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  • Cross section measurement of the 6Li(n,t)4He reaction in the MeV neutron energy range
    2025, 49(12): 124004-124004-8. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ae0306
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    Cross sections of the 6Li(n, t)4He reaction were measured in the fast neutron energy range from 3.3 to 5.3 MeV using a gridded ionization chamber (GIC) and well–calibrated experimental setup at the EG–5 Van de Graaff accelerator of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (FLNP, JINR). Lithium fluoride (6LiF) samples with varying thicknesses and krypton–CO2 gas mixtures with different pressures were used to optimize the detection of both alpha particles and tritons. Neutron fluxes were monitored using two high–purity (99.999%) 238U3O8 samples placed inside the GIC, complemented by an externally calibrated 3He long counter. The measured 6Li(n, t)4He cross–section data were compared with existing results of measurements and evaluations from EXFOR and ENDF nuclear data libraries, and the results showed a good agreement in the measured neutron energy range. These new measurements provide reliable cross–section data that contribute to the refinement of evaluated nuclear data files and support applications in nuclear physics, tritium production, and reactor design.
  • Hawking tunneling radiation with thermodynamic pressure
    2026, 50(1): 015103-015103-8. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ae07b4
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    Hawking radiation elucidates black holes as quantum thermodynamic systems, thereby establishing a conceptual bridge between general relativity and quantum mechanics through particle emission phenomena. While conventional theoretical frameworks predominantly focus on classical spacetime configurations, recent advancements in extended phase space thermodynamics have redefined cosmological parameters (such as the Λ-term) as dynamic variables. Notably, the thermodynamics of anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes has been successfully extended to incorporate thermodynamic pressure P. Within this extended phase space framework, although numerous intriguing physical phenomena have been identified, the tunneling mechanism of particles incorporating pressure and volume remains unexplored. This study investigates Hawking radiation through particle tunneling in Schwarzschild AdS black holes within the extended phase space, where the thermodynamic pressure P is introduced via a dynamic cosmological constant Λ. By employing semi-classical tunneling calculations with self-gravitation corrections, we demonstrate that emission probabilities exhibit a direct correlation with variations in Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. Significantly, the radiation spectrum deviates from pure thermality, aligning with unitary quantum evolution while maintaining consistency with standard phase space results. Moreover, through thermodynamic analysis, we verified that the emission rate of particles is related to the difference in Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the emitted particles before and after they tunnel through the potential barrier. These findings establish particle tunneling as a unified probe of quantum gravitational effects in black hole thermodynamics.
  • Valence quark distributions of pions: insights from Tsallis entropy
    2026, 50(1): 013103-013103-6. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ae0998
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    We investigate the valence quark distributions of pions at a low initial scale ($Q^2_0$) using Tsallis entropy, a non-extensive measure that effectively captures long-range correlations among internal constituents. Utilizing the maximum entropy approach, we adopt two distinct functional forms and fit experimental data using the elegant GLR-MQ-ZRS evolution equation to derive the model parameters. Our findings indicate that the resulting valence quark distributions provide an optimal fit to the experimental data, with q values deviating from unity. This deviation indicates that correlations among valence quarks play a significant role in shaping understanding of the internal structures of pions. Additionally, our computations of the first three moments of the pion quark distributions at $ Q^2 = 4$ GeV2 display consistency with other theoretical models, thereby reinforcing the importance of incorporating valence quark correlations within this analytical framework.
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