Design and simulations for the detector based on DSSSD

The present paper describes the design and simulation results of a position-sensitive charged particle detector based on the Double Sided Silicon Strip Detector （DSSSD）. Also, the characteristics of the DSSSD and its testing result were are discussed. With the application of the DSSSD, the position-sensitive charged particle detector can not only give particle flux and energy spectra information and identify different types of charged particles, but also measure the location and angle of incident particles. As the detector can make multi-parameter measurements of charged particles, it is widely used in space detection and exploration missions, such as charged particle detection related to earthquakes, space environment monitoring and solar activity inspection.     

186mTa的鉴别

通过14 MeV中子引起的¹⁸⁶W(n,p)反应, 生成了^186mTa和¹⁸⁶Ta. 借助于对已知¹⁸⁶Ta的γ射线的观测, 鉴别了未知的^186mTa, 并测定其半衰期为1.5±0.1 min.     

新丰中子同位素:186Hf

在兰州重离子加速器(FDUL)上,用60MeV/μ ¹⁸O离子轰击厚天然钨靶,通过多核子转移反应产生¹⁸⁶Hf. 使用放射化学分离技术从钨和反应产物混和物中分离出铪,并由HPGe探测器测量铪样品的活性.观测到了¹⁸⁶Hf的子体¹⁸⁶Ta的737,5keVY射线的增长、衰变行为,结果表明,本实验首次合成并鉴别了新丰中子同位素¹⁸⁶Hf,测得它的半衰期为(2.6±1.2)min.     

Comparative studies of silicon photomultipliers and traditional vacuum photomultiplier tubes

Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are a new generation of semiconductor-based photon counting devices with the merits of low weight, low power consumption and low voltage operation, promising to meet the needs of space particle physics experiments. In this paper, comparative studies of SiPMs and traditional vacuum photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) have been performed regarding the basic properties of dark currents, dark counts and excess noise factors. The intrinsic optical crosstalk effect of SiPMs was evaluated.     

Design and performance study of the LEPD silicon tracker onboard the CSES satellite

The low energy particle detector (LEPD) is one of the main payloads onboard the China seismic electromagnetic satellite (CSES). The detector is designed to ascertain space electrons (0.1-10 MeV) and protons (2-50 MeV). It has the capability of identifying the electrons and protons, to measure the energy spectrum and the incident angle of the particles. The LEPD is made up of a silicon tracker system, a CsI (Tl) mini-calorimeter, an anti-coincidence system made by plastic scintillator, as well as electronics and a data acquisition system (DAQ). The tracker is also a kind of E-E telescope; it consists of two layers of double-sided silicon strip detectors (DSSD). The signals emerging from the silicon tracker can be read out by two pieces of application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which also can generate an event trigger for the LEPD. The functions of the DSSD system in the LEPD for charged particles were tested by 241Am @5.486 MeV α particles. The results show that the DSSD system works well, and has high performance to detect charged particles and measure the position of incident particles.     

A geometric factor calculation method based on the isotropic flux assumption

One of the instruments onboard the China Seismic Electromagnetic Satellite （CSES） is the Low Energy Particle Detector （LEPD）. The primary objective of LEPD is to provide measurements of the fluxes, energy spectra and pitch angles of 100 keV to 10 MeV electrons and protons from 2 to 50 MeV in the Earth＇s magnetosphere. The geometric factor is one of the principle parameters of a detector, which converts the physical quantity-count rate to the particle quantity-flux. In this paper, we calculated the geometric factor of LEPD via computer modeling of an isotropic radiation environment. It was first demonstrated that the radiation intensity related should obey a cosine-law, then a general sampling method of generating this distribution via GPS of GEANT4 was explained. Furthermore, combined with flux normalization, a comparison of the geometric factor calculation of a set of 2-layer detectors with different shapes （cylinder, truncated cone and rectangle） was performed. Results show a generally good agreement between simulation and analytical calculations for the cylinder and truncated cone detectors, and the result of the rectangular one, for which there is no accurate analytical formula, is consistent with the previous simulated results by others. As a practical instance of the 2-layer rectangle detector, the geometric factor of LEPD is 10.336±0.036 m cm2·sr for 10 MeV proton and 8.211±0.032 m cm2·sr for 8 MeV electron.     

85Rb(n, 2n)84Rb反应中同质异能态截面比

在14.7MeV中子能量下, 测量了⁸⁵Rb(n,2n)反应同质异能态截面及其比值. 实验比值与Vandenbosh-Huizenga方法算出的理论值做了比较, 定出了自旋切割因子σ值.     

新同位素235Am的产生与鉴别

一种缺中子新同位素２３５Ａｍ通过２３８Ｐｕ（ｐ,４ｎ）２３５Ａｍ反应而产生．产物借助Ｈｅ－ｊｅｔ系统的传输,快化学分离以及γ、Ｘ射线和γ－Ｘ（γ）符合测量等得到鉴别,测得其半衰期为１５±５ｍｉｎ． A new neutron deficient isotope 235 Am was produced via 238 Pu(p,4n) 235 Am reaction. The products were identified by means of the transporting of He jet system, separating of rapid radiochemical method and measuring of γ and X rays as well as X γ coincidence. The measured half life of 235 Am is 15±5min.     

新重丰中子同位素239Pa的合成

本文简述了新重丰中子同位素２３９Ｐａ的首次合成和鉴别,并测定其半衰期为１０６±３０ｍｉｎ． This paper reports that the new heavy neutron-rich isotope 239Pa has been observed for the first time and its half life has been determined to be 106±30min.