One and two-photon detachment cross-sections of Ps-

We present detailed calculations for one- and two-photon above-threshold detachment (ATD) cross-sections of the negative positronium ion Ps ^- ( e ⁺ e ^- e ^- ), below the threshold of Ps(n = 2), using a configuration interaction (CI) method on a B splines basis. Both the one- and two-photon detachment cross-sections have a form similar to the corresponding spectra of the H^- ion, scaled accordingly. The peak value of the one-photon cross-section agrees very well with the calculations by Bathia and Drachman [1], while it differs from those by Igarashi et al. [2], which give a value of 15% lower. Two-photon detachment cross-sections are also reported. Received 24 January 2002 / Received in final form 9 April 2002 Published online 19 July 2002     

Coulomb excitation of 72 30Zn42

The reduced transition probability B(E2: 0₁ ⁺→ 2⁺) of ⁷²Zn has been measured for the first time by Coulomb excitation at intermediate energy. The result B(E2: 0₁ ⁺→ 2⁺) = 1740±210 e²fm⁴, corresponds to the deformation parameter β₂ of 0.23, in close agreement with expectations derived from the neighboring nucleus ⁷³Zn. A discussion of the evolution of the N = 40 sub-shell closure as a function of Z is presented. Received: 19 December 2001 / Accepted: 14 March 2002     

实验室X光激光研究现状和展望

综述近几年各国在实验室X光激光研究领域的进展与成果,并讨论了电子碰撞激发、三体复合泵浦等多种机制的实验室X光激光。     

选择模激励下塑料光纤频率响应特性的研究

由于塑料光纤有诸多优点,可以替代同轴电缆作为短距离通信网的传输介质。给出梯度塑料光纤的带宽计算模型,利用该模型计算了一系列选择模激励条件下塑料光纤频率响应特性,从而研究其带宽特性,并研究了不同光源线宽对光纤系统带宽的影响,得出的结论对塑料光纤的实际应用有一定指导意义。     

Two-photon excitation and luminescence of a CaWO4 scintillator

Luminescence of a CaWO₄ scintillator was studied in the temperature range 77–500 K using intense laser excitation in the 450–600 nm spectral region. Characteristics of the observed blue emission are similar to those of the intrinsic luminescence of calcium tungstate. The emission is concluded to be caused by cascade excitation of CaWO₄ that results in a two-photon excited (TPE) luminescence. The features of TPE luminescence of CaWO₄ are analysed in comparison to those obtained with UV and X-ray excitation.     

Core–valence luminescence in scintillators

The state of the art of core–valence luminescence (CVL) in a number of halides (BaF₂, CsCl, LiBaF₃, etc.) is analysed. The following items are discussed: common properties of CVL, a suppression of slow emission component in BaF₂, an effect of secondary excitation density on intensity and decay profile of the emission, a neutron–gamma discrimination, spectrum simulations, impurity-associated CVL, an origin of slow- and long-wavelength CVL components, a lattice relaxation, vibrations of lattice environment and phonon broadening of the emission bands.

Experimental results on impurity-associated CVL of Rb_1−xCs_xBr (x<0.2) are presented and discussed. It is shown that the impurity-associated luminescence gives us a convenient way for the improvement of light output and variation of the emission wavelength of the scintillators.     

Studies in nonlinear stochastic processes. III. Approximate solutions of nonlinear stochastic differential equations excited by Gaussian noise and harmonic disturbances

A fusion of the highly successful methods of harmonic and statistical linearization is used as a first approximation in determining, either iteratively or via a nonlinear integral equation, the effects of higher harmonics and non-Gaussian distortion terms on the second-order statistics of a wide variety of nonlinear stochastic differential equations perturbed by some linear combination of Gaussian noise and a periodic deterministic/stochastic excitation. Physical a posteriori applicability criteria are presented which justify when these higher order effects may be neglected. A simple modification of this statistical-harmonic linearization procedure based upon the Fokker-Planck variance is proposed.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant CHE75-20624.