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Empirical Study of Ne in H-Mode Pedestal in DIII-D (open access)

Empirical Study of Ne in H-Mode Pedestal in DIII-D

There is compelling empirical [1] and theoretical [2] evidence that the global confinement of H-mode discharges increases as the pedestal pressure or temperature increases. Therefore, confidence in the performance of future machines requires an ability to predict the pedestal conditions in those machines. At this time, both the theoretical and empirical understanding of transport in the pedestal are incomplete and are inadequate to predict pedestal conditions in present or future machines. Recent empirical results might be evidence of a fundamental relation between the electron temperature T{sub e} and electron density n{sub e} profiles in the pedestal. A data set from the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak has shown that {eta}{sub e}, the ratio between the scale lengths of the n{sub e} and T{sub e} profiles, exhibits a value of about 2 throughout the pedestal, despite a large range of the actual density and temperature values [3]. Data from the DIII-D tokamak show that over a wide range of pedestal density, the width of the steep gradient region for the T{sub e} profile is about 1-2 times the corresponding width for the n{sub e} profile, where both widths are measured from the plasma edge [4]. Thus, the barrier in the density might form a …
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: . Groebner, R. J.; Osborne, T. H.; Fenstermacher, M. E.; Leonard, A. W.; Mahdavi, M. A.; Snyder, P. B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
FINAL REPORT FOR THE STUDY ON S-IMPLANTED ALLOY 22 IN 1 M NACI SOLUTIONS (open access)

FINAL REPORT FOR THE STUDY ON S-IMPLANTED ALLOY 22 IN 1 M NACI SOLUTIONS

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Date: November 22, 2005
Creator: /a, n
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF THE SEVERITY OF ATTACK ON CREVICE CORROSION SURFACES (open access)

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF THE SEVERITY OF ATTACK ON CREVICE CORROSION SURFACES

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Date: December 19, 2005
Creator: /a, n
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plasma Lens for Super Neutrino Beam at BNL and Other Applications (open access)

Plasma Lens for Super Neutrino Beam at BNL and Other Applications

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Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: A., Hershcovitch
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CW Mode of Operation of a Proton FFAG Accelerator (open access)

CW Mode of Operation of a Proton FFAG Accelerator

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Date: September 1, 2005
Creator: A., Ruggiero
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FFAG Accelerator Proton Driver for Neutrino Factory (open access)

FFAG Accelerator Proton Driver for Neutrino Factory

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Date: October 1, 2005
Creator: A., Ruggiero
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revision of the Adjusted Field Profile Estimate Criterion (open access)

Revision of the Adjusted Field Profile Estimate Criterion

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Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: A., Ruggiero
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CP VIOLATION HIGHLIGHTS: CIRCA 2005 (open access)

CP VIOLATION HIGHLIGHTS: CIRCA 2005

Recent highlights in CP violation phenomena, are reviewed. B-factory results imply that, CP-violation phase in the CKM matrix is the dominant contributor to the observed CP violation in K and B-physics. Deviations from the predictions of the CKM-paradigm due to beyond the Standard Model CP-odd phase are likely to be a small perturbation. Therefore, large data sample of clean B's will be needed. Precise determination of the unitarity triangle, along with time dependent CP in penguin dominated hadronic and radiative modes are discussed. Null tests in B, K and top-physics and separate determination of the K-unitarity triangle are also emphasized.
Date: February 27, 2005
Creator: A., SONI
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis and Design of Cold Helium Gas Warm Up for the 2K Experiment (open access)

Analysis and Design of Cold Helium Gas Warm Up for the 2K Experiment

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Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: A., Sidi-Yekhlef; Stohlman, O. & Krupczak, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Onset and Saturation of Ion Heating by Odd-parity Rotating-magnetic-fields in a Field-reversed Configuration (open access)

Onset and Saturation of Ion Heating by Odd-parity Rotating-magnetic-fields in a Field-reversed Configuration

