Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold

The reaction ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α induced by bremsstrahlung photons of endpoint energy Emaxγ = 150 MeV has been studied by the method of a diffusion chamber in a magnetic field. The energy dependence of the total cross section has been measured in the energy range from the threshold and has been founded a...

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Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold / S.N. Afanasiev // Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. — 2021. — № 3. — С. 68-71. — Бібліогр.: 11 назв. — англ.
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The reaction ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α induced by bremsstrahlung photons of endpoint energy Emaxγ = 150 MeV has been studied by the method of a diffusion chamber in a magnetic field. The energy dependence of the total cross section has been measured in the energy range from the threshold and has been founded a broad resonance centered at 55 MeV. The rate of decrease in the cross section undergoes a change in the region around 55 MeV. A comparison was made with the cross section for reactions ⁴He(γ, p)³H and ¹²С(γ, р)³H2α. The agreement between the shapes of distributions for the (γ, p)³H reactions is evident and was concluded that the mechanism of interaction of the γ-quantum with the nucleus is similar. The dependence of average kinetic energy of particles on the total kinetic energy was determined. In the whole energy interval, the distribution for a proton is more than the statistical distribution. Distribution of relative energy of the proton and ³H nucleus in their c.m.s. does not agree with the predictions of the mechanism of photon absorption by an α-particle cluster, but at energies above the maximum, it agrees with calculations within the framework of the quasi-deuteron model of photoabsorption.
Виконано аналіз подій реакції ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α, отриманих методом дифузійної камери в магнітному полі на пучці гальмівних фотонів з Eγmax = 150 МеВ. В енергетичній залежності реакції виявлено широкий максимум при Eγ ∼ 55 МеВ. Вище максимуму спостерігається зміна швидкості убування залежності. Виконано порівняння з виходами реакцій ⁴He(γ, p)³H і ¹²С(γ, р)³H2α, і зроблено висновок про подібність механізму взаємодії γ-кванта з ядром. Основну частину енергії забирає протон, причому при Eγ > 55 МеВ відбувається різка зміна залежності відносного вкладу частинок у повну енергію системи T₀. Поведінка залежності розподілу відносної енергії пари p+³H від T₀ не узгоджується з розрахунками в рамках α-кластерного механізму взаємодії γ-кванта з ядром, але при енергії вище максимуму узгоджується з розрахунками в рамках квазідейтронної моделі фотопоглинання.
Выполнен анализ событий реакции ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α, полученных методом диффузионной камеры в магнитном поле на пучке тормозных фотонов с Eγmax = 150 МэВ. В энергетической зависимости реакции обнаружен широкий максимум при Eγ ∼ 55 МэВ. Выше максимума наблюдается изменение скорости убывания зависимости. Выполнено сравнение с выходами реакций ⁴He(γ, p)³H и ¹²С(γ, р)³H2α, и сделан вывод о подобии механизма взаимодействия γ-кванта с ядром. Основную часть энергии уносит протон, причем при Eγ > 55 МэВ происходит скачкообразное изменение зависимости относительного вклада частиц в полную энергию системы T₀. Поведение зависимости распределения относительной энергии пары p+³H от T₀ не согласуется с расчетами в рамках α-кластерного механизма взаимодействия γ-кванта с ядром, но при энергии выше максимума согласуется с расчетами в рамках квазидейтронной модели фотопоглощения.
Author is grateful to A.F. Khodyachikh for stimulating discussions and a number of enlightening comments.
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Вопросы атомной науки и техники
Experimental methods and processing of data
Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
Дослідження реакції ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α при енергіях до порога народження мезонів
Исследование реакции ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α при энергиях до порога рождения мезонов
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title Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
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Afanasiev, S.N.
