Submerged gas injection into liquid leads to complex multiphase flow, in which nozzle geometries are crucial important for the operational expenditure in terms of pressure drop. The influence of the nozzle geometry on...Submerged gas injection into liquid leads to complex multiphase flow, in which nozzle geometries are crucial important for the operational expenditure in terms of pressure drop. The influence of the nozzle geometry on pressure drop between nozzle inlet and outlet has been experimentally studied for different gas flow rates and bath depths. Nozzles with circular, gear-like and four-leaf cross-sectional shape have been studied. The results indicate that, besides the hydraulic diameter of the outlet, the orifice area and the perimeter of the nozzle tip also play significant roles. For the same superficial gas velocity, the average pressure drop from the four-leaf-shaped geometry is the least. The influence of bath depth was found negligible. A correlation for the modified Euler number considering the pressure drop is proposed depending on nozzle geometric parameter and on the modified Froude number with the hydraulic diameter of the nozzle do as characteristic length.展开更多
Carbon ion irradiation and precise diamond blade dicing are applied to fabricate Nd∶GdCOB ridge waveguides.The propagation properties of the fabricated Nd∶GdCOB waveguides are investigated through experiments and th...Carbon ion irradiation and precise diamond blade dicing are applied to fabricate Nd∶GdCOB ridge waveguides.The propagation properties of the fabricated Nd∶GdCOB waveguides are investigated through experiments and theoret-ical analysis.Micro-Raman analysis reveals that the Nd∶GdCOB crystal lattice expands during the irradiation process.Micro-second harmonic spectroscopic analysis suggests that the original nonlinear properties of the Nd∶GdCOB crystal are greatly enhanced within the waveguide volume.Under pulsed 1064 nm laser pumping,second harmonic generation(SHG)at 532 nm has been achieved in the fabricated waveguides.The maximum SHG conversion efficiencies are determined to be~8.32%·W^(-1) and~22.36%·W^(-1) for planar and ridge waveguides,respectively.展开更多
Using a procedure based on interpolation via continued fractions supplemented by statistical sampling,we analyze proton magnetic form factor data obtained via electron+proton scattering on Q^(2)∈[0.027,0.55]GeV^(2)wi...Using a procedure based on interpolation via continued fractions supplemented by statistical sampling,we analyze proton magnetic form factor data obtained via electron+proton scattering on Q^(2)∈[0.027,0.55]GeV^(2)with the goal of determining the proton magnetic radius.The approach avoids assumptions about the function form used for data interpolation and ensuing extrapolation onto Q^(2)■0 for extraction of the form factor slope.In this way,we find r_(M)=0.817(27)fm.Regarding the difference between proton electric and magnetic radii calculated in this way,extant data are seen to be compatible with the possibility that the slopes of the proton Dirac and Pauli form factors,F1,2(Q^(2)),are not truly independent observables;to wit,the difference F_(1)’(0)-F_(2)’(0)/κp=[1+Kp]/[4 m_(p)^(2)],viz.,the proton Foldy term.展开更多
Beginning with precise data on the ratio of structure functions in deep inelastic scattering(DIS)from ^3He and ^3H,collected on the domain 0.19≤xB≤0.83,where xBis the Bjorken scaling variable,we employ a robust meth...Beginning with precise data on the ratio of structure functions in deep inelastic scattering(DIS)from ^3He and ^3H,collected on the domain 0.19≤xB≤0.83,where xBis the Bjorken scaling variable,we employ a robust method for extrapolating such data to arrive at a model-independent result for the xB=1 value of the ratio of neutron and proton structure functions.Combining this with information obtained in analyses of DIS from nuclei,corrected for target-structure dependence,we arrive at a prediction for the proton valence-quark ratio:d_(v)/u_(v)|_(xB→1)=0.230(57).Requiring consistency with this result presents a challenge to many descriptions of proton structure.展开更多
The present paper introduces a new approach to simulate any stationary multivariate Gaussian random field whose cross-covariances are predefined continuous and integrable functions. Such a field is given by convolutio...The present paper introduces a new approach to simulate any stationary multivariate Gaussian random field whose cross-covariances are predefined continuous and integrable functions. Such a field is given by convolution of a vector of univariate random fields and a functional matrix which is derived by Cholesky decomposition of the Fourier transform of the predefined cross-covariance matrix. In contrast to common methods, no restrictive model for the cross-covariance is needed. It is stationary and can also be reduced to the isotropic case. The computational effort is very low since fast Fourier transform can be used for simulation. As will be shown the algorithm is computationally faster than a recently published spectral turning bands model. The applicability is demonstrated using a common numerical example with varied spatial correlation structure. The model was developed to support simulation algorithms for mineral microstructures in geoscience.展开更多
