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Simulating G g Distributions

Simulating G g Distributions. What is G g ? How are G g ’s measured? What does the standard model predict? Simulating G g distributions. Constraining the Oslo method . Testing the Porter-Thomas distribution. What is G g ?.

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Simulating G g Distributions

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  1. Simulating Gg Distributions What is Gg? How are Gg’s measured? What does the standard model predict? Simulating Gg distributions. Constraining the Oslo method. Testing the Porter-Thomas distribution

  2. What is Gg? • Gg is the total radiation width.Sum of partial radiation widths, Ggi, for primary transitions from the capturing state (resonance).

  3. Neutron Capture Cross Sections:Neutron hits target and sticks • AZ(n,g)A+1Z

  4. (n,g) Measurements at ORELA Employ C6D6 Detectors Flux monitor g-ray detectors Neutron beam Sample

  5. How is Gg Measured? • Gg determined from R-matrix analysis of neutron-resonance data. • Typically need both neutron total (transmission) and capture data. • Capture area.Ag=gJGnGg/(Gn+Gg). • Depth of transmission dip proportional to Gn. • Total width.Gt=Gn+Gg

  6. What Does the Standard Model Predict? • Strengths of primaries Ggi follow the Porter-Thomas distribution (PTD).Same distribution as Gn0Follows from assumption of compound nucleus model and central limit theorem of statistics.The PTD is a c2 distribution with 1 degree of freedom (n=1). • Sum of samples from N c2 distributions having n = 1 is a c2 distribution with N degrees of freedom.Expect Gg to follow a c2 distribution with n equal to the number of independently-contributing channels, n≈100.

  7. Comparison of Gn0 and Gg Distributions • Neutrons, Gn0.Single channel, n=1.PTD.Very broad. • Gammas, Gg.n~100 channels.Very narrow.

  8. Comparison of Measured Gg to c2 Distributions • Example: 192,194,195,196Pt.Often seems to be an extra tail compared to c2 distribution.

  9. Simulating Gg Distributions: Step 1Generating a Level Scheme • DICEBOX “Nuclear Realization”. • From r(Ex) to set of Exi’s. • Use N(Sn) random numbers to pick Exi’s. • Throw away those below Ecut. • Add in known levels below Ecut. • Separate sets of Exi’s for each Jp that can be reached by dipole decay.e.g. 197Pt decay from ½+ resonances; ½+, 3/2+, ½-, and 3/2-.

  10. Simulating Gg Distributions: Step 2Calculating the Ggi’s • Egi = Sn – Exi. • Calculate fX1(Egi)’s. • Calculate “PTD” factor ξi2.ξi2 randomly chosen from the PTD.Generalize to allow n≠1. • Ggi = D0ξi2fX1(Egi) Egi3.Calculate Ggi ’s for each Jp reached by dipole decay.

  11. Simulating Gg Distributions: Steps 3 and 4Calculating Total Widths and Iterating • Sum Ggi’s to get total width. • Iterate.Use same level schemes, etc.New Ggi’s by varying ξi2 only.Yields distribution of Gg’s. • Shape of Gg distribution due to:Shapes of LD and PSF models.“PTD” fluctuations.

  12. Examples: LD and PSF Models in Talys • Five LD models.1 – Const. T + Fermi Gas.2 – Back-shifted Fermi Gas.3 – Generalized Superfluid.*4 – Goriely.5 – Hilaire. • Five PSF models.1 – Kopecky-UhlLorentzian.2 – Brink-Axel Lorentzian.3 – Hartree-Fock BCS.4 – Hartree-FockBogolyubov.5 – Goriely’s Hybrid.*Didn’t use. Couldn’t normalize.

  13. Talys Results for ‹Gg› • Talys calculation with 4 LD and 5 PSF models. • Normalized LD models to ORELA D0 = 153 eV.LD models 1 and 2 normalized using “a”, models 4 and 5 using “c” and “d”. • PSF models un-normalized. • Chose LD/PSF combinations which gave closest to ORELA value, ‹Gg› = 85.9±1.8 meV, for simulations.

  14. Simulation Results with Talys Models • All simulations using Talys models yielded Gg distributions significantly narrower than measured.Agrees with nuclear physics lore. • Decreasing n results in much better agreement between simulation and data.Another sign of violation of the PTD?

  15. Simulation Results with LD and PSF from the Oslo Method • What was the experimental spin distribution?Affects slopes of LD and PSF. • What is the true spin distribution?Affects normalization of PSF and shape of simulated distribution. • Would be better to know more about low-lying levels in 197Pt.Ecut= 0.269 MeV.Only 2 ½- and 2 3/2- levels.

  16. Problems, Improvements, and Future Plans • How to decompose PSF data into E1 and M1?Fit E1 and M1 is everything else?Vice versa? • How to normalize slopes of LD and PSF?s is correct when simulated Gg distribution matches data?Ohio U. method? • Simulating 194Pt+nGg distribution might be even more interesting.More widths/better statistics.Tail is more pronounced. • Simulate 95Mo+nGg distributions.Have 6 Jp’s.Sensitivity to upbend? • Simulate 88Sr, 116,120Sn, 134,136,137Ba,… Preliminary!

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