared by Co-Coagulating Rubber Latex and Starch Paste

Summary: Several rubber/starch composites in which the starch particles are in an amorphous state and are smaller than 1 μm, prepared by directly mixing and co-coagulating rubber latex and starch paste, exhibit higher hardness, stress at 100%, tensile strength, and tear strength relative to the corresponding rubber/starch composites prepared by direct blending.

TEM micrograph of starch/SBR composite.     

SEBS的氯甲基化及羟甲基化

氢化聚苯乙烯-(乙烯丁烯无规共聚物)-聚苯乙烯三嵌段共聚物(SEBS)是一种性能优良的热塑性弹性体^[1～3].由于其结构明确,分子量均一,如果能引入含量可控的功能基团,在理论研究方面具有重要意义.     

Screening the Key Region of Sunlight Regulating the Flavonoid Profiles of Young Shoots in Tea Plants (Camellia sinensis L.) Based on a Field Experiment

Both UV and blue light have been reported to regulate the biosynthesis of flavonoids in tea plants; however, the respective contributions of the corresponding regions of sunlight are unclear. Additionally, different tea cultivars may respond differently to altered light conditions. We investigated the responses of different cultivars (‘Longjing 43’, ‘Zhongming 192’, ‘Wanghai 1’, ‘Jingning 1’ and ‘Zhonghuang 2’) to the shade treatments (black and colored nets) regarding the biosynthesis of flavonoids. For all cultivars, flavonol glycosides showed higher sensitivity to light conditions compared with catechins. The levels of total flavonol glycosides in the young shoots of different tea cultivars decreased with the shade percentages of polyethylene nets increasing from 70% to 95%. Myricetin glycosides and quercetin glycosides were more sensitive to light conditions than kaempferol glycosides. The principal component analysis (PCA) result indicated that shade treatment greatly impacted the profiles of flavonoids in different tea samples based on the cultivar characteristics. UV is the crucial region of sunlight enhancing flavonol glycoside biosynthesis in tea shoots, which is also slight impacted by light quality according to the results of the weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA). This study clarified the contributions of different wavelength regions of sunlight in a field experiment, providing a potential direction for slightly bitter and astringent tea cultivar breeding and instructive guidance for practical field production of premium teas based on light regimes.     

Dynamics of nonlocal and localized spatiotemporal solitons for a partially nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Modern methods of nonlinear dynamics including time histories, phase portraits, power spectra, and Poincaré sections are used to characterize the stability and bifurcation regions of a cantilevered pipe conveying fluid with symmetric constraints at the point of contact. In this study, efforts are made to demonstrate the importance of characterizing the system at the arbitrarily positioned symmetric constraints rather than at the tip of the cantilevered pipe. Using the full nonlinear equations of motion and the Galerkin discretization, a nonlinear analysis is performed. After validating the model with previous results using the bifurcation diagrams and achieving full agreement, the bifurcation diagram at the point of contact is further investigated to select key flow velocities of interest. In addition to demonstrating the progression of the selected regions using primarily phase portraits, a detailed comparison is made between the tip and the point of contact at the key flow velocities. In doing so, period doubling, pitchfork bifurcations, grazing bifurcations, sticking, and chaos that occur at the point of contact are found to not always occur at the tip for the same flow speed. Thus, it is shown that in the case of cantilevered pipes with constraints, more accurate characterization of the system is obtained in a specified range of flow velocities by characterizing the system at the point of contact rather than at the tip.     

Far-infrared electroluminescence characteristics of an Si-based photodiode under a forward DC bias current

At room temperature,the bias dependence of a far-infrared electroluminescence image of a photodiode is investigated in the dark condition.The results show that the electroluminescence image can be used to detect defects in the photodiode.Additionally,it is found that the electroluminescence intensity has a power law dependence on the dc bias current.The photodiode ideality factor could be obtained by a fitting a relationship between the electroluminescence intensity and the bias current.The device defect levels will be easily determined according to the infrared image and the extracted ideality factor value.This work is of guiding significance for current solar cell testing and research.     

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.     

一维函数光子晶体的研究

本文提出一种新型函数光子晶体, 其折射率是空间位置函数. 由费马原理, 我们给出光在一维、 二维和三维函数光子晶体中的运动方程, 以及一维函数光子晶体的色散关系、 带隙结构和透射率, 再利用传输矩阵理论研究函数光子晶体周期数、 入射角和介质层的厚度等对透射率和禁带结构的影响, 计算发现通过选择不同的折射率空间分布函数, 可以得到比传统光子晶体更宽或更窄的禁带结构. 这样为我们设计不同带隙结构的光子晶体提供理论依据.     

ICP-AES测定高砷铁矿中砷和钒

建立了用硝酸-氢氟酸-高氯酸消解,ICP-AES测定铁矿中砷和钒的方法.该方法检出限砷为50mg/kg,钒为8mg/kg;相对标准偏差(RSD)砷为4.92%以下,钒为4.37%以下;加标回收率砷在95.3%-105.0%之间,钒在96.5%-102.1%之间.本法可以对铁矿中的砷和钒进行较为理想测定.