{"title":"Radiative corrections in super rosenbluth experiments","authors":"Quinn Stefan, Axel Schmidt","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01446-9","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01446-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Super Rosenbluth experiments, elastic electron-proton scattering experiments that eschew traditional electron detection and opt instead for the detection of the recoiling proton, have several experimental advantages. One claimed advantage is that radiative corrections are more favorable, i.e., smaller and with less kinematic dependence. In this paper, we explore this claim by conducting Monte Carlo simulations of both Super Rosenbluth and traditional Rosenbluth experiments with different models of radiative effects. When using a model that employs the peaking approximation, we indeed confirm the reduced kinematic dependence of the radiative corrections. However, we find that more sophisticated models that avoid the peaking approximation are unable to produce numerically stable results, due to a large enhancement to the cross section for bremsstrahlung radiation from the proton when the momentum transfer, <span>(Q^2)</span>, approaches zero. Since this enhancement is not modelled in the peaking approximation, a more robust approach to radiative corrections in Super Rosenbluth experiments is needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomáš Czakoj, Michal Košťál, Evžen Losa, Stanislav Simakov, Evžen Novák, Martin Schulc, Zdeněk Matěj, Filip Mravec, František Cvachovec, Roberto Capote
{"title":"Measurement of total fission gamma spectrum of 252Cf(s.f.)","authors":"Tomáš Czakoj, Michal Košťál, Evžen Losa, Stanislav Simakov, Evžen Novák, Martin Schulc, Zdeněk Matěj, Filip Mravec, František Cvachovec, Roberto Capote","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01439-8","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01439-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper presents a first comprehensive measurement of the total fission gamma spectrum (TFGS) of <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) spanning an energy range from 0.2 to 14.3 MeV using stilbene scintillator spectroscopy. The measurement was performed with the <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) source placed in a flexo-rabbit ending, with a stilbene detector located at a distance of 100 cm from the source. The room effect was determined by separate measurement with a 50 cm long lead shielding cylinder placed between the source and the detector. The obtained spectrum was corrected for the effect of the <sup>252</sup>Cf source structural parts and the flexo-rabbit ending, using correction function obtained by simulation with the MCNP6.2 code. The main benefit of this independent measurement is the wide energy range, from 0.2 up to 14.3 MeV, in a single experiment, whereas existing measurements typically cover narrower intervals. The knowledge of the TFGS is crucial for various applications involving <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) sources, including the design and analysis of nuclear systems, the validation of nuclear data, and the estimation of radiation in the nuclear medicine. The comparison of TFGS with the recently evaluated <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) prompt fission gamma spectrum (PFGS) indicates that delayed gammas may contribute above 2 MeV up to the highest energies; the current assumption was that delayed gammas contribution above 2 MeV was negligible.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From past to future in the science of super heavy elements","authors":"Yuri Oganessian","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01431-2","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01431-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Competition of decay modes for (Z=119) and (Z=120) superheavy nuclei","authors":"Wenxia Wang, Nana Ma, Yu Zhang, Zheng Wei, Hongfei Zhang","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01444-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01444-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Synthesis of new elements with <span>(Z ge 119)</span> is currently a forefront issue in modern nuclear physics. The central question then arises as to the stability and decay properties of these new elements. In this study, the competition between <span>(alpha )</span>-decay, spontaneous fission, cluster radioactivity, and <span>(beta )</span>-decay in the isotopic chains of <span>(Z=119)</span> and <span>(Z=120)</span> was investigated using the finite-range droplet model (FRDM) and Weizsäcker -Skyrme model (WS4). The Royer formula, Karpov formula, Universal Decay Law, and Sobhani formula were applied to analyze each respective decay mode. It was found that cluster radioactivity and <span>(beta )</span>-decay is at a disadvantage in these isotopic chains, with <span>(alpha )</span>-decay and SF being the dominant decay modes. For nuclei with longer half-lives for the dominant decay modes, <span>(alpha )</span>-decay tends to be the most prevalent. <span>(N=184)</span> is a candidate for the neutron magic number based on WS4 and FRDM. In addition, the generalized liquid drop model with corrections for surface diffuseness effects was employed to study <span>(alpha )</span>-decay across four different sets of mass models: FRDM, WS4, Koura–Tachibana–Uno–Yamada (KTUY) mass formula, and Niu2022. The calculation of <span>(alpha )</span>-decay half-lives was further optimized through the use of the radial basis function network.