Preliminary study of a niobium quarter-wave prototype cavity for a heavy-ion superconducting linac

Superconducting quarter-wave resonators, due to their compactness and their convenient shape for tuning and coupling, are very attractive for low-beta beam acceleration. In this paper, two types of cavities with different geometry have been numerically simulated: the first type with larger capacitive load in the beam line and the second type of lollipop-shape for 100 MHz, beta=0.06 beams; then the relative electromagnetic parameters and geometric sizes have been compared. It is found that the second type, whose structural design is optimized with the conical stem and shaping drift-tube, can support the better accelerating performance. At the end of the paper, some structural deformation effects on frequency shifts and appropriate solutions have been discussed.

Ultrahigh compression of water using intense heavy ion beams: laboratory planetary physics

Intense heavy ion beams offer a unique tool for generating samples of high energy density matter with extreme conditions of density and pressure that are believed to exist in the interiors of giant planets. An international accelerator facility named FAIR (Facility for Antiprotons and Ion Research) is being constructed at Darmstadt, which will be completed around the year 2015. It is expected that this accelerator facility will deliver a bunched uranium beam with an intensity of 5x10(11) ions per spill with a bunch length of 50-100 ns. An experiment named LAPLAS (Laboratory Planetary Sciences) has been proposed to achieve a low-entropy compression of a sample material like hydrogen or water (which are believed to be abundant in giant planets) that is imploded in a multi-layered target by the ion beam. Detailed numerical simulations have shown that using parameters of the heavy ion beam that will be available at FAIR, one can generate physical conditions that have been predicted to exist in the interior of giant planets. In the present paper, we report simulations of compression of water that show that one can generate a plasma phase as well as a superionic phase of water in the LAPLAS experiments.

Drift distance survey in direct plasma injection scheme for high current beam production

In a laser ion source, plasma drift distance is one of the most important design parameters. Ion current density and beam pulse width are defined by plasma drift distance between a laser target and beam extraction position. In direct plasma injection scheme, which uses a laser ion source and a radio frequency quadrupole linac, we can apply relatively higher electric field at beam extraction due to the unique shape of a positively biased electrode. However, when we aim at very high current acceleration such as several tens of milliamperes, we observed mismatched beam extraction conditions. We tested three different ion current at ion extraction region by changing plasma drift distance to study better extraction condition. In this experiment, C6+ beam was accelerated. We confirmed that matching condition can be improved by controlling plasma drift distance.

HIRFL-CSR主环中束流加速过程的研究及束流反馈环路分析

本文的第一部分对设计中的兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环(HIRFL-CSR)的主环(CSRm)中束流的加速运动进行了较为详细的研究和计算机模拟。首先，作为加速运动的理论基础，推导出同步加速器中束流纵向相运动方程，并对纵向运动作了全面的描述。接着分析了加速运动的过程，同时介绍了绝热捕获和绝热同步振荡运动的概念，在此基础上根据两种不同的加速模式分别对主环中束流加速过程进行了计算机模拟，给出了主环在加速期间的高频运行参数，并得到了引出束流在动量散度和相位方向上的分布。最后比较了绝热捕获和非绝热捕获下的加速效率。本文的第二部分，从理论上仔细分析了高频控制系统中的束流反馈环路。在CSR预研阶段，高频控制系统的主振荡器为压控振荡器(Voltage Controlled Oscillator)，由于其频率稳定度一般在1.0%附近，无法达到系统要求在0.1%左右的精度，故采取了束流反馈机制。首先，本文在频率失谐下的相运动方程基础上建立了数学模型，接着推导出系统的传递函数。然后在计算机模拟中，通过数值计算，得到了系统传递函数的仿真结果，并给出了在闭环控制下束流平均闭轨偏移以及频率稳定度随时间变化的曲线。通过模拟结果表明，束流反馈环路能保证高频系统所要求的频率稳定精度，这为CSR高频控制系统的设计提供了理论依据。

针对实时视觉通信的图像序列自动提炼

本文提出了一项新技术,它可以实现从任意的图像序列中自动提炼出简洁的表达方式,以便进行高效的视觉通信.我们认为,视觉通信的全过程可分为视频数据的传输和人眼对视觉信号的理解两个阶段.因此,本文以心理学中人对图像的认知规律的相火理论为指导,专注于研究如何同时提高图像的可压缩性和可理解性.我们借助一个缘提取算法来保留对人的视觉系统最为敏感的物体边界,再用一个非线性扩散算法减弱无足轻重的细节信号.为了使最终生成的动画保持时间上的一致性,本文的技术方案是在骼个时空域上没计的.而我们依然能够保持实时的处理速度,因为该方法可以方便地使用GPU作并行计算.为了演示新技术的实用性,我们还建立了一个以本文算法作为处理内核的完整的视觉通信系统并在该系统进行所有实验.统计数据表明,本文方法不仅可以明显地降低传输带宽,而且提高了图像序列的可理解性.

