Conformal radiation therapy methods including the magnetic raster scanning used at GSI yield a very high dose inside tumor volume while drastically reducing the dose contribution to surrounding healthy tissue.This is ...Conformal radiation therapy methods including the magnetic raster scanning used at GSI yield a very high dose inside tumor volume while drastically reducing the dose contribution to surrounding healthy tissue.This is achieved by delivering a previously calculated dose to every single volume element(voxel)of the tumor展开更多
The high-energy/high-intensity laser facility PHELIX of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt,Germany,has been in operation since 2008.Here,we review the current system performance,which ...The high-energy/high-intensity laser facility PHELIX of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt,Germany,has been in operation since 2008.Here,we review the current system performance,which is the result of continuous development and further improvement.Through its versatile frontend architecture,PHELIX can be operated in both long-and short-pulse modes,corresponding to ns-pulses with up to 1 kJ pulse energy and sub-ps,200 J pulses,respectively.In the short-pulse mode,the excellent temporal contrast and the control over the wavefront make PHELIX an ideal driver for secondary sources of high-energy ions,neutrons,electrons and X-rays.The long-pulse mode is mainly used for plasma heating,which can then be probed by the heavy-ion beam of the linear accelerator of GSI.In addition,PHELIX can now be used to generate X-rays for studying exotic states of matter created by heavy-ion heating using the ion beam of the heavy-ion synchrotron of GSI.展开更多
Man-made superheavy elements(SHE)are produced as energetic recoils in complete-fusion reactions and need to be thermalized in a gas-filled chamber for chemical studies.The ever-shorter half-lives and decreasing produc...Man-made superheavy elements(SHE)are produced as energetic recoils in complete-fusion reactions and need to be thermalized in a gas-filled chamber for chemical studies.The ever-shorter half-lives and decreasing production rates of the elements beyond Fl(atomic number Z=114)-the heaviest element chemically studied today-require the development of novel techniques for quantitative thermalization and fast extraction efficiency.The Universal high-density gas stopping Cell(UniCell),currently under construction,was proposed to achieve this.Within this work,we propose an Ion Transfer by Gas Flow(ITGF)device,which serves as a UniCell ejector to interface with a gas chromatography detector array for chemical studies.Detailed parameter optimizations,using gas dynamics and Monte Carlo ion-trajectory simulations,promise fast(within a few ms)and highly efficient(up to 100%)ion extraction across a wide mass range.These ions can then be transmitted quantitatively through the ITGF into the high-pressure environment needed for further chemical studies.展开更多
While the abundances of the final state hadrons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are rather well described by the thermal particle production,the shape of the transverse momentum,pT,distribution below p_(T)≈500 M...While the abundances of the final state hadrons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are rather well described by the thermal particle production,the shape of the transverse momentum,pT,distribution below p_(T)≈500 MeV/c,is still poorly understood.We propose a procedure to quantify the model-to-data differences using Bayesian inference techniques,which allows for consistent treatment of the experimental uncertainties and tests the completeness of the available hydrodynamic frameworks.Using relativistic fluid framework FluiduM with PCE coupled to TrENTo initial state and FasTrEso decays,we analyze p_(T)distribution of identified charged hadrons measured in heavy-ion collisions at top RHIC and the LHC energies and identify an excess of pions produced below p_(T)≈500 MeV/c.Our results provide new input for the interpretation of the pion excess as either missing components in the thermal particle yield description or as an evidence for a different particle production mechanism.展开更多