Experimental methods and processing of data
title_short Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
title_full Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
title_fullStr Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of the ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
title_sort investigation of the ¹⁶o(γ, ρ)³h3α reaction at the energies below the meson production threshold
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title_alt Дослідження реакції ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α при енергіях до порога народження мезонів
Исследование реакции ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α при энергиях до порога рождения мезонов
description The reaction ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α induced by bremsstrahlung photons of endpoint energy Emaxγ = 150 MeV has been studied by the method of a diffusion chamber in a magnetic field. The energy dependence of the total cross section has been measured in the energy range from the threshold and has been founded a broad resonance centered at 55 MeV. The rate of decrease in the cross section undergoes a change in the region around 55 MeV. A comparison was made with the cross section for reactions ⁴He(γ, p)³H and ¹²С(γ, р)³H2α. The agreement between the shapes of distributions for the (γ, p)³H reactions is evident and was concluded that the mechanism of interaction of the γ-quantum with the nucleus is similar. The dependence of average kinetic energy of particles on the total kinetic energy was determined. In the whole energy interval, the distribution for a proton is more than the statistical distribution. Distribution of relative energy of the proton and ³H nucleus in their c.m.s. does not agree with the predictions of the mechanism of photon absorption by an α-particle cluster, but at energies above the maximum, it agrees with calculations within the framework of the quasi-deuteron model of photoabsorption. Виконано аналіз подій реакції ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α, отриманих методом дифузійної камери в магнітному полі на пучці гальмівних фотонів з Eγmax = 150 МеВ. В енергетичній залежності реакції виявлено широкий максимум при Eγ ∼ 55 МеВ. Вище максимуму спостерігається зміна швидкості убування залежності. Виконано порівняння з виходами реакцій ⁴He(γ, p)³H і ¹²С(γ, р)³H2α, і зроблено висновок про подібність механізму взаємодії γ-кванта з ядром. Основну частину енергії забирає протон, причому при Eγ > 55 МеВ відбувається різка зміна залежності відносного вкладу частинок у повну енергію системи T₀. Поведінка залежності розподілу відносної енергії пари p+³H від T₀ не узгоджується з розрахунками в рамках α-кластерного механізму взаємодії γ-кванта з ядром, але при енергії вище максимуму узгоджується з розрахунками в рамках квазідейтронної моделі фотопоглинання. Выполнен анализ событий реакции ¹⁶O(γ, ρ)³H3α, полученных методом диффузионной камеры в магнитном поле на пучке тормозных фотонов с Eγmax = 150 МэВ. В энергетической зависимости реакции обнаружен широкий максимум при Eγ ∼ 55 МэВ. Выше максимума наблюдается изменение скорости убывания зависимости. Выполнено сравнение с выходами реакций ⁴He(γ, p)³H и ¹²С(γ, р)³H2α, и сделан вывод о подобии механизма взаимодействия γ-кванта с ядром. Основную часть энергии уносит протон, причем при Eγ > 55 МэВ происходит скачкообразное изменение зависимости относительного вклада частиц в полную энергию системы T₀. Поведение зависимости распределения относительной энергии пары p+³H от T₀ не согласуется с расчетами в рамках α-кластерного механизма взаимодействия γ-кванта с ядром, но при энергии выше максимума согласуется с расчетами в рамках квазидейтронной модели фотопоглощения.
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fulltext ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2021. № 3(133) 68 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND PROCESSING OF DATA https://doi.org/10.46813/2021-133-068 INVESTIGATION OF THE 16O(, p)3H3 REACTION AT THE ENERGIES BELOW THE MESON PRODUCTION THRESHOLD S.N. Afanasiev National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine E-mail: afanserg@kipt.kharkov.ua The reaction 16O(, p)3H3 induced by bremsstrahlung photons of endpoint energy Emax γ = 150 MeV has been studied by the method of a diffusion chamber in a magnetic field. The energy dependence of the total cross section has been measured in the energy range from the threshold and has been founded a broad resonance centered at 55 MeV. The rate of decrease in the cross section undergoes a change in the region around 55 MeV. A comparison was made with the cross section for reactions 4He(, p)3H and 12С(, р)3H2. The agreement between the shapes of distributions for the (, p)3H reactions is evident and was concluded that the mechanism of interaction of the γ- quantum with the nucleus is similar. The dependence of average kinetic energy of particles on the total kinetic en- ergy was determined. In the whole energy interval, the distribution for a proton is more than the statistical distribu- tion. Distribution of relative energy of the proton and 3H nucleus in their c.m.s. does not agree with the predictions of the mechanism of photon absorption by an α-particle cluster, but at energies above the maximum, it agrees with calculations within the framework of the quasi-deuteron model of photoabsorption. PACS: 25.20.