Cooling of energy spreads in charged particle beams using intratarget acceleration in gas cells

A device is described by which low cross section reactions using charged particle beams can be determined with very high energy resolution. Energy losses incurred by the projectiles during traversal of the target medium are compensated by intratarget acceleration, allowing the use of thick targets to obtain adequate reaction yields. Energy spreads originally present in the beam, as well as spreads introduced by straggling, are cooled through the interaction with crossed electric and magnetic fields. As an example the application of the technique to a search for parity mixing among nuclear levels in radiative alpha particle capture is discussed.     

激波驱动稠密固体相微米颗粒群加速性能的实验研究

设计水平激波管-加速直管段-装载室-尾喷嘴组合装置,利用动态压力测量和高速摄影技术,实验研究了不同尾喷嘴类型、颗粒直径、马赫数和装载比下伴随激波和微米级稠密固体颗粒相的气固两相流现象和颗粒加速规律。得出：（1）稠密颗粒相时,喷嘴类型对颗粒群加速效果排序可能为扩张型>收缩型>缩放型,与稀颗粒相情形不同,必须考虑激波衰减、颗粒团聚、壁面摩擦和颗粒拥堵的影响;（2）直径越大,颗粒加速效果越好,不能以单颗粒直径估计曳力大小,须考虑颗粒团聚的影响;（3）激波马赫数越大,颗粒群加速效果越好;（4）颗粒装载比较小时,颗粒群在收缩喷嘴内的加速效果较好,但装载比达到一定程度后,其进一步增大影响不大。     

Absolute calibration of accelerator beam energies by the crossover technique

An absolute method for the determination of the energy of a charged particle beam is described. The method is based on 0423 0450 V 2 scattering kinematics and exploits the variation with angle of the energy of particles scattered by elastic and inelastic processes 0423 0450 V 3 from different target nuclei. A determination of the angle at which particles scattered by two different reactions have the same 0423 0450 V 3 energy allows a precise calculation of the energy of the incident ion beam if the relativistic corrections are taken into account. A 0423 0450 V 3 simple system capable of supplying an absolute and accurate information on the beam energy in a short time has been designed and 0423 0450 V 3 tested. The system allows beam energy determinations over a wide energy range, from a few MeV up to several tens MeV and is not limited to some energy values in particular, in contrast with the use of resonance or threshold reactions. The system can in particular be employed for the calibration of accelerator beam energies in the energy interval typical of medium-energy commercial 0423 0450 V 3 cyclotrons, an increasing number of which are in operation in industry and in many fields of applied research. The paper briefly illustrates the theory underlying the “crossover” technique, describes the experimental apparatus and procedure and reports on experimental results for 12–36 MeV protons. The correction factors to be considered to fully exploit the accuracy of the technique 0423 0450 V 3 are discussed. The application of the method to the energy calibration of beams of deuterons and helium ions is described. A secondary and faster calibration procedure is also reported. This is derived from the main technique and can be routinely used once a number of energies have been determined and a sufficient data base of energy values has been built up. It is demonstrated that this secondary method is almost as accurate as the main technique.     

Particle characterization and separation by a coupled acoustic-gravity field

A coupled acoustic-gravity field is proposed as a novel external field for particle separation and characterization. When a standing plane ultrasound wave is generated, particles move to the node of the wave along the ultrasound force gradient. If the particles also undergo a sedimentation force, they aggregate at the equilibrium position, where these two forces are balanced. The equilibrium position, which is determined by the density and compressibility of a medium and particles, characterizes the particles. The local ultrasound energy, which is necessary for quantitative discussions, is evaluated by using a standard particle, the physical parameters of which are unambiguously determined; aluminum particles are used in the present study. The local ultrasound energy makes possible the determination of the compressibility of unknown materials. Nonporous particles of inorganic and polymeric materials, the particle sizes of which range from 3 to 100 microm, follow a derived model, suggesting that the local ultrasound energy and a derived model be valid. The proposed external field can be used for separation of particles having different acoustic natures.     

Plastic scintillating fibers for track detection

A particle track detector consisting of plastic scintillating fibers and a gatable image intensifier system has been developed and tested with pion, proton and deuteron beams of 1 GeV/c. We have observed clear tracks of beams and scattered particles at a beam rate of up to 10⁵ particles per second. Tracks have been recorded by using a CCD video camera at a trigger rate of around 30 Hz. The energy and spatial resolutions have been investigated.     

Scattering of Light from Two Interacting Spherical Particles

Abstract

Linear optical properties of two spherical particles interacting via their dipole fields are studied. The dipole susceptibility and cross-sections of extinction, scattering and dissipation are found as functions of susceptibility χ₀ of an isolated particle. The case of arbitrary distance between particles is considered (which include interaction in near-zone, transitional-zone and far-zone). It is shown, that radiative energy losses of an oscillating dipole give rise to a finite phase shift between oscillations of the dipole and it's electromagnetic field in the near-zone. Application of this fact to the problem of two interacting dipoles leads to appearance of two additional resonances of susceptibility of the pair with radiative half-width tending to be zero when r₁₂→0 as (r₁₂/λ)², where r ₁₂ is the distance between particles.     

