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2011 Vol. 28, No. 4

Nuclear Physics
Extracting the Symmetry Energy Information with Heavy Ion Collisions
ZHANG Ying-xun, LU Xiao-hua, ZHAO Kai, LI Zhu-xia, M.B.Tsang, P.Danielewicz
2011, 28(4): 377-395. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.377
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Nuclear symmetry energy plays an important role in the properties of nuclei and neutron stars. Since theoretical predictions of the density dependence of symmetry energy S(ρ) from microscopic nucleonnucleon interactions show large uncertainties, especially in the region of suprasaturation density, constraining the density dependence of symmetry energy has become one of the main goals in nuclear physics and has stimulated many theoretical and experimental studies. In this paper, we have reviewed the ImQMD05 code and its description on charge distribution, collective flow and nuclearnuclear stopping. By comparing ImQMD05 prediction with data, the isoscalar part of nucleonic mean field, the energy and density dependence of inmedium NN cross sectoin in the ImQMD05 were determined. In order to extracting the symmetry energy information by comparing the ImQMD05 calculations with the data for 112, 124Sn+112, 124 Sn at Ebeam=50 MeV/u, the influence of symmetry potential and inmedium NN cross section on the isospin sensitive observables of intermediateenergy heavyion collisions was investigated. Focusing on the region above the Fermi energy, our results show that the symmetry potential plays a more important role in the experimental observables, such as double neutron to proton ratio and the isospin transport ratio Ri, than that the inmedium nucleonnucleon cross section does. Since the copious production of intermediate mass fragments is a distinguishing feature of intermediateenergy heavyion collisions, we also examined the influence of cluster emission on the isospin transport ratio using different isospin tracers. The values of the isospin transport ratios with the tracer defined by the isospin asymmetry of the heaviest fragments with Z≥20 in the projectile region is greater than those obtained from projectile residues (emitting source). This phenomenon can be tested experimentally. By comparing the ImQMD05 predictions with the data for three observables, the selfconsistent constraints on the symmetry energy at subsaturation density were obtained.
A Microscopic Calculation of Incompressibility of Asymmetric Nuclear Matter
CAO Gao-qing, ZUO Wei, #, LI Jian-yang, GAN Sheng-xin, U.Lombardo
2011, 28(4): 396-403. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.396
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We have investigated the incompressibility of asymmetric nuclear matter within the BruecknerHartreeFock approach extended to include a microscopic threebody force. The isospindependence and densitydependence of the nuclear incompressibility have been obtained and discussed. It is shown that the incompressibility at a fixed density increases monotonically as a function of isospin asymmetry. The isospin asymmetry dependence of the equilibrium properties of asymmetric nuclear matter is also predicted and compared with the results of other theoretical approaches.
Investigations of J/Ψ Anomalous Suppressions in Pb-Pb Collisions at 158 AGeV/c
JIANG Zhi-jin
2011, 28(4): 404-407. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.404
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On the basis of nuclear and comover absorption theories, we have derived out the differential cross section of J/Ψ production in high-energy heavy-ion collisions under the situation that QGP phase transition occurs, and analyzed the experimental data of NA50 Collaboration at CERN in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 AGeV/c. Our theory favors the data well.
Covariant Kaon Dynamics and Properties of Quasi-particle Models
WANG Yan-yan, ZHU Yu-lan, XING Yong-zhong, #, ZHENG Yu-ming
2011, 28(4): 408-415. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.408
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In the present paper, we briefly review the progress in the study of kaon production in heavy\|ion collisions at intermediate and high energies and introduce the covariant kaon dynamics model. The collective flows of positively charged kaon and the lambda hyperon associated produced with kaon are studied in the framework of the dynamics. It shows that the directed differential flow of K+ meson and Λ hyperon can be reasonably reproduced in the covariant kaon dynamics model. The calculated results with soft equation of nuclear matter are in better agrement with experimental data. Meawhile, a detailed comparison of the properites of different quasi\|particle models in various transport model and the influence of nucleon’s movement on the effective mass and energy of the quasi\|particle in the covariant kaon dynamics model are discussed.