-x. INTRODUCTION The interest to the investigation of (, N)- photonuclear reactions is determined by the possibility of proving the notions about nuclear forces, cluster con- figurations and meson exchange currents in nuclei. All these questions are associated with determination of a reaction mechanism. With an increase in the γ-quantum energy, a main contribution to the total effective cross section for absorption of photons given by manyparticle photoreactions and their analysis is of interest for study- ing the mechanism of the interactions between photons with virtual dynamic cluster systems and of the evolu- tion of the nuclei cascade processes. The reaction in question may proceed via the direct decay of the nu- cleus to particles or via a sequential process involving the formation of excited states nucleus, which subse- quently decays to two particles. Therefore, the possibil- ity of extracting a channel with the formation of a defi- nite excited state of the intermediate nucleus can facili- tate the determination of the mechanism of interaction between the γ-quantum and the target nucleus. In this article, we present results obtained by study- ing the photodisintegration of oxygen nuclei via the reaction 16O(, p)3H3 in the energy range from the reaction threshold up to 150 MeV. A detailed experi- mental study of this reaction has not been found. How- ever, we have previously performed a series of works on four-body photodisintegration of the carbon nucleus – the reactions 12C(, p)3H2 and 12С(, n)3He2 [1] and five-particle photodisintegration of the oxygen nucleus – the reaction 16O(, n)3He3 [2, 3]. It was revealed [1] that within identical energy in- tervals, the angular distributions for the «mirror» 12C(, p)3H2 and 12С(, n)3He2 reactions have similar shapes. In [3], an analysis of (γ, n)-reactions on 12C and 16O nuclei was carried out, and a similarity was ob- served in the energy and angular distributions. The theoretical and experimental investigations of the p-3H- and n-3He-correlations are also necessary for identification of the -cluster mechanism. Such problem was discussed in [1, 4 - 6] for the 12C(, p)3H2 reaction. Note that the analysis of the channels becomes compli- cated because of the possible manifestation of the qua- sideuteron [1, 6] and -cluster mechanisms [4 - 6] with the corresponding singularities of the triangular dia- grams. Such cluster mechanism with rescattering in the final state was analyzed in only for the energy distribu- tions of the final particles in the reaction 12C(, p)3H2 and did not give satisfactory description of the experi- mental data. The analysis of these mechanisms requires comparison of the experimental data for the energy and angular distributions and correlations of the final parti- cles in the «mirror» reactions (, p)3H and (, n)3He on the 12C and 16O nuclei. At the present time, experimental data on (, p)3H and (, n)3He reactions are scanty. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE The results given here were obtained by using a dif- fusion chamber [7] placed in a magnetic field and ex- posed to a beam of bremsstrahlung photons, their end- point energy being 150 MeV. For a further treatment, we selected five-prong stars whose tracks were associated with two single charged particles and three doubly charged particles. Oxygen nucleus photodisintegration events was easily separated visually. Low pressure in the chamber and target and detector matching made possible to investigate reaction from reaction threshold. The measurement error of the momentum of particles depended on the momentum value itself and the particle track length, and varied from 3 to 10%. The energy of stopped -particles was determined from the range/energy ratio. Events were identified after the measurement based on momentum balance. In the experiment, the axis OX was directed along the beam of γ-quanta. Boundary ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2021. № 3(133) 69 conditions were imposed on the quantities PX i, Py i, and Pz i, where PX(Y,Z) i are the components of the three- dimensional momentum of the i-th final particle. The γ- quantum energy Eγ was determined as the sum of the kinetic energies of final i-particles and the reaction threshold. A distinctly pronounced peak in region 0 cor- responded to events of the examined reaction. The en- ergy and momentum conservation laws allowed the measurement results obtained for one of the tracks, which turned out to be the worst in comparison with the results obtained for all other tracks, to be made more exact. Because of an insufficient length of the projection of a track onto the median plane, we were unable to meas- ure, with the required precision, the kinematical pa- rameters of particles that did not stop in the chamber fiducial volume and which escaped from it at an angle smaller than 50 with respect to the vector of the mag- netic-field strength. For events not processed for this reason, we introduced a geometric correction calculated under the assumption of an isotropic distribution with respect to the azimuthal angle since the photon beam was unpolarized. