A specially designed confining pressure vessel is described that allows tensile samples to be tested under a superimposed confining hydrostatic pressure. Tests on samples of well characterized materials such as aluminum were used to verify the operation of the system, calibration of the internal load cell, and data reduction methods. The results of a series of exploratory tests done on the inert material 900-24 are described. 4 refs., 17 figs., 2 tabs.

Predictions are presented of total cross sections for charm and bottom quark production in /bar p/p, ..pi../sup /minus//p, and pp interactions at fixed target and collider energies. The calculations are done through next-to-leading order in QCD perturbation theory. The sensitivity is explored of results to the choices of renormalization/evolution scale, parton densities, ..lambda../sub QCD/, and heavy flavor masses. Comparisons with available data show that good agreement is obtained for reasonable values of charm and bottom quark masses and other parameters. Open issues in the interpretation of results are summarized including the large size of the next-to-leading order contributions, proper definition of the gluon density, the nuclear A dependence of charm cross sections, the role of final state interactions, and higher twist effects. 39 refs., 7 figs., 5 tabs.

The intensities of Raman scattering transitions between electronic energy levels of trivalent rare earth ions doped into transparent crystals were measured and compared to theory. A particle emphasis was placed on the examination of the effect of intermediate state resonances on the Raman scattering intensities. Two specific systems were studied: Ce/sup 3 +/(4f/sup 1/) in single crystals of LuPO/sub 4/ and Er/sup 3 +/(4f/sup 11/) in single crystals of ErPO/sub 4/. 134 refs., 92 figs., 33 tabs.

To strengthen the data base of the Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte technology, research is being conducted in parallel with the process development unit engineering and construction efforts. This work will address alternate liquid media studies, effects of CO{sub 2} in CO-rich synthesis gas, optimization of in-situ catalyst reduction and storage, catalyst poison studies, fundamental kinetic modelling, testing alternate commercial catalysts, and field testing of new guard-bed materials for catalyst poisons. Tests will be performed primarily using CO-rich synthesis gas. (VC)

This paper discusses the need for higher energy accelerators to probe the mysteries of the subatomic universe. Intermediate vector bosons are discussed as well as symmetry breaking and the standard model. (LSP)

The glueball session of the BNL workshop on glueballs, hybrids and exotic hadrons is reviewed. This include studies of K/bar K/ , /eta/ , el/rho//degree/, , K/bar K/, /eta//eta/, /phi//phi/, /rho//rho/, , and K*/bar K/* resonances produced in elel, J//psi/, K/sup minus/p and /sup minus/p reactions. 44 refs., 5 figs., 4 tabs.

To strengthen the data base of the Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte technology, research is being conducted in parallel with the process development unit engineering and construction efforts. This work will address alternate liquid media studies, effects of CO{sub 2} in CO-rich synthesis gas, optimization of in-situ catalyst reduction and storage, catalyst poison studies, fundamental kinetic modelling, testing alternate commercial catalysts, and field testing of new guard-bed materials for catalyst poisons. Tests will be performed primarily using CO-rich synthesis gas. (VC)

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The proposed ITER design may rely heavily on Lower Hybrid waves to provide heating, current drive, MHD stabilization through current profile modification and transformer recharging. This paper presents a detailed survey of recent LH experimental results from PLT, Alcator C, ASDEX, Petula-B, FT and JT-60. Current drive and heating efficiencies are given, as well as regimes where sawteeth and m = 1 and 2 oscillations are stabilized. In addition, in ASDEX and JT-60, LH waves in combination with neutral beams, (a possible ITER scenario) experiments are examined. Finally, the current drive efficiency for ITER is obtained by extrapolating from the LHCD database. Assuming 12 MW of LH power, approximately 4.5 to 5.6 MA of current could be driven in ITER. However, the high density (/ovr /n///sub e/ = 8 /times/ 10/sup 19/ m/sup /minus/3/) and high temperature (/ovr/T///sub e/ = 21 keV) will preclude wave penetration to the center. Assuming a narrow N/sub /parallel// spectrum (1.2 /approx lt/ N/sub /parallel// /approx lt/ 2) the LH waves should be absorbed within the outer half of the plasma. 43 refs., 18 figs., 10 tabs.

The radiation environment in a typical SSC detector has been evaluated using the best available particle production models coupled with Monte Carlo simulations of hadronic and electromagnetic cascades. The problems studied include direct charged particle dose, dose inside a calorimeter from the cascades produced by incident photons and hadrons, the flux of neutrons and photons backscattered from the calorimeter into a central cavity, and neutron flux in the calorimeter. The luminosity lifetime at the SSC is dominated by collision losses in the interaction regions, where the luminosity is equivalent to losing an entire full-energy proton beam into the apparatus every six days. The result of an average p-p collision can be described quite simply. The mean charged multiplicity is about 110, and the particles are distributed nearly uniformly in pseudorapidity ({eta}) over all the angles of interest. The transverse momentum distribution is independent of angle, and for our purposes may be written as p{perpendicular}exp(-p{perpendicular}/{beta}). The mean value of p{perpendicular} may be as high as 0.6 GeV/c. Most of the radiation is produced by the very abundant low-p{perpendicular} particles. The dose or neutron fluence produced by individual particles in this energy region are simulated over a wide variety of conditions, and …