RF Capture and Acceleration of Gold Ions in Booster (open access)

RF Capture and Acceleration of Gold Ions in Booster

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Date: November 1, 1999
Creator: Gardner, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parameters for the injection, acceleration, and extraction of gold and copper ions in Booster, AGS, and RHIC (open access)

Parameters for the injection, acceleration, and extraction of gold and copper ions in Booster, AGS, and RHIC

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Date: November 27, 2012
Creator: Gardner, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parameters for the injection, acceleration, and extraction of uranium ions in Booster, AGS, and RHIC (open access)

Parameters for the injection, acceleration, and extraction of uranium ions in Booster, AGS, and RHIC

N/A
Date: November 27, 2012
Creator: Gardner, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drag Measurements in Flight on the 10-Percent-Thick and 8-Percent-Thick Wing X-1 Airplanes (open access)

Drag Measurements in Flight on the 10-Percent-Thick and 8-Percent-Thick Wing X-1 Airplanes

Report presenting drag measurements made on a 10-percent-thick wing and 8-percent-thick tail and a 8-percent-thick wing, 6-percent-thick tail version of the X-1 airplane at a variety of Mach numbers. The drag of the thicker wing was found to be much higher than that of the thinner wing. The fuselage was found to cause interference with the wing of both models, making the separation of wing and fuselage drag difficult to determine.
Date: November 19, 1948
Creator: Gardner, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Injection of large transverse emittance EBIS beams in booster (open access)

Injection of large transverse emittance EBIS beams in booster

N/A
Date: November 1, 2011
Creator: Gardner, C. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some tools of the trade we`ve developed for our cross-section calculations (open access)

Some tools of the trade we`ve developed for our cross-section calculations

A number of compute codes have been modified or developed, both main-frame and PC. Seven codes, of which three are discussed in some detail. The later are: a controller-driven, double-precision version of the coupled-channel code ECIS; the latest version of STAPRE, a precompound plus Hauser-Feshbach nuclear reaction code; and NUSTART, a PC code that analyzes large sets of discrete nuclear levels and the multipole transitions among them. All main-frame codes are now being converted to the UNICOS operating system.
Date: November 1, 1992
Creator: Gardner, D. G. & Gardner, M. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importance of level structure in nuclear reaction cross-section calculations. Revision 1 (open access)

Importance of level structure in nuclear reaction cross-section calculations. Revision 1

It is shown that level-density expressions cannot adequately represent or substitute for level structure information when making calculations of the Hauser-Feshbach type for cross sections or isomer-ratios for nuclei in the first few MeV above their ground state. It is stated that such discrete level information should include both experimentally confirmed and theoretically predicted levels. The utility of discrete level information to optimize level density calculations, to compute isomer ratios, in deriving dipole strength functions, and in the analysis of primary gamma ray spectra is emphasized, especially for nuclei far from the line of stability. 29 refs., 12 figs., 6 tabs. (DWL)
Date: November 7, 1985
Creator: Gardner, M. A. & Gardner, D. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capture cross section and gamma-ray spectrum calculations for medium-weight nuclei. [Double-peak, energy-dependent Breit-Wigner model] (open access)

Capture cross section and gamma-ray spectrum calculations for medium-weight nuclei. [Double-peak, energy-dependent Breit-Wigner model]

A double-peak, energy-dependent Breit-Wigner model of the E1 gamma-ray strength function was applied to nuclei from As to Rh, to predict their neutron capture cross sections and capture gamma-ray spectra. A consistent set of model parameters was obtained in this mass region to describe the step in the low-energy tail of the E1 strength function. This step allows agreement with photonuclear data at high energies, the correct GAMMA/sub gamma/ to be obtained for agreement with neutron capture cross-section data, and the calculation of the observed hardness in the capture gamma-ray spectra. For nuclei at or near the closed, N = 50 shell, however, the double-peak assumption breaks down. In these cases, good results are still obtained if the same set of model parameters is applied, except that the E1 strength function is formulated in terms of the first, narrower peak. 8 figures.
Date: November 14, 1979
Creator: Gardner, M. A. & Gardner, D. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Search for anomalous heavy-flavor quark production in association with W bosons (open access)

