Oxygen K near edge structures studied with multiple scattering calculations

Author(s):  
Xudong Weng ◽  
Peter Rez

In electron energy loss spectroscopy, quantitative chemical microanalysis is performed by comparison of the intensity under a specific inner shell edge with the corresponding partial cross section. There are two commonly used models for calculations of atomic partial cross sections, the hydrogenic model and the Hartree-Slater model. Partial cross sections could also be measured from standards of known compositions. These partial cross sections are complicated by variations in the edge shapes, such as the near edge structure (ELNES) and extended fine structures (ELEXFS). The role of these solid state effects in the partial cross sections, and the transferability of the partial cross sections from material to material, has yet to be fully explored. In this work, we consider the oxygen K edge in several oxides as oxygen is present in many materials. Since the energy window of interest is in the range of 20-100 eV, we limit ourselves to the near edge structures.

Author(s):  
R.F. Egerton

SIGMAL is a short (∼ 100-line) Fortran program designed to rapidly compute cross-sections for L-shell ionization, particularly the partial crosssections required in quantitative electron energy-loss microanalysis. The program is based on a hydrogenic model, the L1 and L23 subshells being represented by scaled Coulombic wave functions, which allows the generalized oscillator strength (GOS) to be expressed analytically. In this basic form, the model predicts too large a cross-section at energies near to the ionization edge (see Fig. 1), due mainly to the fact that the screening effect of the atomic electrons is assumed constant over the L-shell region. This can be remedied by applying an energy-dependent correction to the GOS or to the effective nuclear charge, resulting in much closer agreement with experimental X-ray absorption data and with more sophisticated calculations (see Fig. 1 ).


Author(s):  
Konstantin P. Pyatikrestovsky ◽  
Boris S. Sokolov

The analysis of the behaviour of natural structures of laminated wood domes and the numerous preliminary calculations have shown the possibility of saving materials by reducing the height of cross sections of meridional ribs. This is especially effective when you include in design of skins, performing a role of building shell, the collaboration with frame elements (annular and longitudinal ribs). Multiple static indeterminacy of such structure allows its non-linear work and the redistribution of forces under nonuniform loads. At the same ime, the skin carries a significant part of the forces appearing in the shell and the ribs are underloaded. The tress-strain states of all elements are investigated. For the frame analysis the calculation is performed by the method of integral module that allows controlling strength resistance of a structure at any moment of its operation. The design recommendations for section dimensions of a shell are developed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 1460082 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGOR I. STRAKOVSKY ◽  
WILLIAM J. BRISCOE ◽  
ALEXANDER E. KUDRYAVTSEV ◽  
VLADIMIR E. TARASOV

We present an overview of the SAID group effort to analyze new γn → π-p cross sections vs. the world database to get new multipoles and determine neutron electromagnetic couplings. The differential cross section for the processes γn → π-p was extracted from new measurements at CLAS and MAMI-B accounting for Fermi motion effects in the impulse approximation (IA) as well as NN- and πN-FSI effects beyond the IA. We evaluated results of several pion photoproduction analyses and compared πN PWA results as a constraint for analyses of pion photoproduction data (Watson's theorem).


2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 293-300
Author(s):  
NEIL ROWLEY ◽  
NABILA GRAR

The creation of the nucleus of a superheavy element follows an extremely complex reaction path starting with the crossing of an external potential barrier (or distribution of barriers). This is followed by the evolution towards an equilibrated compound nucleus, which takes place in competition with pre-compound-nucleus fission (quasi-fission). Once formed the equilibrated compound nucleus must still survive against true fusion to yield a relatively long-lived evaporation residue. Much of this path is poorly understood, though recently, progress has been made on the role of the entrance-channel in quasi-fission. This will be briefly reported and a method proposed to measure the total capture cross section for such systems directly.


