195859204
Absolute number of scintillation photons emitted by alpha-particles in rare gases
In order to determine absolute scintillation yields due to alpha particles in high pressure rare gases, the number of scintillation photons N/sub p/ was measured by using a VUV sensitive photodiode (PD) with a MgF/sub 2/ window and a Cs-Te photocathode with spectral quantum efficiency q/sub e/(/spl lambda/) measured as a function of wavelength /spl lambda/. The number of photoelectrons from the photocathode N/sub pe/ was measured absolutely by using charge-sensitive preamplifier calibrated in numbers of electrons. A collection efficiency F/sub ce/ at the photocathode for scintillation photons can be determined from solid angles subtended by the photocathode at a scintillation point under the condition that there is no photon reflected at surrounding wall. Then, N/sub p/ was determined from N/sub p/=N/sub pe//(Q/sub e/F/sub ce/), where Q/sub e/ is effective quantum efficiency calculated from q/sub e/(/spl lambda/) and a relative intensity I(/spl lambda/) of scintillation in rare gases at wavelength /spl lambda/. Although luminescence spectrums from rare gases emitted by radiation have been measured by many researchers, these spectrums were scarcely corrected by an efficiency of apparatus (e.g. efficiency of monochromator and scintillation detector) for /spl lambda/. In order to exactly determine the luminescence spectrums, these were also measured on our own terms. And, since it was reported that scintillation intensity from rare gases change with a pressure of rare gases, this experiments was carried out in a pressure range from 1.0/spl times/10/sup 5/ Pa to 1.0/spl times/10/sup 6/ Pa. The measurements were carried out in gaseous argon, krypton and xenon. In xenon of 1.0/spl times/10/sup 5/ Pa, N/sub p/ was measured to be 1.6/spl times/10/sup 5/.
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State-of-the-art and future prospects in rf superconductivity
94312812
High Field Studies on L-band Superconducting Cavities at KEK
Several 1.3 GHz single-cell and nine-cell niobium cavities were fabricated to attain a higher maximum accelerating gradient and to understand the phenomena limiting it. Vertical cold tests at {approx}1.8 K for the 4 single-cell cavities prepared by various surface treatments have been conducted 15 times. In eight of the tests, maximum accelerating gradients (E{sub acc}, max) of more than 14 MV/m were obtained with no field emission. Furthermore, E{sub acc}, max values of higher than 20 MV/m with a high Q{sub 0} value of {approx}10{sup 10} were achieved repeatedly after heat treatment at 1400 degrees C. Once quenching was observed at E{sub acc}, max (14 {approx} 20 MV/m), however, a common phenomenon resulting in Q{sub 0}-deterioration occurred in every test. The cavity performances and the phenomenon at high fields are reported in this paper.
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A New Material Evaluation Method on Niobium by Magnetization Measurement
As a new evaluation method for the material defects or surface contamination of niobium, we have tried magnetization measurement using very small niobium samples. We could see the hyst~resis curve varied depending on the sample's history. This method has a high sensitivity. Th~ m.f1uence ?y surface treatments was observed on the hysteresis curve; annealing, chemical p~hshmg, Q-dlsease due to hydrogen etc .. In this paper we will report several study results by this method.
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Activities on Superconducting Cavities at TOSHIBA
Abstructs R&D activities on superconducting cavities at TOSHIBA are presented. Two L-band single-cell niobium cavities and an L-band three-cell structure were fabricated in our company and measured at KEK. The maximum field gradient of Eacc,max>30MV/m in both single-cell cavities and Eacc,max =18MV/m in the three-cell structure were attained respectively. An optimization study on the annealing temperature for the hydrogen Q-disease is reported. R&D of hydroforming to fabricate seamless cavities is also presented.
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HIGHER HARMONICS BEAM LOADING COMPENSATION FOR A BROAD BAND MA-LOADED RF CAVITY
A broad band RF cavity loaded with magnetic alloy cores has been developed for the Japanese Hadron Facility synchrotrons. Its Q-value can be chosen at between 0.5 and 5. To reduce transient beam loading effects, a small Qvalue (< 3) is preferable to shorten the transient period. However, the circulating beam current of up to 7 A will induce a spurious voltage at the accelerating gap, which deforms the gap voltage due to higher harmonics components, if the Q-value is less than 3. The resulting RFbucket distortion may cause the beam loss. Therefore we have designed a beam loading compensation system to suppress the higher harmonics components.
