Attenuation coefficients of gamma and X-rays passing through six materials

The aim of this study was to determine the attenuation of gamma and X-rays with different energies caused by passage through different materials.To this end,different materials with a range of atomic numbers were chosen to measure gamma and X-ray attenuation coefficients and to explore the mechanisms of interaction of gamma and X-rays with matter of various kinds.It is shown that the attenuation coefficients first decrease and then increase with increase in the radiation(photon)energy.The attenuation of gamma and X-rays passing through materials with high atomic number is greater than that in materials with low atomic number.The attenuation minimum is related to the atomic number of the irradiated materials.The larger the atomic number is,the lower the energy corresponding to attenuation minimum is.Photoelectric and Compton effects are the main processes when gamma rays pass through individual materials with high and low atomic numbers,respectively.Therefore,for radiotherapy and radiation protection,different methods should be considered and selected for the use of gamma and X-rays of different energies for use in different materials.

Energy calibration of HPGe detector using the high-energy characteristic γ rays in 13C formed in 6Li + 12C reaction

An 6 Li+89Y experiment was conducted at the Laboratori Nazinali di Legnaro,INFN,Italy.The 550μg/cm^2 thick^89Y target was backed on a 340μg/cm^2 thick 12C foil.The severalγrays in the experiment with energies higher than 3000 keV can most likely be ascribed to the transitions in the 13C nuclei,which can be formed through various interactions between the 6 Li beam and the 12C foil.The high-energy properties ofγrays in 13C are employed for energy calibrating HPGe detectors,especially for the>3000 keV region,which is impossible to reach by common standard sources(152Eu,133Ba,etc.).Furthermore,γ-γand particle-γcoincidence measurements were performed to investigate the formation of 13C.

Tensor force effect on the exotic structure of neutron-rich Ca isotopes

The structure of neutron-rich Ca isotopes is studied in the spherical Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov(SHFB)approach with SLy5,SLy5+T,and 36 sets of TIJ parametrizations.The calculated results are compared with the available experimental data for the average binding energies,two-neutron separation energies and charge radii.It is found that the SLy5+T,T31,and T32 parametrizations reproduce best the experimental properties,especially the neutron shell effects at N=20,28 and 32,and the recently measured two-neutron separation energy of 56Ca.The calculations with the SLy5+T and T31 parametrizations are extended to isotopes near the neutron drip line.The neutron giant halo structure in the very neutron-rich Ca isotopes is not seen with these two interactions.However,depleted neutron central densities are found in these nuclei.By analyzing the neutron mean-potential,the reason for the bubble-like structure formation is given.