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142672727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Amsler, H. Breuker, M. Bumbar, M. Cerwenka, G. Costantini, R. Ferragut, M. Fleck, M. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, G. Gosta, E. D. Hunter, C. Killian, B. Kolbinger, V. Kraxberger, N. Kuroda, M. Lackner, M. Leali, G. Maero, V. Mascagna, Y. Matsuda, S. Migliorati, D. J. Murtagh, A. Nanda, L. Nowak, S. Rheinfrank, M. Romé, M. C. Simon, M. Tajima, V. Toso, S. Ulmer, M. van Beuzekom, L. Venturelli, A. Weiser, E. Widmann, Y. Yamazaki, J. Zmeskal
{"title":"Antiproton annihilation at rest in thin solid targets and comparison with Monte Carlo simulations","authors":"C. Amsler, H. Breuker, M. Bumbar, M. Cerwenka, G. Costantini, R. Ferragut, M. Fleck, M. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, G. Gosta, E. D. Hunter, C. Killian, B. Kolbinger, V. Kraxberger, N. Kuroda, M. Lackner, M. Leali, G. Maero, V. Mascagna, Y. Matsuda, S. Migliorati, D. J. Murtagh, A. Nanda, L. Nowak, S. Rheinfrank, M. Romé, M. C. Simon, M. Tajima, V. Toso, S. Ulmer, M. van Beuzekom, L. Venturelli, A. Weiser, E. Widmann, Y. Yamazaki, J. Zmeskal","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The mechanism of antiproton–nucleus annihilation at rest is not fully understood, despite substantial previous experimental and theoretical work. In this study we used slow extracted antiprotons from the ASACUSA apparatus at CERN to measure the charged particle multiplicities and their energy deposits from antiproton annihilations at rest on three different nuclei: carbon, molybdenum and gold. The results are compared with predictions from different models in the simulation tools Geant4 and FLUKA. A model that accounts for all the observed features is still missing, as well as measurements at low energies, to validate such models.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142664477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An empirical formula for the proton radioactivity","authors":"Jie-Dong Jiang, Xiao Liu, Yang-yang Xu, Biao He, Xi-Jun wu, Xiao-Hua Li","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01443-y","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01443-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Proton radioactivity is an exotic decay mode of proton-rich nuclei far from the <span>(beta )</span>-stability line and shares the similar decay mechanism theory of barrier penetration as <span>(alpha )</span> decay. In present work, we extend the Hatsukawa formula (Hatsukawa et al. in Phys Rev C 42:674, 1990) for <span>(alpha )</span> decay to proton radioactivity and propose an empirical formula for evaluating the proton radioactivity half-lives of proton nuclei with Z > 68. Using this formula, we systematically calculate the proton radioactivity half-lives of 33 spherical proton emitters with the corresponding root-mean-square (rms) deviation being 0.391. It is found that the calculated half-lives can reproduce the experimental data well. Moreover, we extend this formula to predict the proton radioactivity half-lives of 18 spherical proton emitters, whose proton radioactivity is energetically allowed or observed but not yet quantified. For comparison, unified fission model (UFM), Coulomb potential and proximity potential model (CPPM), universal decay law for proton emission (UDLP) and new Geiger-Nuttall law (NG-N) are also used. All the predictions are basically consistent with each other.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. S. Mukhin, A. V. Isaev, I. I. Ulanova, A. I. Svirikhin, M. A. Bychkov, M. L. Chelnokov, V. I. Chepigin, H. M. Devaraja, O. Dorvaux, B. Gall, K. Hauschild, I. N. Izosimov, A. A. Kuznetsova, A. Lopez-Martens, O. N. Malyshev, A. G. Popeko, Yu. A. Popov, B. Sailaubekov, E. A. Sokol, M. S. Tezekbayeva, N. I. Zamyatin, A. V. Yeremin
