Thesis (Ph. D. in Chemistry)--University of California, Berkeley, June 1961. / Also issued as UCRL-9511. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-149).

Thesis (M.A.)-University of California, Berkeley, January 1957.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1962. / "UC-4 Chemistry" -t.p. "TID-4500 (17th Ed.)" -t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1952. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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The stopping powers of hydrogen and deuterium have been compared, using a thin ionization chamber. The results were found to be consistent with the present-day theory on the method of energy loss. A method for the preparation of thin films of organic phosphors has been devised and the response of these films to alpha particles has been tested. All necessary apparatus for the study of angular correlation and distribution patterns for F¹⁹(pαγ)O¹⁶ and N¹⁵(pα)C¹² reactions has been constructed. The theoretical angular distribution patterns for the N¹⁵(pα)C¹² reaction have been calculated. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

A superconducting thin film tunnel junction (Sn-Sn0₂ -Sn) of total thickness 4000 Å, area 7 x 10ˉ⁴ cm² and normal (4.2 K) resistance 77 mΩ was prepared on a glass substrate. When cooled to 1.2 K the junction was biased at 0.3 mV where, the Josephson supercurrent having been suppressed with a magnetic field, the junction dynamic resistance had its maximum value of 9.3Ω . The junction was then bombarded with 5.1 MeV alpha particles and the resulting pulses induced in the tunneling current were observed to have amplitudes up to 19 times the preamplifier-dominated rms output noise level. For purposes of analysis, it was assumed that the induced current pulse had the form i(t) = i₀ exp(-t/Ƭ), t ≥ 0. With this form of the current pulse and the known transfer function of the transmission line-amplifier system, it was calculated that for all pulses T = (1.38±.33)xl0ˉ⁷ sec and that for the largest amplitude pulses, corresponding to an energy loss ΔE⍺ ≤2.75 MeV, i₀ lay in the range 20 ≤ i₀ ≤ 26 μA with a most probable value of 22 μA. With this value of i₀ and ΔE⍺ = 2.75 MeV, an upper limit of 8.2 x 10ˉ³ eV has been assigned to the value of w(Sn), the average energy expended by the alpha particle to excite a quasiparticle pair in superconducting tin at 1.2 K. A tentative theory of the superconducting tunnel junction charged particle detector is given and the cryogenic and electronic apparatus required for the measurements are described. Details related to thin film junction fabrication technology and interpretation of dc experimental results are discussed in four appendices. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

The alpha-particle reduced widths for the ground state in Po²¹² are calculated on the basis of the nuclear shell model, employing the technique of Harada, but treating the nuclear surface in a more direct manner. It is contended that the calculations of previous authors, who have generally used a square-edge nucleus and a Coulomb barrier rounded-off by the nuclear potential of Igo, have, essentially, used the equivalent square-edge nucleus model of Vogt. Their J.W.K.B. estimate of the barrier penetrabilities is checked by an analytic calculation in Chapter 3 and is found to be reasonable. It is shown in Chapter 4 that, in the scattering of an alpha-particle from the ground state of Pb²⁰⁸, the diffuse nuclear edge considerably enhances the one-body reduced widths and, in a direct manner, that it similarly enhances the one-body differential elastic scattering cross-section. In this manner, it is demonstrated that the radius involved in the equivalent square-edge nucleus model must be considerably larger than that of the diffuse-edge nucleus to which it corresponds. This is shown directly in Chapter 5, where the validity of the equivalent square-edge nucleus model in heavy nuclei is examined. It is contended that this explains the large radii found in previous calculations. This is demonstrated directly by repeating the calculation of Harada with the diffuse nuclear edge being introduced in a direct manner. Although the effects of configuration mixing have not been directly examined, it has been concluded that shell model calculations can explain the major part of rates provided that the nuclear surface is manner. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate