装置极化效率对极化中子成像质量的影响及修正分析

极化中子照相技术通过分析极化中子束的自旋相移对样品磁场进行成像, 自旋极化/分析装置是照相系统的主要组成部分. 引入中子自旋极化/分析装置的极化效率参数, 从中子极化矢量与磁场相互作用机理出发, 重新推导探测中子强度与磁场分布的定量关系, 利用谱仪模拟软件VITESS, 选取bender型超镜极化器和 ³He 自旋过滤器作为极化/分析装置, 对量化修正式进行验证, 并综合装置极化效率、单色器能量分辨精度和bender型极化器的几何结构等参数, 初步分析极化中子照相技术的磁场定量检测能力, 相关结果可为极化中子照相的实验数据处理技术研究及装置设计提供参考. 关键词： 极化效率 中子照相 磁场成像     

Radiation damage in Si photodiodes by high-temperature irradiation

Results are presented of a detailed study of the effects of high-temperature 4-MeV neutron irradiation on the performance degradation of Si pin photodiodes together with the radiation-induced defects, observed by deep level transient spectroscopy. The degradation of the device performance and the introduction rate of the lattice defects decrease with increasing sample temperature during irradiation. For a 250°C irradiation, the reduction of the reverse current is only 20% of the starting value. This result suggests that the creation and recovery of the radiation damage proceeds simultaneously at high temperatures. Carbon-related complex as hole capture levels is also mainly responsible for the device degradation for high-temperature neutron irradiation.     

Liquid–gas critical phenomena under confinement: small-angle neutron scattering studies of CO2 in aerogel

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a well-established technique for investigating the behavior of confined binary liquid solutions, as it can probe the correlation length and susceptibility in pores on length scales 1 – 100 nm. We applied SANS to explore the influence of confinement on critical behavior of an individual fluid carbon dioxide (CO₂) in a highly porous aerogel. The results demonstrate that quenched disorder induced by aerogel significantly depresses density fluctuations. Despite the negligible volume occupied by aerogel (< 4%), the macroscopic phase separation of confined CO₂ into coexisting liquid and gaseous phases is suppressed and below the critical temperature of the bulk fluid frozen methastable microdomains are formed. Experimental data show that critical adsorption is as important as the effect of confinement in defining the behavior of confined fluids.     

Radiator design for detecting high-energy neutrons with a nuclear track detector

Subsequent to the proposal of a two-layer structured radiator for more efficient detection of high-energy neutrons with a plastic nuclear track detector (PNTD), its availability has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. An inner deuterized hydrocarbon (CD₂) layer adjacent to PNTD should play the role of both a radiator of deuterons recoiled there and a degrader for energetic protons recoiled in the outer layer of a CH₂ material. It was found that the energy dependence of the efficiency was changed sensitively by the thickness of the CD₂ layer. A best combination of CH₂ and CD₂ thickness was estimated under a condition of a constant total thickness. For example, the sensitivity could be flattened within 20% between about 5 and 70 MeV by using -CD₂ and -CH₂.     

Assessment of fast and thermal neutron ambient dose equivalents around the KFUPM neutron source storage area using nuclear track detectors

A set of five ²⁴¹Am–Be neutron sources are utilized in research and teaching at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Three of these sources have an activity of 16 Ci each and the other two are of 5 Ci each. A well-shielded storage area was designed for these sources. The aim of the study is to check the effectiveness of shielding of the KFUPM neutron source storage area. Poly allyl diglycol carbonate (PADC) Nuclear track detectors (NTDs) based fast and thermal neutron area passive dosimeters have been utilized side by side for 33 days to assess accumulated low ambient dose equivalents of fast and thermal neutrons at 30 different locations around the source storage area and adjacent rooms. Fast neutron measurements have been carried out using bare NTDs, which register fast neutrons through recoils of protons, in the detector material. NTDs were mounted with lithium tetra borate (Li₂B₄O₇) converters on their surfaces for thermal neutron detection via and nuclear reactions. The calibration factors of NTD both for fast and thermal neutron area passive dosimeters were determined using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) with and without a polyethylene moderator. The calibration factors for fast and thermal neutron area passive dosimeters were found to be 1.33 proton tracks and 31.5 alpha tracks , respectively. The results show variations of accumulated dose with the locations around the storage area. The fast neutron dose equivalents rates varied from as low as up to whereas those for thermal neutron ranged from as low as up to . The study indicates that the area passive neutron dosimeter was able to detect dose rates as low as 7 and from accumulated dose for thermal and fast neutrons, respectively, which were not possible to detect with the available active neutron dosimeters.     