Heating of figure-8 ions by odd-parity rotating magnetic fields (RMFο) applied to an elongated field-reversed configuration (FRC) is investigated. The largest energy gain occurs at resonances (s ≡ ω(sub)R⁄ω) of the RMFο frequency, ω(sub)R, with the figure-8 orbital frequency, ω, and is proportional to s^2 for s – even resonances and to s for s – odd resonances. The threshold for the transition from regular to stochastic orbits explains both the onset and saturation of heating. The FRC magnetic geometry lowers the threshold for heating below that in the tokamak by an order of magnitude.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: A.S. Landsman, S.A. Cohen, A.H. Glasser
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
RESEARCH PLAN FOR SPIN PHYSICS AT RHIC. (open access)

RESEARCH PLAN FOR SPIN PHYSICS AT RHIC.

In this report we present the research plan for the RHIC spin program. The report covers (1) the science of the RHIC spin program in a world-wide context; (2) the collider performance requirements for the RHIC spin program; (3) the detector upgrades required, including timelines; (4) time evolution of the spin program.
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: AIDALA, C.; BUNCE, G. & AL., ET
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCE PREINJECTOR PROJECT (EBIS) CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT. (open access)

ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCE PREINJECTOR PROJECT (EBIS) CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT.

This report describes a new heavy ion pre-injector for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) based on a high charge state Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS), a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, and a short Linac. The highly successful development of an EBIS at BNL now makes it possible to replace the present pre-injector that is based on an electrostatic Tandem with a reliable, low maintenance Linac-based pre-injector. Linac-based pre-injectors are presently used at most accelerator and collider facilities with the exception of RHIC, where the required gold beam intensities could only be met with a Tandem until the recent EBIS development. EBIS produces high charge state ions directly, eliminating the need for the two stripping foils presently used with the Tandem. Unstable stripping efficiencies of these foils are a significant source of luminosity degradation in RHIC. The high reliability and flexibility of the new Linac-based pre-injector will lead to increased integrated luminosity at RHIC and is an essential component for the long-term success of the RHIC facility. This new pre-injector, based on an EBIS, also has the potential for significant future intensity increases and can produce heavy ion beams of all species including uranium beams and, as part of …
Date: February 28, 2005
Creator: ALESSI, J.; BARTON, D.; BEEBE, E.; GASSNER, D. & AL., ET
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Order-of-Magnitude Estimation of Benzene Concentration in Saltstone Vault (open access)

An Order-of-Magnitude Estimation of Benzene Concentration in Saltstone Vault

The contents of Tank 48 that include the tetraphenylborate (TPB) precipitates of potassium and cesium will be grouted and stored in the Saltstone vault. The grouting process is exothermic, which should accelerate the decomposition of TPB precipitates eventually to benzene. Because the vault is not currently outfitted with an active ventilation system, there is a concern that a mixture of flammable gases may form in the vapor space of each cell filled with the curing grout. The purpose of this study was to determine if passive breathing induced by the diurnal oscillations of atmospheric pressure would provide any mitigating measure against potential flammability. Specifically, it was requested that a set of algorithms be developed that would predict the equilibrium concentration of benzene as a function of benzene generation rate, fill height, and the amplitude of the barometric pressure oscillations. These algorithms were to be derived based on several simplifying assumptions so that order of magnitude estimates could be made quickly for scoping purposes. This memo documents the resulting algorithms along with those key assumptions made. These algorithms were then applied to simulate several test cases, including the baseline case where the cell was filled to the maximum height of 25 …
Date: February 28, 2005
Creator: ALEXANDER, CHOI
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prediction of Coal ash leaching behavior in acid mine water, comparison of laboratory and field studies (open access)

Prediction of Coal ash leaching behavior in acid mine water, comparison of laboratory and field studies

