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Remark on the Radiative Muon Decay in the Theory With an Intermediate Vector Meson (open access)

Remark on the Radiative Muon Decay in the Theory With an Intermediate Vector Meson

"The problem of explaining the lack of radiative muon decay in an intermediate charged vector meson theory is discussed. A possible way of introducing the charged vector meson to the theory of weak interactions is outlined in which renormalization is retained. However, if this way is used, the anomalous magnetic moment is calculated to be large, which is in contradiction with expectation."
Date: May 16, 1961
Creator: Bialynicka-Birula, Z
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigations of Radioactive Fuel-Bearing Glasses (open access)

Investigations of Radioactive Fuel-Bearing Glasses

"A series of glass compositions containing uranium oxide was investigated to determine fiberizability and physical properties of resultant fibers. The basic properties to be determined were the maximum U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ content in a fiberizable glass and the maximum service temperature of the fibers. Glasses containing 60 wt% U/sub 3/O/sib 8/ were fiberizable; the fibers had strengths of 100,000 psi at 1600 deg F. Fiber-forming equipment was installed at Moun Laboratory to produce glass fibers containing PuO/sub 2/. Fibers were successfully formed in the first trials. For additional work a series of base glasses were provided affording a wider range of both PuO/sub 2/ solubility and physical properties."
Date: July 31, 1961
Creator: Lockwood, P. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluoroscopic Crystal Investigation (open access)

Fluoroscopic Crystal Investigation

"An investigation was carried out on the possibility of increasing the light output of single crystals by applying an electric field throughout the crystal lattice. Pulses of frequency 2.5 x 10/sup 5/ cps were used with a voltage gradient of 10/sup 4/ volts/cm, and gamma radiation from Cs/sup 1//sup 3// sup 7/ and Co/sup 6//sup 0/ was used to excite the crystals. Tests were run on many types of scintillators. The visible light output was found to be increased by electric pulses for many of the scintillators, the best results being obtained with ZnS(MnCl/sub 2/, AgCl) crystals."
Date: 1961
Creator: Franklin, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant Secondary Shield Design (open access)

PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant Secondary Shield Design

"The design, analysis, and selection of system components for functions related to secondary shielding and associated auxiliary systems for the Antarctic PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant are described. Backfill material characteristics, shielding and activation analyses, heat transfer analysis, backfill cooling system, water exclusion and removal system, and instrumentation and control are discussed."
Date: September 1961
Creator: Siler, W C
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of a Gas Injector System for Homogeneously Labeling Gas Storage Reservoirs (open access)

Development of a Gas Injector System for Homogeneously Labeling Gas Storage Reservoirs

"The laboratory experiments and field testing which were carried out in the development of a homogeneous gas labeling device are described. Detailed drawings of the injector and its most critical components are included. Recommendations are made for a production model of the device along with estimated costs of construction."
Date: May 1, 1961
Creator: Sewell, Curtis & Schulz, Isidor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Techniques for Power Production From Mixed Fission Products (open access)

Development of Techniques for Power Production From Mixed Fission Products

"An investigation was made into the various processes for the fixation of mixed fission products as solids in order to determine the extent they could be utilized as heat sources for thermoelectric generators. Generators of up to ten watts can be designed and built with state-of-art'' thermoelectric materials and mixed fission products soon to be available from the ldaho Falls calcination pilot plant. Mixed fission products from other processes and plants to be on stream'' in this decade will be capable of fueling practical generators into the kilowatt range using thermoelectric materials available in the same time period. A survey was made on current research and development efforts on waste fixation processes. Studies showed that a wide range of power densities (from 0.002 to 0.2 watts per cubic centimeter) will be available from calcined fission product wasted. An experimental program for the consolidation of low density, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant alumina type wastes is reviewed. Preliminary results indicated that densification factors of three to four are readily obtainable for such wastes."
Date: February 18, 1961
Creator: Eaton, D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Isotopic Composition on the Maximum in the Cosmic Ray Energy Spectra (open access)

The Influence of Isotopic Composition on the Maximum in the Cosmic Ray Energy Spectra

"The previously found maximum in the cosmic radiation energy spectrum is discussed, and the possibility that it arises in part from a misinterpretation of the data due to oversimplifying assumptions about the composition of the beam is examined. The importance that lack of recognition of isotopic composition may have is pointed out, and it is clear that this importance is strongly dependent on the measurements made and on the cut-off rigidity."
Date: May 8, 1961
Creator: Appa Rao, M.V.K. &
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nature of the Axioms of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (open access)

The Nature of the Axioms of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

"The formulation of field theories by means of Wightman functions is studied. It is shown that, given two field theories that satisfy all the axioms, one can construct a family of Wightmsn fields with the same properties by a process of superposition of Wightman functions. The condition of unitarity is formulated without reference to asymptotic conditions, and it is proved that the Wightman fields constructed by the superposition process (starting with "unitary" fields) fail to preserve unitarity."
Date: April 26, 1961
Creator: Sudarshan, E.C.G. & Bardakci, K
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Proton-Proton Triple Scattering Parameters R and A at 213 Mev (open access)