{"title":"Prompt neutron multiplicity from spontaneous fission of (^{244})Fm","authors":"R. S. Mukhin, A. V. Isaev, I. I. Ulanova, A. I. Svirikhin, M. A. Bychkov, M. L. Chelnokov, V. I. Chepigin, H. M. Devaraja, O. Dorvaux, B. Gall, K. Hauschild, I. N. Izosimov, A. A. Kuznetsova, A. Lopez-Martens, O. N. Malyshev, A. G. Popeko, Yu. A. Popov, B. Sailaubekov, E. A. Sokol, M. S. Tezekbayeva, N. I. Zamyatin, A. V. Yeremin","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01441-0","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01441-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the prompt fission neutron (PFN) multiplicity distribution in the spontaneous fission (SF) of <span>(^{244})</span>Fm. Experimental data were obtained using the complete fusion reaction <span>(^{206})</span>Pb(<span>(^{40})</span>Ar,2n)<span>(^{244})</span>Fm, obtaining a mean of <span>(3.6 pm 0.1)</span> emitted neutrons per SF event. The symmetry of the PFN multiplicity distribution suggests no significant influence of additional fission modes, aligning with theoretical predictions that indicate the dominance of the standard fission mode. At the same time, comparison with neighboring isotopes points at a possible additional fission mode in <span>(^{246})</span>Fm.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142636887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. M. Cheikh, G. Kessedjian, O. Serot, A. Chebboubi, D. Bernard, V. Vallet
{"title":"(^{235}text {U(n}_{text {th}}text {,f)}) mass yield evaluation with associated covariance matrix","authors":"S. M. Cheikh, G. Kessedjian, O. Serot, A. Chebboubi, D. Bernard, V. Vallet","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01422-3","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01422-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study of fission yields has a major impact on the characterization and understanding of the fission process and its applications. Mass yield evaluation represents a key element in order to perform the best estimation of independent and cumulative fission product yields. Today, the lack of analysis-based correlation matrix between the different fission observables induces many inconsistencies in the evaluations. In particular, the mass yield uncertainties are drastically overestimated in comparison to chain yields while these two quantities only differ from the emission of delayed neutrons. In this work, a new consistent process of mass yield evaluation is proposed taking into account the description of the covariance matrix. For <span>(^{235}text {U(n}_{text {th}}text {,f)})</span> mass yields, existing data cover a large range of produced masses which makes it possible to propose an evaluation of mass yields independently of any model with a precision closed to <span>(1.5%)</span> for the high yields. This new precision brings the possibility to discuss the origin of the structures in the post-neutron mass yields, in particular the consistency with the pre-neutron mass yields and the prompt neutron multiplicity per mass. The work is the first part of the <span>(^{235}text {U(n}_{text {th}}text {,f)})</span> thermal neutron induced fission yield evaluation which will be included in the new JEFF-4 library.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01422-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142598954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prasanna M., V. V. Parkar, V. Jha, S. K. Pandit, A. Parmar, A. Shrivastava, K. Mahata, K. Ramachandran, R. Palit, Bhushan Kanagalekar, B. G. Hegde
{"title":"Neutron transfer in 7Li+205Tl system","authors":"Prasanna M., V. V. Parkar, V. Jha, S. K. Pandit, A. Parmar, A. Shrivastava, K. Mahata, K. Ramachandran, R. Palit, Bhushan Kanagalekar, B. G. Hegde","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01436-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01436-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Neutron transfer cross sections for <sup>7</sup>Li+<sup>205</sup>Tl system were measured near Coulomb barrier energies using online <span>(gamma )</span>-ray detection technique. One neutron stripping, two neutron stripping, and one neutron pickup cross sections have been extracted and are compared with the Coupled Reaction Channel (CRC) calculations. The systematics of one and two neutron stripping and pickup cross sections with a <sup>7</sup>Li projectile on several targets show an approximate universal behaviour. A comparison of integrated neutron transfer cross sections with complete and incomplete fusion cross sections available with <sup>7</sup>Li projectile is presented to understand the systematic behaviour. The neutron transfer along with cumulative sum of complete and incomplete fusion was found to explain the estimated reaction cross section in <sup>7</sup>Li+<sup>205</sup>Tl system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01436-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charge distribution and total kinetic energy in the fission of Rn, Ra and U","authors":"Andrei Butuza","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01423-2","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01423-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>For the even nuclei of <span>(^{204-208})</span>Rn, <span>(^{214-218})</span>Ra and <span>(^{232-234})</span>U, the simultaneous description of charge distribution and total kinetic energy are studied within the scission-point model. The calculated data are compared with experimental data from the literature. Correlations between these observables and other quantities of interest are analysed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01423-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142596006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}