Electron capture rates for iron group nuclei at the surface of magnetar

Effects of an ultra-strong magnetic field on electron capture rates for 55Co are analyzed in the nuclear shell model and under the Landau energy levels quantized approximation in the ultra-strong magnetic field, and the electron capture rates on 10 abundant iron group nuclei at the surface of a magnetar are given. The results show that electron capture rates on 55Co are increased greatly in the ultra-strong magnetic field, by about 3 orders of magnitude generally. These conclusions play an important role in future study of the evolution of magnetars.     

Propagation of extremely short pulses in a graphene–boron nitride bilayer

In this study we investigate the propagation of extremely short optical pulses in a thin film formed by a graphene grown on a boron nitride substrate. Conduction electrons of the system are described on the basis of the long-wavelength effective Hamiltonian in the case of low temperatures; the electromagnetic field being taken into account within the framework of the classical Maxwell equations. The time evolution of the pulse?s shape for different speeds and maximum amplitudes of an extremely short pulse is analyzed.     

石盐中硼含量及其同位素的准确测定

基于Cs₂BO+₂的正热电离质谱法测定样品中硼同位素时,硼含量的准确测定直接制约着硼同位素测定的成败。目前,使用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱仪(ICP-OES)测定高盐样品的硼含量仍然存在很大问题,主要体现在两个方面： 高盐的基体干扰和仪器检出限制约,而仅仅依靠简单的稀释无法很好的解决这些困难。因此对样品进行硼元素的预富集以及基体离子的去除是十分必要的。在使用硼特效树脂进行硼元素的吸附时发现部分钠离子也会被同时吸附,故采用3 mol·L-1的氨水可以洗脱大部分吸附的钠离子而不造成硼的损失,达到了去除基体的目的。随后使用10 mL 75 ℃的0.1 mol·L-1盐酸将硼特效树脂吸附的硼洗脱实现了样品中硼的富集。ICP-OES测定硼含量时,选择波长为208.900 nm,样品的加标回收率在106.00%～108.40%之间,检出限为0.006 mg·L-1,定量下限为0.02 mg·L-1。通过不同盐度下的12次重复实验,其相对标准偏差小于5%,在1.94%～3.37%之间,因此该方法是可行的,并不存在偶然误差。联合此方法和Cs₂BO+₂离子的正热电离质谱法,成功测定了8个地质石盐样品的硼含量及硼同位素组成。     

核ANC和激发态中子晕

利用转移反应¹¹B(d,p)¹²B和¹²C(d,p)¹³C抽取¹²B<—>¹¹B+n和¹³C<—>¹²C+n重叠函数的核渐近归一化常数,计算了¹²B和¹³C核中价中子密度分布的均方根半径及其在核外的几率.实验结果表明,¹²B的第二(J^π=2^－),第三(J^π=1^－)激发态和13C的第一(J^π=1/2⁺)激发态为中子晕态,而¹³C的第三(J^π=5/2⁺)激发态是中子皮态.考察了库仑势和角动量对晕形成的阻碍效应.提出了均方根半径对于有效核子分离能的统一的标度定律.     

CsI(Tl)晶体中反冲Cs和I核Quenching?Factor的测量

许多实验对用CsI(Tl)闪烁晶体作为探测器来寻找和探测暗物质的可行性进行了研究.本工作利用8MeV单能中子轰击CsI(Tl)晶体探测器来研究Cs核和I核的QuenchingFactor.在数据处理中,运用脉冲形状甄别(PSD)方法来分辨反冲核信号和本底信号.实验结果表明,在7keV到132keV的能区中,Quench ingFactor随着反冲核能量的减少而增加.在探测暗物质的实验中,这一性质对于CsI(Tl)晶体探测器获得较低的能量阈值是很有利的.