Beam tests of phosphorescent screens (open access)

Beam tests of phosphorescent screens

Twelve phosphorescent screens were beam tested for linearity, uniformity, low radiation damage and a suitable emitted wavelength for use with television cameras. One screen was chosen for the construction of several intercepting profile monitors which were used during the SLC Ten Sector Tests to measure the emittance and wakefield effects of a damped electron beam.
Date: March 5, 1985
Creator: Seeman, J. T.; Luth, V.; Ross, M. & Sheppard, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effects of gamma irradiation on the rheology of KTPB slurries (open access)

The effects of gamma irradiation on the rheology of KTPB slurries

This document summarizes the results of experiments which investigated the effects of radiation on simulated potassium tetraphenylborate slurries.
Date: November 5, 1985
Creator: Walker, D. D. & Doherty, J. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of current regulations and real accident conditions (open access)

Evaluation of current regulations and real accident conditions

In order to improve estimates of the effectiveness of current regulatory standards, a program was initiated by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to have the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL) evaluate regulatory standards against real world accident conditions. This paper presents the results of the evaluation performed for the hypothetical 30-foot drop onto an unyielding surface and real world impact conditions which might be experienced by a spent fuel cask being transported by a truck. The results of the evaluations performed for other pertinent accident conditions for truck and train transport will be documented at the conclusion of the program. 10 refs., 8 figs., 3 tabs.
Date: April 5, 1985
Creator: Fischer, L.E.; Kimura, C.Y. & Witte, M.C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modified Aladdin lattice L2V2 (open access)

Modified Aladdin lattice L2V2

The N30 lattice discussed in a previous note showed that a nearly matched lattice could be produced by separating four of the present quadrupole from their present power supplies and powering them separately. Although having significantly higher dynamic aperture, less closed orbit distortion and improved natural emittance compared to the present Aladdin lattice, the proximity of the {nu}{sub x} = 5.24 tune was felt to be too close to the 3{nu}{sub x} = 16 (a structure resonance) and the tune should be raised. In order to demonstrate the tunability of this modified lattice, Yang Cho found a new tune ({nu}{sub x} = 6.27, {nu}{sub y} = 6.23), hereafter called L2V2 lattice. This lattice, although not as nicely matched as the N30 lattice, has a 10% lower natural emittance and considerably more dynamic aperture. The L2V2 lattice has not been fully optimized, but is sufficient to demonstrate the advantages of this modified Aladdin lattice.
Date: April 5, 1985
Creator: Kramer, S. & Cho, Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimization of {beta} functions through insertion devices (open access)

Optimization of {beta} functions through insertion devices

It is generally noted that at an undulator straight section, the horizontal beta function is made to be large while the vertical beta function is relatively small. On the other hand, at a wiggler straight section, both horizontal and vertical beta functions are made to be small. In this note we describe a procedure with which optimum settings of the beta functions in the insertion straight section are to be determined. For this we consider separately for the undulator radiation and the radiation from the wiggler device. Since the brilliance of radiation is a canonically conserved quantity, we use the brilliance as a figure of merit for the consideration. Then the optimization process is to find a set of horizontal and vertical beta functions which would give the maximum brilliance when the natural emittance, emittance coupling constant, length of insertion device and the photon energy to which the insertion device is optimized are specified. The next step of the study is to find sensitivities of the beta functions to the brilliance.
Date: August 5, 1985
Creator: Cho, Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Permanent magnet sextupole protocol and tolerances for the damping rings (open access)

Permanent magnet sextupole protocol and tolerances for the damping rings

Response is given to various questions on alignment tolerances for the permanent magnet sextupoles (PMS's) in the damping rings. Consideration is given to rotational errors, strength/longitudinal placement errors, transverse placement errors, pitch/yaw or tilt errors, and harmonic field errors. Resulting error limits can be specified in terms of the maximum errors allowed in the distribution. (LEW)
Date: September 5, 1985
Creator: Spencer, J.E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predamage threshold electron emission from insulator and semiconductor surfaces (open access)

Predamage threshold electron emission from insulator and semiconductor surfaces

Predamage electron emission shows a dependence on fluence, bandgap and wavelength consistent with multiphoton excitation across the bandgap and inconsistent with avalanche ionization and thermionic emission models. The electron emission scales with pulselength as 1/..sqrt..T. 6 references, 8 figures, 1 table.
Date: February 5, 1985
Creator: Siekhaus, W.J.; Kinney, J.H. & Milam, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research with high-power short-wavelength lasers (open access)

Research with high-power short-wavelength lasers

Three important high-temperature, high-density experiments were conducted recently using the 10-TW, short-wavelength Novette laser system at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. These experiments demonstrated successful solutions to problems that arose during previous experiments with long wavelength lasers (lambda greater than or equal to 1..mu..m) in which inertial confinement fusion (ICF), x-ray laser, and other high-temperature physics concepts were being tested. The demonstrations were: (1) large-scale plasmas (typical dimensions of up to 1000 laser wavelengths) were produced in which potentially deleterious laser-plasma instabilities were collisionally damped. (2) Deuterium-tritium fuel was imploded to a density of 20 g/cm/sup 3/ and a pressure of 10/sup 10/ atm. (3) A 700-fold amplification of soft x rays by stimulated emission at 206 and 209 A (62 eV) from Se/sup +24/ ions was observed in a laser-generated plasma. Isoelectronic scaling to 155 A (87 eV) in Y/sup +29/ was also demonstrated.
Date: March 5, 1985
Creator: Holzrichter, J.F.; Campbell, E.M.; Lindl, J.D. & Storm, E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Total cross sections and elastic scattering at the SSC (open access)

Total cross sections and elastic scattering at the SSC

The need is discussed of a special purpose detector for the measurement of elastic scattering at the SSC. The detector would cover as small a solid angle as is practical. Two techniques are described briefly to measure total cross sections at hadron storage rings. The direct method is to measure the interaction rate in an IR of known luminosity - a method that gets more difficult increasing energy. A second method is to use the optical theorem. 6 refs., 1 fig. (LEW)
Date: December 5, 1985
Creator: Foley, K.J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library