Strongly alkaline fluidized bed combustion ash is commonly used to control acid mine drainage in West Virginia coal mines. Objectives include acid neutralization and immobilization of the primary AMD pollutants: iron, aluminum and manganese. The process has been successful in controlling AMD though doubts remain regarding mobilization of other toxic elements present in the ash. In addition, AMD contains many toxic elements in low concentrations. And, each mine produces AMD of widely varying quality. So, predicting the effect of a particular ash on a given coal mine's drainage quality is of particular interest. In this chapter we compare the results of a site-specific ash leaching procedure with two large-scale field applications of FBC ash. The results suggested a high degree of predictability for roughly half of the 25 chemical parameters and poor predictability for the remainder. Of these, seven parameters were successfully predicted on both sites: acidity, Al, B, Ba, Fe, Ni and Zn while electrical conductivity, Ca, Cd, SO4, Pb and Sb were not successfully predicted on either site. Trends for the remaining elements: As, Ag, Be, Cu, Cr, Hg, Mg, Mn, pH, Se Tl and V were successfully predicted on one but not both mine sites.
Date: January 10, 2005
Creator: ANNA, KNOX
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archaeological Survey at Trophy Club, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey at Trophy Club, Texas

Archaeological survey results for current and proposed pad sites in Denton County, Texas.
Date: 2005
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Survey Within the Proposed Thompson Springs Park, Fairview, Texas (open access)

An Archaeological Survey Within the Proposed Thompson Springs Park, Fairview, Texas

Archaeological survey results regarding proposed Thompson Springs Park in Collin County in terms of finding archaeological sites or cultural materials.
Date: 2005
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Technologies Energy Data Book - Third Edition (open access)

Power Technologies Energy Data Book - Third Edition

This report, prepared by NREL's Energy Analysis Office, includes up-to-date information on power technologies, including complete technology profiles. The data book also contains charts on electricity restructuring, power technology forecasts, electricity supply, electricity capability, electricity generation, electricity demand, prices, economic indicators, environmental indicators, and conversion factors.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Aabakken, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genome-Wide Identification and 3D Modeling of Proteins involved in DNA Damage Recognition and Repair (Final Report) (open access)

Genome-Wide Identification and 3D Modeling of Proteins involved in DNA Damage Recognition and Repair (Final Report)

DNA Damage Recognition and Repair (DDR&R) proteins play a critical role in cellular responses to low-dose radiation and are associated with cancer. We have performed a systematic, genome-wide computational analysis of genomic data for human genes involved in the DDR&R process. The significant achievements of this project include: 1) Construction of the computational pipeline for searching DDR&R genes, building and validation of 3D models of proteins involved in DDR&R; 2) Functional and structural annotation of the 3D models and generation of comprehensive lists of suggested knock-out mutations; and the development of a method to predict the effects of mutations. Large scale testing of technology to identify novel small binding pockets in protein structures leading to new DDRR inhibitor strategies 3) Improvements of macromolecular docking technology (see the CAPRI 1-3 and 4-5 results) 4) Development of a new algorithm for improved analysis of high-density oligonucleotide arrays for gene expression profiling; 5) Construction and maintenance of the DNA Damage Recognition and Repair Database; 6) Producing 15 research papers (12 published and 3 in preparation).
Date: August 12, 2005
Creator: Abagyan, Ruben & An, Jianghong
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parameterizing the power spectrum: Beyond the truncated Taylor expansion (open access)

Parameterizing the power spectrum: Beyond the truncated Taylor expansion

The power spectrum is traditionally parameterized by a truncated Taylor series: ln P(k) = ln P{sub *} + (n{sub *} - 1) ln(k/k{sub *}) + 1/2 n'{sub *} ln{sup 2} (k/k{sub *}). It is reasonable to truncate the Taylor series if |n'{sub *} ln(k/k{sub *})| << |n{sub *} - 1|, but it is not if |n'{sub *} ln(k/k{sub *})| {approx}> |n{sub *} - 1|. We argue that there is no good theoretical reason to prefer |n'{sub *}| << |n{sub *} - 1|, and show that current observations are consistent with |n*{sub *} ln(k/k{sub *})| {approx} |n{sub *} - 1| even for |ln(k/k{sub *})| {approx} 1. Thus, there are regions of parameter space, which are both theoretically and observationally relevant, for which the traditional truncated Taylor series parameterization is inconsistent, and hence it can lead to incorrect parameter estimations. Motivated by this, we propose a simple extension of the traditional parameterization, which uses no extra parameters, but that, unlike the traditional approach, covers well motivated inflationary spectra with |n'{sub *}| {approx} |n{sub *} - 1|. Our parameterization therefore covers not only standard-slow-roll inflation models but also a much wider class of inflation models. We use this parameterization to perform a likelihood …
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Abazajian, Kevork; Kadota, Kenji & Stewart, Ewan D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Upgraded D0 detector (open access)