We show the structural and optical properties of non-polar a-plane GaN epitaxial films modified by Si ion implantation.Upon gradually raising Si fluences from 5×10^(13)cm^(-2)to 5×10^(15)cm^(-2),the n-type d...We show the structural and optical properties of non-polar a-plane GaN epitaxial films modified by Si ion implantation.Upon gradually raising Si fluences from 5×10^(13)cm^(-2)to 5×10^(15)cm^(-2),the n-type dopant concentration gradually increases from 4.6×10^(18)cm^(-2)to 4.5×10^(20)cm^(-2),while the generated vacancy density accordingly raises from 3.7×10^(13)cm^(-2)to 3.8×10^(15)cm^(-2).Moreover,despite that the implantation enhances structural disorder,the epitaxial structure of the implanted region is still well preserved which is confirmed by Rutherford backscattering channeling spectrometry measurements.The monotonical uniaxial lattice expansion along the a direction(out-of-plane direction)is observed as a function of fluences till 1×10^(15)cm^(-2),which ceases at the overdose of 5×10^(15)cm^(-2)due to the partial amorphization in the surface region.Upon raising irradiation dose,a yellow emission in the as-grown sample is gradually quenched,probably due to the irradiation-induced generation of non-radiative recombination centers.展开更多
The immobilization of biomaterials on a carrier is the first step for many different applications in life science and medicine. The usage of surface-near electrostatic forces is one possible approach to guide the char...The immobilization of biomaterials on a carrier is the first step for many different applications in life science and medicine. The usage of surface-near electrostatic forces is one possible approach to guide the charged biomaterials to a specific location on the carrier. In this study, we investigate the effect of intrinsic defects on the surface potential of silicon carriers in the dark and under illumination by means of Kelvin probe force microscopy. The intrinsic defects were introduced into the carrier by local, stripe-patterned ion implantation of silicon ions with a fluence of 3 × 10<sup>13</sup> Si ions/cm<sup>2</sup> and 3 × 10<sup>15</sup> Si ions/cm<sup>2</sup> into a p-type silicon wafer with a dopant concentration of 9 × 10<sup>15</sup> B/cm<sup>3</sup>. The patterned implantation allows a direct comparison between the surface potential of the silicon host against the surface potential of implanted stripes. The depth of the implanted silicon ions in the target and the concentration of displaced silicon atoms was simulated using the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) software. The low fluence implantation shows a negligible effect on the measured Kelvin bias in the dark, whereas the large fluence implantation leads to an increased Kelvin bias, i.e. to a smaller surface work function according to the contact potential difference model. Illumination causes a reduced surface band bending and surface potential in the non-implanted regions. The change of the Kelvin bias in the implanted regions under illumination provides insight into the mobility and lifetime of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. Finally, the effect of annealing on the intrinsic defect density is discussed and compared with atomic force microscopy measurements on the 2<sup>nd</sup> harmonic. In addition, by using the Baumgart, Helm, Schmidt interpretation of the measured Kelvin bias, the dopant concentration after implantation is estimated.展开更多
The pattern of isentropes in the vicinity of a first-order phase transition is proposed as a key for a sub-classification. While the confinement-deconfinement transition, conjectured to set in beyond a critical end po...The pattern of isentropes in the vicinity of a first-order phase transition is proposed as a key for a sub-classification. While the confinement-deconfinement transition, conjectured to set in beyond a critical end point in the QCD phase diagram, is often related to an entropic transition and the apparently settled gas-liquid transition in nuclear matter is an enthalphic transition, the conceivable local isentropes w.r.t. “incoming” or “outgoing” serve as another useful guide for discussing possible implications, both in the presumed hydrodynamical expansion stage of heavy-ion collisions and the core-collapse of supernova explosions. Examples, such as the quark-meson model and two-phase models, are shown to distinguish concisely the different transitions.展开更多