The Proton-Proton Triple Scattering Parameters R and A at 213 Mev

"As a part of a program to determine the p-p scattering matrix at 213 Mev, the triple scattering parameters R and A were measured at 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. and 90 deg in the center-of-msss system. The results are compared with a phase shift analysis by MacGregor and Moravcsik and with the predictions of the boundary condition model of Saylor, Bryan and Marshak."
Date: April 17, 1961
Creator: England, Alan C.; Givson, William A. & Gotow, Kazuo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broad Range Spectrograph for Use With the Rochester 27" Cyclotron (open access)

Broad Range Spectrograph for Use With the Rochester 27" Cyclotron

"A broad range nuclear spectrograph of the Buechner-Bainbridge type, which characteristic radius R-50 cm. has been constructed and installed for use in conjunction with the Rochester 27" variable energy cyclotron. For a given magnetic field, particles are focused over an energy range 0.63o‹E‹1.3Eo, where Eo is the energy of particles focused with orbit radius Q-R-50 cm. The resolution of the spectrograph ∆E/E is less than 0.2%. Particles may be recorded either in nuclear emulsions or in an array of solid state counters. Results of calibration measurements and typical nuclear data taken with the spectrograph are presented."
Date: 1961
Creator: Alford, W. Parker; Bilaniuk, G. H. & Hawrylak, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contribution of Neutral Pions to Photon-Proton Scattering (open access)

Contribution of Neutral Pions to Photon-Proton Scattering

"The correction to photon-photon scattering processes due to the existence of the particles other than electrons is reported. The correction is of the same order in the electric charge as the lowest order term in the perturbation expansion in quantum electrodynamics, although the relevant corrections to the electron-photon and electron-electron scattering are all of higher order."
Date: March 16, 1961
Creator: Han, M.Y. & Hatsukade, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hamiltonian Dynamics of Relativistic Particles (open access)

Hamiltonian Dynamics of Relativistic Particles

"The canonical (hamiltonlan) formulation of a relativistic dynamical theory is outlined, and the existence and explicit construction of general hamiltonian theories of relativiatic interacting particles are discussed. These hamiltonian theories are shown to contain certain elements of arbitrariness which are eliminated in manifestly coveriant formulations."
Date: March 2, 1961
Creator: Sudarshan, E.C.G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Theory of Hyperfragments (open access)

A Theory of Hyperfragments

"Mesic decay of hyperfragments is discussed systematically on the basis of a previous model for hyperfragments. The general formalism for the two-body and three-body mesic decay was developed. The polarization-direction correlation and the angular correlation for the two-body and the three-body decays are discussed together with the decay probability. The formalism was developed so as to include the isotopic spin selection rule ( DELTA I = 1/2 and 3/2) for the mesic decays. The theory was applied especially for the low mass number hypergragments where it was found that the branching ratios of the two-body and the three-body mesic decays of /sup 3/H/sub i and /sup 4/H/sub i, (/sup 3/ H/sub i yields /sup 3/He + i/sup -/)/(/sup 3/H/sub i yields D + p+ pi /sup -/) and (/sup 4/H/sub i yields /sup 4/He + pi /sup -/)/(/sup 4/H/ sub i yields /sup 3/H + p + pi /sup -/), could be used for the determination of the spins of both hyperfragments. The fraction of the p-wave decay rate for the free LAMBDA decay obtained from the reaction /sup 5/He/sub i yields /sup 4/He + p + pi where the decay proceeds through two-resonant states (p/sub 3/2/ and p/sub 1/2/) …
Date: February 28, 1961
Creator: Iwao, Syurei
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis of Semiconductor Materials by Radiation Induced Reations (open access)

Synthesis of Semiconductor Materials by Radiation Induced Reations

"Progress is reported on: design of a continuous flow system for the irradiation of silane using a Cos5 source; pile irradiation of silane samples at elevated temperatures; investigation of materials other than silane, including nonsilicon compounds as well as those containing the silyl group; modification of the existing vacuum system for handling larger quantities of silane as well as increasing the accuracy of the pressure measurements; and use of an electric discharge for the decomposition of silane. The work performed during the period of this report consisted of the following: 1. Preparation of samples of trichlorosilane and hydrogen and subsequent thermal and irradiation studies, and analysis of these samples. 2. Preparation of mixed samples of silane and argon and subsequent thermal and irradiation studies and and analysis. 3. Outlining of future investigations to be conducted on this project."
Date: October 31, 1961
Creator: Held, Kelman & Goldman, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis of Semiconductor Materials by Radiation Induced Reactions (open access)

Synthesis of Semiconductor Materials by Radiation Induced Reactions

""Progress is reported on: design of a continuous flow system for the irradiation of silane using a Cos5 source; pile irradiation of silane samples at elevated temperatures; investigation of materials other than silane, including nonsilicon compounds as well as those containing the silyl group; modification of the existing vacuum system for handling larger quantities of silane as well as increasing the accuracy of the pressure measurements; and use of an electric discharge for the decomposition of silane. Studies were continued on the radiation- and thermalinduced decomposition of sikane at 325 and 350 deg C. A preliminary value of G= 33 was obtained for silane."
Date: October 31, 1961
Creator: {{{name}}} & Goldman, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iteration Methods for Non-Linear Problems (open access)

