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$D^0 \bar{D}^0$ Mixing at BaBar (open access)

$D^0 \bar{D}^0$ Mixing at BaBar

This article reviews the recent measurement of D{sup 0}-{bar D}{sup 0} mixing with the D{sup 0} {yields} K{pi} decay channel from the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II B-Factory. Averages from the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group between this result and a previous result from BELLE are also presented.
Date: October 26, 2011
Creator: Coleman, Jonathon
System: The UNT Digital Library
1-2 GeV synchrotron radiation facility at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (open access)

1-2 GeV synchrotron radiation facility at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

The Advanced Light Source (ALS), a dedicated synchrotron radiation facility optimized to generate soft x-ray and vacuum ultraviole (XUV) light using magnetic insertion devices, was proposed by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in 1982. It consists of a 1.3-GeV injection system, an electron storage ring optimized at 1.3 GeV (with the capability of 1.9-GeV operation), and a number of photon beamlines emanating from twelve 6-meter-long straight sections, as shown in Fig. 1. In addition, 24 bending-magnet ports will be avialable for development. The ALS was conceived as a research tool whose range and power would stimulate fundamentally new research in fields from biology to materials science (1-4). The conceptual design and associated cost estimate for the ALS have been completed and reviewed by the US Department of Energy (DOE), but preliminary design activities have not yet begun. The focus in this paper is on the history of the ALS as an example of how a technical construction project was conceived, designed, proposed, and validated within the framwork of a national laboratory funded largely by the DOE.
Date: October 1, 1985
Creator: Berkner, K.H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
1,4-diphenylbutadiyne as a potential tritium getter (open access)

1,4-diphenylbutadiyne as a potential tritium getter

Research on the acetylene compound 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne is an effort to develop an air-operative tritium gas scavenger. T/sub 2/ adds to the acetylene bond of the organic in the presence of a metal catalyst. The catalyst also stimulates the oxidation reaction as well. The butadiyne compound has shown good reaction efficiency at 300 ppM T/sub 2/ in static dry air. At this concentration 75% of the scavenged tritium was in the organic. This work has expanded to the investigation of liquid acetylenes, metal acetylene complexes, organometallics and acetylene based alcohols. The best of these compounds has gettered 100% of 10 to 500 ppM T/sub 2/ for both static and dynamic air flow conditions.
Date: October 1, 1980
Creator: Miller, H. H.; Bissell, E. E.; Tsugawa, R. T. & Souers, P. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2.0 K CEBAF Cryogenics (open access)

2.0 K CEBAF Cryogenics

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Date: October 1, 1988
Creator: Arenius, Dana; Chronis, William; Kashy, David; Keesee, Marie & Rode, Claus
System: The UNT Digital Library
2 + 1 dimensional quantum gravity and the braid group (open access)

2 + 1 dimensional quantum gravity and the braid group

This paper discusses the following on quantum gravity: 2 + 1 gravity as a Chern-Simons theory; quantization; dynamics; the Braid group; and the emergence of space and time. 16 refs., 3 figs. (LSP)
Date: October 1, 1989
Creator: Carlip, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2.6 Angstrom resolution structure of Rhodobacter capsulatus bacterioferritin with metal-free dinuclear site and heme iron in a crystallographic 'special position' (open access)

The 2.6 Angstrom resolution structure of Rhodobacter capsulatus bacterioferritin with metal-free dinuclear site and heme iron in a crystallographic 'special position'

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Date: October 31, 2001
Creator: Cobessi, D.; Huang, L.-S.; Ban, M.; Pon, N. G.; Daldal, F. & Berry, E. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 2-GHz Rectangular Corrugated Horn (open access)

A 2-GHz Rectangular Corrugated Horn

We have designed, constructed and tested a large, rectangular horn antenna with a center frequency of 2.0 GHz, corrugated on the E-plane walls, made out of aluminum sheet. A new technique has been developed to solder thin aluminum strips onto the back plane to form the corrugations. The radiation beam pattern shows half-power beamwidths of 12{sup 0} and 14{sup 0} in the H and E planes respectively, and side lobe response below -40 dB at angles greater than 50{sup 0} from horn axis. The measured return loss is less than -20 dB (VSWR < 1.22) between 1.7 and 2.3 GHz; insertion loss is less than 0.15 dB.
Date: October 1, 1991
Creator: Bersanelli, M.; Bensadoun, M.; De Amici, Giovanni; Limon, M.; Smoot, George F.; Tanaka, S. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2-pi Photoproduction from CLAS and CB-ELSA - The Search for Missing Resonances (open access)

2-pi Photoproduction from CLAS and CB-ELSA - The Search for Missing Resonances

2-pi-photoproduction is one of the promising reactions to search for baryon resonances that have been predicted but have not yet been observed. The gamma-rho --> rho-pi{sup 0}-pi{sup 0}(CB-ELSA) and the gamma-rho --> rho-pi{sup +}-pi{sup -} (CLAS) data show interesting resonance structures. A partial wave analysis (PWA) has to be done to determine which baryon resonances contribute what their quantum numbers and their relative couplings to the different accessible rho-2-pi-channels and to the photon are. First preliminary PWA-results on the lowest energy rho-pi{sup 0}-pi{sup 0} data (sq rt s<1.8 GeV)look very promising. From an extension of this analysis to higher energies combining the rho-pi{sup 0}-pi{sup 0} and the rho-pi{sup +}-pi{sup -}-data, one can expect; interesting results on resonances decaying into Delta-pi, N-rho, N(pi-pi)s, N*-pi, and Delta*-pi.
Date: October 1, 2003
Creator: Thoma, Ulrike
System: The UNT Digital Library
2 x 2 TeV mu(superscript +) mu (superscript) collider (open access)

2 x 2 TeV mu(superscript +) mu (superscript) collider

The scenarios for high-luminosity 2 x 2 TeV and 250 x 250 GeV {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} colliders are presented. Having a high physics potential, such a machine has specific physics and technical advantages and disadvantages when compared with an e{sup +}e{sup -} collider. Parameters for the candidate designs and the basic components - proton source, pion production and decay channel, cooling, acceleration and collider storage ring - are considered. Attention is paid to the areas mostly affecting the collider performance: targetry, energy spread, superconducting magnet survival, detector backgrounds, polarization, environmental issues. 13 refs., 9 figs., 4 tabs.
Date: October 1, 1996
Creator: Mokhov, N. V. & Noble, R. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D numerical investigation of the mantle dynamics associated with the breakup of Pangea (open access)

3-D numerical investigation of the mantle dynamics associated with the breakup of Pangea

Three-dimensional finite element calculations in spherical geometry are performed to study the response of the mantle with platelike blocks at its surface to an initial condition corresponding to subduction along the margins of Pangea. The mantle is treated as an infinite Prandtl number Boussinesq fluid inside a spherical shell with isothermal, undeformable, free-slip boundaries. Nonsubducting rigid blocks to model continental lithosphere are included in the topmost layer of the computational mesh. At the beginning of the numerical experiments these blocks represent the present continents mapped to their approximate Pangean positions. Asymmetrical downwelling at the margins of these nonsubducting blocks results in a pattern of stresses that acts to pull the supercontinent apart. The calculations suggest that the breakup of Pangea and the subsequent global pattern of seafloor spreading was driven largely by the subduction at the Pangean margins.
Date: October 1, 1992
Creator: Baumgardner, J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D object reconstruction emission and transmission tomography with limited angular input (open access)

3-D object reconstruction emission and transmission tomography with limited angular input

The effects of the angular range of data taking in reconstructions in planar positron cameras using the deconvolution method and the matrix method, respectively, are investigated. It is found that in the absence of any a priori information there are undetermined components in the reconstruction if the field of view of the positron camera is limited. However, most of the undetermined components are recovered in the case in which the transverse spacing of the object is discrete, and all of them are recovered if the fact that the object extent is finite is utilized. It is concluded that the two reconstruction methods are mathematically equivalent. The results obtained can be applied to other transmission and emission imaging devices.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Tam, K. C.; Perez-Mendez, V. & Macdonald, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D research transport codes at Los Alamos (open access)

3-D research transport codes at Los Alamos

We describe 3-D research transport codes which have been developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory over the last three years. Some simple example calculations are presented.
Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Morel, J. E.; McGhee, J. M. & Walters, W. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Thermal Evaluations for a Fueled Experiment in the Advanced Test Reactor (open access)

