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Identified particle distributions in pp and Au+Au collisions atsqrt sNN=200 GeV (open access)

Identified particle distributions in pp and Au+Au collisions atsqrt sNN=200 GeV

Transverse mass and rapidity distributions for charged pions, charged kaons, protons and antiprotons are reported for {radical}sNN = 200 GeV pp and Au+Au collisions at RHIC. The transverse mass distributions are rapidity independent within |y| < 0.5, consistent with a boost-invariant system in this rapidity interval. Spectral shapes and relative particle yields are similar in pp and peripheral Au+Au collisions and change smoothly to central Au+Au collisions. No centrality dependence was observed in the kaon and antiproton production rates relative to the pion production rate from medium-central to central collisions. Chemical and kinetic equilibrium model fits to our data reveal strong radial flow and relatively long duration from chemical to kinetic freeze-out in central Au+Au collisions. The chemical freeze-out temperature appears to be independent of initial conditions at RHIC energies.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Adams, J.; Adler, C.; Aggarwal, M. M.; Ahammed, Z.; Amonett, J.; Anderson, B. D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Industrial Applications of Induced Positron Annihilation

This presentation discusses industrial applications of induced positron annihilation.
Date: October 6, 2004
Creator: Akers, D.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2005 (open access)

Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2005

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2005
Creator: Alexander, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SAFETY REGIME IN BRAZIL (open access)

THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SAFETY REGIME IN BRAZIL

A turning point of the world nuclear industry with respect to safety occurred due to the accident at Chernobyl, in 1986. A side from the tragic personal losses and the enormous financial damage, the Chernobyl accident has literally demonstrated that ''a nuclear accident anywhere is an accident everywhere''. The impact was felt immediately by the nuclear industry, with plant cancellations (e.g. Austria), elimination of national programs (e.g. Italy) and general construction delays. However, the reaction of the nuclear industry was equally immediate, which led to the proposal and establishment of a Global Nuclear Safety Regime. This regime is composed of biding international safety conventions, globally accepted safety standard, and a voluntary peer review system. In a previous work, the author has presented in detail the components of this Regime, and briefly discussed its impact in the Brazilian nuclear power organizations, including the Regulatory Body. This work, on the opposite, briefly reviews the Global Nuclear Safety Regime, and concentrates in detail in the discussion of its impact in Brazil, showing how it has produced some changes, and where the peer pressure regime has failed to produce real results.
Date: October 6, 2004
Creator: Almeida, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Top Jets at the LHC (open access)

Top Jets at the LHC

We investigatethe reconstruction of high pT hadronically-decaying top quarksat the Large Hadron Collider. One of the main challenges in identifying energetictop quarks is that the decay products become increasingly collimated. This reducesthe efficacy of conventional reconstruction methods that exploit the topology of thetop quark decay chain. We focus on the cases where the decay products of the topquark are reconstructed as a single jet, a"top-jet." The most basic"top-tag" methodbased on jet mass measurement is considered in detail. To analyze the feasibility ofthe top-tagging method, both theoretical and experimental aspects of the large QCDjet background contribution are examined. Based on a factorization approach, wederive a simple analytic approximation for the shape of the QCD jet mass spectrum.We observe very good agreement with the Monte Carlo simulation. We consider high pT tt bar production in the Standard Model as an example, and show that our theoretical QCD jet mass distributions can efficiently characterize the background via sideband analyses. We show that with 25 fb-1 of data, our approach allows us to resolve top-jets with pT _> 1 TeV, from the QCD background, and about 1.5 TeV top-jets with 100 fb-1, without relying on b-tagging. To further improve the significancewe consider jet shapes …
Date: October 6, 2008
Creator: Almeida, L.G.; Lee, S.J.; Perez, G.; Sung, I. & Virzi, J.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 173, Ed. 1 Monday, October 6, 2003 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 173, Ed. 1 Monday, October 6, 2003

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 161, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 6, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 161, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 6, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Centennial Land Run Statue

Photograph of a Centennial Land Run statue, along the Bricktown Canal.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Centennial Land Run Statue

Photograph of a Centennial Land Run statue, along the Bricktown Canal.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Centennial Land Run Statue

Photograph of a Centennial Land Run statue, along the Bricktown Canal.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Centennial Land Run Statue

Photograph of a Centennial Land Run statue, along the Bricktown Canal.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Myriad Gardens

Photograph of a scene at the Myriad Gardens.
Date: October 6, 2003
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History