ANNUAL REPORT 2002

Institute of Nuclear and Hadron Physics

The Annual Report 2002 of the Institute of Nuclear and Hadron Physics was printed in Mai 2003 as the report FZR-372 of the Forschungszentrum Rossendorf.

Explanation of special symbols in the contributions:
The letters given in parentheses in the following text and used as appendix in the titles of the scientific contributions do express our grateful acknowledgement to the funding, sponsoring or grants provided by several institutions.
Research projects were funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF (B), by the Saxon Ministry of Education and Arts SMWK (S), by the German Research Community DFG (D), by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (A), by the European Commission (E), by the GSI Darmstadt (G), and by the FZ Jülich (J).

CONTENTS

Preface

Structure of Matter:
Nuclear and Hadron Physics

• The Dilepton Spectrometer HADES at SIS/GSI Darmstadt in Operation
• Sub-Threshold Phi Meson Production in the Reaction Ni (1.93 A GeV) + Ni
• Inclusive K-meson and Pion Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at SIS Energies
• Hyperon-Nucleon Bound States and the Electroproduction of Strangeness on ^3,4He


• In-Medium Spectral Change of w Mesons as a Probe of Four-Quark Condensate
• Modifications of the Di-Electron Spectra from f Meson Decays
• Tagging the p n --> d f Reaction by Backward Protons in p d --> d phi p_sp Processes
• Measuring the Effect of f Meson Life Time in Proton-Nucleus Collsions
• Nucleon-K⁺ Correlations in Deuteron Induced Collisions with Nuclei at Intermediate Energies


• Strangeness Saturation: Dependence on System-Size, Centrality and Energy within the Thermal Model
• Energy Loss of Charm Quarks by Gluon Radiation
• Relativistic Effects in Deuteron Break-Up Reactions
• Exclusive Charge-Exchange Reaction p D --> n (pp) within the Bethe-Salpeter Formalism
• From QCD Lattice Calculations to the Equation of State of Quark Matter
• Quality Assessment for Monitoring of HADES DST Production
• A Method for Separation of Faulty Wire Connections in the HADES Drift Chambers
• Examination of the Wire Deflections for the HADES Drift Chambers MDC III
• Momentum-Reconstruction System for ANKE Side Detectors
• ELBE-n-TOF: Comparison to other Neutron Sources and Experiments
• Detector Setup for Nuclear-Resonance-Fluorescence Experiments at ELBE
• Collimators for the BGO Escape-Suppression Shields
• Radiator for the Production of Bremsstrahlung at ELBE
• Steering Magnets for the Production of Polarized Bremsstrahlung at ELBE
• Beam Separation Magnet of the Bremsstrahlung Facility at ELBE
• Dipole Excitations in ⁹⁸Mo
• Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Experiments on ¹⁰⁰Mo


• Simulations for a Double Time-of-Flight Spectrometer for Fission Fragments
• A Time Coincidence Test Setup for an MCP Detector
• Secondary Electron Trajectories for an Electrostatic Mirror
• Measuring Foil Thicknesses for a Time-of-Flight Spectrometer
• Probing the Gateway to Superheavy Nuclei in Cranked Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov Theory
• Proton-Neutron Pairing in Rotating N ~ Z Nuclei
• Beta-Decay Studies of Neutron-Deficient Tin Isotopes
• Beta Decay of ¹⁰³Sn


• Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments with Super Clover Ge Detectors
• Study of the Neutron-Rich Isotopes ⁹¹Sr and ⁹²Sr in a Fusion-Fission Experiment

Life Sciences:
Biostructures and Radiation

• Installation of Biochemical and Biophysical Working Facilities at the IKH
• Whole Cell Characterisation by Second-Derivative FTIR Spectroscopy for the Detection of Radiation Damage
• Analysis of Structural Flexibility in S-Layer Proteins from Bacillus Sphaericus
• Investigation of Structure and Function of the Visual Photoreceptor Rhodopsin
• Analysis of Dye DNA Interactions
• Experimental Set-Up for IR Measurements of Dynamics of Water-Lipid Interaction
• Infrared Characterization of Environmental Samples by Pulsed Photo-Thermal Spectroscopy
• Using Pulsed Photo-Thermal Spectroscopy for Microspectroscopy in the Infrared Region. A First Approach
• Temperature Stabilization of the Out-Coupling Mirror Wheel
• A Four Pole Magnetic Chicane for Phase Matching
• New Elements of the GPT Code to Simulate a Resonator Free-Electron Laser
• Start-Up Simulations of the Spectral and Spatial Evolution of the ELBE FEL
• Simulation of Limit Cycle Oscillations in the U27 FEL
• Dynamics of Matrix--Isolated Molecules
• Clonogenic Survival of Mammary Epithelial Cells MCF-12A after Irradiation with 200 kV X-Rays
• Influence of the Handling Procedure During Irradiation on Cell Survival and Micronucleus Test Results
• Measurements of Spectral Dose Distributions of a Soft X-Ray Tube
• Changing the Dose Range of TSEE Dosimeters
• An X-Ray Monochromator for the Channeling Source at ELBE
• The Influence of Electron Scattering in the Target on the Beam Transmission
• Background at the Radiation Physics Beam Line
• Shielding Calculations for an X-Ray Laboratory
• Comparison of Bremsstrahlung Distributions with Results from Monte-Carlo Codes
• Calculation of Photon-Induced Auger Transitions in Tc and Re
• Auger Electron Emission in Tc: Photon Induced versus Radioactive Decay
• Dose Distributions of Photon-Induced Secondary Electrons in Tc
• Scatter Correction for In-Beam PET Monitoring of Heavy Ion Therapy
• The Time Dependence of the Gamma-Ray Intensity Seen by an In-Beam PET Monitor
• The Quantification of the Mechanical Deformation of the Rotating Double Head PET Scanner at the ¹²C Ion Therapy Facility at GSI Darmstadt


• Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections for the Assessment of Positron Emitter Generation by Therapeutic Irradiations with ⁴He Beams


• Hamamatsu S8550 APD Arrays for High-Resolution Scintillator Matrices Readout
• Position Sensitive Photon Detectors of Lutetium Oxyorthosilicate Crystals Coupled to Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
• A CAMAC Data Acquisition System for Multi Parameter Measurements
• A Technical Feasibility Study for a PET Therapy Monitor Combined with a Rotating Ion Beam Delivery

Authors

Publications

Proceedings and Reports

Talks at Conferences and other Instituts

Talks at Rossendorf

Talks of Visitors

Meetings organized by the IKH

Theses

Personnel of the IKH

Guest Scientists

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