ATOMIC PHYSICS RESEARCHES AT COOLER STORAGE RING IN LANZHOU

The commissioning of the cooler storage rings (CSR) was successful, and the facility provides new possibilities for atomic physics with highly charged ions. Bare carbon, argon ions, were successfully stored in the main ring CSRm, cooled by cold electron beam, and accelerated up to 1 GeV/u. Heavier ions as Xe44+ and Kr28+ were also successfully stored in the CSRs. Both of the rings are equipped with new generation of electron coolers which can provide different electron beam density distributions. Electron-ion interactions, high precision X-ray spectroscopy, complete kinematical measurements for relativistic ion-atom collisions will be performed at CSRs. Laser cooling of heavy ions are planned as well. The physics programs and the present status will be summarized.

OVERVIEW ON THE HIRFL-CSR FACILITY

The status of the HIRFL (Heavy Ion Facility in Lanzhou) - Cooler Storage Ring (CSR) at the IMP is reported. The main physics goals at the HIRFL-CSR are the researches on nuclear structure and decay property, EOS of nuclear matter, hadron physics, highly charged atomic physics, high energy density physics, nuclear astrophysics, and applications for cancer therapy, space industries, materials and biology sciences. The HIRFL-CSR is the first ion cooler-storage-ring system in China, which consists of a main ring (CSRm), an experimental ring (CSRe) and a radioactive beamline (RIBLL2). The two existing cyclotrons SFC (K=70) and SSC (K=450) are used as its injectors. The 7MeV/u12C6+ ions were stored successfully in CSRm with the stripping injection in January 2006. After that, realized were the accelerations of C-12(6+), Ar-36(18+), Kr-78(28+) and Xe-129(27+) ions with energies of 1GeV/u, 1GeV/u, 450 MeV/u and 235 MeV/u, respectively, including accumulation, electron cooling and acceleration. In 2008, the first two isochronous mass measurement experiments with the primary beams of Ar-36(18+) and Kr-78(28+) were performed at CSRe with the Delta p/p similar to 10(-5).

X-ray spectrum emitted by the impact of Xe-129(q+) on Mo surface

We studied the characteristic X-ray spectra produced by the interaction of highly charged ions of X-129(q+) (q =25, 26, 27) with surface of metallic Mo. The experimental result shows that highly charged ions can excite the characteristic X-ray spectra of L-shell of Mo when the beam' s intensity is not more than 120 nA. The X-ray yield of single ion reaches a quantitative level of 10(-8) and increases with the increment of the ion' s kinetic energy and ionic charge (potential energy). By measuring the X-ray spectra of Mo-L alpha(1) the M-level lifetime of Mo atom is estimated by using Heisenberg uncertainty relation.

高电荷态离子与固体表面作用的研究

高电荷态离子与固体表面相互作用研究不仅在原子结构和能级寿命，量子电动力学效应和等离子体物理等方面具有重要的基础研究价值，而且在表面分析和加工，短波辐射源开发等方面也有着潜在的应用价值。论文介绍了在兰州重离子加速器国家实验室ECR离子源上建成的用于高电荷态离子与固体表面作用研究的物理实验终端，研究了高电荷态离子与固体表面作用中的可见光和X射线发射以及高电荷态离子在固体表面引起的离子溅射产额和电子发射产额。研究了固体表面靶原子特征可见光谱和X射线的激发机制；分析了空心原子X射线谱的重要特征以及高电荷态离子动能沉积和势能沉积在表面离子溅射和表面电子发射中的作用