13952308
Meson mixing amplitudes in asymmetric nuclear matter
Abstract Using a purely hadronic model, we study the charge-symmetry-breaking ρ – ω , σ – δ , σ – ρ and δ – ω mixing amplitudes in isospin asymmetric nuclear matter. The basic assumption of the model is that the mixing amplitude is generated by nucleon and antinucleon loops and hence driven entirely by the difference between proton and neutron Fermi momenta and the proton–neutron mass difference. We find that the behavior of the mixing amplitude is very complicated in the spacelike region and quite sensitive to the proton fraction of nuclear medium and nuclear density. In particular, in neutron rich nuclei (like Pb) and/or neutron stars the mixing amplitudes become about 10∼100 times as large as those in typical mirror nuclei.
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Relationship between the Quark-Meson Coupling Model and Quantum Hadrodynamics
Using the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model, we study nuclear matter from the point of view of quark degrees of freedom. Carrying out a re-definition of the scalar field in matter, we transform the QMC into a QHD-type model with a non-linear scalar potential. The potentials obtained from the QMC are compared with those of relativistic mean-field models. Since at present, rigorous studies of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) are limited to matter systems with high temperature and zero baryon density, it is important to build models that help to bridge the discrepancy between nuclear phenomenology and QCD. We have proposed a relativistic quark model for nuclear matter and finite nuclei that consists of non-overlapping nucleon bags bound by the self-consistent exchange of isoscalar, scalar (σ) and vector (ω) mesons in the mean-field approximation (MFA). This model is called the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model. 1) It has also been found in recent theoretical studies that various properties of finite nuclei can be described very well by relativistic mean-field (RMF) models, i.e., quantum hadrodynamics (QHD). 2) In this Letter, we consider the relationship between the QMC and the QHD and study howthe internal structure of the nucleon plays a role in effective nuclear models. In our previous works, 1) the MIT bag model has been used to describe the quark structure of the nucleon. Because the confined quarks interact with the scalar field σ in matter, the effective nucleon mass M � N in the QMC is given by a function of σ through the quark model of the nucleon. (Although the quarks also interact with the ω meson, it has no effect on the nucleon structure, except for a shift in the nucleon energy. 1) ) The (relativistic) constituent quark model (CQM) is an alternative model for the nucleon. Recently, Shen and Toki 3) have proposed a newversion of the QMC — the quark mean-field (QMF) model, in which the CQM is used to describe the nucleon. In the present study, in addition to the bag model (BM), we use the relativistic CQM with confining potentials V (r) of a square well (SW) and harmonic oscillator (HO) type to see the dependence of the matter properties on the quark model. It is assumed that the light (u or d) quark mass mq is 300 MeV in the CQM and 0 MeV in the BM. Furthermore, we introduce a Lorentz vector-type confining potential that is proportional to γ0, in addition to one of the scalar type, as
18878762
Nucleon structure effect on the longitudinal response function
Using the quark-meson coupling model, we study the longitudinal response function for quasielastic electron scattering from nuclear matter within relativistic RPA. In QMC the coupling constant between the scalar meson and the nucleon is expected to decrease with increasing nuclear density. Furthermore, since the electromagnetic form factors of the in-medium nucleon are modified at the same time, the longitudinal response function and the Coulomb sum are reduced by a total of about 20% in comparison with the Hartree contribution.
14114906
Clear anti-correlation between luminosity and high energy cutoff in the low/hard state of the black hole candidate GX339-4
We have analyzed the 171 RXTE data sets of the black hole candidate GX 339-4 in the low/hard state during its 1996--2005 outburst. All the broadband spectra were successfully modeled by a simple analytic model, power-law with an exponential cutoff. The obtained energy cutoff($E_{\rm{cut}}$) is distributed over 50--300 keV, and the photon index over 1.4-1.6. We found a clear correlation ($E_{\rm{cut}}$ is proportional to $L^{-0.75 \pm 0.04}$) between luminosity in 2-200 keV (L) and $E_{\rm{cut}}$ when L is larger than 5$\times 10^{37}$ erg $s^{-1}$, while $E_{\rm{cut}}$ is almost constant at 200 keV when L is smaller than 5$\times 10^{37}$ erg $s^{-1}$. This anti-correlation is unchanged by adopting the more physical model of thermal Comptonization by Sunyaev and Titarchuk, although a slightly different relation is obtained as the electron temperature is proportional to $L^{-0.23 \pm 0.02}$. These anti-correlations are qualitatively explained by a picture where the energy flow rate from protons to electrons balance with cooling due to inverse Compton scattering.
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High momentum component in the deuteron
The high momentum component in the deuteron, which stems from the short range part of the nucleon-nucleon interaction, is studied in they-scaling function and the structure functionF2 of the deuteron. We use not only some non-relativistic wave functions but also relativistic ones. It is shown that the relativistic mechanism or a six-quark state in the nucleon-nucleon interaction yields a large high momentum component.