There were 5 laser experiments conducted to date in FY-01 under the ongoing project to study the response of single crystal fcc materials under shock compression. An additional 10 laser shots are planned for August, 2001. This work has focused on developing capability to record diffraction from multiple lattice planes during the passage of a shock through a thin foil of single crystal copper, while simultaneously performing separate shock sample recovery experiments to study the residual deformation structure in the recovered samples.

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The M6 working group had more than 40 active participants (listed in Section 4). During the three weeks at Snowmass, there were about 50 presentations, covering a wide range of topics associated with high intensity proton sources. The talks are listed in Section 5. This group also had joint sessions with a number of other working groups, including E1 (Neutrino Factories and Muon Colliders), E5 (Fixed-Target Experiments), M1 (Muon Based Systems), T4 (Particle Sources), T5 (Beam dynamics), T7 (High Performance Computing) and T9 (Diagnostics). The M6 group performed a survey of the beam parameters of existing and proposed high intensity proton sources, in particular, of the proton drivers. The results are listed in Table 1. These parameters are compared with the requirements of high-energy physics users of secondary beams in Working Groups E1 and E5. According to the consensus reached in the E1 and E5 groups, the U.S. HEP program requires an intense proton source, a 1-4 MW Proton Driver, by the end of this decade.

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The Wide-Angle Neutron Diffractometer (WAND) installed at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) has been upgraded for new experiments. The main feature of this upgrade is the replacement of its detector with a newly developed curved one-dimensional 3He position-sensitive counter composed of 624 individual anodes. From the results of test-measurements of the detector performance, it is found that the intrinsic angular resolution and the maximum neutron-counting rate per anode are 0.25 degrees and 2.0 x 10 counts/second, respectively.

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A high intensity, high power proton synchrotron is currently under consideration at Fermilab. The machine--known as the Proton Driver--would accelerate 3 x 10{sup 13} protons from 400 MeV to 12 GeV (stage I) or 16 GeV (stage II) and ultimately deliver in excess of 1 MW of beam power. To minimize losses and insure beam stability, the space charge-induced tune shift must be kept well below 0.5. This is accomplished by spreading out bunches both longitudinally and transversely. While the former strategy favors high voltage low frequency RF, the latter leads to magnets with unconventionally large apertures. This requirement, combined with a 1.5 T bending field and rapid cycling operation results in a number of serious but not insurmountable challenges. In this paper, they discuss the design of the Proton Driver magnets and the rationale behind it.

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The Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge is the first ISOL-type facility to provide beams of accelerated radioactive fission products. To generate these beams, products of fission induced by proton bombardment of a uranium carbide target are ionized, charge-exchanged in Cs vapor, and injected into the HRIBF tandem. Using a single stripper foil in the terminal, they can be accelerated to about 3 MeV per nucleon, ideal for Coulomb Excitation studies. Alternatively, they can be accelerated to energies above the Coulomb barrier by means of double-stripping, at the expense of a factor of about five in lost beam intensity. This paper reports on recent experiments using neutron-rich radioactive ion beams (RIBs) from the HRIBF facility. They have performed Coulomb excitation measurements of B(E2; 0{sup +} {yields} 2{sup +}) in {sup 126,128}Sn and {sup 132,134,136}Te, neutron transfer to single-particle states in {sup 135}Te, and fusion-evaporation reactions on light targets to study evaporation residues with {gamma}-{gamma}-recoil coincidence spectroscopy.

A review of experimental data obtained recently on proton-radioactive nuclei is presented. The highlights include the observation of fine structure in proton emission, for the decays of {sup 131}Eu, {sup 145}Tm and {sup 145}Tm, and the studies of the excited states in proton-emitting nuclei. The observation limits are extended to few nanobarns cross sections ({sup 140}Ho, {sup 164}In and {sup 130}Eu) and few microsecond half-lives (e.g. {sup 145}Tm). Measured decay properties for thirty nine proton-emitting ground and isomeric states contributed to the understanding of nuclear masses and evolution of single-particle states at and beyond the proton drip-line. Experimental results have stimulated new theoretical approaches to proton emission and the structure of unbound narrow resonance states.

In a thick-liquid protected chamber design, such as HYLIFE-II, a molten-salt is used to attenuate neutrons and protect the chamber structures from radiation damage. The molten-salt absorbs some of the material and energy given off by the target explosion. In the case of a fast ignition inertial fusion system, advanced targets have been proposed that may be Self-sufficient in the tritium breeding (i.e., the amount of tritium bred in target exceeds the amount burned). These ''tritium-lean'' targets contain approximately 0.5% tritium and 99.5% deuterium, but require a large pr of 10-20 g/cm{sup 2}. Although most of the yield is provided by D-T reactions, the majority of fusion reactions are D-D, which produces a net surplus of tritium. This aspect allows for greater freedom when selecting a liquid for the protective blanket (lithium-bearing compounds are not required). This study assesses characteristics of many single, binary, and ternary molten-salts. Using the NIST Properties of Molten Salts Database, approximately 4300 molten-salts were included in the study [1]. As an initial screening, salts were evaluated for their safety and environmental (S&E) characteristics, which included an assessment of waste disposal rating, contact dose, and radioactive afterheat. Salts that passed the S&E criteria were then evaluated …

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