Spherical micro-hole grid for high-resolution retarding field analyzer

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Muro ◽  
Tomohiro Matsushita ◽  
Kazumi Sawamura ◽  
Jun Mizuno

A wide-acceptance-angle spherical grid composed of numerous micro cylindrical holes was developed to be used for the retarding grid of a display-type retarding field analyzer (RFA) and to enhance the energy resolution (E/ΔE). Each cylindrical hole with a diameter of 50 µm and a depth of 80 µm is directed to the spherical center. The inner radius of the spherical grid is 40 mm. The holed area corresponds to an acceptance angle of ±52°. The E/ΔE of an RFA equipped with the developed holed grid was estimated to be 2000 from a measured Au 4f photoemission spectrum. A clear photoelectron hologram was observed in the Mo 4p core-level region of MoS2, indicating that the RFA with the holed grid is effective for photoelectron holography.

Author(s):  
L. Andrew Staehelin

Freeze-etched membranes usually appear as relatively smooth surfaces covered with numerous small particles and a few small holes (Fig. 1). In 1966 Branton (1“) suggested that these surfaces represent split inner mem¬brane faces and not true external membrane surfaces. His theory has now gained wide acceptance partly due to new information obtained from double replicas of freeze-cleaved specimens (2,3) and from freeze-etch experi¬ments with surface labeled membranes (4). While theses studies have fur¬ther substantiated the basic idea of membrane splitting and have shown clearly which membrane faces are complementary to each other, they have left the question open, why the replicated membrane faces usually exhibit con¬siderably fewer holes than particles. According to Branton's theory the number of holes should on the average equal the number of particles. The absence of these holes can be explained in either of two ways: a) it is possible that no holes are formed during the cleaving process e.g. due to plastic deformation (5); b) holes may arise during the cleaving process but remain undetected because of inadequate replication and microscope techniques.


1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Frank ◽  
C. A. Mears ◽  
S. E. Labov ◽  
L. J. Hiller ◽  
J. B. le Grand ◽  
...  

Experimental results are presented obtained with a cryogenically cooled high-resolution X-ray spectrometer based on a 141 × 141 µm Nb-Al-Al2O3-Al-Nb superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) detector in an SR-XRF demonstration experiment. STJ detectors can operate at count rates approaching those of semiconductor detectors while still providing a significantly better energy resolution for soft X-rays. By measuring fluorescence X-rays from samples containing transition metals and low-Z elements, an FWHM energy resolution of 6–15 eV for X-rays in the energy range 180–1100 eV has been obtained. The results show that, in the near future, STJ detectors may prove very useful in XRF and microanalysis applications.


Author(s):  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Gongnan Xie ◽  
Terrence W. Simon

Secondary holes to a main film cooling hole are used to improve film cooling performance by creating anti-kidney vortices. The effects of injection angle of the secondary holes on both film cooling effectiveness and surrounding thermal and flow fields are investigated in this numerical study. Two kinds of primary hole shapes are adopted. One is a cylindrical hole, the other is a horn-shaped hole which is designed from a cylindrical hole by expanding the hole in the transverse direction to double the hole size at the exit. Two smaller cylindrical holes, the secondary holes, are located symmetrically about the centerline and downstream of the primary hole. Three compound injection angles (α = 30°, 45° and 60°, β = 30°) of the secondary holes are analyzed while the injection angle of the primary hole is kept at 45°. Cases with various blowing ratios are computed. It is shown from the simulation that cooling effectiveness of secondary holes with a horn-shaped primary hole is better than that with a cylindrical primary hole, especially at high blowing ratios. With a cylindrical primary hole, increasing inclination angle of the secondary holes provides better cooling effectiveness because the anti-kidney vortices created by shallow secondary holes cannot counteract the kidney vortex pairs adequately, enhancing mixing of main flow and coolant. For secondary holes with a horn-shaped primary hole, large secondary hole inclination angles provide better cooling performance at low blowing ratios; but, at high blowing ratios, secondary holes with small inclination angles are more effective, as the film coverage becomes wider in the downstream area.


Author(s):  
Catalin Harabagiu ◽  
Nathan Boyle ◽  
Brian Archambault ◽  
David DiPrete ◽  
Rusi Taleyarkhan

This paper presents a novel and rapid, wet chemistry technique for spectroscopically detecting trace (∼10−3 Bq mL−1) level alpha emitting radionuclides mixtures with under 10 keV alpha energy resolution – with 100% gamma–beta rejection.