Iteration Methods for Non-Linear Problems

The methods of successive displacements or relaxation methods are investigated for a class of nonlinear problems. In particular it is shown that these methods are applicable to a large class of nonlinear problems arising from variational problems which yield elliptic equations. Constructive existence and uniqueness theorems are presented for the discrete problem and criteria are given for a practical method of obtaining solutions. The example of a discrete Plateau problem is used to illustrate the feasibility of the results. The processes are also shown to apply to uniformly elliptic problems.
Date: May 1, 1961
Creator: Schechter, Samuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Containment in Cusped Plasma Systems (open access)

Containment in Cusped Plasma Systems

"A survey of the current theoretical picture of plasma containment in cusped magnetic configurations is presented together with a mention of the points of contact which exist or might soon be made to exist with experiment. A theory of containment was developed which is applicable to the whole range of plasma densities from a tenuous plasma in an essentially vacuum magnetic field to a fully developed plasma which completely excludes the magnetic field from its interior. Also presented are cursory accounts of the situation with regard to stability, cyclotron radiation, and methods of creating this type of plasma configuration."
Date: March 30, 1961
Creator: Grad, Harold, 1923-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternating Direction and Semi-Explicit Difference Methods for Parabolic Partial Differential Equations (open access)

Alternating Direction and Semi-Explicit Difference Methods for Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

"The energy method is applied to study the stability of two types of difference approximations to parabolic partial differential equations, the alternating direction methods Douglas, Peaceman, and Rachford, and a new semi- explicit method. Each difference scheme is proved to be unconditionally stable. These results apply to parabolic equations with variable coefficients, defined in cylindrical domains with an essentially arbitrary bounded base."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Lees, Milton
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Motion of a Charged Particle Near a Zero Field Point (open access)

The Motion of a Charged Particle Near a Zero Field Point

"The behavior of charged particles in a plasma-free cusp field, or in a cusp field where there is very little plasma, is studied. The numerical computations described may provide a valid picture of the behavior of particles outside such a body of plasma or in the early stages of creation of such a cusped plasma in the low- beta limit. The computations provide a striking illustration of orbits which neither have constant magnetic moment nor behave so irregularly as to defy explanation."
Date: July 15, 1961
Creator: van Norton, Roger
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sherwood progress report no. 4, July 1959 - December 1960 (open access)

Sherwood progress report no. 4, July 1959 - December 1960

"Activities related to Project Sherwood are summarized under the following topics: propagation of waves, macroscopic magneto-fluid dynamics, stability, particle orbits, cusped geometries, collisionless shock theory, and other subjects."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Grad, Harold, 1923-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Temperature on the Width of a Small-Amplitude, Solitary Wave in a Collision-Free Plasma (open access)

The Effect of Temperature on the Width of a Small-Amplitude, Solitary Wave in a Collision-Free Plasma

"Adlam and Allen and Davis, Lust, and Schluter have studied nonlinear plane-waves, propagating normal to the magnetic field, in a cold plasma. One solution of particular interest is a solitary wave, or single pulse. We present a method for solving the analogous problem for a plasma with finite temperature, in the limiting case where the amplitude of the wave is small and where, consequently, the width of the waver is very large."
Date: March 15, 1961
Creator: Gardner, Clifford S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Computational Methods for the Study of Diatomic Molecules (open access)

Some Computational Methods for the Study of Diatomic Molecules

"The present work describes some computer-oriented techniques for the application of the laws of quantum mechanics to the problems of determining basic structure of diatomic molecules. At times, calculations of the type described here yield results which can be compared directly with experiment to check the validity of the hypotheses and technique used they may predict the results of unobserved experimental phenomena; and, in many instances, they provide quantities which are necessary for the interpretation of experimental data but which cannot be directly measured."
Date: May 1, 1961
Creator: Cooley, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fifth Quarterly Progress Report on Fission Product Applications Using Gaseous Beta Sources (open access)

Fifth Quarterly Progress Report on Fission Product Applications Using Gaseous Beta Sources

"Rates of acetylene polymerization induced by Kr/sup 85/ in d-c fields were up to 15 times greater than those observed when no fields were imposed. Work to determine the relations between acetylene pressure, Kr/sup 85/ concentration, and the field intensity is continuing. In other activities, equipment is being designed to study the effects of megacycle electric fields on radioinduced chemical reactions."
Date: October 31, 1961
Creator: Graessley, William W. & Zufall, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some methods of surface analysis for the prediction of thermal resistance of metal contacts (open access)

Some methods of surface analysis for the prediction of thermal resistance of metal contacts

"Equations for the heat-transfer coefficient existing at the interface of two metals in contact are discussed. The results of applying the equations (with a graphical determination of the geometric parameters) to an iron--aluminum contact are presented. A method is given for performing the graphical analysis by means of a general purpose analog computer. Data are included that were obtained by applying this method to Blanchard ground stainless steel surfaces in contact. Statistical analysis was applied to surfaces to determine the geometric properties of the contact as a function of root-mean-square roughness and method of surface preparation."
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library