The Upgraded D0 detector

The D0 experiment enjoyed a very successful data-collection run at the Fermilab Tevatron collider between 1992 and 1996. Since then, the detector has been upgraded to take advantage of improvements to the Tevatron and to enhance its physics capabilities. We describe the new elements of the detector, including the silicon microstrip tracker, central fiber tracker, solenoidal magnet, preshower detectors, forward muon detector, and forward proton detector. The uranium/liquid-argon calorimeters and central muon detector, remaining from Run I, are discussed briefly. We also present the associated electronics, triggering, and data acquisition systems, along with the design and implementation of software specific to D0.
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, D. L.; Adams, M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of inclusive differential cross sections for Upsilon(1S) production in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV (open access)

Measurement of inclusive differential cross sections for Upsilon(1S) production in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV

The authors present measurements of the inclusive production cross sections of the {Upsilon}(1S) bottomonium state in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV. Using the {Upsilon}(1S) {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} decay mode for a data sample of 159 {+-} 10 pb{sup -1} collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider, they determine the differential cross sections as a function of the {Upsilon}(1S) transverse momentum for three ranges of the {Upsilon}(1S) rapidity: 0 < |y{sup {Upsilon}}| {le} 0.6, 0.6 < |y{sup {Upsilon}}| {le} 1.2, and 1.2 < |y{sup {Upsilon}}| {le} 1.8.
Date: February 1, 2005
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
Measurement of semileptonic branching fractions of B mesons to narrow D** states (open access)

Measurement of semileptonic branching fractions of B mesons to narrow D** states

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Date: July 1, 2005
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
Measurement of the p - anti-p ---> W gamma + X cross section at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV and WW gamma anomalous coupling limits (open access)

Measurement of the p - anti-p ---> W gamma + X cross section at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV and WW gamma anomalous coupling limits

The WW{gamma} triple gauge boson coupling parameters are studied using p{bar p} {yields} {ell}{nu}{gamma} + X({ell} = e, {mu}) events at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV. The data were collected with the D0 detector from an integrated luminosity of 162 pb{sup -1} delivered by the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The cross section times branching fraction for p{bar p} {yields} W({gamma}) + X {yields} {ell}{nu}{gamma} + X with E{sub T}{sup {gamma}} > 8 GeV and {Delta}R{sub {ell}{gamma}} > 0.7 is 14.8 {+-} 1.6(stat) {+-} 1.0(syst) {+-} 1.0(lum) pb. The one-dimensional 95% confidence level limits on anomalous couplings are -0.88 < {Delta}{kappa}{sub {gamma}} < 0.96 and -0.20 < {lambda}{sub {gamma}} < 0.20.
Date: March 1, 2005
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
Measurement of the t anti-t production cross section in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 = TeV using kinematic characteristics of lepton + jets events (open access)

Measurement of the t anti-t production cross section in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 = TeV using kinematic characteristics of lepton + jets events

We present a measurement of the top quark pair (t{bar t}) production cross section ({sigma}{sub t{bar t}}) in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV using 230 pb{sub -1} of data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We select events with one charged lepton (electron or muon), large missing transverse energy, and at least four jets, and extract the t{bar t} content of the sample based on the kinematic characteristics of the events. For a top quark mass of 175 GeV, we measure {sigma}{sub t{bar t}} = 6.7{sub -1.3}{sup +1.4}(stat){sub -1.1}{sup +1.6}(syst) {+-} 0.4(lumi)pb, in good agreement with the standard model prediction.
Date: April 1, 2005
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