Phase transitions in the H+-conducting perovskite ceramics by the quasi-elastic neutron and high-pressure Raman scattering

H⁺-containing lanthanide-doped perovskites A(Ba, Sr etc.)B(Zr, Ce, Ti etc.)O₃ are potential ceramic membranes for fuel cell and medium temperature water electrolysis (300–800 °C). The comparison studies of the hydrated and non-hydrated Yb-doped BaZrO₃ and SrZrO₃ were performed by thermal expansion, medium–high temperature neutron and room-temperature high-pressure Raman scattering. Neutron diffraction and elastic/quasi-elastic studies carried out for BaZrO₃ ceramic show the presence of the protons, their successive diffusion above ∼600 °C, and then their departure above 750 °C (under vacuum). Phase transitions and their modification by proton insertion are discussed. A high-pressure Raman study of SrZrO₃ performed at room temperature in the diamond anvil cell reveals the presence of two pressure-induced phase transitions at about 5 and 22 GPa and confirms that proton insertion modifies the phase transition sequences. Paper presented at the 11th EuroConference on the Science and Technology of Ionics, Batz-sur-Mer, Sept. 9–15, 2007.     

具广义边界条件的平板中子迁移方程解的渐近性质

引进上下解的概念，并利用其性质，讨论了平板几何上有一般反射边界条件的中子迁移方程解的渐近性质。     

Analysis of inelastic neutron scattering results on model compounds of the nitrogenous bases of the nucleotides

The role that model compounds can play in understanding the vibrational eigenvectors of molecules is discussed. Assigning the spectra of model compounds is of particular importance and the individual-scaling approach, that has been used with isolated molecule ab-initio calculations, is outlined. Special emphasis is given to recent work on assigning the spectra of three 5–6 heterobicyclic systems; indole, benzimidazole and isatin.      

多维非定常中子迁移方程Galerkin有限元法近似解的收敛性和广义解的存在性

使用Galerkin有限元法研究了多维非定常中子迁移方程，证明了Galerkin有限元法近似解的收敛性和广义解的存在性．     

13.5—14.6MeV能区中子引起的50Cr(n,2n)49Cr和52Cr(n,2n)51Cr核反应截面的测量

报告了在13.5-14.6MeV中子能区，用活化法(以93Nb(n，2n)92mNb反应截面为中子注量标准)测得的50Cr(n, 2n)49Cr和52Cr(n, 2n)51Cr的反应截面. 由能量为13.5±0.3 ,14.1±0.2,14.4±0.3 和14.6±0.3MeV的中子引起的50Cr(n, 2n)49Cr反应截面值分别为3.4±0.2,6.8±0.3,21.5±1.0 和25.0±1.2mb，52Cr(n, 2n)51Cr的反应截面值分别为185±10,193±9,258±13 和332±16mb. 单能中子用T(d,n)4He反应获得，其能量用铌锆截面比法测定. 另外，为避免热中子引发的50Cr(n, 2g)51Cr对52Cr(n, 2n)51Cr反应截面的影响，在样品被辐照过程中对样品进行了包镉处理，并将实验结果与尽可能收集到的其它实验数据进行了比较.     

Sound velocity in dense stellar matter with strangeness and compact stars

The phase state of dense matter in the intermediate density range (\begin{document}$\sim$\end{document}1-10 times the nuclear saturation density) is both intriguing and unclear and can have important observable effects in the present gravitational wave era of neutron stars. As matter density increases in compact stars, the sound velocity is expected to approach the conformal limit (\begin{document}$c_s/c=1/\sqrt{3}$\end{document}) at high densities and should also fulfill the causality limit (\begin{document}$c_s/c<1$\end{document}). However, its detailed behavior remains a prominent topic of debate. It was suggested that the sound velocity of dense matter could be an important indicator of a deconfinement phase transition, where a particular shape might be expected for its density dependence. In this work, we explore the general properties of the sound velocity and the adiabatic index of dense matter in hybrid stars as well as in neutron stars and quark stars. Various conditions are employed for the hadron-quark phase transition with varying interface tension. We find that the expected behavior of the sound velocity can also be achieved by the nonperturbative properties of the quark phase, in addition to a deconfinement phase transition. Moreover, it leads to a more compact star with a similar mass. We then propose a new class of quark star equation of states, which can be tested by future high-precision radius measurements of pulsar-like objects.     

First neutron Bragg-edge imaging experimental results at CSNS

The neutron Bragg-edge imaging is expected to be a new non-destructive energy-resolved neutron imaging technique for quantitatively two-dimensional or three-dimensional visualizing crystallographic information in a bulk material, which could be benefited from pulsed neutron source. Here we build a Bragg-edge imaging system on the General Purpose Powder Diffractometer at the China Spallation Neutron Source. The residual strain mapping of a bent Q235 ferrite steel sample has been achieved with a spectral resolution of 0.15% by the time-of-flight neutron Bragg-edge imaging on this system. The results show its great potential applications in materials science and engineering.