Slow highly charged ion O4+ induced electron emission from clean solid surfaces

The. total electron emission yields following the interaction of slow highly charged ions (SHCI) O4+ with different material surfaces (W, Au, Si and SiO2) have been measured. It is found that the electron emission yield gamma increases proportionally with the projectile velocity v ranging from 5.36 x 10(5)m/s to 10.7 x 10(5)m/s. The total emission yield is dependent on the target materials, and it turns out to follow the relationship gamma(Au) > gamma(Si)> gamma(W). The result shows that the electron emission yields are mainly determined by the electron stopping power of the target when the projectile potential energy is taken as a constant, which is in good agreement with the former studies

Preparation of Microporous Membranes by Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation and Impedance Characterization

Polypropylene (PP) microporous membranes were successfully prepared by swift heavy ion irradiation and track-etching. Polypropylene foils were irradiated with Au-197 ions of kinetic energy 11.4 MeV.u(-1) (total energy of 2245.8 MeV) and fluence 1x10(8) ions.cm(-2) at normal incidence. The damaged regions produced by the gold ions along the trajectories were etched in H2SO4 and K2Cr2O7 solutions leading to the formation of cylindrical pores in the membranes. The pore diameters of the PP microporous membranes increased from 380 to 1610 nm as the etching time increased from 5 to 30 min. The surface and cross-section morphologies of the porous membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The micropores in the membranes were found to be cylindrical in shape, homogeneous in distribution, and equal in size. Some mathematical relations of the porosity of the PP microporous membranes were established by analytic derivation. The microporous membranes were used in lithium-ion batteries to measure their properties as separators. The electrical conductivity of the porous membrane immersed in liquid electrolyte was found to be comparable to that of commercial separators by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results showed that the porosity and electrical conductivity were dependent on the ion fluence and etching time. By adjusting these two factors, microporous membranes with good porosity and electrical conductivity were made that met the requirements for commercial use.

The stripper design and test at HIRFL-CSR

Charge stripping is employed to produce multi-charged ions for injecting the cooling storage ring After penetrating through the carbon foil, the widened distribution of ion charge states poses a limit to the ion injection Therefore, the carbon foil plays a key role in the charge snipping injection In this paper, foul strippers for Heavy Ion Research Facility at Lanzhou (HIRFL) and Cooling Sun age Ring (CSR) are introduced The charge state distribution of the stripped ions is measured and the stripping efficiency of the foils is investigated The experimental results are consistent with the theoretical values

A high performance Time-of-Flight detector applied to isochronous mass measurement at CSRe

A high performance Time-of-Flight detector has been designed and constructed for isochronous mass spectrometry at the experimental Cooler Storage Ring (CSRe) The detector has been successfully used in an experiment to measure the masses of the N approximate to Z approximate to 33 nuclides near the proton drip-line Of particular interest is the mass of As-65 A maximum detection efficiency of 70% and a time resolution of 118 +/- 8 Ps (FWHM) have been achieved in the experiment The dependence of detection efficiency and signal average pulse height (APH) on atomic number Z has been studied The potential of APH for Z identification has been discussed (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved

高电荷态238Uq+在碳膜中电荷平衡时间的研究

离子通过物质过程中与靶原子发生碰撞，碰撞中大量电子被俘获和电离。当电子俘获截面与电离截面达到平衡时，出射离子的电荷态分布达到一个平衡的分布，这个分布与入射离子的核电荷数、速度、壳层结构以及靶材料的性质有关。研究离子通过物质后的电荷态分布和电荷平衡时间对于研究高电荷态离子穿越物质层时的电荷转换及平衡过程具有重要意义。 本文论述了能量为0.8 MeV/u 238Uq+离子通过不同厚度碳膜后的电荷态分布，并对铀离子在碳膜中的电荷平衡时间进行了研究。 实验中束流采用兰州重离子加速器国家重点实验室（HIRFL）首次加速出的能量为0.8 MeV/u 238U26+离子束。本实验是首次在兰州放射性次级束流线（RIBLL）实验终端进行，采用的实验方法新颖。为了研究不同初始电荷态的铀离子通过不同厚度碳膜后的电荷态分布，实验中采取让初级束流 238U26+通过0.1µm厚度碳膜后形成一个电荷态分布，通过调节二极磁铁的控制电流从中选择某一电荷态轰击碳靶，进行电荷态分布研究。 实验对0.8 MeV/u 238Uq+(q=26，29，34，39)通过不同厚度碳膜（5µg/cm2，15µg/cm2，26µg/cm2和225µg/cm2）后的电荷态分布进行了研究。结果发现：能量为0.8 MeV/u的铀离子通过5µg/cm2厚度碳膜后，出射铀离子的电荷态分布未达到平衡；同样铀离子通过15µg/cm2厚度碳膜后，出射铀离子的电荷态分布已达到平衡，平衡平均电荷态为33.72+；由此通过计算得到铀离子在碳膜中的电荷平衡时间为1/3×5.4fs<=t<=5.4fs