Schottky mass spectrometry utilizing heavy-ion storage rings is a powerful technique for the precise mass and decay half-life measurements of highly charged ions.Owing to the nondestructive ion detection features of S...Schottky mass spectrometry utilizing heavy-ion storage rings is a powerful technique for the precise mass and decay half-life measurements of highly charged ions.Owing to the nondestructive ion detection features of Schottky noise detectors,the number of stored ions in the ring is determined by the peak area in the measured revolution frequency spectrum.Because of their intrinsic amplitude-frequency characteristic(AFC),Schottky detector systems exhibit varying sensitivities at different frequencies.Using low-energy electron-cooled stored ions,a new method is developed to calibrate the AFC curve of the Schottky detector system of the Experimental Cooler Storage Ring(CSRe)storage ring located in Lanzhou,China.Using the amplitude-calibrated frequency spectrum,a notable refinement was observed in the precision of both the peak position and peak area.As a result,the storage lifetimes of the electron-cooled fully ionized^(56)Fe^(26+)ions were determined with high precision at beam energies of 13.7 and 116.4 MeV/u,despite of frequency drifts during the experiment.When electron cooling was turned off,the effective vacuum condition experienced by the 116.4 MeV/u^(56)Fe^(26+)ions was determined using amplitude-calibrated spectra,revealing a value of 2×10^(−10)mbar,which is consistent with vacuum gauge readings along the CSRe ring.The method reported herein will be adapted for the next-generation storage ring of the HIAF facility under construction in Huizhou,China.It can also be adapted to other storage ring facilities worldwide to improve precision and enhance lifetime measurements using many ions in the ring.展开更多
We report on commissioning experiments at the high-energy,high-temperature(HHT)target area at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH,Darmstadt,Germany,combining for the first time intense pulses o...We report on commissioning experiments at the high-energy,high-temperature(HHT)target area at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH,Darmstadt,Germany,combining for the first time intense pulses of heavy ions from the SIS18 synchrotron with high-energy laser pulses from the PHELIX laser facility.We demonstrate the use of X-ray diagnostic techniques based on intense laserdriven X-ray sources,which will allow probing of large samples volumetrically heated by the intense heavy-ion beams.A new target chamber as well as optical diagnostics for ion-beam characterization and fast pyrometric temperature measurements complement the experimental capabilities.This platform is designed for experiments at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH(FAIR),where unprecedented ion-beam intensities will enable the generation of millimeter-sized samples under high-energy-density conditions.展开更多
he international HypHI collaboration proposes to perform hypernuclear spectroscopy with stable heavy ion beams and rare isotope beams at GSI and FAIR in order to study neutron and proton rich hypernuclei and to measur...he international HypHI collaboration proposes to perform hypernuclear spectroscopy with stable heavy ion beams and rare isotope beams at GSI and FAIR in order to study neutron and proton rich hypernuclei and to measure directly hypernuclear magnetic moments for the first time. The project is divided into four phases. In the first Phase 0 experiment,the feasibility of precise hypernuclear spectroscopy with heavy ion beams will be demonstrated by observing π-decay channels of 3ΛH,4ΛH and 5ΛHe with 6Li projectiles at 2 AGeV impinging on a 12C target. In the later Phases 1 through 3,studies of proton and neutron rich hypernuclei,direct measurements of hypernuclear magnetic moments and the spectroscopy of hypernuclei toward the nucleon drip-lines are planned.展开更多
Most triaxial-vectorial magnetic field measurements with spin-exchange relaxation free(SERF)atomic magnetometer(AM)are based on the quasi-steady-state solution of the Bloch equation.However,the responding speed of the...Most triaxial-vectorial magnetic field measurements with spin-exchange relaxation free(SERF)atomic magnetometer(AM)are based on the quasi-steady-state solution of the Bloch equation.However,the responding speed of these methods is greatly limited because the frequency of the modulation signal should be slow enough to ensure the validity of the quasi-steady-state solution.In this work,a new model to describe the response of the three-axis sensitive SERF AM with high modulation frequency is presented and verified.The response of alkali-atomic spin to high-frequency modulation field is further investigated by solving the Bloch equation in a modulation-frequency-dependence manner.This solution is well verified by our experiments and can offer a reference for selection of modulation frequencies.The result shows a potential to achieve a SERF AM operating in a geomagnetic field without heavy aluminum shielding when the modulation frequencies are selected properly.展开更多