新疆水土保持与可持续发展研究

新疆维吾尔族自治区作为我国最大及地理位置重要的西北边陲省份 ,随着人口的增长和区域开发进程的进一步加快 ,水土流失问题日趋严重 ,水土保持和可持续发展已成为其生态环境建设的重要课题。分析了新疆水土流失的现状、特点和成因以及存在的问题 ,从可持续发展角度提出了新疆水土保持的对策和建议

基于Gabor小波的渐进式着色算法

为了解决黑白图像自动染色的难题,提出了一种基于Gabor小波的渐进式着色算法。该算法首先使用Gabor小波对黑白图像的纹理特征进行分析,在此基础上,根据纹理特征差异重新定义像素的邻居关系,最后利用最优化方法对染色问题进行迭代求解。该算法主要的创新点是交互操作少,并允许用户逐步添加色彩细节。同时该算法还是天然并行的,能够利用图形处理器(GPU)进行实时计算。为该算法和当今流行的着色算法做了效果对比,并且进行了效率分析,实验结果表明了该算法的可用性和效率。

基于桶内动态融合的透明现象的高效绘制

基于桶排序的顺序独立透明现象绘制算法,采用桶排序原理将投影收集到同一个像素上的多个片元并排序,当发生桶内片元冲突时会产生错误的绘制结果.为此,提出一种基于桶内动态融合的透明现象的高效绘制算法.此算法采用桶内动态融合和并发读/写的方法逐一融合落入同一个桶内的所有片元,并在后处理中按从前向后的顺序融合各个桶内的颜色值.由于同时发生桶内片元冲突和读/写冲突的概率非常小,因而可以大大提高绘制结果的准确性.实验结果表明,与基于桶排序的绘制算法相比,采用文中算法可以更准确地绘制场景,生成与真实结果非常相近的绘制效果,同时算法的效率基本保持不变.

卡通化图像和视频的毛发纹理生成与替换

低成本卡通制作中的图像和视频通常缺乏对动物角色毛发效果的表现,为了能对已有图像及视频中的动物角色进行处理,为其增添具备真实感的毛发效果,提出一种毛发风格化算法——卡通化毛发纹理算法.针对卡通中的动物角色合成毛发纹理并进行替换,分为图像应用及视频应用2个部分.在图像替换时,对要进行风格化处理的目标区域进行图像结构分析,以获取覆盖目标区域的三角网格,再生成毛发纹元并映射于网格之上,通过绘制纹元来生成具备真实感的毛发效果;在进行视频替换时,提取视频关键帧并基于图像应用算法生成相应的卡通化毛发纹理进行图像替换,之后根据关键帧的替换结果指导整个视频的替换.为了获取随时间变化的图像关键帧目标区域,采用SIFT算法计算特征点在时间轴上的匹配;为了快速合成卡通化毛发纹理,采用基于GPU的光线行进算法加速毛发纹元的体绘制过程.实验结果表明,文中算法可成功地对已有图像及视频的动物角色添加具备真实感的毛发效果.

Synthesis and characterization of spherical Sr2CeO4 phosphors by spray pyrolysis for field emission displays

A blue emitting Sr2CeO4 phosphor with a one-dimensional structure has been prepared by a two-step spray pyrolysis (SP) method, starting from the aqueous solutions of metal nitrates with citric acid and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as additives. The material is ultimately designed for field emission displays (FEDs). X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), field emission scanning electron microscope pictures (FE-SEM) as well as photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy and lifetime measurements have been employed to characterize the samples. The morphology, PL and low voltage CL properties of Sr2CeO4 phosphors as-prepared using the SP method have been investigated by changing the concentration of the precursor solution, concentration of PEG, annealing temperature, acceleration voltage and filament current. The obtained Sr2CeO4 phosphor particles are spherical and of submicron size, 0.5-2 mu m. The emission spectrum of the phosphors shows a broad band with maximum at 467 nm (lifetime = 37.4 mu s; CIE chromaticity coordinates: x = 0.15 and y = 0.21), presumably due to a ligand-to-metal charge-transfer transition.

Role of electron transfer of quinones in hydroxylation of phenol

It was found that at neutral pH the hydroxylation reaction rate of phenol was accelerated with an increase of the amounts of 1,4-quinone (1,4-BQ), This acceleration was ascribed to the formation of semiquinone from 1,4-BQ. The semiquinone and 1,4-BQ were suggested to play a role of actual oxidant (electron transfer) in the catalytic cycle. With further reaction, most 1,4-BQ was converted into 1,4-hydroquinone (HQ) and the corresponding mechanism was proposed.