低速高电荷态离子与微孔箔的相互作用研究

低速高电荷态离子与纳米微孔箔相互作用的研究无论在基础研究方面还是实际应用方面都扮演着重要的角色，因此在近年来受到了广泛的关注，成为一个研究热点。 论文介绍了在兰州重离子加速器国家实验室320kV高压电子回旋共振离子源（ECRIS）上新建成的表面物理实验终端；着重叙述了在该终端上开展的高电荷态离子与绝缘体纳米微孔箔相互作用的实验工作，包括高电荷态离子穿过微孔箔后的电荷态分布、角分布以及微孔箔的导向能力；系统的研究和讨论了（1）出射离子的电荷态分布；（2）出射离子产额的角度分布，具体内容有入射倾角、入射离子的动能、电荷态以及后表面带电对角度分布的半高宽度的影响；（3）微孔箔导向能力，具体内容有表征导向能力的临界角、入射离子的动能、电荷态的变化以及后表面带电对临界角的影响；（4）总的离子产额随入射离子束流强的变化情况。 实验结果表明，微孔箔对入射的低速高电荷态离子有明显的导向作用，出射离子的角度分布为对称分布，且超过97%的出射离子保持了入射时的电荷态；入射倾角、初始动能、初始电荷态以及微孔箔后表面带电与否等对离子产额角度分布的半高宽和临界角会产生影响；总的离子产额会随入射流强的变化出现拐点。论文还利用导向效应模型对实验中出现的各种现象进行了定性的解释，并对进一步深入研究该项课题提出了初步的设想

高电荷态ECR离子源的设计与实验研究

本文详细论述了三种各具特色的高电荷态ECR离子源的设计与研制，它们分别是：14．SGHz全永磁高电荷态ECR离子源LAPEC咫、传统常温ECR离子源GTS、混和超导ECR离子源HECRIS。另外，还从理论与实验两个方面对ECR离子源多电荷态离子束流的引出进行了详细研究。设计研制了一台高性能14．SGHz全永磁ECR离子源LAPECRZ，该离子源的设计尺寸为杯50mm*560mm，重量可达9ookg以上，为目前世界上体积与重量最大、设计参数最高的全永磁ECR离子源。全永磁离子源的尺寸增大一些，其加工与研制所存在的难度将会有质的变化。研制LAPEC形所存在的技术难度大大超过了以往所有全永磁ECR离子源。LAPECR2的磁场参数为：注入磁场1 ．4T，如果加注入端辅助铁扼，磁场可达2．6T；引出磁场为1 ．1T；六极永磁体在弧腔内壁产生的最大径向磁场的设计值为1．22T，实际加工得到的磁场大小为1．2T，与计算结果基本一致。该离子源的设计采用了多种特殊技术与方法以提高引出高电荷态离子束流强度，如：双层含铝衬底的等离子体弧腔、铝制等离子体电极、冷阴极电子枪（注入端负偏压电极）、旁轴微波直接馈入与等离子体位置相对于磁场可调等等。目前，我们已开始源体的组装。GTS离子源为目前世界上运行性能最好的常温ECR离子源之一。它的设计指导思想是ECR离子源的经验结论scaling Laws，高磁场、高磁镜比，高磁场梯度是该离子源磁场设计的主要特点。设计时充分考虑了多频加热机制，允许多频功率同时馈入弧腔：IOGHz＋14GHz＋18GHz＋ZSGHz。良好的磁场约束、灵活的磁场结构设计、高频率大功率微波馈入、大体积弧腔、足够的冷二次电子注入、优良的真空抽气系统、以及有效的束流引出系统等等都是该离子源高性能表观的原因。经过近一年半的优化与调试，该离子源运行性能优良，能产生很多领先国际伺类ECR源的离子束流，如：1.95emAO6+，O·semAArll”，o．15e拜AArl犷，31Oe瘩建叙e，哪se拼A豁岁”与0.4eμAXe39+为18GHz时调试的结果：1.OemAAr8+，1.8eμAAr17+24OeμAXe20+ ，20eμAxe30+与0.3oe从Axe38＋为在14GHz调试的最好结果。该离子源已多次为原子物理实验提供了Ar17+与Ar18+等高电荷态离子束流。HECRIS是一台高性能混和超导ECR离子源，其各项设计参数均高于GTS源，以保证该离子源能具有比GTS更好的性能。它的最小B场型设计继续沿袭现在ECR离子源设计惯用的Scaling Laws设计思想。该离子源采用较高频率的微波馈入，设计运行范围为18GHz-24GHz。该离子源着重于在运行调试中实现对轴向最小磁场Bmin的调节与匹配，这里采用两组超导线包进行辅助调节。径向磁约束由一个能在弧腔内壁产生1．6T径向磁场的六极永磁体提供，它强磁场设计与部分磁块存在的退磁问题的解决也是该离子源的一大特点与难点。文中还详细讨论一个高性能的Halbach结构六极永磁体的设计方法。分别从永磁材料选取、物理尺寸优化、结构选择等角度，结合理论分析与PolssON，PERMAG和TOscA3D程序的模拟计算结果，对六极永磁体的性能进行了全面的分析，提出两种确定六极永磁体中存在退磁磁块的办法，并且提出了一种用高极化矫顽力永磁材料替代退磁磁块中所采用的永磁材料的解决办法。对多电荷态ECR离子源的引出进行了理论与实验两方面的研究。利用PBGUNS程序，对ECR离子源的引出系统进行了一定的理论分析。通过模拟计算，详细地论述了引出系统的各主要物理参数对ECR离子源引出离子束流品质的影响。这些得到的结果，对设计一套高性能的ECR离子源引出系统具有一定的指导意义。结合理论分析，我们还设计完成了一系列关于ECR离子源引出系统的实验，来研究多电荷态离子束流的引出与短距离传输。采用电扫描发射度测量系统（ESS）探测离子束流在x与y方向的发射度，用两个荧光靶分别在束运线不同位置探测束流的束斑形状，并利用一个亮度探测器对束斑相对亮度进行探测。通过多组实验结果的处理，分别分析了离子源的几个主要参数如磁场、微波、掺气、偏压等对引出束流品质的影响并结合相关理论给予了解释，通过对混合多电荷态离子束流的三电极引出实验结果的讨论，建立了一个关于高电荷态ECR离子源束流引出的较为清晰的物理图象。