Delta Excitation Calculation Studies in Compressed Finite Spherical Nucleus 40Ca
Mohammed H. E. Abu-Sei’leek
2011, 28(4): 416-422. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.416
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With an oscillator basis, the nuclear Hamiltonian is defined in a nocore model space. It consists of an effective nucleonnucleon interaction obtained with Brueckner theory from the Reid soft core interaction, a Coulomb potential, nucleondelta transition potentials, and deltadelta interaction terms. By performing spherical HartreeFock (SHF) calculations with the realistic baryon Hamiltonian, the ground state properties of 40Ca are studied. For an estimate of how the delta degree of freedom is excited, SHF calculations are performed with a radial constraint to compress the nucleus. The delta degree of freedom is gradually populated as the nucleus is compressed. The number of Δ’s is decreased by increasing model space. Large amount of the compressive energy is delivered to create massive Δ in the nucleus. There is a significant reduction in the static compression modulus for RSC static compressions which is reduced by including the Δ excitations. The static compression modulus is decreased significantly by en larging the nucleon model space. The results suggest that inclusion of the delta in the nuclear dynamics could head to a significant softening of the nuclear equation of state.
Recent Progress for Observation of Groundstate Twoproton Decay
XU Shu-wei, XIE Yuan-xiang
2011, 28(4): 423-427. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.423
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The ground-state two-proton decay is an exotic decay beyond proton drip line. It deals with the structure behavior of the proton pair at outside orbital in a proton dripline nucleus, and can be used to check the current nuclear model under extreme condition. Experimental observation of groundstate twoproton decay has been widely considered as a challenge because of very low production cross section. In this short paper, the breakthrough of searching groundstate twoproton decay is briefly reviewed, which was made more than 40 years after the early theoretical prediction was proposed.
Investigation of Resonant Properties in 18Ne via a Thicktarget Method of 17F+p
HU Jun, HE Jian-jun, #, XU Shi-wei, CHEN Zhi-qiang, ZHANG Xue-ying, WANG Jian-song, YU Xiang-qing, SU Jun, LI Er-tao, WANG Hong-wei, TIAN Wen-dong, LI Long, ZHANG Li-yong, YANG Yan-yun, MA Peng, ZHANG Xue-heng, HU Zheng-guo, GUO Zhong-yan, XU Xing, YUAN Xiao-hua, LU Wan, YU Yu-hong, ZANG Yong-dong, TANG Shu-wen, YE Rui-ping, CHEN Jin-da, JIN Shi-lun, DU Cheng-ming, WANG Shi-tao, MA Jun-bing, LIU Long-xiang, BAI Zhen, LEI Xiang-guo, SUN Zhi-yu, LI Xiang-qing, ZHANG Yu-hu, ZHOU Xiao-hong, XU Hu-shan
2011, 28(4): 428-432. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.428
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Resonant properties in18Ne relevant to the stellar reaction of 14O(α, p)17F have been investigated through a resonant elastic scattering of 17F+p. The 17F RI beam was produced via a projectilefragmentation reaction, and subsequently separated and purified by Radioactive Ion beam Line in Lanzhou(RIBLL). After a series of energy degradation,a 4.22 AMeV 17F beam bombarded a thick(CH2)ntarget at T2 terminal. Energy and angle of the recoiled protons were measured by two sets of ∆E-E silicon telescope at θlab≈2.3°,14° respectively. Several resonances in 18Ne were observed,and their resonant parametersincluding energy,spinparity and decay width have been determined by an R-Matrix analysis of the experimental excitation function.
Winger Function for Spin Half Non-commutative Landau Problem
WANG Ya-hui, YAN Jiang-feng, YUAN Yi
2011, 28(4): 433-438. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.433
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With great significance in describing the state of quantum system, the Wigner function of the spin half noncommutative Landau problem is studied in this paper. On the basis of the review of the Wigner function in the commutative space, which is subject to the *eigenvalue equation, Hamiltonian of the spin half Landau problem in the noncommutative phase space is given. Then, energy levels and Wigner functions in the form of a matrix of the spin half Landau problem in the noncommutative phase space are obtained by means of the *-eigenvalue equation (or Moyal equation).
Accelerator
Ion Sources for Focus Ion Beam System
SHANG, ZHAO Huan-yu
2011, 28(4): 439-443. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.439
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There are two kinds of ion sources, LiquidMetal Ion Source and Gas Field Ion Source, used to provide ion beams for the Focus Ion Beam system. The working mechanism of the two kinds of sources is presented and their advantages and disadvantages are summarized. With the rapid development in the nano technology, the requirements are hardly met with these two kinds of ion sources. Therefore, a new kind of ion source, electron beam ion source, is developed for the Focus Ion Beam system. The basic principle of the electron beam ion source is introduced and the design parameters, the result of the simulation (20 kV Ar+, extracted emittance is 5.8×10-5π·mm·mrad, raduis of the ion beam about 1 μm.) and the primary experimental results are presented.
