119215240
Neutron energy spectrum measurements with a compact liquid scintillation detector on EAST
A neutron detector based on EJ301 liquid scintillator has been employed at EAST to measure the neutron energy spectrum for D-D fusion plasma. The detector was carefully characterized in different quasi-monoenergetic neutron fields generated by a 4.5 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. In recent experimental campaigns, due to the low neutron yield at EAST, a new shielding device was designed and located as close as possible to the tokamak to enhance the count rate of the spectrometer. The fluence of neutrons and ?-rays was measured with the liquid neutron spectrometer and was consistent with 3He proportional counter and NaI(Tl) ?-ray spectrometer measurements. Plasma ion temperature values were deduced from the neutron spectrum in discharges with lower hybrid wave injection and ion cyclotron resonance heating. Scattered neutron spectra were simulated by the Monte Carlo transport Code, and they were well verified by the pulse height measurements at low energies.
118079649
Cross-section measurement and analysis for the Sm-149 (n, alpha) Nd-146 reaction at 6.0 MeV
We have measured the $^{149}\mathrm{Sm}(n,\ensuremath{\alpha})^{146}\mathrm{Nd}$ cross section at 6.0 MeV to be $0.12\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.018$ mb. This is the first reported result for this cross section in the MeV region and so should be helpful for constraining nuclear data evaluations (which differ by a factor of 40 for this reaction at this energy) and for testing and improving nuclear models. The experiment was performed at the at the 4.5-MV Van de Graaff accelerator of Peking University. Neutrons were produced via the $^{2}\mathrm{H}(d,n)^{3}\mathrm{He}$ reaction using a deuterium gas target, and absolute neutron flux was determined with a small $^{238}\mathrm{U}$ fission chamber. Alpha particles were detected using a two-section gridded ionization chamber in which two large-area $^{149}\mathrm{Sm}{}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ samples were placed back-to-back so that the cross section and forward/backward ratio were measured for nearly the entire 4$\ensuremath{\pi}$ solid angle. The data were compared to statistical-model predictions using the code talys. Good agreement between the measured and theoretical cross sections could be obtained with a small modification of the $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-optical potential parameters from their default values in talys. However, we were not able to reproduce the measured forward/backward ratio. In addition, using the previously reported $^{147}\mathrm{Sm}(n,\ensuremath{\alpha})^{144}\mathrm{Nd}$ cross section at 6.0 MeV together with our new result, good agreement was found between the measured and predicted cross-section ratio for these two isotopes. Finally, none of the existing evaluated data libraries are in agreement with our new data to within the experimental uncertainties.
120119782
Calculation of half-lives of cluster decay by using proximity potential with a new universal function
Abstract The half-lives of cluster decays are calculated using proximity potential model with a new universal function, and compared to the experimentally measured values and the theoretical ones of liquid drop model. The results of the present calculations show reasonable agreement with the experimental data as well as the half-life calculations of liquid drop model. In the present work, it is certified that proximity potential model with the new universal function can be used successfully to calculate the half-lives of cluster decays for heavy nuclei.
119108158
Azimuthal Dependence of DIS with Spin-1 Target
We study DIS with a spin-1 hadron or a nucleus polarized in arbitrary direction. The differential cross-section in this case will have an azimuthal dependence. We derive the dependence by including contributions from twist-2- and twist-3 QCD operators. The twist-3 contribution is computed at tree-level. A spin-1 hadron or nucleus can have nonzero tensor polarization. We find that all structure functions related to the tensor-polarization of the initial hadron can be extracted by study the azimuthal dependence. A nonzero result of the structure functions of a nucleus from experiment will indicate nontrivial inner structure of the nucleus.
115438513
High-spin states in 152Gd
120110625
Study of the universal function of nuclear proximity potential between α and nuclei from density-dependent nucleon-nucleon interaction
The universal function of proximity potential between α and nuclei is systematically studied from the double-folding model with the density-dependent nucleon-nucleon interaction (CDM3Y6) by analyzing different target nuclei with Z = 48–92. The analytical formula of universal function is obtained at s0 > −1 by fitting all of the calculated values. Using this formula we calculate the half-lives of α decay for heavy nuclei in comparison with the values of the experimental data. It is shown that the half-lives of the α decay calculated from the presently obtained universal function in proximity potential can keep within a factor of 3 with the experimental data.
123311264
Study of the universal function of nuclear proximity potential from density-dependent nucleon–nucleon interaction
Abstract The universal function of proximity potential model is systematically studied from the double folding model with density-dependent nucleon–nucleon interaction (CDM3Y6) by analyzing several hundreds of fusion reaction systems with mass numbers from light nuclei to heavy nuclei. The analytical formula of universal function is obtained at s 0 > − 1 by fitting all of the calculated values. Using this formula we calculate the Coulomb barrier heights for fusion reactions in comparison with the values of the experimental data and Prox77. It is shown that presently obtained universal function in proximity potential model can reproduce the Coulomb barrier heights.