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NUMERICAL METHODS TO THE SPACE CHARGE COMPENSATION (SCC) EFFECT OF THE LEBT BEAM
Numerical simulation as well as experimental researches on space charge compensation for high intensity, low energy ion beam has been done at Peking University (PKU). In this paper we will describe the simulation model proposed at PKU and use it on the PKU ECR single-charged ion source. It consists of a new concept of equivalent density and more consideration of physical process. A series of arithmetical equations is gained through theoretical derivation. Although no numerical solutions have been carried out from our computation, it is foreseeable that the final result will be achieved soon.
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Study of the Energy Modulated Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source for the Coupled RFQ-SFRFQ Cavity
The coupled RFQ and SFRFQ cavity has been manufactured and tested recently. According to the beam dynamic design, the input He beam within 120° phase width is designed for the cavity to achieve over 98% transmission efficiency. An energy modulated electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source was proposed and simulated. To achieve the 1% energy modulation on the 30keV direct current (DC) beam, two simplified RF power feeding structures for beam bunching were studied. The simulations show positive results as well as the bunched beam is achieved by the energy modulated ECR ion source.
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DESIGN OF THE TUNING SYSTEM FOR THE HE+ COUPLED RFQ-SFRFQ CAVITY
The CRS (coupled RFQ-SFRFQ) cavity is a new type linac that couples traditional RFQ (radio frequency quadrupole) and SFRFQ (separated function RFQ) electrodes into a single cavity. The overall design of the CRS cavity has been completed and the linac is being manufactured currently. In this paper, we aimed to design a frequency tuning system for the CRS cavity, which will be used to explore the electromagnetic field distribution between RFQ and SFRFQ sections in the cavity. The frequency range, variation of Q value, power consumption and electric field distribution were investigated. Based on the beam dynamic program SFRFQDYNv1.0, we analysed the beam transmission properties of the cavity under the unbalanced electric field distribution. The optimized parameters of the tuning system were obtained.
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A PEPPER-POT BASED DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF THE SINGLE-SHOT BEAM
In order to measure the peak current and the beam transversal distribution of an ampere-scale microsecond single-pulse ion beam, a novel single shot beam diagnostic device based on pepper-pot technique, which is a combination of Faraday cup and pepper-pot measurement facility, was developed at Peking University (PKU) [1]. It consists of a main Faraday cup with a pepper-pot mask at its bottom, and a Faraday cup array locating 3 mm away from the pepper-pot mask. This device has been tested at the PKU LEBT test bench and the measurement results are consistent with the results acquired by the Allison scanner. By replacing the Faraday cup array with a fluorescent screen and a CCD camera, this device becomes a facility that not only has the ability to measure the total beam current and the beam profile, but also has the capability to measure the beam emittance for CW or pulsed ion beams. Details will be presented in this paper.
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DESIGN OF A NON-INTERCEPTING BEAM DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE USING NEUTRAL BEAM FLUORESCENCE METHOD
The forward neutral beam from deflecting magntic field carries some characteristic properties of high intensity particle beams, such as profile, emittance etc. Therefore a reliable measurement of neutral beam fluorescence can be used to develop a fast and non-interceptive beam diagnostic tool. A non-intercepting beam emittance (profile) monitor using neutral beam fluorescence method has being constructed at Peking University. The monitor is designed to measure the transverse emittance in both directions on a low energy intense proton beams at the ion source (IS) test bench. The neutral particles are produced in the space charge compensation (SCC) zone. The mechanical design has been completed. The implementation, measurement, and comparison to multi-slit singlewire type emittance monitor will be carried out in the near future. The details of design and some preliminary results of measurement will be presented in this paper.
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Multidimensionally constrained relativistic mean-field study of triple-humped barriers in actinides
Background: Potential energy surfaces (PES's) of actinide nuclei are characterized by a two-humped barrier structure. At large deformations beyond the
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Description and comparison of algorithms for correcting anisotropic magnification in cryo-EM images.
Single particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) allows for structures of proteins and protein complexes to be determined from images of non-crystalline specimens. Cryo-EM data analysis requires electron microscope images of randomly oriented ice-embedded protein particles to be rotated and translated to allow for coherent averaging when calculating three-dimensional (3D) structures. Rotation of 2D images is usually done with the assumption that the magnification of the electron microscope is the same in all directions. However, due to electron optical aberrations, this condition is not met with some electron microscopes when used with the settings necessary for cryo-EM with a direct detector device (DDD) camera. Correction of images by linear interpolation in real space has allowed high-resolution structures to be calculated from cryo-EM images for symmetric particles. Here we describe and compare a simple real space method, a simple Fourier space method, and a somewhat more sophisticated Fourier space method to correct images for a measured anisotropy in magnification. Further, anisotropic magnification causes contrast transfer function (CTF) parameters estimated from image power spectra to have an apparent systematic astigmatism. To address this problem we develop an approach to adjust CTF parameters measured from distorted images so that they can be used with corrected images. The effect of anisotropic magnification on CTF parameters provides a simple way of detecting magnification anisotropy in cryo-EM datasets.