Cys-92, Cys-95, and the C-terminal 12 residues of the Vibrio harveyi ferric uptake regulator (Fur) are functionally inessential

Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is a global regulator involved in multiple aspects of bacterial life. The gene encoding the Vibrio harveyi Fur (Fur(vh)) was cloned from a pathogenic V. harveyi strain isolated from diseased fish. Furvh shares 77% overall sequence identity with the Escherichia coli Fur (Fur(Ec)) and could complement a mutant of Fur(Ec). Like Fur(Ec), Fur(Vh), possesses two cysteine residues at positions 92 and 95, yet unlike Fur(Ec), in which these cysteine residues constitute part of the metal ion coordination site and hence are vital to the repressor activity, C92 and C95 of Fur(Vh) proved to be functionally inessential. Further study identified a Vibrio Fur signature sequence, which is preserved in all the ten Vibrio Fur proteins that have been discovered to date but in none of the non-vibrio Fur proteins. Site-directed and random mutation analyses of the signature residues, the cysteine residues, and seven highly charged amino acid residues indicated that D9, H32, C137, and K138 of Fur(vh) are functionally important but D9, C137, and K138 can be replaced by more than one functional substitutes. Systematic deletion analysis demonstrated that the C-terminal 12 residues of Fur(Vh) are functionally inessential. These results (i) indicated that the activation mechanism, or certain aspects of which, of Fur(Vh) is possibly different from that of Fur(Ec); and (ii) suggested that it is not very likely that the C-terminal 12 residues play any significant role in the activation or stability of Fur(Vh); and (iii) provided insights into the potential function of the local structure involving C137 and K138.

On the electron impact ionization of multi-charged ions: a theoretical investigation of relativistic effects

The electron impact ionization of highly charged ions is investigated. Using a relativistic distorted wave Born approximation, we explore the possible effects that should be observable in a high-energy electron impact ionization (e, 2e) coincidence experiment involving multi-charged ions. We present calculations of triple-differential cross sections. We will focus on relativistic and distortion effects and consider geometries where these may be easily observed.

The measurement of the dielectronic recombination in He-like Fe ions

We have studied the dielectronic recombination process in He-like Fe ions and have obtained the resonant strengths of the KLn (3 less than or equal to, n less than or equal to, 5) resonances. This measurement was performed with the use of an electron beam ion trap by measuring the x-ray energy emitted from highly charged ions simultaneously with the electron beam energy scanned during the measurement. The total resonant strengths obtained are 5.0 x 10(-19), 2.1 x 10(-19) and 1.1 X 10(-19) cm(2) eV, for KLM, KLN and KLO, respectively.