In view of the properties of mesons in hot strongly interacting matter, the properties of the solutions of the truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation for the quark propagator at finite temperatures within the rainbow-ladd...In view of the properties of mesons in hot strongly interacting matter, the properties of the solutions of the truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation for the quark propagator at finite temperatures within the rainbow-ladder approximation are analysed in some detail. In Euclidean space within the Matsubara imaginary time formalism, the quark propagator is not longer a O(4) symmetric function and possesses a discrete spectrum of the fourth component of the momentum. This makes the treatment of the Dyson-Schwinger and Bethe-Salpeter equations conceptually different from the vacuum and technically much more involved. The question whether the interaction kernel known from vacuum calculations can be applied at finite temperatures remains still open. We find that, at low temperatures, the model interaction with vacuum parameters provides a reasonable description of the quark propagator, while at temperatures higher than a certain critical value T<sub>c </sub>the interaction requires stringent modifications. The general properties of the quark propagator at finite temperatures can be inferred from lattice QCD (LQCD) calculations. We argue that, to achieve a reasonable agreement of the model calculations with that from LQCD, the kernel is to be modified in such a way as to screen the infra-red part of the interaction at temperatures larger than T<sub>c </sub>. For this, we analyse the solutions of the truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation with existing interaction kernels in a large temperature range with particular attention on high temperatures in order to find hints to an adequate temperature dependence of the interaction kernel to be further implemented in the Bethe-Salpeter equation for mesons. This will allow investigating the possible in medium modifications of the meson properties as well as the conditions of quark deconfinement in hot matter.展开更多
Laser plasma accelerators(LPAs)enable the generation of intense and short proton bunches on a micrometre scale,thus offering new experimental capabilities to research fields such as ultra-high dose rate radiobiology o...Laser plasma accelerators(LPAs)enable the generation of intense and short proton bunches on a micrometre scale,thus offering new experimental capabilities to research fields such as ultra-high dose rate radiobiology or material analysis.Being spectrally broadband,laser-accelerated proton bunches allow for tailored volumetric dose deposition in a sample via single bunches to excite or probe specific sample properties.The rising number of such experiments indicates a need for diagnostics providing spatially resolved characterization of dose distributions with volumes of approximately 1 cm^(3) for single proton bunches to allow for fast online feedback.Here we present the scintillator-based miniSCIDOM detector for online single-bunch tomographic reconstruction of dose distributions in volumes of up to approximately 1 cm^(3).The detector achieves a spatial resolution below 500μm and a sensitivity of 100 mGy.The detector performance is tested at a proton therapy cyclotron and an LPA proton source.The experiments’primary focus is the characterization of the scintillator’s ionization quenching behaviour.展开更多
Magneto-ionics,an emerging approach to manipulate magnetism that relies on voltage-driven ion motion,holds the promise to boost energy efficiency in information technologies such as spintronic devices or future non-vo...Magneto-ionics,an emerging approach to manipulate magnetism that relies on voltage-driven ion motion,holds the promise to boost energy efficiency in information technologies such as spintronic devices or future non-von Neumann computing architectures.For this purpose,stability,reversibility,endurance,and ion motion rates need to be synergistically optimized.Among various ions,nitrogen has demonstrated superior magneto-ionic performance compared to classical species such as oxygen or lithium.Here,we show that ternary Co_(1−x)Fe_(x)N compound exhibits an unprecedented nitrogen magneto-ionic response.Partial substitution of Co by Fe in binary CoN is shown to be favorable in terms of generated magnetization,cyclability and ion motion rates.Specifically,the Co_(0.3)5Fe_(0.65)N films exhibit an induced saturation magnetization of 1,500 emu/cm^(3),a magneto-ionic rate of 35.5 emu/(cm^(3)·s)and endurance exceeding 10^(3) cycles.These values significantly surpass those of other existing nitride and oxide systems.This improvement can be attributed to the larger saturation magnetization of Co_(0.35)Fe_(0.65) compared to individual Co and Fe,the nature and size of structural defects in as-grown films of different composition,and the dissimilar formation energies of Fe and Co with N in the various developed crystallographic structures.展开更多