Measurement of MA Core for HIRFL-CSRm Loaded RF Compression Cavity
MEI Li-rong, XU Zhe, JIN Peng, BIAN Zhi-bin, YUAN You-jin, ZHAO Hong-wei
2011, 28(4): 444-447. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.444
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A high voltage RF cavity is required to compress the beam bunch in the longitudinal for high energy density physics and plasma physics research at HIRFLCSRm. A magnetic alloy (MA)loaded cavity which has high acceleration gradient and without tuning loop (can simplify the RF control system), can meet the requirement. In order to select a proper MA material with higher permeability and shunt impe dance, Q< 1 value to load the RF compression cavity, two different MA materials V and A have been tes ted. The results indicate that the material V will be better for the construction of the RF cavity than material A because of its higher permeability and shunt impedance, Q< 1 value.
Matrix Method and Program Design of Intense Beam Transport in Quadrupole Magnet
LI Chao-long, SHI Hai-quan, LÜ Jianqin
2011, 28(4): 448-453. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.448
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It is very difficalt to calculate the nonlinear transport of a intense beam, because the particle trajectories depend on the electric potentials excited by the particle beams, and the electric potentials of the beams depend on the particle trajectories and the particle distributions in the phase spaces. So, it is necessary to solve the problem by iterations to get selfconsistent solutions.We use transport matrix method to analyze the transportation in quadrupole magnet of nonintense pulsed beam and intense pulsed beam respectively, and write a computer code for the pulsed beam transporting in quadrupole magnet. The selfconsistent solution can obtained by using iteration calculation method. During the calculation, the result can be shown by the prompt graph.
Dynamic Stabilities by Use of Periodic Bent Crystal as Beam Control Cell
LI Hong-tao, LUO Shi-yu#, SHAO Ming-zhu
2011, 28(4): 454-458. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.454
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In the classical mechanics frame and with a dipole approximation the particle motion equation in the periodic bent crystal is reduced to the general pendulum equation with a damping term and the forced term by using the sinesquared potential. This paper discusses the problem of the subharmonic bifurcation of the periodic orbit and the stabilities of the channeling motion by using Melnikov method, so as to derive the critical condition and the dechanneling length of the periodic bent crystal. The results show that channeling motion must be stable in addition that the crystal length is smaller than the dechanneling length in order to ensure higher extracted efficiency. The analysis of the critical condition shows that the system stabilities are related to its parameters. Just by properly regulating the parameters of the system, the dynamic stabilities by the use of periodic bent crystal as beam control cell can be ensured.
Nuclear Technology
Preliminary Test of One-dimensional Position Encoding Read-out for MICROMEGAS
HU Rong-jiang, DUAN Li-min, YANG He-run, LU Chen-gui, JIN Gen-min, MA Peng, LI Zu-yu, ZHANG Jin-xia
2011, 28(4): 459-463. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.459
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The basic principles and implementation of onedimensional position encoding readout for MICROMEGAS have been introduced in this paper. A 10 cm×10 cm prototype of onedimensional position encoding readout electrode based on printed circuit board was designed. Preliminary test indicates that the induction readout is feasible and the ideal charge distribution is 1∶2. X rays emitted from 55Fe source were collimated to one of strips on the readout electrode through a slit of 200 μm, position decoding well reproduced the position of the 55Fe source. For its limitations, we have proposed a onedimensional grouped position encoding readout technique to address a neighboring strips simultaneously fired situation. The amount of readout electronics is very easy to approach a obduction of 75% with position encoding read out technology.
A Data Acquisition System Based on PXI Bus for Array Detectors
LU Wan, CHEN Zhi-qiang, #, KONG Jie, SUN Zhi-yu, DU Cheng-ming, XIAO Guo-qing
2011, 28(4): 464-468. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.464
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A data acquisition system for array detectors is described. The system is based on PXI bus with standard NIM modules used as front\|end electronics. The system software is written in C/C++ language with its online analysis modules realized by ROOT class library. Several runs of the system under Linux show that it is reliable and is capable of handling event rates up to 40 k events/s for 1 ADC channel.
Study of Influence with Fourier Transform on Long Cable in Measurement of Fall Time of DPF Neutron Profile
GUO Hong-sheng, LI Ru-rong, TANG Deng-pan, YANG Gao-zhao, HU Qing-yuan, SI Fen-ni, ZHANG Jian-hua, PENG Tai-ping
2011, 28(4): 469-473. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.469
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The influence of the Fourier Transform on long cable in the measurement of fall time of DPF neutron profile is discussed by mathematical methods. The application of anticonvolution function with the Fourier Transform on long cable is analysed. The time interval between the peak
time and the time that the height falls 3 orders of magnitude after peak is measured with gateddetector array system which consists of PMT(photomultiplier tube) and organic scintillation crystal.