3-D Thermal Evaluations for a Fueled Experiment in the Advanced Test Reactor

The DOE Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative and Generation IV reactor programs are developing new fuel types for use in the current Light Water Reactors and future advanced reactor concepts. The Advanced Gas Reactor program is planning to test fuel to be used in the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) nuclear reactor. Preliminary information for assessing performance of the fuel will be obtained from irradiations performed in the Advanced Test Reactor large ''B'' experimental facility. A test configuration has been identified for demonstrating fuel types typical of gas cooled reactors or fast reactors that may play a role in closing the fuel cycle or increasing efficiency via high temperature operation Plans are to have 6 capsules, each containing 12 compacts, for the test configuration. Each capsule will have its own temperature control system. Passing a helium-neon gas through the void regions between the fuel compacts and the graphite carrier and between the graphite carrier and the capsule wall will control temperature. This design with three compacts per axial level was evaluated for thermal performance to ascertain the temperature distributions in the capsule and test specimens with heating rates that encompass the range of initial heat generation rates.
Date: October 6, 2004
Creator: Ambrosek, Richard G.; Chang, Gray S. & Utterbeck, Debby J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Thermal Evaluations for a Fueled Experiment in the Advanced Test Reactor (open access)

3-D Thermal Evaluations for a Fueled Experiment in the Advanced Test Reactor

The DOE Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative and Generation IV reactor programs are developing new fuel types for use in the current Light Water Reactors and future advanced reactor concepts. The Advanced Gas Reactor program is planning to test fuel to be used in the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) nuclear reactor. Preliminary information for assessing performance of the fuel will be obtained from irradiations performed in the Advanced Test Reactor large “B” experimental facility. A test configurations has been identified for demonstrating fuel types typical of gas cooled reactors or fast reactors that may play a role in closing the fuel cycle or increasing efficiency via high temperature operation Plans are to have 6 capsules, each containing 12 compacts, for the test configuration. Each capsule will have its own temperature control system. Passing a helium-neon gas through the void regions between the fuel compacts and the graphite carrier and between the graphite carrier and the capsule wall will control temperature. This design with three compacts per axial level was evaluated for thermal performance to ascertain the temperature distributions in the capsule and test specimens with heating rates that encompass the range of initial heat generation rates.
Date: October 1, 2004
Creator: Ambrosek, Richard; Chang, Gray & Utterbeck, Debra
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 3-D time-dependent unstructured tetrahedral-mesh SP{sub N} method (open access)

A 3-D time-dependent unstructured tetrahedral-mesh SP{sub N} method

We have developed a 3-D time-dependent multigroup SP{sub n} method for unstructured tetrahedral meshes. The SP{sub n} equations are expressed in a canonical form which allows them to be solved using standard diffusion solution techniques in conjunction with source iteration, diffusion-synthetic acceleration, and fission-source acceleration. A computational comparison of our SP{sub n} method with an even-parity S{sub n} method is given.
Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Morel, J. E.; McGhee, J. M. & Larsen, E. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 4.2 GS/S Synchronized Vertical Excitation System for SPS Studies - Steps Toward Wideband Feedback (open access)

A 4.2 GS/S Synchronized Vertical Excitation System for SPS Studies - Steps Toward Wideband Feedback

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Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Fox, J. D.; Olsen, J.; Rivetta, C.; Rivetta, I.; Turgut, O.; Uemura, S. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
4 MW upgrade to DIII-D FWCD system: System commissioning and initial operation (open access)

4 MW upgrade to DIII-D FWCD system: System commissioning and initial operation

The initial installation of the 4 MW fast wave current drive (FWCD) upgrade started in 1992 with the purchase of two ABB/Thomcast AG rf power amplifiers. These amplifiers cover the frequency range 30 MHz to 120 MHz. A maximum output power of over 2 MW between 30 MHz and 80 MHz and 1 MW at 120 MHz were the specification requirements. The system as installed is comprised of the two mentioned rf amplifiers, coaxial transmission and matching components, rf phase and amplitude monitoring, and a SUN SparcStation 10 control system. Due to various reasons almost every major component in the system required redesign and engineering in order to meet the system requirements. The failures, probable cause and the final redesigns will be discussed as well as some thoughts on how better to specify system requirements for future systems.
Date: October 1995
Creator: Cary, W. P.; Callis, R. W.; de Grassie, J. S.; Harris, T. E.; O`Neill, R. C.; Pinsker, R. I. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
4. pi. physics with the plastic ball (open access)