The next generation of high-power lasers enables repetition of experiments at orders of magnitude higher frequency than what was possible using the prior generation.Facilities requiring human intervention between lase...The next generation of high-power lasers enables repetition of experiments at orders of magnitude higher frequency than what was possible using the prior generation.Facilities requiring human intervention between laser repetitions need to adapt in order to keep pace with the new laser technology.A distributed networked control system can enable laboratory-wide automation and feedback control loops.These higher-repetition-rate experiments will create enormous quantities of data.A consistent approach to managing data can increase data accessibility,reduce repetitive data-software development and mitigate poorly organized metadata.An opportunity arises to share knowledge of improvements to control and data infrastructure currently being undertaken.We compare platforms and approaches to state-of-the-art control systems and data management at high-power laser facilities,and we illustrate these topics with case studies from our community.展开更多
A number of laser facilities coming online all over the world promise the capability of high-power laser experiments with shot repetition rates between 1 and 10 Hz. Target availability and technical issues related to ...A number of laser facilities coming online all over the world promise the capability of high-power laser experiments with shot repetition rates between 1 and 10 Hz. Target availability and technical issues related to the interaction environment could become a bottleneck for the exploitation of such facilities. In this paper, we report on target needs for three different classes of experiments: dynamic compression physics, electron transport and isochoric heating, and laser-driven particle and radiation sources. We also review some of the most challenging issues in target fabrication and high repetition rate operation. Finally, we discuss current target supply strategies and future perspectives to establish a sustainable target provision infrastructure for advanced laser facilities.展开更多
Conceptually,radii are amongst the simplest Poincaré-invariant properties that can be associated with hadrons and light nuclei.Accurate values of these quantities are necessary so that one may judge the character...Conceptually,radii are amongst the simplest Poincaré-invariant properties that can be associated with hadrons and light nuclei.Accurate values of these quantities are necessary so that one may judge the character of putative solutions to the strong interaction problem within the Standard Model.However,limiting their ability to serve in this role,recent measurements and new analyses of older data have revealed uncertainties and imprecisions in the radii of the proton,pion,kaon,and deuteron.In the context of radius measurement using electron+hadron elastic scattering,the past decade has shown that reliable extraction requires minimisation of bias associated with practitioner-dependent choices of data fitting functions.Different answers to that challenge have been offered;and this perspective describes the statistical Schlessinger point method(SPM),in unifying applications to proton,pion,kaon,and deuteron radii.Grounded in analytic function theory,independent of assumptions about underlying dynamics,free from practitioner-induced bias,and applicable in the same form to diverse systems and observables,the SPM returns an objective expression of the information contained in any data under consideration.Its robust nature and versatility make it suitable for use in many branches of experiment and theory.展开更多
基金Project(51676211) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2017SK2253) supported by the Key R&D Plan of Hunan Province of China+1 种基金Project(2015zzts044) supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject(201606370092) supported by the China Scholarship Council
文摘Submerged gas injection into liquid leads to complex multiphase flow, in which nozzle geometries are crucial important for the operational expenditure in terms of pressure drop. The influence of the nozzle geometry on pressure drop between nozzle inlet and outlet has been experimentally studied for different gas flow rates and bath depths. Nozzles with circular, gear-like and four-leaf cross-sectional shape have been studied. The results indicate that, besides the hydraulic diameter of the outlet, the orifice area and the perimeter of the nozzle tip also play significant roles. For the same superficial gas velocity, the average pressure drop from the four-leaf-shaped geometry is the least. The influence of bath depth was found negligible. A correlation for the modified Euler number considering the pressure drop is proposed depending on nozzle geometric parameter and on the modified Froude number with the hydraulic diameter of the nozzle do as characteristic length.