A Search for anomalous heavy-flavor quark production in association with W bosons

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Date: November 1, 2004
Creator: Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
7th International Workshop on the Identification of Transcribed Sequences. Beyond the Identification of Transcribed Sequences (open access)

7th International Workshop on the Identification of Transcribed Sequences. Beyond the Identification of Transcribed Sequences

The Seventh Annual Human Genome Conference: Beyond the Identification of Transcribed Sequences (BITS) was held November 16-19, 1997 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Monterey, California. The format for the meeting was a combination of oral presentations, group discussions and poster sessions. The original workshop was held to discuss methodologies for the identification of transcribed sequences in mammalian genomes. Over the years, the focus of the workshops has gradually shifted towards functional analysis, with the most dramatic change in emphasis at this meeting, as reflected in the modest change in the workshop title. Topics presented and discussed included: (1) large scale expression and mutational analysis in yeast, C. elegans, Drosophila and zebrafish, (2) comparative mapping of zebrafish, chicken and Fugu; (3) functional analysis in mouse using promoter traps, mutational analysis of biochemical pathways, and Cre/lox constructs; (4) construction of 5 foot end and complete cDNA libraries; (5) expression analysis in mammalian organisms by array screening and differential display; (6) genome organization as determined by detailed transcriptional mapping and genomic sequence analysis; (7) analysis of genomic sequence, including gene and regulatory sequence predictions, annotation of genomic sequence, development of expression databases and verification of sequence analysis predictions; and (8) structural/functional relationships …
Date: November 19, 1997
Creator: Gardner, Kathleen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indium donor complexes with cation vacancies in CdTe and ZnSe (open access)

Indium donor complexes with cation vacancies in CdTe and ZnSe

Very dilute (10{sub 12} cm{sup {minus}3}) indium donors in CdTe and ZnSe powders and in CdTe single crystals were investigated using {sup 111}In Perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy. Most indium atoms are in uncomplexed sites but can form weakly-bound complexes with native defects in very defective material. The only complex observed in CdTe is an indium-Cd vacancy pair. The CdTe in which these pairs occur is apparently n-type, most Cd vacancies are free and doubly-charged, and the binding energy with indium is 0.15 eV. In ZnSe, indium can pair with a Zn vacancy or with some other presently unidentified defect. These complexes form in ZnSe containing large concentrations of both free Zn vacancies and complexes of Zn vacancies with other defects. In CdTe, the pair formation equilibration time constant is two days at 15C,an implication that Cd vacancies are mobile at room temperature. Lattice relaxation around a Cd vacancy in CdTe was probed by single crystal PAC experiments.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Griffith, J. W.; Lundquist, R.; Platzer, R.; Gardner, J. A.; Karczewski, G. & Furdyna, J. K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight Investigation to Determine the Hinge Moments of a Beveled-Edge Aileron on a 45 Degree Sweptback Wing at Transonic and Low Supersonic Speeds (open access)

Flight Investigation to Determine the Hinge Moments of a Beveled-Edge Aileron on a 45 Degree Sweptback Wing at Transonic and Low Supersonic Speeds

Report discussing testing of a model of the pilotless aircraft RM-1 to measure aileron hinge moments in flight in order to determine the reason for loss of roll stabilization at supercritical speeds in flight. The aileron was found to become quickly underbalanced over the full deflection range at supercritical speeds. Information about the general flight behavior, aileron hinge moments, and roll stabilization of the model is provided.
Date: November 12, 1947
Creator: Gardner, William N. & Curfman, Howard J., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report for the NGFA-5 project. (open access)

Report for the NGFA-5 project.