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 762-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari-Pekka Honkanen ◽  
Roberto Verbeni ◽  
Laura Simonelli ◽  
Marco Moretti Sala ◽  
Ali Al-Zein ◽  
...  

Wavelength-dispersive high-resolution X-ray spectrometers often employ elastically bent crystals for the wavelength analysis. In a preceding paper [Honkanenet al.(2014).J. Synchrotron Rad.21, 104–110] a theory for quantifying the internal stress of a macroscopically large spherically curved analyser crystal was presented. Here the theory is applied to compensate for the corresponding decrease of the energy resolution. The technique is demonstrated with a Johann-type spectrometer using a spherically bent Si(660) analyser in near-backscattering geometry, where an improvement in the energy resolution from 1.0 eV down to 0.5 eV at 9.7 keV incident photon energy was observed.


Author(s):  
Katharine L. Harrison ◽  
David G. Bogard

Recent studies have shown that film cooling adiabatic effectiveness can be significantly improved when holes are embedded in shallow, transverse trenches. In this study computational simulations were made using the commercial CFD code FLUENT to determine if the dramatic improvement in film cooling performance was predictable. Simulations were made of a baseline cylindrical hole configuration, and narrow and wide trench configurations. Simulations correctly predicted that the narrow trench outperformed the baseline row of cylindrical holes and the wide trench at all blowing ratios. Furthermore, the simulations showed that enhanced performance with the trench could be attributed to decreased separation of the coolant jets. The success of these predictions show that computational simulations can be used as a tool for studying and identifying promising film cooling configurations.


2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2487-2496 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
F. Garibaldi ◽  
E. Cisbani ◽  
F. Cusanno ◽  
S. Frullani ◽  
...  

The characteristics of the Jefferson LAB electron beam, together with those of the experimental equipments, offer a unique opportunity to study hypernuclear spectroscopy via electromagnetic induced reactions. Experiment 94-107 started a systematic study on 1p-shell targets, 12 C , 9 Be and 16 O . We present the results from 12 C , 16 O and very preliminary results from 9 Be . For 12 C for the first time measurable strength in the core-excited part of the spectrum between the ground state and the pΛ state was shown in [Formula: see text] for the first time. A high-quality 16Λ N spectrum was produced for the first time with sub-MeV Energy resolution. A very precise B Λ value for 16Λ N , calibrated against the elementary ( e , e ′ K +) reaction on hydrogen, has also been obtained. Final data on 9 Be will be available soon. The missing energy resolution is the best ever obtained in hypernuclear production experiments.


Author(s):  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Gongnan Xie ◽  
Terrence W. Simon

In search of improved cooling of gas turbine blades, the thermal performances of two different film cooling hole geometries (horn-shaped and cylindrical) are investigated in this numerical study. The horn-shaped hole is designed from a cylindrical hole by expanding the hole in the transverse direction to double the hole size at the exit. The two hole shapes are evaluated singly and in tandem. The tandem geometry assumes three configurations made by locating the cylindrical hole at three different positions relative to the horn-shaped hole such that their two axes remain parallel to one another. One has the cylindrical hole downstream from the center of the horn-shaped hole, a second has the cylindrical hole to the left of (as seen by the flow emerging from the horn-shaped hole) and at the same streamwise location as the horn-shaped hole (θ = 90°) and the third has an intermediate geometry between those two geometries (downstream and to the left of the horn-shaped hole - θ = 45°). It is shown from the simulation results that the cooling effectiveness values for the θ = 45° and 90° cases are much better than that for θ = 0° (the first case), and the configuration with θ = 45° exhibits the best cooling performance of the three tandem arrangements. These improvements are attributed to the interaction of vortices from the two different holes, which weakens the counter-rotating vortex pairs inherent to film cooling jet to freestream interaction, counteracts with the lift forces, enhances transverse tensile forces and, thus, enlarges the film coverage zone by widening the flow attachment region. Overall, this research reveals that integration of horn-shaped and cylindrical holes provides much better film cooling effectiveness than cases where two cylindrical film cooling holes are applied with the same tandem configuration.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Doekes ◽  
D. C. Kean ◽  
R. V. Elliott ◽  
R. H. Spear

The energy levels of the nucleus 27Al have been studied with an energy resolution of about 6 keV by magnetic analysis of the protons from the 27Al(p, p′)27Al reaction. A number of previously unreported levels have been observed.


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