基金Project supported by the Taishan Scholars Youth Expert Program of Shandong Provincethe Qilu Young Scholar Program of Shandong University, China
文摘Carbon ion irradiation and precise diamond blade dicing are applied to fabricate Nd∶GdCOB ridge waveguides.The propagation properties of the fabricated Nd∶GdCOB waveguides are investigated through experiments and theoret-ical analysis.Micro-Raman analysis reveals that the Nd∶GdCOB crystal lattice expands during the irradiation process.Micro-second harmonic spectroscopic analysis suggests that the original nonlinear properties of the Nd∶GdCOB crystal are greatly enhanced within the waveguide volume.Under pulsed 1064 nm laser pumping,second harmonic generation(SHG)at 532 nm has been achieved in the fabricated waveguides.The maximum SHG conversion efficiencies are determined to be~8.32%·W^(-1) and~22.36%·W^(-1) for planar and ridge waveguides,respectively.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12135007 and 11805097)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(Grant No.BK20180323)STRONG-2020,“the strong interaction at the frontier of knowledge:fundamental research and applications”which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme(Grant No.824093)。
文摘Using a procedure based on interpolation via continued fractions supplemented by statistical sampling,we analyze proton magnetic form factor data obtained via electron+proton scattering on Q^(2)∈[0.027,0.55]GeV^(2)with the goal of determining the proton magnetic radius.The approach avoids assumptions about the function form used for data interpolation and ensuing extrapolation onto Q^(2)■0 for extraction of the form factor slope.In this way,we find r_(M)=0.817(27)fm.Regarding the difference between proton electric and magnetic radii calculated in this way,extant data are seen to be compatible with the possibility that the slopes of the proton Dirac and Pauli form factors,F1,2(Q^(2)),are not truly independent observables;to wit,the difference F_(1)’(0)-F_(2)’(0)/κp=[1+Kp]/[4 m_(p)^(2)],viz.,the proton Foldy term.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12135007 and 11805097)the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation+1 种基金and STRONG-2020“The strong interaction at the frontier of knowledge:fundamental research and applications”which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme(Grant No.824093)。
文摘Beginning with precise data on the ratio of structure functions in deep inelastic scattering(DIS)from ^3He and ^3H,collected on the domain 0.19≤xB≤0.83,where xBis the Bjorken scaling variable,we employ a robust method for extrapolating such data to arrive at a model-independent result for the xB=1 value of the ratio of neutron and proton structure functions.Combining this with information obtained in analyses of DIS from nuclei,corrected for target-structure dependence,we arrive at a prediction for the proton valence-quark ratio:d_(v)/u_(v)|_(xB→1)=0.230(57).Requiring consistency with this result presents a challenge to many descriptions of proton structure.
文摘The present paper introduces a new approach to simulate any stationary multivariate Gaussian random field whose cross-covariances are predefined continuous and integrable functions. Such a field is given by convolution of a vector of univariate random fields and a functional matrix which is derived by Cholesky decomposition of the Fourier transform of the predefined cross-covariance matrix. In contrast to common methods, no restrictive model for the cross-covariance is needed. It is stationary and can also be reduced to the isotropic case. The computational effort is very low since fast Fourier transform can be used for simulation. As will be shown the algorithm is computationally faster than a recently published spectral turning bands model. The applicability is demonstrated using a common numerical example with varied spatial correlation structure. The model was developed to support simulation algorithms for mineral microstructures in geoscience.
基金the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province,China(Grant Nos.2019B010132001,2020B010174003,and 2019B121204004)the Basic and Application Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(Grant Nos.2020A1515110891 and 2019A1515111053)the Fund from the Ion Beam Center(IBC)at HZDR.
文摘We show the structural and optical properties of non-polar a-plane GaN epitaxial films modified by Si ion implantation.Upon gradually raising Si fluences from 5×10^(13)cm^(-2)to 5×10^(15)cm^(-2),the n-type dopant concentration gradually increases from 4.6×10^(18)cm^(-2)to 4.5×10^(20)cm^(-2),while the generated vacancy density accordingly raises from 3.7×10^(13)cm^(-2)to 3.8×10^(15)cm^(-2).Moreover,despite that the implantation enhances structural disorder,the epitaxial structure of the implanted region is still well preserved which is confirmed by Rutherford backscattering channeling spectrometry measurements.The monotonical uniaxial lattice expansion along the a direction(out-of-plane direction)is observed as a function of fluences till 1×10^(15)cm^(-2),which ceases at the overdose of 5×10^(15)cm^(-2)due to the partial amorphization in the surface region.Upon raising irradiation dose,a yellow emission in the as-grown sample is gradually quenched,probably due to the irradiation-induced generation of non-radiative recombination centers.
文摘The immobilization of biomaterials on a carrier is the first step for many different applications in life science and medicine. The usage of surface-near electrostatic forces is one possible approach to guide the charged biomaterials to a specific location on the carrier. In this study, we investigate the effect of intrinsic defects on the surface potential of silicon carriers in the dark and under illumination by means of Kelvin probe force microscopy. The intrinsic defects were introduced into the carrier by local, stripe-patterned ion implantation of silicon ions with a fluence of 3 × 10<sup>13</sup> Si ions/cm<sup>2</sup> and 3 × 10<sup>15</sup> Si ions/cm<sup>2</sup> into a p-type silicon wafer with a dopant concentration of 9 × 10<sup>15</sup> B/cm<sup>3</sup>. The patterned implantation allows a direct comparison between the surface potential of the silicon host against the surface potential of implanted stripes. The depth of the implanted silicon ions in the target and the concentration of displaced silicon atoms was simulated using the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) software. The low fluence implantation shows a negligible effect on the measured Kelvin bias in the dark, whereas the large fluence implantation leads to an increased Kelvin bias, i.e. to a smaller surface work function according to the contact potential difference model. Illumination causes a reduced surface band bending and surface potential in the non-implanted regions. The change of the Kelvin bias in the implanted regions under illumination provides insight into the mobility and lifetime of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. Finally, the effect of annealing on the intrinsic defect density is discussed and compared with atomic force microscopy measurements on the 2<sup>nd</sup> harmonic. In addition, by using the Baumgart, Helm, Schmidt interpretation of the measured Kelvin bias, the dopant concentration after implantation is estimated.