Physical processes within a 2D granular layer during an impact

In this paper, the impact of a block on a coarse granular soil corresponding to rockfall events is investigated using the Discrete Element Method. Different impacting particle and medium characteristics (impact point, impacting particle size and shape, sample height, etc.) are considered. The numerical results first exhibit the physical phenomena involved in the interaction between the impacting particle and the granular medium. The impact process starts with the partial energy exchange from the impacting particle to the soil. This phase is followed by the propagation of a shockwave from the impact point and a wave reflection on the bottom wall of the sample. A second energy exchange from soil particles to the impacting particle can occur if the reflected wave reaches the soil surface before the end of the impact. Based on these investigations, the impacting particle bouncing occurrence diagram is defined for various impacting particle sizes, incident kinematic parameters and sample heights. The bouncing occurrence diagram brings out three impact regimes. For a small impacting particle, the impact is mainly determined by the first interaction between the impacting particle and the soil, whereas for an intermediate-sized impacting particle, the shockwave propagation through the sample is the leading phenomenon. For a large impacting particle, bouncing is associated with the formation of a compact layer below the impacting particle.     

Light scattering by optically soft large particles of arbitrary shape

Light scattering by chaotically oriented optically soft large particles of arbitrary shape is considered within the framework of the Rayleigh-Gans approximation. It has been shown that outside the forward direction, the scattering pattern has the dependence of Δk??(1+cos2θ), where is an average particle surface area, Δk is the difference between scattered and initial wave vectors, θ is the scattering angle, and this pattern is independent of particle shape. A simple approximating formula is suggested, which correctly describes the scattering pattern in the entire range of scattering angles. This formula is compared to the particular case of size-distributed spherical particles and is shown to have high accuracy. Also, it is shown that the inherent optical properties, as total, transport, and backward scattering coefficients, are determined by the specific particle surface area and the effective particle size.     

Light scattering from nonspherical airborne particles: experimental and theoretical comparisons

A laser light-scattering instrument has been designed to permit an investigation of the spatial intensity distribution of light scattered by individual airborne particles constrained within a laminar flow, with a view to providing a means of classifying the particles in terms of their shape and size. Ultimately, a means of detecting small concentrations of potentially hazardous particles, such as asbestos fiber, is sought. The instrument captures data relating to the spatial distribution of light scattered from individual particles in flow. As part of an investigation to optimize orientation control over particles within the sample airstream, the instrument has been challenged with nonspherical particles of defined shape and size, and a simple theoretical treatment based on the Rayleigh-Gans formalism has been used to model the spatial intensity distribution of light scattered from these particle types and hence derive particle orientation data. Both experimental and theoretical scattering data arepresented, showing good agreement for all particle types examined.     

Reversible Conductive Inkjet Printing of Healable and Recyclable Electrodes on Cardboard and Paper

Conductive inkjet printing with metal nanoparticles is irreversible because the particles are sintered into a continuous metal film. The resulting structures are difficult to remove or repair and prone to cracking. Here, a hybrid ink is used to obviate the sintering step and print interconnected particle networks that become highly conductive immediately after drying. It is shown that reversible conductive printing is possible on low‐cost cardboard samples after applying standard paper industry coats that are adapted in terms of surface energy and porosity. The conductivity of the printed films approaches that of sintered standard inks on the same substrate, but the mobility of the hybrid particle film makes them less sensitive to cracks during bending and folding of the substrate. Damages that occur can be partially repaired by wetting the film such that particle mobility is increased and particles move to bridge insulating gaps in the film. It is demonstrated that the conductive material can be recovered from the cardboard at the end of its life time and be redispersed to recycle the particles and reuse them in conductive inks.     

Thermal radiation of nanoparticles occurring at a heated flat surface in vacuum

The most general expression for the rate of radiative heating (cooling) of an electrically neutral nanoparticle occurring in vacuum near a flat surface of a homogeneous polarizable medium is obtained for the first time. The magnetic polarizability of a conducting nanoparticle radically influences the rate of heat exchange between this particle and a metal surface. The rate of radiative cooling is several orders of magnitude higher than the power density of thermal radiation from a blackbody of the same size. This ratio is retained for micron size particles occurring at a distance of several hundred microns from the surface.     

Modeling the dynamics of several particles behind a propagating shock wave

The interaction of a shock wave in a gas phase with a system of particles moving in this gas has been numerically simulated. The wave pattern of the nonstationary interaction of the propagating shock wave with these particles is described in detail. The mathematical model and computational technology employed is compared with experimental data on the dynamics of particles behind the shock wave. It is established that the approximate model of separate particles used to calculate relaxation of their velocities unsatisfactorily operates in the presence of a mutual influence of particles, whereby one particle can occur in the aerodynamic shadow of an adjacent particle.     