Numerical simulation of the charge balance in an EBIT

The electron beam ions traps (EBITs) are widely used to study highly charged ions (HCIs). In an EBIT, a high energy electron beam collides with atoms and ions to generate HCIs in the trap region. It is important to study the physics in the trap. The atomic processes, such as electron impact ionisation (EI), radiative recombination (RR), dielectronic recombination (DR) and charge exchange (CX), occur in the trap and numerical simulation can give some parameters for design, predict the composition and describe charge state evolution in an EBIT [Phys. Rev. A 43 (199 1) 4861]. We are presently developing a new code, which additionally includes a description of the overlaps between the ion clouds of the various charge-states. It has been written so that it can simulate experiments where various machine parameters (e.g. beam energy and current) can vary throughout the simulation and will be able to use cross- sections either based on scaling laws or derived from atomic structure calculations. An object-oriented method is used in developing the new software, which is an efficient way to organize and write code. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Dielectronic recombination in He-like titanium ions

Dielectronic recombination (DR) has been studied in highly charged He-like Ti ions using an electron beam ion trap. X-rays emitted from radiative recombination (RR) and DR were observed as the electron beam energy was scanned through the resonances. Differential DR resonant strengths were determined by normalizing the DR x-ray intensity to the RR intensity using theoretical RR cross sections. KLn (2 less than or equal to n less than or equal to 5) resonant strengths were determined for He-like Ti ions. The differential resonant strengths were calibrated without reference to any theoretical DR calculations while the electron energy scale was derived with reference to the well-known energy for ionization of the He-like and H-like ions from the ground state. Calibration in this way facilitates a more exacting comparison between theory and experiment than has been reported previously. To facilitate this comparison, total and differential theoretical resonance strengths were calculated. These calculations were found to be in good agreement with the measured results.

Branching ratios of x-ray photons from dielectronic recombination processes in H-like titanium ions

In dielectronic recombination of hydrogenlike ions an intermediate doubly excited heliumlike ion is formed. Since the K shell is empty, both excited electrons can decay sequentially to the ground state. In this paper we analyze the x-ray radiation emitted from doubly and singly excited heliumlike titanium ions produced inside the Tokyo electron beam ion trap. Theoretical population densities of the singly excited states after the first transition and the transition probabilities of these states into the ground state were also calculated. This allowed theoretical branching ratios to be determined for each manifold. These branching ratios are compared to the experimentally obtained x-ray distribution by fitting across the relevant peak using a convolution of the theoretically obtained resonance strengths and energies. By taking into account 2E1 transitions which are not observed in the experiment, the measured and calculated ratios agree well. This method provides a valuable insight into the transition dynamics of excited highly charged ions.

MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION OF ABSOLUTE SINGLE AND MULTIPLE CHARGE EXCHANGE CROSS SECTIONS FOR Feq+ IONS IMPACTING H2O

Charge exchange (CE) plays a fundamental role in the collisions of solar- and stellar-wind ions with lunar and planetary exospheres, comets, and circumstellar clouds. Reported herein are absolute cross sections for single, double, triple, and quadruple CE of Feq+ (q = 5-13) ions with H2O at a collision energy of 7q keV. One measured value of the pentuple CE is also given for Fe9+ ions. An electron cyclotron resonance ion source is used to provide currents of the highly charged Fe ions. Absolute data are derived from knowledge of the target gas pressure, target path length, and incident and charge-exchanged ion currents. Experimental cross sections are compared with new results of the n-electron classical trajectory Monte Carlo approximation. The radiative and non-radiative cascades following electron transfers are approximated using scaled hydrogenic transition probabilities and scaled Auger rates. Also given are estimates of cross sections for single capture, and multiple capture followed by autoionization, as derived from the extended overbarrier model. These estimates are based on new theoretical calculations of the vertical ionization potentials of H2O up to H2O10+.

ABSOLUTE DOUBLY DIFFERENTIAL CROSS-SECTIONS FOR ELECTRON-EMISSION IN COLLISIONS OF 3.5-MEV/U FE(17+) AND FE(22+) IONS WITH HE AND AR GAS TARGETS

Absolute doubly differential cross sections have been measured as a function of electron energy and angle of observation for electron emission in collisions of 3.5-MeV/u Fe17+ and Fe22+ ions with He and Ar gas targets under single-collision conditions. The measured electron emission cross sections are compared to theoretical and scaled cross sections based on the Born approximation. The results using intermediate-mass ions are discussed with reference to previously reported cross sections from collisions with highly charged lighter- and heavier-ion species at MeV/u projectile energies. The continuum-distorted-wave-eikonal-initial-state approximation shows good agreement with experiments except in the