文摘The pattern of isentropes in the vicinity of a first-order phase transition is proposed as a key for a sub-classification. While the confinement-deconfinement transition, conjectured to set in beyond a critical end point in the QCD phase diagram, is often related to an entropic transition and the apparently settled gas-liquid transition in nuclear matter is an enthalphic transition, the conceivable local isentropes w.r.t. “incoming” or “outgoing” serve as another useful guide for discussing possible implications, both in the presumed hydrodynamical expansion stage of heavy-ion collisions and the core-collapse of supernova explosions. Examples, such as the quark-meson model and two-phase models, are shown to distinguish concisely the different transitions.
文摘In view of the properties of mesons in hot strongly interacting matter, the properties of the solutions of the truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation for the quark propagator at finite temperatures within the rainbow-ladder approximation are analysed in some detail. In Euclidean space within the Matsubara imaginary time formalism, the quark propagator is not longer a O(4) symmetric function and possesses a discrete spectrum of the fourth component of the momentum. This makes the treatment of the Dyson-Schwinger and Bethe-Salpeter equations conceptually different from the vacuum and technically much more involved. The question whether the interaction kernel known from vacuum calculations can be applied at finite temperatures remains still open. We find that, at low temperatures, the model interaction with vacuum parameters provides a reasonable description of the quark propagator, while at temperatures higher than a certain critical value T<sub>c </sub>the interaction requires stringent modifications. The general properties of the quark propagator at finite temperatures can be inferred from lattice QCD (LQCD) calculations. We argue that, to achieve a reasonable agreement of the model calculations with that from LQCD, the kernel is to be modified in such a way as to screen the infra-red part of the interaction at temperatures larger than T<sub>c </sub>. For this, we analyse the solutions of the truncated Dyson-Schwinger equation with existing interaction kernels in a large temperature range with particular attention on high temperatures in order to find hints to an adequate temperature dependence of the interaction kernel to be further implemented in the Bethe-Salpeter equation for mesons. This will allow investigating the possible in medium modifications of the meson properties as well as the conditions of quark deconfinement in hot matter.
基金partially supported by H2020 Laserlab Europe V (PRISES, Contract No. 871124)the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme Impulse (Grant agreement No. 871161)the support of the Weizmann-Helmholtz Laboratory for Laser Matter Interaction (WHELMI)
文摘Laser plasma accelerators(LPAs)enable the generation of intense and short proton bunches on a micrometre scale,thus offering new experimental capabilities to research fields such as ultra-high dose rate radiobiology or material analysis.Being spectrally broadband,laser-accelerated proton bunches allow for tailored volumetric dose deposition in a sample via single bunches to excite or probe specific sample properties.The rising number of such experiments indicates a need for diagnostics providing spatially resolved characterization of dose distributions with volumes of approximately 1 cm^(3) for single proton bunches to allow for fast online feedback.Here we present the scintillator-based miniSCIDOM detector for online single-bunch tomographic reconstruction of dose distributions in volumes of up to approximately 1 cm^(3).The detector achieves a spatial resolution below 500μm and a sensitivity of 100 mGy.The detector performance is tested at a proton therapy cyclotron and an LPA proton source.The experiments’primary focus is the characterization of the scintillator’s ionization quenching behaviour.
基金Financial support by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme(BeMAGIC European Training Network,ETN/ITN Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant Nº861145)the European Research Council(2021-ERC-Advanced REMINDS Grant Nº101054687)+2 种基金the Spanish Government(PID2020-116844RBeC21,TED2021-130453B-C22 and PDC2021-121276-C31)the Generalitat de Catalunya(2021-SGR-00651)the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033&“European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”(grant CNS2022-135230)is acknowledged.