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS We have measured dependence of the number of events for the reaction 16O(, p)3H3 in the photon en- ergy range from the reaction threshold up to 150 MeV with a step of 2 MeV. The results are shown in Fig. 1,a by solid circles placed at the midpoint of a step. The displayed errors are purely statistical. 50 75 100 125 0,1 1 10 50 75 100 125 0 20 40 60 b) 16O(,pt)3 12C(,pt)2 4He(,pt) E  , MeV a) nu m be r o f e ve nt s 16O(,pt)3 Fig. 1. Dependence of the number of events for the reaction 16O(, p)3H3 (solid circles) as a function of the photon energy. The histogram and open circles represent, respectively, the experimental results reported in [8] on the reaction 4He(, p)3H and in [9] on the reaction 12С(, р)3H2 The measured energy dependence of the number of events exhibits a broad resonance centered at 55 MeV. The rate of decrease in the energy dependence under- goes a change in the region around 55 MeV. A similar irregularity in the region of this energy value was previ- ously observed in the reactions 4He(, p)3H [8] and 12С(, р)3H2 [9]. In Fig. 1,b, the energy dependence for the reaction in question is contrasted against the energy dependence of the cross section measured for the reactions 4He(, p)3H (histogram) and 12С(, р)3H2 (open circles) at an en- ergy more 55 MeV. The results normalize in the region around 55 MeV. The experimental curves have the same slope. The change in the rate of decrease in the cross section at around 55 MeV may possibly be due to a transition from the mechanism of direct nucleon knock- out to the pair-absorption mechanism [1]. In Fig. 2 the dependence of the average kinetic en- ergy Taver of the final particles on the total kinetic en- ergy T0 is depicted. The latter equals T0 = Eγ − Q, where Q is the reaction threshold (Q = 34.302 MeV). The value T0  20 MeV corresponds to the position of the maximum of the reaction yield at Eγ  55 MeV and will be used further as the boundaries of the intervals in the analyze of events. 20 40 60 80 100 0 2 4 6 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 0 10 20 0 2 4 6 0 10 20 0 20 40 60 80 Tav , M eV T0, MeV b) a) Fig. 2. Dependence of the average kinetic energy of the final particles on the total kinetic energy: the squares correspond to proton, triangles  for the 3H nuclei and circles  for -particles The average energy Taver was calculated for the par- ticles with the energy falling within a 1 MeV interval of the total kinetic energy. The circles are plotted at the centers of intervals. The histogram step equals 1 MeV in the energy interval T0 < 20 MeV (open circles) and 5 MeV in the energy interval T0 > 20 MeV (solid cir- cles). The squares show the distribution of Taver for the proton (see Fig. 2,a), triangles  for the 3H nuclei (see Fig. 2,b), and circles  for -particles (see Fig. 2,b). a a b b ISSN 1562-6016. ВАНТ. 2021. № 3(133) 70 Due to the inseparability of -particles, the figure shows the average value for three -particles. The dependences of the average kinetic energy was approximated by the linear functions and the results of these fits are given in the second and third columns of the table for all final particles. Dependence of the relative contributions of the average kinetic energy of particles on T0 Energy T0 < 20 MeV T0 > 20 MeV Taver p 0.50  0.02 0.90  0.01 Taver 3H 0.11  0.01 0.04  0.01 Taver  0.13  0.01 0.02  0.01 Assuming a statistical distribution of energy be- tween particles, we can calculate the average energy carried away by each particle as a function of T0 [10] av 0 A-MT T (n-1) A    , (1) where A and M are the atomic numbers of the target nucleus and the researched particle, respectively; and n is the number of particles in the final state. In this reaction, the values of calculation by eq. (1) correspond: for the proton – 0.23, for the 3H nuclei – 0.2, and for -particles – 0.19 (should be remembered that there are three α-particles in the final state). In the whole energy interval, the experimental dis- tribution of Taver does not correspond to the statistical distribution, which testifies to the indirect decay of the excited oxygen nucleus. Note the sharp change in the dependence at T0 > 20 MeV, main part of the energy is carried away by the proton. The low rate of change in the dependence of distributions for other particles may indicate that they are decay products of intermediate excited states. Qualitatively, such a behavior can be explained by a similarity