1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 2086-2101 ◽  
Author(s):  
William McGowan ◽  
Larkin Kerwin

The role of some excited ions in laboratory ion–molecule reactions has been investigated, and their possible importance in the upper atmosphere considered. The mass spectrometer techniques of Aston banding and of comparing I.P. curves of parent and product ions have been applied to studies of collision-induced dissociation and charge exchange of oxygen and nitrogen in their parent gas. In every case studied, cross sections depended markedly upon the presence in the ion beam of ions in metastable or long-lived radiative states. In order that an ion reach the collision region, it had to have a mean lifetime greater than 3 μsec.The a 4Πu and b 4Σg excited states of O2+ were identified in the collision[Formula: see text]Higher states of O2+, which have not as yet been identified spectroscopically, were found in the collision[Formula: see text]The thresholds of these new states are 23.9, 27.9, 31.3, and 34.1 eV with an uncertainty ±0.2 eV. From the collision-induced dissociation of N2+, the A 2Πu and the [Formula: see text] states have been identified. Also, the reported transfer of the ν = 3 level of the B [Formula: see text] to the ν = 14 level of the A 2Πu was found.The cross section for 10/01 charged exchange of N2+ in N2 exhibited a marked decrease as excited-state ions diluted the beam. The 10/01 collisions of N+ in N2 and O+ in O2 exhibited an increase in cross section as metastables were added to the parent ion beam. The 10/20 reaction of O2+ in O2 was also observed to depend on excited O2+ ions.


Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Ostapchenko ◽  
Marcus Bleicher

Steep rise of parton densities in the limit of small parton momentum fraction x poses a challenge for describing the observed energy-dependence of the total and inelastic proton-proton cross sections σ p p tot / inel : considering a realistic parton spatial distribution, one obtains a too-strong increase of σ p p tot / inel in the limit of very high energies. We discuss various mechanisms which allow one to tame such a rise, paying special attention to the role of parton-parton correlations. In addition, we investigate a potential impact on model predictions for σ p p tot, related to dynamical higher twist corrections to parton-production processes.


Author(s):  
H. Shuman ◽  
A.V. Somlyo ◽  
A.P. Somlyo ◽  
T. Frey ◽  
D. Safer

It has been recognized for sometime that electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) is potentially the most sensitive method of measuring elemental composition in the electron microscope. Magnetic sector spectrometers currently in use collect most of the inelastically scattered electrons, while the cross sections for ionization of the L2 3 levels of the biologically important elements are large. The energies of the theoretically predicted L2 3 absorption edge maxima and their corresponding differential cross section for lOmrad collection and 80keV incident electrons are shown in Table I. The characteristic energy loss electron count rate expected from one atom with lOeV spectrometer slit width and lOOA/cm2 (the maximum available from a tungsten hairpin) electron flux at the specimen, indicates that the minimum detectable mass sensitivity of EELS will be high. An experimentally determined count rate and cross section for the Fe M2, 3 edge was determined from the ferritin images shown in Fig. 1.


Author(s):  
Ondrej L. Krivanek ◽  
James H. Paterson ◽  
Helmut R. Poppa ◽  
P. Rez

When examined at 0.5 eV or better energy resolution by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), many inner shell loss edges begin to show new fine structures. Recently, we have been able to acquire inner shell loss spectra routinely at about 0.4 eV resolution, using the Gatan PEELS™ on the VG HB501 STEM. We have therefore decided to reinvestigate the energy-loss near-edge structure (ELNES) of oxygen K and metal L2,3 edges in first row transition metal oxides.Figure 1 shows the metal L2,3 edges from vanadium oxide, chromium oxide, manganese oxide, iron oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, and copper oxide. Except for the chromium oxide sample, which was prepared by crushing and dispersing grains of crystalline Cr2O3, samples were made by vapor-depositing a thin metal film onto rock salt, heating it in air at about 400° C while still on the substrate, and subsequently floating it off. The resultant thin oxide films were from the same sample batches as those used for the EELS Atlas, where they were identified as VOx, MnO2, Fe2O3, CoO, NiO, and CuO.


2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (37) ◽  
pp. 2387-2397 ◽  
Author(s):  
BHASKAR DE ◽  
S. BHATTACHARYYA ◽  
P. GUPTAROY

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the possible effective role of two relatively less-known models in analyzing comprehensively the very up-to-date data on proton–air inelastic cross-sections at high and ultra high energies. The standard versions of all the familiar simulation-based multiparticle production models, which nowadays normally claim front-ranking positions, address on the contrary, only a small part of the cross-section data for a very limited or sectional range of energy values. Against this background, the relevance and impact of the present study have finally been highlighted.


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