The objective of this project is to provide DHS a comprehensive evaluation of the current genomic technologies including genotyping, TaqMan PCR, multiple locus variable tandem repeat analysis (MLVA), microarray and high-throughput DNA sequencing in the analysis of biothreat agents from complex environmental samples. To effectively compare the sensitivity and specificity of the different genomic technologies, we used SNP TaqMan PCR, MLVA, microarray and high-throughput illumine and 454 sequencing to test various strains from B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, BioWatch aerosol filter extracts or soil samples that were spiked with B. anthracis, and samples that were previously collected during DHS and EPA environmental release exercises that were known to contain B. thuringiensis spores. The results of all the samples against the various assays are discussed in this report.
Date: November 15, 2011
Creator: Jaing, C; Jackson, P; Thissen, J; Wollard, J; Gardner, S & McLoughlin, K
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of nitrogen in boron carbide with the Leco UO-14 Nitrogen Determinator (open access)

Determination of nitrogen in boron carbide with the Leco UO-14 Nitrogen Determinator

Use of various metals as fluxes for releasing nitrogen from boron carbide in the Leco Nitrogen Determinator was investigated. Metals such as iron, chromium, and molybdenum that wet the graphite crucible all promoted nitrogen release. Tin, copper, aluminum, and platinum did not wet the graphite and were of no value as fluxes. A procedure for sample handling and the resulting performance of the method are described. The precision at 0.06 to 0.6 percent nitrogen averaged 4 percent relative standard deviation.
Date: November 1, 1977
Creator: Gardner, R. D.; Ashley, W. H. & Henicksman, A. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coincidence Prompt Gamma-Ray Neutron Activation Analysis (open access)

Coincidence Prompt Gamma-Ray Neutron Activation Analysis

The normal prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis for either bulk or small beam samples inherently has a small signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio due primarily to the neutron source being present while the sample signal is being obtained. Coincidence counting offers the possibility of greatly reducing or eliminating the noise generated by the neutron source. The present report presents our results to date on implementing the coincidence counting PGNAA approach. We conclude that coincidence PGNAA yields: (1) a larger signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio, (2) more information (and therefore better accuracy) from essentially the same experiment when sophisticated coincidence electronics are used that can yield singles and coincidences simultaneously, and (3) a reduced (one or two orders of magnitude) signal from essentially the same experiment. In future work we will concentrate on: (1) modifying the existing CEARPGS Monte Carlo code to incorporate coincidence counting, (2) obtaining coincidence schemes for 18 or 20 of the common elements in coal and cement, and (3) optimizing the design of a PGNAA coincidence system for the bulk analysis of coal.
Date: November 10, 2002
Creator: Gardner, R. P.; Mayo, C. W.; Metwally, W. A.; Zhang, W.; Guo, W. & Shehata, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intercomparison of theoretical calculations of important activation cross sections for fusion reactor technology (open access)

Intercomparison of theoretical calculations of important activation cross sections for fusion reactor technology

Various theoretical calculations of radionuclides in the reactions {sup 94}Mo(n,p){sup 94}Nb, {sup 109}Ag(n,2n){sup 108m}Ag, {sup 151}Eu(n,2n){sup 150m}Eu, {sup 153}Eu(n,2n){sup 152g+m2}Eu, {sup 159}Tb(n,2n){sup 158}Tb, {sup 187}Re(n,2n){sup 186m}Re, {sup 179}Hf(n,2n){sup l78m2}Hf, {sup 193}Ir(n,2n){sup 192m2}Ir are compared. We normalize the theoretical results to the evaluated experimental data at 14.5 MeV, and take their average. This yields averaged theoretical excitation functions for the production of the various radionuclides at neutron energies ranging from threshold to 14.5 MeV. We discuss differences between the various theoretical results, and between theory and data where they exist. Our theoretical results may be used in conjunction with experimental data to produce evaluated radionuclide production cross sections for neutron energies lower than 14.5 MeV.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Chadwick, M. B.; Gardner, M.; Gardner, D.; Grudzevich, O. T.; Ignatyuk, A. V.; Meadows, J. W. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terminal Fruit Auctions as Marketing Agencies for Farmers' Cooperatives (open access)