A new approach based on relativistic kinetic equations is proposed to solve the long-standing puzzle of light cluster formation, also called nucleosynthesis, in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. This method addresses ...A new approach based on relativistic kinetic equations is proposed to solve the long-standing puzzle of light cluster formation, also called nucleosynthesis, in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. This method addresses the tension between STAR data and previous studies relying on either statistical equilibrium or coalescence approaches.展开更多
Directed x-rays produced in the interaction of sub-picosecond laser pulses of moderate relativistic intensity with plasma of near-critical density are investigated. Synchrotron-like (betatron) radiation occurs in the ...Directed x-rays produced in the interaction of sub-picosecond laser pulses of moderate relativistic intensity with plasma of near-critical density are investigated. Synchrotron-like (betatron) radiation occurs in the process of direct laser acceleration (DLA) of electrons in a relativisticlaser channel when the electrons undergo transverse betatron oscillations in self-generated quasi-static electric and magnetic fields. In anexperiment at the PHELIX laser system, high-current directed beams of DLA electrons with a mean energy ten times higher than the ponderomotive potential and maximum energy up to 100 MeV were measured at 10^(19) W/cm^(2)laser intensity. The spectrum of directed x-raysin the range of 5–60 keV was evaluated using two sets of Ross filters placed at 0°and 10°to the laser pulse propagation axis. The differential x-ray absorption method allowed for absolute measurements of the angular-dependent photon fluence. We report 10^(13) photons/sr withenergies >5 keV measured at 0°to the laser axis and a brilliance of 10^(21) photons s^(−1) mm^(−2) mrad−2(0.1%BW)−1. The angular distributionof the emission has an FWHM of 14°–16°. Thanks to the ultra-high photon fluence, point-like radiation source, and ultra-short emissiontime, DLA-based keV backlighters are promising for various applications in high-energy-density research with kilojoule petawatt-class laserfacilities.展开更多
We perform benchmark calculations of the p-wave resonances in the exponentially cosine screened Coulomb potential using the uniform complex-scaling generalized pseudo-spectral method.The present results show significa...We perform benchmark calculations of the p-wave resonances in the exponentially cosine screened Coulomb potential using the uniform complex-scaling generalized pseudo-spectral method.The present results show significant improvement in calculation accuracy compared to previous predictions and correct the misidentification of resonance electron configuration in previous works.It is found that the resonance states approximately follow an n^(2)-scaling law which is similar to the bound counterparts.The birth of a new resonance would distort the trajectory of an adjacent higher-lying resonance.展开更多
文摘Conformal radiation therapy methods including the magnetic raster scanning used at GSI yield a very high dose inside tumor volume while drastically reducing the dose contribution to surrounding healthy tissue.This is achieved by delivering a previously calculated dose to every single volume element(voxel)of the tumor
基金funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme via the transnational access and joint research activity programmes of Laserlab(grant agreement Nos.871124 and 654148)funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01 call under grant agreement number 101095207(THRILL)financed via the BMBF Er UM-APPA collaborative research scheme(contract numbers 05P19RFFA1-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt,05P21RDFA2-Technische Universität Darmstadt,05P19SJFA1 and 05P21SJFA2-Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena)。
文摘The high-energy/high-intensity laser facility PHELIX of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt,Germany,has been in operation since 2008.Here,we review the current system performance,which is the result of continuous development and further improvement.Through its versatile frontend architecture,PHELIX can be operated in both long-and short-pulse modes,corresponding to ns-pulses with up to 1 kJ pulse energy and sub-ps,200 J pulses,respectively.In the short-pulse mode,the excellent temporal contrast and the control over the wavefront make PHELIX an ideal driver for secondary sources of high-energy ions,neutrons,electrons and X-rays.The long-pulse mode is mainly used for plasma heating,which can then be probed by the heavy-ion beam of the linear accelerator of GSI.In addition,PHELIX can now be used to generate X-rays for studying exotic states of matter created by heavy-ion heating using the ion beam of the heavy-ion synchrotron of GSI.