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Putting non Point-like Behavior of Fundamental Particles to Test
We review the experimental limits on those hypothetical interactions where the fundamental particles could exhibit non point-like behavior. In particular we have focused on the QED reaction measuring the differential cross sections for the process $ \EEGG $ at energies around 91 GeV and 209 GeV with data collected from the L3 detector from 1991 to 2001. With a global fit L3 set lower limits at $ 95 % $ CL on a contact interaction energy scale parameter $\Lambda > 1.6 $ TeV, which restricts the characteristic QED size of the interaction region to $ R_{e} < 1.2 \times 10^{-17} $ cm. All the interaction regions are found to be smaller than the Compton wavelength of the fundamental particles. This constraint we use to estimate a lower limit on the internal density of particle-like structure with the de Sitter vacuum core. Some applications of obtained limits to the string and quantum gravity scales are also discussed.
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Multidimensionally-constrained relativistic mean-field models and potential-energy surfaces of actinide nuclei
Background: Many different shape degrees of freedom play crucial roles in determining the nuclear ground state and saddle point properties and the fission path. For the study of nuclear potential energy surfaces, it is desirable to have microscopic and self-consistent models in which all known important shape degrees of freedom are included. Purpose: By breaking both the axial and the spatial reflection symmetries simultaneously, we develop multidimensionally-constrained relativistic mean field (MDC-RMF) models. Methods: The nuclear shape is assumed to be invariant under the reversion of x and y axes, i.e., the intrinsic symmetry group is V-4 and all shape degrees of freedom beta(lambda mu) with even mu, such as beta(20), beta(22), beta(30), beta(32), beta(40), ..., are included self-consistently. The single-particle wave functions are expanded in an axially deformed harmonic oscillator (ADHO) basis. The RMF functional can be one of the following four forms: the meson exchange or point-coupling nucleon interactions combined with the nonlinear or density- dependent couplings. The pairing effects are taken into account with the BCS approach. Results: The one-, two, and three-dimensional potential energy surfaces of Pu-240 are illustrated for numerical checks and for the study of the effect of the triaxiality on the fission barriers. Potential energy curves of even-even actinide nuclei around the first and second fission barriers are studied systematically. Besides the first ones, the second fission barriers in these nuclei are also lowered considerably by the triaxial deformation. This lowering effect is independent of the effective interactions used in the RMF functionals. Further discussions are made about different predictions on the effect of the triaxiality between the macroscopic-microscopic and MDC-RMF models, possible discontinuities on PES's from self-consistent approaches, and the restoration of broken symmetries. Conclusions: MDC-RMF models give a reasonably good description of fission barriers of even-even actinide nuclei. It is important to include both the nonaxial and the reflection asymmetric shapes simultaneously for the study of potential energy surfaces and fission barriers of actinide nuclei and of those in unknown mass regions such as, e.g., superheavy nuclei.
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Limits on sizes of fundamental particles and on gravitational mass of a scalar
We review the experimental limits on mass of excited fundamental particles and contact interaction energy scale parameters Λ for QCD, QED and electroweak reactions. In particular we have focused on the QED reaction measuring the differential cross-sections for the process e+e−→γγ(γ) at the energies from 91 GeV to 202 GeV using the data collected with the L3 detector from 1991 to 1999. With a global fit we set lower limits at 95% CL on Λ>1687 GeV, which restricts the characteristic QED size of the interaction region to Re<1.17×10−17 cm. All the interaction regions are found to be smaller than the Compton wavelength of the fundamental particles. This constraint is used to estimate a lower limit on the size of a fundamental particle related to gravitational interaction, applying the model of self-gravitating particle-like structure with the de Sitter vacuum core. It gives rτ⩾2.3×10−17 cm and re⩾1.5×10−18 cm, if leptons get masses at the electroweak scale, and rτ⩾3.3×10−27 cm,re⩾4.9×10−26 cm, as the most stri...
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Design and implementation of the NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) detectors output signal generator
We designed and implemented a signal generator that can simulate the output of the NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) detectors' pre-amplifier onboard the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). Using the development of the FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) with VHDL language and adding a random constituent, we have finally produced the double exponential random pulse signal generator. The statistical distribution of the signal amplitude is programmable. The occurrence time intervals of the adjacent signals contain negative exponential distribution statistically.