Magnetic enhancement of Co0.2_{0.2}Zn0.8_{0.8}Fe2_2O4_4 spinel oxide by mechanical milling

We report the magnetic properties of mechanically milled Co$_{0.2}$Zn$_{0.8}$Fe$_2$O$_4$ spinel oxide. After 24 hours milling of the bulk sample, the XRD spectra show nanostructure with average particle size $\approx$ 20 nm. The as milled sample shows an enhancement in magnetization and ordering temperature compared to the bulk sample. If the as milled sample is annealed at different temperatures for the same duration, recrystallization process occurs and approaches to the bulk structure on increasing the annealing temperatures. The magnetization of the annealed samples first increases and then decreases. At higher annealing temperature ($\sim$ 1000$^{0}$C) the system shows two coexisting magnetic phases {\it i.e.}, spin glass state and ferrimagnetic state, similar to the as prepared bulk sample. The room temperature M\"{o}ssbauer spectra of the as milled sample, annealed at 300$^{0}$C for different durations (upto 575 hours), suggest that the observed change in magnetic behaviour is strongly related with cations redistribution between tetrahedral (A) and octahedral (O) sites in the spinel structure. Apart from the cation redistribution, we suggest that the enhancement of magnetization and ordering temperature is related with the reduction of B site spin canting and increase of strain induced anisotropic energy during mechanical milling.Comment: 14 pages LaTeX, 10 ps figure

The PHENIX Experiment at RHIC

The physics emphases of the PHENIX collaboration and the design and current status of the PHENIX detector are discussed. The plan of the collaboration for making the most effective use of the available luminosity in the first years of RHIC operation is also presented.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure. Further details of the PHENIX physics program available at http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/phenix

Research in Heavy Ion Nuclear Reactions

This is the final progress report for the experimental nuclear physics program at Georgia State University (GSU) under the leadership of Gus Petitt. In June, 1996, Professor Petitt retired for health reasons and the DOE contract was extended for another year to enable the group to continue it's work. This year has been a productive one. The group has been heavily involved in the E866 experiment at Fermilab where we have taken on the responsibility of developing a new level-3 trigger for the experiment. Bill Lee, the graduate student in our group expects to obtain his thesis data from the run extension currently in progress, which focuses on the A dependence of J/{psi}'s and {Upsilon}'s from beryllium, tungsten, and iron targets. In the past year and a half the GSU group has led the development of a new level-3 software trigger system for E866. Our work on this project is described

Progress Report for 1995-1996

We have been involved in several projects during the present contract period. These include completion of our work on the RD94 test runs performed at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven; the PhD. thesis project of Ziyang Zhang which was completed during the year, was based on this work. We have continued our Monte Carlo simulation work. This includes studies of trigger rates in the muon identifier of the PHENIX experiment for RHIC. In addition to this we have continued our involvement in developing upgrades for the PISA and PISORP simulation codes for PHENIX. We are most heavily involved in work on the E866 experiment at Fermilab. GSU has taken on the task of modifying the trigger system for this experiment. A third level trigger based on digital signal processors (DSP`s) mounted on a VME bus is being developed for this. We feel that this project will be a valuable training ground for our work on PHENIX. We expect that the expertise that we acquire in development of the Level-3 trigger system for E866 will enable us to contribute significantly to development of the PHENIX trigger and online event processing system, especially for the PHENIX Muon Arms. These projects are discussed in detail in the following pages