基金This work was supported by the German BMBF (No.05P21UMFN2)
文摘Man-made superheavy elements(SHE)are produced as energetic recoils in complete-fusion reactions and need to be thermalized in a gas-filled chamber for chemical studies.The ever-shorter half-lives and decreasing production rates of the elements beyond Fl(atomic number Z=114)-the heaviest element chemically studied today-require the development of novel techniques for quantitative thermalization and fast extraction efficiency.The Universal high-density gas stopping Cell(UniCell),currently under construction,was proposed to achieve this.Within this work,we propose an Ion Transfer by Gas Flow(ITGF)device,which serves as a UniCell ejector to interface with a gas chromatography detector array for chemical studies.Detailed parameter optimizations,using gas dynamics and Monte Carlo ion-trajectory simulations,promise fast(within a few ms)and highly efficient(up to 100%)ion extraction across a wide mass range.These ions can then be transmitted quantitatively through the ITGF into the high-pressure environment needed for further chemical studies.
文摘While the abundances of the final state hadrons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are rather well described by the thermal particle production,the shape of the transverse momentum,pT,distribution below p_(T)≈500 MeV/c,is still poorly understood.We propose a procedure to quantify the model-to-data differences using Bayesian inference techniques,which allows for consistent treatment of the experimental uncertainties and tests the completeness of the available hydrodynamic frameworks.Using relativistic fluid framework FluiduM with PCE coupled to TrENTo initial state and FasTrEso decays,we analyze p_(T)distribution of identified charged hadrons measured in heavy-ion collisions at top RHIC and the LHC energies and identify an excess of pions produced below p_(T)≈500 MeV/c.Our results provide new input for the interpretation of the pion excess as either missing components in the thermal particle yield description or as an evidence for a different particle production mechanism.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2023YFA1606401 and 2018YFA0404401)the Young Scholar of Regional Development,CAS ([2023] 15)+1 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences Stable Support for Young Teams in Basic Research (No. YSBR-002)Special Fund for Strategic Pilot Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB34000000)
文摘Schottky mass spectrometry utilizing heavy-ion storage rings is a powerful technique for the precise mass and decay half-life measurements of highly charged ions.Owing to the nondestructive ion detection features of Schottky noise detectors,the number of stored ions in the ring is determined by the peak area in the measured revolution frequency spectrum.Because of their intrinsic amplitude-frequency characteristic(AFC),Schottky detector systems exhibit varying sensitivities at different frequencies.Using low-energy electron-cooled stored ions,a new method is developed to calibrate the AFC curve of the Schottky detector system of the Experimental Cooler Storage Ring(CSRe)storage ring located in Lanzhou,China.Using the amplitude-calibrated frequency spectrum,a notable refinement was observed in the precision of both the peak position and peak area.As a result,the storage lifetimes of the electron-cooled fully ionized^(56)Fe^(26+)ions were determined with high precision at beam energies of 13.7 and 116.4 MeV/u,despite of frequency drifts during the experiment.When electron cooling was turned off,the effective vacuum condition experienced by the 116.4 MeV/u^(56)Fe^(26+)ions was determined using amplitude-calibrated spectra,revealing a value of 2×10^(−10)mbar,which is consistent with vacuum gauge readings along the CSRe ring.The method reported herein will be adapted for the next-generation storage ring of the HIAF facility under construction in Huizhou,China.It can also be adapted to other storage ring facilities worldwide to improve precision and enhance lifetime measurements using many ions in the ring.
基金supported by GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, as part of the R & D Project No. SI-URDK2224 with the University of Rostocksupport by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under Grant No. 05P21RFFA2supported by the Helmholtz Association under Grant No. ERC-RA-0041。
文摘We report on commissioning experiments at the high-energy,high-temperature(HHT)target area at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH,Darmstadt,Germany,combining for the first time intense pulses of heavy ions from the SIS18 synchrotron with high-energy laser pulses from the PHELIX laser facility.We demonstrate the use of X-ray diagnostic techniques based on intense laserdriven X-ray sources,which will allow probing of large samples volumetrically heated by the intense heavy-ion beams.A new target chamber as well as optical diagnostics for ion-beam characterization and fast pyrometric temperature measurements complement the experimental capabilities.This platform is designed for experiments at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH(FAIR),where unprecedented ion-beam intensities will enable the generation of millimeter-sized samples under high-energy-density conditions.