of the mechanism of interaction between a γ- quantum and the target nucleus: the interaction takes place with a virtual quasiparticle that includes a proton as one of its components. It seems interesting to study the correlation in the p+3H system, which can be interpreted as a virtual - particle. If a photon is absorbed by a -particle, then one can expect that the energy of the relative motion of the p+3H pair will account for most of the total kinetic energy in the final state T0. The kinetic energy of the relative motion of the pro- ton and the 3H nuclei in their c.m.s. is Ex(p3H)= Meff p3H – (mp + m3H), (2) where Meff p3H is the effective mass of two particles and mp, m3H are the masses of the p and 3H respectively. It forms a part of the relative energies 3 x 0 E (p H)з = T . (3) The distribution of events for T0 < 20 MeV interval is shown in Fig. 3,a by open circles and for T0 > 20 MeV  by solid circles (Fig. 3,b). The distribution structure changes significantly. On the first region, the distribution is practically symmetric with respect to 0.4, and on the second, the distribution maximum shifts to η0.75. A similar change was ob- served for the p3H system and in the reaction 12С(, р)3H2 [11] previously. Therefore, for a qualita- tive comparison, the following are theoretical calcula- tions performed for the four-particle photodisintegration of the carbon nucleus. The calculated curve was normal- ized to the area under the experimental curve. 0,00 0,25 0,50 0,75 1,00 0 25 50 75 0 20 40 3 2 1 nu m be r o f e ve nt s , a.u. b) 3 2 1a) Fig. 3. Function of distribution in relative energy of a proton and the 3H nuclei. The notation for the curves is explained in the main body of the text The results of the calculation performed on the basis of the -particle model of the nucleus [5, 6] predicted that the maximum of this distribution curve lies at a value η close to unity, which indicates that a proton and the 3H nuclei fly out mainly in opposite directions. Curve 1 shows the calculation [5] in the model of di- rect absorption of a γ-quantum by -particle with a fur- ther emission of p and 3H. In [6] we can single out the following stages of the reaction: a virtual decay of the 12С nucleus to an -particle cluster and core in the ground state; photon absorption by the cluster; and clus- ter scattering on the core, where by the core goes over to the ground state. Curve 2 represents the results in this model. The curve 3 corresponds to the calculation [1] within the quasi-deuteron model. The excitation energy of the intermediate nucleus is sufficiently high for nu- cleon knockout from the s-shell to be possible. Curve 3 describes satisfactorily the experimental data at T0 > 20 MeV. CONCLUSIONS The reaction 16O(,p)3H3 was studied with the aid of a diffusion chamber placed in a magnetic field and irradiated with bremsstrahlung photons of endpoint en- ergy E max = 150 MeV. The energy dependence of the total cross section has been measured in the energy range from the threshold reaction. The measured cross section exhibits a broad resonance centered at 55 MeV. 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Афанасьев Выполнен анализ событий реакции 16O(, p)3H3, полученных методом диффузионной камеры в магнит- ном поле на пучке тормозных фотонов с E макс = 150 МэВ. В энергетической зависимости реакции обнару- жен широкий максимум при E55 МэВ. Выше максимума наблюдается изменение скорости убывания зави- симости. Выполнено сравнение с выходами реакций 4He(, p)3H и 12С(, р)3H2, и сделан вывод о подобии механизма взаимодействия γ-кванта с ядром. Основную часть энергии уносит протон, причем при E > 55 МэВ происходит скачкообразное изменение зависимости относительного вклада частиц в полную энергию системы T0. Поведение зависимости распределения относительной энергии пары p+3H от T0 не со- гласуется с расчетами в рамках -кластерного механизма взаимодействия γ-кванта с ядром, но при энергии выше максимума согласуется с расчетами в рамках квазидейтронной модели фотопоглощения. ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ РЕАКЦІЇ 16O(, p)3H3 ПРИ ЕНЕРГІЯХ ДО ПОРОГА НАРОДЖЕННЯ МЕЗОНІВ С.М. Афанасьєв Виконано аналіз подій реакції 16O(, p)3H3, отриманих методом дифузійної камери в магнітному полі на пучці гальмівних фотонів з E макс = 150 МеВ. В енергетичній залежності реакції виявлено широкий макси- мум при E  55 МеВ. Вище максимуму спостерігається зміна швидкості убування залежності. Виконано порівняння з виходами реакцій 4He(, p)3H і 12С(, р)3H2, і зроблено висновок про подібність механізму взаємодії γ-кванта з ядром. Основну частину енергії забирає протон, причому при E > 55 МеВ відбувається різка зміна залежності відносного вкладу частинок у повну енергію системи T0. Поведінка залежності роз- поділу відносної енергії пари p+3H від T0 не узгоджується з розрахунками в рамках -кластерного механізму взаємодії -кванта з ядром, але при енергії вище максимуму узгоджується з розрахунками в рамках квазідей- тронної моделі фотопоглинання.