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Thesis; Thesis information not provided; 1 Feb 2003. / Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. "JLAB-PHY-03-39" "DOE/ER/40150-2763" Silvia Niccolai. 02/01/2003. Report is also available in paper and microfiche from NTIS.

Thesis (Ph.D.); Submitted to the Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (US); 1 Oct 2003. / Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. "JLAB-PHY-03-174" "DOE/ER/40150-2571" Zhengwei Chai. 10/01/2003. Report is also available in paper and microfiche from NTIS.

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In this thesis, a joint experimental and theoretical investigation of the vector properties that describe the inelastic scattering of a diatomic radical with an atomic collision partner is presented. A particular emphasis is placed on those correlations that include the final rotational angular momentum, j', of the radical. The depolarisation of both NO(A) and OH(A) brought about through collisions with krypton has been studied, providing a measure of the j-j' correlation, where j is the initial rotational angular momentum associated with the diatom. The total depolarisation cross- sections for both collisional disorientation and disalignment have been measured using quantum beat spectroscopy, and modelled theoretically using quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) calculations. The agreement between experiment and theory for NO(A)-Kr is excellent, but is not observed for OH(A)-Kr under thermal conditions. This has been attributed to the importance of electronic quenching in OH(A)-Kr. The depolarisation cross-sections have also been determined at a higher collision energy for OH(A)-Kr where electronic quenching is less significant, and the experimental results are in better agreement with those obtained theoretically. The NO(A)-Kr depolarisation cross-sections fall with increasing rotational quantum number, N, whereas for OH(A)-Kr, they exhibit less of an N dependence. This trend is mirrored in the elastic depolarisation cross-sections, which have also been determined experimentally for OH(A)-Kr. The significantly attractive and anisotropic nature of the OH(A)-Kr potential energy surface (PES) accounts for these observations. The j-j' correlation is extended to include the initial (relative) velocity (k) in a new theoretical treatment of the k-j-j' correlation. The formalism developed is used with the results from the QCT calculations for NO(A)-Kr and OH(A)-Kr to provide further insight into the mechanism of depolarisation in the two systems. Collisions of NO(A) with krypton do not cause significant depolarisation due to their impulsive nature, and the projection of j onto the kinematic apse is conserved. In contrast, collisions of OH(A) with krypton effectively randomise the direction of j, again showing the influence of the anisotropic and attractive nature of the PES. However, the projection of j onto the kinematic apse is still conserved. The inelastic scattering of NO(X) with argon and krypton has also been investigated, using a crossed molecular beam apparatus. The initial Λ-doublet state of the NO(X) was selected using hexapole focussing, and the products of the collision detected using velocity mapped ion imaging. The state to state differential cross-sections (equivalent to the k-k' correlation, where k' is the final relative velocity) have been measured for collisions which conserve the initial spin-orbit level of the NO(X) with krypton. The same parity dependent effects were seen as have been observed previously for NO(X)-Ar. The collision induced alignment (equivalent to the k-k'-j' correlation) of NO(X) as a result of scattering with argon has also been determined experimentally. The results can be explained classically by considering the conservation of the projection of j onto the kinematic apse.

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L'étude des noyaux exotiques riches en neutrons est l'un des enjeux actuels majeurs de la physique nucléaire expérimentale. Le spectromètre S ³ , aujourd'hui en construction, pourrait permettre de les produire "en vol" grâce aux hautes intensités de l'accélérateur linéaire de Spiral2. Le mécanisme de réaction utilisé serait celui des collisions profondément inélastiques, pour ses caractéristiques telles que l'échange de nombreux nucléons et l'équilibre en N/Z des produits obtenus. Les recherches sur ce mécanisme, débutées dans les années 1970, bénéficient aujourd'hui des progrès technologiques, en particulier concernant les spectromètres de particules chargées. On a mesuré, pour la première fois sur une gamme de 0° à 35°, les sections efficaces de réactions d2sigma/dOmegadE pour différents noyaux riches en neutrons formés par collisions profondément inélastiques entre un faisceau de ⁴⁸Ca¹ ⁹ ⁺ à 10 A MeV et une cible de ² ³ ⁸U de 170(+-10%) ug/cm ². L'expérience a été réalisée au Ganil, avec le spectromètre Vamos couplé à sept clovers Exogam afin de confirmer l'identification des noyaux produits par leur signature gamma. De plus, un détecteur BaF₂ a permis la mesure de l'intensité du faisceau, essentielle au calcul des sections efficaces absolues. Les distributions angulaires, en énergie et en masse des sections efficaces double différentielles absolues sont présentées pour une large plage de quasi-projectiles. Les résultats sont comparés à ceux donnés par le couplage des modèles DIT (Deep Inelastic Transfers) et Gemini++. Les résultats obtenus montrent une production importante qui laisse envisager ce mécanisme pour la formation de noyaux riches en neutrons. Les modèles sont globalement cohérents avec les résultats et les différences majeures concernent généralement les quasi-projectiles très proches ou au contraire très éloignés du faisceau. Les implications pour la production de faisceau avec S³ sont également discutées. / The study of neutron-rich nuclei is one of the main challenges nowadays in experimental nuclear physics. Thanks to the future high intensity beams delivered by the linear accelerator of Spiral2, the S ³ spectrometer might allow their production using the "in-flight" method. The deep inelastic reaction mechanism might be used due to the important multi-nucleon transfer and the N/Z equilibration. Studies on this topic, started in the seventies, take advantages of the new available devices. We measured, for the first time between 0° and 35° in the laboratory frame, the reactions cross-sections d2sigma/dOmegadE for the neutron-rich nuclei formed by deep inelastic collisions between a 10 A MeV ⁴⁸Ca ¹ ⁹ ⁺ beam and a 170(+-10%) ug/cm² ² ³ ⁸U target. The experiment was performed at Ganil using the Vamos spectrometer coupled to seven Exogam to confirm the nuclei identification using their gamma signature. Moreover, a BaF2 detector was used to extract the beam intensities, essential for the absolute cross sections measurements. Momentum, angular and mass distributions of absolute differential cross-sections are presented for a wide range of quasi-projectiles. The results are compared with those of DIT (Deep Inelastic Transfers) coupled with Gemini++ theoretical calculations. The models are generally consistent with the results. Important differences appear for quasi-projectiles very close and very far from the beam. Relevant implications for S³ beam production are pointed out.