Terminal Fruit Auctions as Marketing Agencies for Farmers' Cooperatives

Bulletin discussing the function of auction sales of fruits and vegetables and analyzing statistics for auctions that occurred in 1937.
Date: November 1938
Creator: Gardner, Kelsey B., 1892-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recess Appointments Made by President George W. Bush, January 20, 2001- October 31, 2008 (open access)

Recess Appointments Made by President George W. Bush, January 20, 2001- October 31, 2008

This report identifies recess appointments made by President George W. Bush from the time he took office on January 20, 2001, through October 31, 2008. Basic descriptive statistics regarding these appointments are also provided.
Date: November 3, 2008
Creator: Hogue, Henry B. & Bearden, Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculated powder x-ray diffraction data for three tantalum tungstates. [Ta/sub 22/W/sub 4/O/sub 67/; Ta/sub 2/WO/sub 8/; Ta/sub 16/W/sub 18/O/sub 94/] (open access)

Calculated powder x-ray diffraction data for three tantalum tungstates. [Ta/sub 22/W/sub 4/O/sub 67/; Ta/sub 2/WO/sub 8/; Ta/sub 16/W/sub 18/O/sub 94/]

A study was made of computer-simulated powder x-ray diffraction data for Ta/sub 22/W/sub 4/O/sub 67/, Ta/sub 2/WO/sub 8/, and Ta/sub 16/W/sub 18/O/sub 94/--the three compounds in the Ta/sub 2/O/sub 5/--WO/sub 3/ system from 27 to 69 mole percent WO/sub 3/. The crystal structures of Ta/sub 2/WO/sub 8/ and one form of Ta/sub 16/W/sub 18/O/sub 94/ (Type B) were deduced from reported data. 8 tables. (auth)
Date: November 1, 1976
Creator: Holcombe, Jr., C. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SUPPORTING SAFE STORAGE OF PLUTONIUM-BEARING MATERIALS THROUGH SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND SURVEILLANCE (open access)

SUPPORTING SAFE STORAGE OF PLUTONIUM-BEARING MATERIALS THROUGH SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND SURVEILLANCE

Reductions in the size of the U. S. nuclear weapons arsenal resulted in the need to store large quantities of plutonium-bearing metals and oxides for prolonged periods of time. To assure that the excess plutonium from the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites was stored in a safe and environmentally friendly manner the plutonium-bearing materials are stabilized and packaged according to well developed criteria published as a DOE Standard. The packaged materials are stored in secure facilities and regular surveillance activities are conducted to assure continuing package integrity. The stabilization, packaging, storage and surveillance requirements were developed through extensive science and engineering activities including those related to: plutonium-environment interactions and container pressurization, corrosion and stress corrosion cracking, plutonium-container material interactions, loss of sealing capability and changes in heat transfer characteristics. This paper summarizes some of those activities and outlines ongoing science and engineering programs that assure continued safe and secure storage of the plutonium-bearing metals and oxides.
Date: November 10, 2009
Creator: Dunn, K.; Chandler, G.; Gardner, C.; Louthan, M. & Mcclard, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperature-gradient and heat flow data, Grass Valley, Nevada (open access)

Temperature-gradient and heat flow data, Grass Valley, Nevada

A series of 16 shallow and intermediate-depth temperature-gradient holes were drilled for Sunoco Energy Development Co. in Grass Valley, Pershing County, Nevada, on leases held by Aminoil USA, Inc., under the cost-sharing industry-linked program of the Department of Energy. Thirteen shallow (85-152 m) and 3 intermediate-depth (360-457 m) holes were completed and logged during the period June through September, 1979. The locations of these holes and of pre-existing temperature-gradient holes are shown on plate 1. This report constitutes a final data transmittal and disclosure of results. The drilling subcontractor was Southwest Drilling and Exploration, Inc. of Central, Utah. They provided a Gardner-Denver 15W rig, a 3-man crew, and supporting equipment. A l l holes were drilled with mud as the circulating medium. Drilling histories for each hole are summarized in table 1. GeothermEx, Inc. performed on-site geological descriptions of the cuttings; obtained several temperature profiles for each hole, including an equilibrium profile taken 23 days or more after cessation of drilling; selected samples for thermal conductivity measurements; integrated temperature, temperature-gradient, and heat-flow data obtained in this project with published values; and prepared this report.
Date: November 1, 1979
Creator: Koenig, James B. & Gardner, Murray C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Optimization of a Shaped-Charge Design Using Parallel Computers (open access)