A double logarithmic method for studying the adsorption effects in an irreversible electrochemical process

The adsorption of an electroinactive product greatly influences an irreversible electrochemical reaction in three ways, including self-block, self-inhibition, and self-acceleration, and changes not only the heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constant but also the modified formal potential and electron-transfer coefficient of the electrochemical reaction. In order to study these adsorption effects, a double logarithmic method was suggested to be used in processing the potential-controlled thin layer spectroelectrochemical data. The result shows three types of double logarithmic plots for three kinds of adsorption effects. These double logarithmic plots can be a diagnostic criterion of the adsorption effects and enable us to determine some thermodynamic and kinetic parameters. The combination of nonlinear regression with double logarithmic method is a convenient way to examine the suggested mechanism and to extract more information from the limited experimental data. Some examples are given to test the theoretical results. (C) 1999 The Electrochemical Society. S0013-4651(98)05-012-5. All rights reserved.

Biochemical characterization of selenium-containing catalytic antibody as a cytosolic glutathione peroxidase mimic

A selenium-containing catalytic antibody (Se-4A4), prepared by converting reactive serine residues of a monoclonal antibody (4A4) raised against a GSH derivative into selenocysteines, acts as a mimic of cytosolic glutathione peroxidase (cGPX). To clarify the mechanism of action of this catalytic antibody, detailed studies on kinetic behaviour and biological activity were carried out. A rate of acceleration (k(cat)/K-m/k(uncat)) 10(7)-fold that of the uncatalytic reaction is observed. Under similar conditions, the turnover number (k(cat)) of Se-4A4 is 42% of that of the natural rabbit liver cGPX. The Se-4A4 reaction involves a Ping Pong mechanism, which is the same as that of the natural cGPX. The selenocysteine residue is located in the binding site of the antibody and is shown to be crucial for this activity. Of the thiol compounds tested, only GSH is able to serve as substrate for Se-4A4. It was demonstrated, using the free-radical-damage system (hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase) of cardiac mitochondria, that Se-4A4 can protect mitochondria from free-radical damage at least 10(4)-fold more effectively than the natural cGPX.

Ship-board measurements and estimations of air-sea fluxes in the western tropical Pacific during TOGA COARE

Direct air-sea flux measurements were made on RN Kexue #1 at 40 degrees S, 156 degrees E during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean-Atmospheric Response Experiment (COARE) Intensive Observation Period (IOP). An array of six accelerometers was used to measure the motion of the anchored ship, and a sonic anemometer and Lyman-alpha hygrometer were used to measure the turbulent wind vector and specific humidity. The contamination of the turbulent wind components by ship motion was largely removed by an improvement of a procedure due to Shao based on the acceleration signals. The scheme of the wind correction for ship motion is briefly outlined. Results are presented from data for the best wind direction relative to the ship to minimize flow distortion effects. Both the time series and the power spectra of the sonic-measured wind components show swell-induced ship motion contamination, which is largely removed by the accelerometer correction scheme, There was less contamination in the longitudinal wind component than in the vertical and transverse components. The spectral characteristics of the surface-layer turbulence properties are compared with those from previous land and ocean results, Momentum and latent heat fluxes were calculated by eddy correlation and compared to those estimated by the inertial dissipation method and the TOGA COARE bulk formula. The estimations of wind stress determined by eddy correlation are smaller than those from the TOGA COARE bulk formula, especially for higher wind speeds, while those from the bulk formula and inertial dissipation technique are generally in agreement. The estimations of latent heal flux from the three different methods are in reasonable agreement. The effect of the correction for ship motion on latent heat fluxes is not as large as on momentum fluxes.

Rifting process and formation mechanisms of syn-rift stage prolongation in the deepwater basin, northern South China Sea

Based on the latest seismic and geological data, tectonic subsidence of three seismic lines in the deepwater area of Pearl River Mouth Basin (PRMB), the northern South China Sea (SCS), is calculated. The result shows that the rifting process of study area is different from the typical passive continental margin basin. Although the seafloor spreading of SCS initiated at 32 Ma, the tectonic subsidence rate does not decrease but increases instead, and then decreases at about 23 Ma, which indicates that the rifting continued after the onset of seafloor spreading until about 23 Ma. The formation thickness exhibits the same phenomenon, that is the syn-rift stage prolonged and the post-rift thermal subsidence delayed. The formation mechanisms are supposed to be three: (1) the lithospheric rigidity of the northern SCS is weak and its ductility is relatively strong, which delayed the strain relaxation resulting from the seafloor spreading; (2) the differential layered independent extension of the lithosphere may be one reason for the delay of post-rift stage; and (3) the southward transition of SCS spreading ridge during 24 to 21 Ma and the corresponding acceleration of seafloor spreading rate then triggered the initiation of large-scale thermal subsidence in the study area at about 23 Ma.