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We use high-resolution N-body numerical simulations to study the number of predicted large-separation multiply-imaged systems produced by clusters of galaxies in the SDSS photometric and spectroscopic quasar samples. We incorporate the condensation of baryons at the center of clusters by (artificially) adding a brightest central galaxy (BCG) as a truncated isothermal sphere. We make predictions in two at cosmological models: a {Lambda}CDM model with a matter density {Omega}{sub m,0} = 0.3, and {sigma}{sub 8} 0.9 ({Lambda}CDM0), and a model favored by the WMAP three-year data with {Omega}{sub m,0} = 0.238, and {sigma}{sub 8} = 0.74 (WMAP3). We found that the predicted multiply-imaged quasars with separation > 10 is about 6.2 and 2.6 for the SDSS photometric (with an effective area 8000 deg{sup 2}) and spectroscopic (with an effective area 5000 deg{sup 2}) quasar samples respectively in the {Lambda}CDM0 model; the predicted numbers of large-separation lensed quasars agree well with the observations. These numbers are reduced by a factor of 7 or more in the WMAP3 model, and are consistent with data at {approx}< 8% level. The predicted cluster lens redshift peaks around redshift 0.5, and 90% are between 0.3 and 1. The ratio of systems with at least four image …

This report provides information about environmental programs during 2005 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Seasonal activities that span calendar years are also included. Production of an annual site environmental report (ASER) is a requirement established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for all management and operating (M&O) contractors throughout the DOE complex. SLAC is a federally-funded research and development center with Stanford University as the M&O contractor. SLAC effectively applied environmental management in meeting the site's integrated safety and environmental management system (ISEMS) goals. For normal daily activities, all SLAC managers and supervisors are responsible for ensuring that proper procedures are followed so that: (1) Worker safety and health are protected; (2) The environment is protected; and (3) Compliance is ensured. Throughout 2005, SLAC focused on these activities through the SLAC management systems (described in Chapter 3). These systems were also the way SLAC approached implementing ''greening of the government'' initiatives such as Executive Order 13148. The management systems at SLAC are effective, supporting compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements. There were no reportable releases to the environment from SLAC operations during 2005. In addition, many improvements were continued during 2005, in waste minimization, …

The ''front end'' of the ILC RTML constitutes the sections of the RTML which are upstream of the first RF cavity of the first stage bunch compressor: specifically, the SKEW, COLL, TURN, SPIN, and EMIT sections. Although in principle it should be easy to transport the beam through these sections with low emittance growth, since the energy spread of the beam is relatively low, in practice it is difficult because of the large number of betatron wavelengths and strong focusing, especially in the TURN section. We report here on the use of the Kick Minimization Method for limiting the emittance growth in the ''front end'' of the RTML. Kick Minimization (KM) is a steering method which balances two optima: minimization of the RMS measured orbit on the BPMs (often called 1:1 steering), and minimization of the RMS corrector strength [1]. The simulation program used for these studies is Lucretia [2].

This document includes supplemental material to an article titled "Thermochemical studies on 3-methylquinoxaline-2-carboxamide 1,4-dioxide derivatives: enthalpies of formation and of (N-O) bond dissociation," published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

Article discussing thermochemical studies on 3-methyl-quinoxaline-2-carboxamide-1,4-dioxide derivatives and enthalpies of formation and of N-O bond dissociation.