Criação e desenvolvimento de uma experiência, considerada "laboratório virtual" - Resumo e Apresentação.

Fazendo uso de recursos virtuais buscamos apresentar ao professor uma nova estratégia de ensino para aulas de física. Para tanto será apresentado o processo de criação do Laboratório Virtual realizado no Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo. Esse laboratório foi idealizado a partir da filmagem de sistemas reais com o intuito de observar todo o movimento do corpo em estudo junto com um instrumento que possibilitou a medida de sua posição. Posteriormente, incorpora-se ao vídeo um código de tempo, de modo que, ao transformar-se o filme em quadros independentes, as imagens extraídas permitem medir a posição ocupada pelo corpo em instantes sucessivos e conhecidos. Na oficina, os participantes terão a oportunidade de aprender a criar um experimento virtual, filmando o movimento de um corpo e fazendo a edição desse vídeo. Compreendido o processo, analisarão um experimento virtual já desenvolvido e disponível em www.fisfoto.if.usp.br para aprenderem como são feitas as análises no laboratório virtual

Aplicação do laboratório virtual no curso de licenciatura em física da Universidade de São Paulo - Trabalho e Apresentação.

Fazendo uso de recursos virtuais buscamos apresentar ao professor uma nova estratégia de ensino para aulas de física que atraia o aluno e o envolva de forma investigativa na busca pelo conhecimento. Para tanto será apresentado o Laboratório Virtual, espaço esse que visa complementar a ação docente em sala de aula, a fim de trabalhar conceitos abstratos de maneira experimental. Este laboratório foi desenvolvido a partir da filmagem de sistemas reais com o objetivo de observar todo o movimento do objeto em estudo junto com um instrumento que possibilitou a medida de sua posição. Posteriormente, incorporou-se ao vídeo um código de tempo, de modo que, ao transformar-se o filme em quadros independentes, as imagens extraídas permitiram medir a posição ocupada pelo corpo em instantes sucessivos e conhecidos. Com uma tabela de posição por tempo toda a evolução dinâmica do sistema pode ser obtida. Esse espaço virtual vem sendo usado desde 2004 nos cursos de mecânica da graduação em Licenciatura em Física da Universidade de São Paulo e vem se apresentando como uma inovação no método de desenvolvimento curricular, uma vez que busca na tecnologia uma nova maneira de trazer a experimentação para o contexto do ensino

Measurement of thermal neutron cross section and resonance integral for the (165)Ho(n, gamma)(166g)Ho reaction

The ground state thermal neutron cross section and the resonance integral for the (165)Ho(n, gamma)(166)Ho reaction in thermal and 1/E regions, respectively, of a thermal reactor neutron spectrum have been measured experimentally by activation technique. The reaction product, (166)Ho in the ground state, is gaining considerable importance as a therapeutic radionuclide and precisely measured data of the reaction are of significance from the fundamental point of view as well as for application. In this work, the spectrographically pure holmium oxide (Ho(2)O(3)) powder samples were irradiated with and without cadmium covers at the IEA-RI reactor (IPEN, Sao Paulo), Brazil. The deviation of the neutron spectrum shape from 1/E law was measured by co-irradiating Co, Zn, Zr and Au activation detectors with thermal and epithermal neutrons followed by regression and iterative procedures. The magnitudes of the discrepancies that can occur in measurements made with the ideal 1/E law considerations in the epithermal range were studied. The measured thermal neutron cross section at the Maxwellian averaged thermal energy of 0.0253 eV is 59.0 +/- 2.1 b and for the resonance integral 657 +/- 36b. The results are measured with good precision and indicated a consistency trend to resolve the discrepant status of the literature data. The results are compared with the values in main libraries such as ENDF/B-VII, JEF-2.2 and JENDL-3.2, and with other measurements in the literature.Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, Brazil)FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do estadode Sao Paulo. Brazil)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Higher Education Commission (HEC), PakistanHigher Education Commission (HEC), PakistanPAEC (the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Pakistan)PAEC (the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Pakistan

K-41(n, gamma)K-42 thermal and resonance integral cross section measurements

We measured the K-41 thermal neutron absorption and resonance integral cross sections after the irradiation of KNO3 samples near the core of the IEA-R1 IPEN pool-type research reactor. Bare and cadmium-covered targets were irradiated in pairs with Au-Al alloy flux-monitors. The residual activities were measured by gamma-ray spectroscopy with a HPGe detector, with special care to avoid the K-42 decay beta(-) emission effects on the spectra. The gamma-ray self-absorption was corrected with the help of MCNP simulations. We applied the Westcott formalism in the average neutron flux determination and calculated the depression coefficients for thermal and epithermal neutrons due to the sample thickness with analytical approximations. We obtained 1.57(4) and 1.02(4) b, for thermal and resonance integral cross sections, respectively, with correlation coefficient equal to 0.39.CAPES (Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior, Brazil)Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), BrazilFAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil)Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), BrazilCNPq (Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento)Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (CNPq

Positron annihilation spectroscopy techniques applied to the study of an HPGe detector.

Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy of the large Ge crystal of an HPGe detector was\ud perforrned using positrons from pair production of 6.13 MeV ϒ-rays from the 19F(p,αϒ) 16O reaction. Two HPGe detectors facing opposite sides of the Ge crystal acting as target provided both coincidence and singles spectra. Changes in the shape of the annihilation peak were observed when the high voltage applied to the target detector was switched on or off, amounting to somewhat less than 20% when the areas of equivalent energy intervals in the corresponding normalized spectra are compared.CNPqCAPESFAPES

Triple- and quadruple-escape peaks in HPGe detectors: Experimental observation and Monte Carlo simulation

The triple- and quadruple-escape peaks of 6.128 MeV photons from the (19)F(p,alpha gamma)(16)O nuclear reaction were observed in an HPGe detector. The experimental peak areas, measured in spectra projected with a restriction function that allows quantitative comparison of data from different multiplicities, are in reasonably good agreement with those predicted by Monte Carlo simulations done with the general-purpose radiation-transport code PENELOPE. The behaviour of the escape intensities was simulated for some gamma-ray energies and detector dimensions; the results obtained can be extended to other energies using an empirical function and statistical properties related to the phenomenon. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovacionMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovacion[PHB2007-0059-TA]Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion[FPA2006-12066]Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovacionFEDERFondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel SuperiorCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior[CAPES-DGU 176/08]Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN

Observation of double electron-positron pair production by gamma rays reexamined

An experiment was conducted to observe triple- and quadruple-escape peaks, at a photon energy equal to 6.128 MeV, in the spectra recorded with a high-purity Ge detector working in coincidence with six bismuth germanate detectors. The peak intensities may be explained having recourse to only the bremsstrahlung cascade process of consecutive electron-positron pair creation; i.e., the contribution of simultaneous double pair formation (and other cascade effects) is much smaller. The experimental peak areas are in reasonably good agreement with those predicted by Monte Carlo simulations done with the general-purpose radiation-tran sport code PENELOPE.Ministerio de Educacion[PHB2007-0059-TA]Ministerio de Educacion[FPA2006-12066]CQordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior[CAPES-DGU 176/08]Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclea

Optical transition radiation used in the diagnostic of low energy and low current electron beams in particle accelerators

Optical transition radiation (OTR) plays an important role in beam diagnostics for high energy particle accelerators. Its linear intensity with beam current is a great advantage as compared to fluorescent screens, which are subject to saturation. Moreover, the measurement of the angular distribution of the emitted radiation enables the determination of many beam parameters in a single observation point. However, few works deals with the application of OTR to monitor low energy beams. In this work we describe the design of an OTR based beam monitor used to measure the transverse beam charge distribution of the 1.9-MeV electron beam of the linac injector of the IFUSP microtron using a standard vision machine camera. The average beam current in pulsed operation mode is of the order of tens of nano-Amps. Low energy and low beam current make OTR observation difficult. To improve sensitivity, the beam incidence angle on the target was chosen to maximize the photon flux in the camera field-of-view. Measurements that assess OTR observation (linearity with beam current, polarization, and spectrum shape) are presented, as well as a typical 1.9-MeV electron beam charge distribution obtained from OTR. Some aspects of emittance measurement using this device are also discussed. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4748519]FAPESPFAPESPCNPqCNPqCAPESCAPE

Monte Carlo Semi-Empirical Model for Si(Li) X-Ray Detector: Differences between Nominal\ud and Fitted Parameters.

A detailed characterization of a X-ray Si(Li) detector was performed to obtain the\ud energy dependence of efficiency in the photon energy range of 6.4 - 59.5 keV. which was measured and reproduced by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Significant discrepancies between MC and experimental values were found when lhe manufacturer parameters of lhe detector were used in lhe simulation. A complete Computerized Tomagraphy (CT) detector scan allowed to find the correct crystal dimensions and position inside the capsule. The computed efficiencies\ud with the resulting detector model differed with the measured values no more than 10% in most of the energy range