4. pi. physics with the plastic ball

4 ..pi.. data taken with the Plastic Ball show that cluster production in relativistic nuclear collisions depends on both the size of the participant volume and the finite size of the cluster. The measurement of the degree of thermalization and the search for collective flow will permit the study of the applicability of macroscopic concepts such as temperature and density.
Date: October 1, 1982
Creator: Gutbrod, H. H.; Loehner, H.; Poskanzer, A. M.; Renner, T.; Riedesel, H.; Ritter, H. G. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
D = 5 Maximally Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory Diverges at Six Loops (open access)

D = 5 Maximally Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory Diverges at Six Loops

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Date: October 31, 2012
Creator: Bern, Zvi; Carrasco, John Joseph; Dixon, Lance J.; Douglas, Michael R.; von Hippel, Matt & Johansson, Henrik
System: The UNT Digital Library
8:1 thermal cavity problem (open access)

8:1 thermal cavity problem

We present results for the 8:1 thermal cavity problem using FIDAP on 3 meshes--each using 3 elements. A brief summary of related results is also included. This contribution comes via the rather versatile and general commercial finite element code, FIDAP. This code still offers the user a wide selection with respect to element choices, statement of governing equations, (e.g., advective form, divergence form) implicit time integrators (variable-step or fixed step, first-order or second-order), and solution techniques for both the nonlinear and linear sets of equations. We have tested quite a number of these variations on this problem; here we report on an interesting subset and will present the remainder at the conference.
Date: October 11, 2000
Creator: Gresho, P M & Sutton, S
System: The UNT Digital Library
14 mrad Extraction Line Optics for Push-Pull (open access)

14 mrad Extraction Line Optics for Push-Pull

The ILC design is based on a single Interaction Region (IR) with 14 mrad crossing angle and two detectors in the 'push-pull' configuration, where the detectors can alternately occupy the Interaction Point (IP). Consequently, the IR optics must be compatible with different size detectors designed for different distance L* between the IP and the nearest quadrupole. This paper presents the push-pull optics for the ILC extraction line compatible with L*= 3.5 m to 4.5 m, and the simulation results of extraction beam loss at 500 GeV CM with detector solenoid.
Date: October 15, 2007
Creator: Nosochkov, Y.; Moffeit, K.; Seryi, A.; Morse, W. & Parker, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 15 MeV proton diagnostic for DIII-D (open access)

A 15 MeV proton diagnostic for DIII-D

A 15 MeV proton diagnostic that is patterned after the ASDEX proton probe is presently being fabricated for the DIII-D tokamak. A bellows assembly inserts a silicon detector into the vacuum for plasma operation and retracts it for baking. The detector preamplifier is situated in a reentrant tube (at atmosphere) beside the detector; electrically, the whole assembly is referenced to vessel potential. Orbit calculations in realistic magnetic field geometries predict a proton detection efficiency of O(10{sup {minus}7}). The diagnostic will be used for burnup studies at high {beta} and particle transport studies in the H-mode. 25 refs., 4 figs.
Date: October 1, 1990
Creator: Duong, Hau & Heidbrink, W.W. (California Univ., Irvine, CA (USA))
System: The UNT Digital Library
25 megajoule energy storage and delivery system for the Shiva laser (open access)

25 megajoule energy storage and delivery system for the Shiva laser

A 25 megajoule, 20 kV capacitive energy storage and delivery system has been built and tested for Shiva--a 20 arm, 10 kJ, 20 TW neodymium glass fusion research laser. This system supplies over 3.5 megamperes to xenon flashlamps for optical pumping of the laser amplifier. About 15% of the energy is used to establish magnetic fields within Faraday rotator glass. A digital based control and diagnostics scheme is employed through the entire pulse power system. This scheme utilizes a distributed digital data bus that addresses every element through two levels of optical isolation. The interfacing of low level digital circuitry to a pulse power environment is discussed, as well as the design and performance of the total system. Cost and manufacturing details are important in a project of this size. The projected cost goal of 27 cents/joule, installed and operating, has been met. The general approach to the design, transient analysis, manufacture, and activation of this large power conditioning system is also discussed.
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Gagnon, W.L.; Rupert, P. R.; Berkbigler, L.; Carder, B. M.; Gritton, D. G.; Holloway, R. W. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
35 Years of Electron Scattering (open access)

35 Years of Electron Scattering

A review of the current knowledge of nuclear and nucleon structure gained from electron beam physics is given. Also, the reasons for development of new accelerator facilities (in particular, CEBAF) are discussed.
Date: October 1, 1986
Creator: Walecka, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library