A coupled numerical analysis of shield temperatures, heat losses and residual gas pressures in an evacuated super-insulation using thermal and fluid networks: Part I: Stationary conditions

This paper describes numerical simulations, using thermal networks, of shield temperatures and radiative and conductive heat losses of a super-insulated cryogenic storage tank operating at 77 K. Interactions between radiation and conductive heat transfer modes in the shields are investigated, by calculation of local shield temperatures. As a new method, fluid networks are introduced for calculation of stationary residual gas pressure distribution in the evacuated multilayer super-insulation. Output from the fluid network is coupled to the iterative thermal network calculations. Parameter tests concern thickness and emissivity of shields, degree of perforation, residual gas sources like desorption from radiation shields, spacers and container walls, and permeation from the inner container to the evacuated insulation space. Variations of either a conductive (thickness of Al-film on Mylar) or a radiative parameter (thermal emissivity) exert crosswise influences on the radiative or conductive heat losses of the tank, respectively.     

Pulsed laser technique application to liquid and gaseous flows and the scattering power of seed materials

Mie scattering computations have been performed for light scattered by small particles from a pulsed sheet of laser illumination and collected and imaged by a camera lens. From these computations the smallest particles that can be photographed in various fluid measurement situations, including air and water, have been determined in terms of system parameters such as laser power, light sheet geometry, f/No., and photographic film properties. The particle scattering requirements of the individual particle image mode and the speckle mode are compared.     

Generalized Lorenz–Mie scattering theory for focused radiation and finite solids of revolution: case I: symmetrically polarized beams

Interaction of focused radiation with spherical and finite cylindrical homogeneous particles is considered. The aim of this investigation is to calculate the structure of the electromagnetic (EM) fields scattered by and propagated within the scattering objects. The incident EM fields are assumed to be focused fields in the image space of an aplanatic system with or without aberrations of category one. The radiation in the object space is assumed to be symmetrically polarized. The incident fields in the neighbourhood of the focus are calculated using the well-known theory of Richards and Wolf and a methodology developed by the author. At the interface between the homogeneous and the image space of the aplanatic system, the continuity conditions of the tangential components of the electric displacement and magnetic moment vectors are satisfied. The procedure results in dual discretized-Fredholm integral equations that are solved using orthogonal expansions. It is assumed that the scattered field, at large distances from the focus, is a spherical wave propagating away from the focus. Scattering by objects of various materials ranging from dielectric to perfect conductor is studied. The theory and its solution developed here allow for the scattering objects to be located anywhere along the optical axis in the image space. One of the main objectives is to calculate the energy distribution at the tip of the cylindrical homogeneous particle. Numerical calculations suggest that energy density at the tip is further enhanced if the cylindrical homogeneous particle is placed away from focus.     

Interpretation of single-particle negative polarization at intermediate scattering angles

We study the interrelation of the internal field of irregular particles to the far-field scattering characteristics by modifying the internal field of dipole groups. In this paper, we concentrate on the longitudinal component, i.e., the internal-field component parallel to the incident wave vector. We use the discrete-dipole approximation to determine the internal field and switch off the longitudinal component from the dipoles that have the highest energy density above a preset cutoff value. We conclude that only a relatively small number of core dipoles, about 5% of all dipoles, contribute to the negative linear polarization at intermediate scattering angles. These core dipole groups are located at the forward part of the particles. The number of core dipoles in the group becomes greater as particle asphericity increases. We find that the interference between the scattered waves from the core dipole groups, which was studied previously for spherical particles, is preserved to a large extent for nonspherical particles.     

Radiative heat exchange between two zones,one of which consists of suspended particles

Zonal calculation of radiative heat exchange is examined for a closed system which consists of an aggregate of suspended gray particles and of gray shell [casing] walls.     

胶体中布朗粒子简谐束缚下准直高斯光束的动态光散射

在将散射粒子间的相互作用看作简谐力、入射光为准直高斯光束、散射光为理想平面光波的模型下研究了胶体溶液中布朗粒子的统计特征并求解了动态光散射的散射光电场强度的自相关函数；     

颗粒碰撞阻尼的时效性研究

颗粒碰撞阻尼是一种被动式振动控制器,其中颗粒材料在冲击过程中的尺度和形貌变化必然对其减振性能产生重要影响。文中初次探讨了带有中值粒度为35微米的锌颗粒的颗粒碰撞阻尼器在96小时内对正弦激励悬臂梁的阻尼减振的时效性。研究证明,主系统的响应在所考察的时间历程内出现了三次微幅上升,它是锌颗粒材料在冲击作用下结构和能态变化的结果。首先,随着冲击的进程,颗粒的冷焊效应阻碍了冲击器的运动速度,降低了冲击器的动量交换功能。第二,颗粒应变能和层错能的下降降低了系统的不可逆能耗。第三,颗粒的细化使其本身缺陷减少,进一步细化的难度增加,也使得系统内的不可逆能耗不断减小。这是主系统的响应随着振动历程出现了两次阶跃性微幅上升的主要原因。