Analysis of influencing factors on the achievability of bistable fully closed shells by semi-analytical modelling

Bistable fully closed shells can serve as long supporting structures that can be folded into a compact transport geometry and unfolded at the construction place. Bistability is achieved by introducing a specific distribution of residual stresses through the thickness of the shell, e.g. by incremental die-bending. In order to find a suitable bending radii combination a semi-analytical model was developed and experimentally validated for the steel 1.1274 in previous research. Nevertheless, minor deviations have occurred in the prediction of final curvatures of the different stable geometries and it is still unclear to what extent other influencing variables such as shell thickness or material properties influence the achievability of fully closed bistable shells. Therefore, in this paper, an enhancement and generalization of the existing semi-analytical model for different steels is described and the extended model is used for a comprehensive analysis of the influence of different variables on bistability and final shell geometries.

The variation of the Ηωwith the particle number and the appearance of "kinks" for atomic clusters

The dependence of the harmonic oscillator (HO) energy level spacing Ηω on the particle number Ν is studied analytically for atomic clusters on the basis of their electronic densities, parametrizing Ekardt's results (for sodium clusters) by means of a Fermi distribution. An interesting feature of such an approach is that it leads, under the assumptions made, to "kinks", that is to "marked discontinuities in the slope" of Ηω at the closed shells. These discontinuities diminish as Ν increases.

Theoretical studies on Alpha decay half-lives of Astatine isotopes

The half-life of a parent nucleus of Astatine isotopes [Formula: see text] decaying via alpha emission is investigated by employing Coulomb and proximity potential model (CPPM) using the WKB barrier penetration probability and other different analytical and semiempirical formulae of Royer, AKRE, Akrawy, RoyerB, MRoyerB, MRenB, SemFIS, VS and SLB. In the calculation of Alpha decay (AD) half-life the available experimental and theoretical [Formula: see text]-values with the total alpha kinetic energy have been considered. The behavior of hindrance factor with the variation of mass numbers of parent nuclei for isotopes in the range [Formula: see text] and the effect of magic number at closed shells were investigated. Through the comparison of obtained results from the systematics with the experimental data, the prediction of SemFIS formula was the best among the studied ones where it shows the minimum standard deviation of 0.829881.

DISTRIBUTION OF MAXIMA OF THE ANTISYMMETRIZED WAVE FUNCTION FOR THE NUCLEONS OF A CLOSED-SHELL AND FOR THE NUCLEONS OF ALL CLOSED-SHELLS IN A NUCLEUS.

The significant features of exchange symmetry are displayed by simple systems such as two identical, spinless fermions in a one-dimensional well with infinite walls. The conclusion is that the maxima of probability of the antisymmetrized wave function of these two fermions lie at the same positions as if a repulsive force (of unknown nature) was applied between these two fermions. This conclusion is combined with the solution of a mathematical problem dealing with the equilibrium of identical repulsive particles (of one or two kinds) on one or more spheres like neutrons and protons on nuclear shells. Such particles are at equilibrium only for specific numbers of particles and, in addition, if these particles lie on the vertices of regular polyhedra or their derivative polyhedra. Finally, this result leads to a pictorial representation of the structure of all closed shell nuclei. This representation could be used as a laboratory for determining nuclear properties and corresponding wave functions.

Systematic Study of Quasifission in 48Ca-induced reactions

The production of superheavy elements through the fusion of two heavy nuclei is severely hindered by the quasifission process, which results in the fission of heavy systems before an equilibrated compound nucleus (CN) can be formed. The heaviest elements have been synthesised using 48Ca as the projectile nucleus. However, the use of 48Ca in the formation of new superheavy elements has been exhausted, thus a detailed understanding of the properties that made 48Ca so successful is required. Measurements of mass-angle distributions allow fission fragment mass distribution widths to be determined. The effect of the orientation of prolate deformed target nuclei is presented. Closed shells in the entrance channel are also shown to be more important than the stability of the formed CN in reducing the quasifission component, with reduced mass widths for reactions with the closed shell target nuclei 144Sm and 208Pb. Comparison to mass widths for 48Ti-induced reactions show a significant increase in the mass width compared to 48Ca-induced reactions, highlighting the difficulty faced in forming new superheavy elements using projectiles with higher atomic number than 48Ca.

Analysis of Electron Density Distribution in the CuAlO2 System

The results of earlier studies, using the NQR method 63.65Cu of the compound of the transparent conductive oxide CuAlO2, were used to study the topology of the distribution of the electron density in this compound. It was shown that for Al – O and Cu – Cu pairs, the formation of a bond most likely proceeds according to the type of closed shells, and in the “copper” plane there can be a noticeable number of free electrons. As for the copper – oxygen bond, we can assume the formation of O-Cu-O chains with a covalent bond. The noticeable difference in the character of the electron density distribution in mutually perpendicular planes suggests a certain anisotropy of conductivity in a given compound.

The harmonic oscillator energy level spacing for neutrons and protons in nuclei

Approximate expressions of hw for neutrons and protons separately, as functions of the neutron number Ν and the proton number Ζ respectively, are derived. The dependence of hωn{hωp) on N(Z) is established using a rather recently proposed semi-phenomenological density distribution based on the separation energies of the last neutron or proton. The corresponding curves of hω show "discontinuities in the slope" at the closed shells throughout the periodic table. The difference hωn — hωΛ is also discussed