文摘Magneto-ionics,an emerging approach to manipulate magnetism that relies on voltage-driven ion motion,holds the promise to boost energy efficiency in information technologies such as spintronic devices or future non-von Neumann computing architectures.For this purpose,stability,reversibility,endurance,and ion motion rates need to be synergistically optimized.Among various ions,nitrogen has demonstrated superior magneto-ionic performance compared to classical species such as oxygen or lithium.Here,we show that ternary Co_(1−x)Fe_(x)N compound exhibits an unprecedented nitrogen magneto-ionic response.Partial substitution of Co by Fe in binary CoN is shown to be favorable in terms of generated magnetization,cyclability and ion motion rates.Specifically,the Co_(0.3)5Fe_(0.65)N films exhibit an induced saturation magnetization of 1,500 emu/cm^(3),a magneto-ionic rate of 35.5 emu/(cm^(3)·s)and endurance exceeding 10^(3) cycles.These values significantly surpass those of other existing nitride and oxide systems.This improvement can be attributed to the larger saturation magnetization of Co_(0.35)Fe_(0.65) compared to individual Co and Fe,the nature and size of structural defects in as-grown films of different composition,and the dissimilar formation energies of Fe and Co with N in the various developed crystallographic structures.
基金A.J.acknowledges the support from DOE Grant#DESC0016804.
文摘The next generation of high-power lasers enables repetition of experiments at orders of magnitude higher frequency than what was possible using the prior generation.Facilities requiring human intervention between laser repetitions need to adapt in order to keep pace with the new laser technology.A distributed networked control system can enable laboratory-wide automation and feedback control loops.These higher-repetition-rate experiments will create enormous quantities of data.A consistent approach to managing data can increase data accessibility,reduce repetitive data-software development and mitigate poorly organized metadata.An opportunity arises to share knowledge of improvements to control and data infrastructure currently being undertaken.We compare platforms and approaches to state-of-the-art control systems and data management at high-power laser facilities,and we illustrate these topics with case studies from our community.
基金support from the European Cluster of Advanced Laser Light Sources(EUCALL)project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under agreement No 654220support of the ELI-NP team and from ELI-NP PhaseⅡ,a project co-financed by the Romanian Government and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund–the Competitiveness Operational Programme(1/07.07.2016,COP,ID 1334)+5 种基金support of the ELI-Beamlines project,mainly sponsored by the project ELI–Extreme Light Infrastructure–Phase 2(CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15–008/0000162)through the European Regional Development Fundsupport of Planet Dive,a project that has received funding from the European Research Council(ERC)under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme(grant agreement N.637748)supported by the Helmholtz Association under VHNG-1141support of the European Research Council Consolidator Grant ENSURE(ERC-2014CoG No.647554)Support by the Nanofabrication Facilities Rossendorfthe Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research,HZDR
文摘A number of laser facilities coming online all over the world promise the capability of high-power laser experiments with shot repetition rates between 1 and 10 Hz. Target availability and technical issues related to the interaction environment could become a bottleneck for the exploitation of such facilities. In this paper, we report on target needs for three different classes of experiments: dynamic compression physics, electron transport and isochoric heating, and laser-driven particle and radiation sources. We also review some of the most challenging issues in target fabrication and high repetition rate operation. Finally, we discuss current target supply strategies and future perspectives to establish a sustainable target provision infrastructure for advanced laser facilities.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12135007)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20220122)STRONG-2020"The strong interaction at the frontier of knowledge:fundamental research and applications"which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme(824093)。
文摘Conceptually,radii are amongst the simplest Poincaré-invariant properties that can be associated with hadrons and light nuclei.Accurate values of these quantities are necessary so that one may judge the character of putative solutions to the strong interaction problem within the Standard Model.However,limiting their ability to serve in this role,recent measurements and new analyses of older data have revealed uncertainties and imprecisions in the radii of the proton,pion,kaon,and deuteron.In the context of radius measurement using electron+hadron elastic scattering,the past decade has shown that reliable extraction requires minimisation of bias associated with practitioner-dependent choices of data fitting functions.Different answers to that challenge have been offered;and this perspective describes the statistical Schlessinger point method(SPM),in unifying applications to proton,pion,kaon,and deuteron radii.Grounded in analytic function theory,independent of assumptions about underlying dynamics,free from practitioner-induced bias,and applicable in the same form to diverse systems and observables,the SPM returns an objective expression of the information contained in any data under consideration.Its robust nature and versatility make it suitable for use in many branches of experiment and theory.
