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高电荷态重离子的双电子复合精密谱实验不仅能够为天体物理、聚变等离子体物理等研究提供诊断和建模的关键原子物理数据, 还可以用于检验强电磁场条件下的量子电动力学(QED)效应、相对论效应以及电子关联效应等基本物理模型. 我国正在建设的“十二五”大科学装置强流重离子加速器(HIAF), 其中高精度环形谱仪(SRing)装备有450 kV电子冷却器和80 kV超冷电子靶装置, 能够在宽质心能量范围(从meV到几十keV)内对高电荷重离子开展双电子复合谱精密测量. 本文首先采用分子动力学方法模拟了SRing上超冷电子靶的电子束温度分布, 结果表明, 热阴极产生的电子束经过磁场的绝热膨胀和电场加速后, 电子束的横向温度从100 meV降至5 meV以下, 而纵向温度则能从100 meV降至0.1 meV以下, 这为开展高分辨和高精度的双电子复合实验提供了独一无二的实验条件. 接着分析了SRing上超冷电子靶的电子束温度对双电子复合实验中共振峰能量分辨的影响, 以类锂 _~\,54^129\mathrmX\mathrme^51+ 和 _~\,92^238\mathrmU^89+ 重离子为例, 模拟了SRing上的双电子复合共振谱, 并与兰州重离子储存环CSRe上的模拟结果进行了比较. 结果表明, 基于SRing超冷电子靶的双电子复合精密谱学实验在质心系能量较低的时候具有极高的能量分辨, 能够测量更为精细的双电子复合共振结构. 本研究为SRing上开展高电荷态重离子双电子复合谱精密测量检验强场QED效应和提取原子核结构信息等前沿实验奠定了坚实的基础.Dielectronic recombination (DR) experiments of highly charged ions not only provide essential atomic benchmark data for astrophysical and fusion plasma research but also serve as a stringent test for strong-field quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects, relativistic effects, and electron correlation effects. High-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (HIAF), currently under construction at Huizhou, China, will have a high-precision spectrometer ring (SRing) equipped with a 450 kV electron-cooler and an 80 kV ultracold electron-target. This advanced setup facilitates precise measurements of the DR process for highly charged ions in a broad range of center-of-mass energy, from meV to tens of keV. In this work, we carry out the molecular dynamics simulation of the electron beam temperature distribution of the ultracold electron-target at the SRing. The simulation results indicate that after treatment by the designed adiabatic magnetic field and acceleration field, the transverse and longitudinal electron beam temperature generated by the thermionic electron gun can be reduced from 100 meV to below 5 meV and 0.1 meV, respectively. Furthermore, we analyze the influence of this ultracold electron beam temperature on the resonance peak and energy resolution in DR experiment. The resolution gain at the SRing electron-target is particularly pronounced at small electron-ion collision energy, which provides unique experimental conditions for the DR experiments. Taking lithium-like _~\,54^129\mathrmX\mathrme^51+ and _~\,92^238\mathrmU^89+ ions for example, we simulate the DR resonance spectra at the SRing and compare them with the simulated results from the experimental cooler storage ring CSRe. The results reveal that the SRing experiments can resolve fine DR resonance structures with ultra-high energy resolution compared with those from the CSRe. This work lays a solid foundation for precise DR spectroscopy of highly charged ions at the SRing to stringent test of strong field QED effect and extraction nuclear structure information.
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Keywords:
- highly charged ions /
- storage ring /
- dielectronic recombination /
- ultracold electron-target /
- strong-field quantum electrodynamics effect








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