Cross Discipline
Performance Improvements of DSSC with EB Irradiated PAN/PEObased Gel Electrolyte
MA Yi-zhun, ZHU Ya-bin, WANG Zhi-guang, #, SHEN Tie-long, PANG Li-long, SONG Yin, SUN Jian-rong, YAO Cun-feng, WEI Kong-fang, ZHOU Ming, LI Yuan-fei, GOU Jie, SHENG Yan-bin
2011, 28(4): 474-478. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.474
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In this work, PAN/PEO (polyacrylonitrile/polyethylene oxide)based gel electrolyte was irradiated by electron beam (EB) with dose from 13 to 260 kGy. Then, DSSC (dyesensitized solar cell) was fabricated by the irradiated electrolyte and characterized. The results show that the efficiency of the DSSC fabricated by irradiated electrolyte is promoted comparing with DSSC fabricated by unirradiated electrolyte. And with irradiation dose increasing, the DSSC efficiency increases rapidly at first (0~65 kGy), then, drops down slowly (65~130 kGy), finally trends to a stable value (130~260 kGy). It indicates that there is an optimal irradiation dose, at which the promotion of DSSC efficiency is the highest, approximate 36%. Observed from the change of shortcircuit current, opencircuit voltage and fill factor, shortcircuit current promotion by EB irradiation is found to be the main reason of DSSC performance promotion. The time stability measurement of the DSSC indicates that EB irradiation on PAN/PEO electrolyte reduces the loss of efficiency and the limitingeffects become more apparent as the irradiation dose increases.
Induction of Early Longrange Epigenetic Changes by αirradiation in Arabidopsis thaliana Plants
XU Shu-yan, LI Fang-hua, WANG Ting, BIAN Po#, WU Yue-jin
2011, 28(4): 479-484. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.479
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Along the way, the mutagenic mechanism of lowenergy ions irradiation is a debatable issue. Recently, the existence of radiation induced longrange (mutagenic) effects in vivo in plants has been performed in a series of studies of our group, which account for the mutagenesis of lowenergy ions irradiation in a new perspective. However, numerous distinct biology phenomena remain to be addressed, which bear obvious characteristics to epigenetic. In the present study, using the expression of methylationrelated AtDML3 gene and methylation level of specific gene segments as end points, the methylation of cytosine, the most important feature of epigenetic, was investigated. It was shown that, in A. thaliana, rootloca lized αirradiation could induce epigenetic changes in aerial parts which avoided the direct irradiation. The radiation induced longrange epigenetic changes were confirmed in this study, which supplied innovative ideas for the further investigation of the mutagenetic mechanism of lowenergy ions irradiation.
Mutagenic Effect of Streptomyces Avermitilis Progressivity Irradiated by Ion Beam of 12C6+
WANG Shu-yang, CHE Ji-hong, BO Yong-heng, WANG Li-hua, LI Wen-jian, LIANG Jian-ping, LIU Jing, MA Xiao-qi
2011, 28(4): 485-488. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.485
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Mutagenic effect on the mutant highproducing strain ZJAVY1203 and the original strain ZJAVA1 irradiated by ion beam of 12C6+ have been investigated. The experimental results indicated that the original strain has higher survival rate and stronger resistance to radiation than mutant highproducing Strain at dose of 10 Gy. The mutant highproducing strain has higher survival rate and stronger resistance to radiation than the original strain at the dose higher than 30 Gy. The lethality was 97% and the highest rate of orthomutation was 34.2%, when ZJAV A1 was irradiated by 50 Gy 12C6+ beam. The lethality was 94.97% and the highest rate of orthomutation was 23.5% when ZJAVY1203 was irradiated by 30 Gy 12C6+ beam. The best radiation dose is decreased by progressivity irradiation.
Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Data
MENDF—A Code for Calculating Nuclear Data of Fission Nuclei below 200 MeV
CAI Chong-hai
2011, 28(4): 489-497. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.04.489
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Based on the spherical optical model, preequilibrium and HauserFeshbach statistical theory, the code MENDF (Medium Energy Nuclear Data for Fission) is written to calculate a complete set of nuclear data for fission nuclei in the mediumlow energy region (≤200 MeV). For neutron and proton induced reactions below 200 MeV, the total cross sections, reaction cross sections, elastic scattering differential cross sections, fission cross section, energy spectra of fission neutron and five kinds of emitting particles, etc. are calculated by MENDF. The calculated data generally agree with their corresponding experimental data. MENDF is widely used for nuclear data calculation and to establish ENDF6 formatted files for the mediumlow energy region in China.