基金The Hel mholtz Association and GSI as Hel mholtz-University Young Investigators Group VH-NG-239 at GSI with Mainz UniversityGerman Research Foundation(DFG)(SA1696/1-1)
文摘he international HypHI collaboration proposes to perform hypernuclear spectroscopy with stable heavy ion beams and rare isotope beams at GSI and FAIR in order to study neutron and proton rich hypernuclei and to measure directly hypernuclear magnetic moments for the first time. The project is divided into four phases. In the first Phase 0 experiment,the feasibility of precise hypernuclear spectroscopy with heavy ion beams will be demonstrated by observing π-decay channels of 3ΛH,4ΛH and 5ΛHe with 6Li projectiles at 2 AGeV impinging on a 12C target. In the later Phases 1 through 3,studies of proton and neutron rich hypernuclei,direct measurements of hypernuclear magnetic moments and the spectroscopy of hypernuclei toward the nucleon drip-lines are planned.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42074216).
文摘Most triaxial-vectorial magnetic field measurements with spin-exchange relaxation free(SERF)atomic magnetometer(AM)are based on the quasi-steady-state solution of the Bloch equation.However,the responding speed of these methods is greatly limited because the frequency of the modulation signal should be slow enough to ensure the validity of the quasi-steady-state solution.In this work,a new model to describe the response of the three-axis sensitive SERF AM with high modulation frequency is presented and verified.The response of alkali-atomic spin to high-frequency modulation field is further investigated by solving the Bloch equation in a modulation-frequency-dependence manner.This solution is well verified by our experiments and can offer a reference for selection of modulation frequencies.The result shows a potential to achieve a SERF AM operating in a geomagnetic field without heavy aluminum shielding when the modulation frequencies are selected properly.
文摘A new approach based on relativistic kinetic equations is proposed to solve the long-standing puzzle of light cluster formation, also called nucleosynthesis, in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. This method addresses the tension between STAR data and previous studies relying on either statistical equilibrium or coalescence approaches.
基金supported by the Czech Ministry of Education,Youth and Sports(Project No.CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/18_053/0016980)the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic(Grant No.GM23-05027M).
文摘Directed x-rays produced in the interaction of sub-picosecond laser pulses of moderate relativistic intensity with plasma of near-critical density are investigated. Synchrotron-like (betatron) radiation occurs in the process of direct laser acceleration (DLA) of electrons in a relativisticlaser channel when the electrons undergo transverse betatron oscillations in self-generated quasi-static electric and magnetic fields. In anexperiment at the PHELIX laser system, high-current directed beams of DLA electrons with a mean energy ten times higher than the ponderomotive potential and maximum energy up to 100 MeV were measured at 10^(19) W/cm^(2)laser intensity. The spectrum of directed x-raysin the range of 5–60 keV was evaluated using two sets of Ross filters placed at 0°and 10°to the laser pulse propagation axis. The differential x-ray absorption method allowed for absolute measurements of the angular-dependent photon fluence. We report 10^(13) photons/sr withenergies >5 keV measured at 0°to the laser axis and a brilliance of 10^(21) photons s^(−1) mm^(−2) mrad−2(0.1%BW)−1. The angular distributionof the emission has an FWHM of 14°–16°. Thanks to the ultra-high photon fluence, point-like radiation source, and ultra-short emissiontime, DLA-based keV backlighters are promising for various applications in high-energy-density research with kilojoule petawatt-class laserfacilities.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12174147)the Chinese Scholarship Council(Grant Nos.202108210152 and 202006175016).
文摘We perform benchmark calculations of the p-wave resonances in the exponentially cosine screened Coulomb potential using the uniform complex-scaling generalized pseudo-spectral method.The present results show significant improvement in calculation accuracy compared to previous predictions and correct the misidentification of resonance electron configuration in previous works.It is found that the resonance states approximately follow an n^(2)-scaling law which is similar to the bound counterparts.The birth of a new resonance would distort the trajectory of an adjacent higher-lying resonance.