The Optimization of a Shaped-Charge Design Using Parallel Computers

Current supercomputers use large parallel arrays of tightly coupled processors to achieve levels of performance far surpassing conventional vector supercomputers. Shock-wave physics codes have been developed for these new supercomputers at Sandia National Laboratories and elsewhere. These parallel codes run fast enough on many simulations to consider using them to study the effects of varying design parameters on the performance of models of conventional munitions and other complex systems. Such studies maybe directed by optimization software to improve the performance of the modeled system. Using a shaped-charge jet design as an archetypal test case and the CTH parallel shock-wave physics code controlled by the Dakota optimization software, we explored the use of automatic optimization tools to optimize the design for conventional munitions. We used a scheme in which a lower resolution computational mesh was used to identify candidate optimal solutions and then these were verified using a higher resolution mesh. We identified three optimal solutions for the model and a region of the design domain where the jet tip speed is nearly optimal, indicating the possibility of a robust design. Based on this study we identified some of the difficulties in using high-fidelity models with optimization software to develop improved …
Date: November 1, 1999
Creator: Gardner, David R. & Vaughan, Courtenay T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reservoir fracture mapping using microearthquakes: Austin chalk, Giddings field, TX and 76 field, Clinton Co., KY (open access)

Reservoir fracture mapping using microearthquakes: Austin chalk, Giddings field, TX and 76 field, Clinton Co., KY

Patterns of microearthquakes detected downhole defined fracture orientation and extent in the Austin chalk, Giddings field, TX and the 76 field, Clinton Co., KY. We collected over 480 and 770 microearthquakes during hydraulic stimulation at two sites in the Austin chalk, and over 3200 during primary production in Clinton Co. Data were of high enough quality that 20%, 31% and 53% of the events could be located, respectively. Reflected waves constrained microearthquakes to the stimulated depths at the base of the Austin chalk. In plan view, microearthquakes defined elongate fracture zones extending from the stimulation wells parallel to the regional fracture trend. However, widths of the stimulated zones differed by a factor of five between the two Austin chalk sites, indicating a large difference in the population of ancillary fractures. Post-stimulation production was much higher from the wider zone. At Clinton Co., microearthquakes defined low-angle, reverse-fault fracture zones above and below a producing zone. Associations with depleted production intervals indicated the mapped fractures had been previously drained. Drilling showed that the fractures currently contain brine. The seismic behavior was consistent with poroelastic models that predicted slight increases in compressive stress above and below the drained volume.
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Phillips, W. S.; Rutledge, J. T.; Gardner, T. L.; Fairbanks, T. D.; Miller, M. E. & Schuessler, B. K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Instructor-Free Training Department (open access)

The Instructor-Free Training Department

Today`s skills will be obsolete in the year 2000. That workforce will require a much higher degree of technical sophistication and adaptability. Enormous demands will be made of DOE contractor training departments even as federal deficit reduction actions increasingly restrict resources and as the emergence of electronic performance support systems appear to diminish the need for training. True training will still be required but they must, and can, train better, faster, and cheaper. These goals are attainable by implementing the implications of performance-based training and by focusing on learning instead of on teaching. (Indeed, ability to learn efficiently and rapidly will be the premier talent in the next century.) Training Departments must dedicate themselves to changing performance, not to teaching classes. The best training department of the future will have no {open_quotes}instructors{close_quotes}. Trainingforce 2000 will look and function much differently.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Gardner, P. R. & Sanford, D. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library