• 광물과 암석
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2020

고압 환경에서 규산염 용융체의 원자 구조에 대한 정보는 지구 내부 마그마의 열전도율이나 주변 암석과의 원소 분배계수와 같은 이동 물성을 이해하는 단서를 제공한다. 규소의 전자 구조는 규산염 다면체 주변의 산소 원자 분포와 연관성을 가질 것으로 예상되나, 이 사이의 상관관계가 명확하게 밝혀져 있지 않다. 본 연구는 SiO₂의 고밀도화에 따른 규소의 전자 구조 변화의 미시적인 기원을 규명하기 위해 SiO₂ 동질이상의 규소 부분 상태 밀도와 L₃-edge X-선 흡수분광분석(X-ray absorption spectroscopy; XAS) 스펙트럼을 계산하였다. 규소의 전도 띠 영역에서 전자 구조는 결정 구조에 따라서 변화하였다. 특히 d-오비탈은 108, 130 eV 영역에서 배위 환경에 따른 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 계산된 XAS 스펙트럼은 규소 전도 띠의 s,d-오비탈에서 기인하는 피크를 보였으며, 결정 구조에 따라 s,d-오비탈과 유사한 양상으로 변화했다. 계산된 석영의 XAS 스펙트럼은 SiO₂ 유리의 XR S 실험 결과와 유사하였으며 규소 주변 원자 환경이 비슷하기 때문으로 생각된다. XAS 스펙트럼을 수치화한 무게 중심 값은 Si-O 결합 거리와 밀접한 상관관계를 가지며 이로 인하여 고밀도화 과정에서 체계적으로 변화한다. 본 연구의 결과는 Si-O 결합 거리에 민감한 규소 L_2,3-edge XRS가 규산염 유리 및 용융체의 고밀도화 기작을 규명하는 과정에서 유용하게 적용될 수 있음을 지시한다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.21-33
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• 2019

This paper focuses on the interpretation of radiation fluxes from active galactic nuclei. The advantage of positron annihilation spectroscopy over other methods of spectral diagnostics of active galactic nuclei (therefore AGN) is demonstrated. A relationship between regular and random components in both bolometric and spectral composition of fluxes of quanta and particles generated in AGN is found. We consider their diffuse component separately and also detect radiative feedback after the passage of high-velocity cosmic rays and hard quanta through gas-and-dust aggregates surrounding massive black holes in AGN. The motion of relativistic positrons and electrons in such complex systems produces secondary radiation throughout the whole investigated region of active galactic nuclei in form of cylinder with radius R= 400-1000 pc and height H=200-400 pc, thus causing their visible luminescence across all spectral bands. We obtain radiation and electron energy distribution functions depending on the spatial distribution of the investigated bulk of matter in AGN. Radiation luminescence of the non-central part of AGN is a response to the effects of particles and quanta falling from its center created by atoms, molecules and dust of its diffuse component. The cross-sections for the single-photon annihilation of positrons of different energies with atoms in these active galactic nuclei are determined. For the first time we use the data on the change in chemical composition due to spallation reactions induced by high-energy particles. We establish or define more accurately how the energies of the incident positron, emitted ${\gamma}-quantum$ and recoiling nucleus correlate with the atomic number and weight of the target nucleus. For light elements, we provide detailed tables of all indicated parameters. A new criterion is proposed, based on the use of the ratio of the fluxes of ${\gamma}-quanta$ formed in one- and two-photon annihilation of positrons in a diffuse medium. It is concluded that, as is the case in young supernova remnants, the two-photon annihilation tends to occur in solid-state grains as a result of active loss of kinetic energy of positrons due to ionisation down to thermal energy of free electrons. The single-photon annihilation of positrons manifests itself in the gas component of active galactic nuclei. Such annihilation occurs as interaction between positrons and K-shell electrons; hence, it is suitable for identification of the chemical state of substances comprising the gas component of the investigated media. Specific physical media producing high fluxes of positrons are discussed; it allowed a significant reduction in the number of reaction channels generating positrons. We estimate the brightness distribution in the ${\gamma}-ray$ spectra of the gas-and-dust media through which positron fluxes travel with the energy range similar to that recorded by the Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA) research module. Based on the results of our calculations, we analyse the reasons for such a high power of positrons to penetrate through gas-and-dust aggregates. The energy loss of positrons by ionisation is compared to the production of secondary positrons by high-energy cosmic rays in order to determine the depth of their penetration into gas-and-dust aggregations clustered in active galactic nuclei. The relationship between the energy of ${\gamma}-quanta$ emitted upon the single-photon annihilation and the energy of incident electrons is established. The obtained cross sections for positron interactions with bound electrons of the diffuse component of the non-central, peripheral AGN regions allowed us to obtain new spectroscopic characteristics of the atoms involved in single-photon annihilation.