Scale transformations, the energy-momentum tensor, and the equation of state (open access)

Scale transformations, the energy-momentum tensor, and the equation of state

The Equation of State (EOS) relates diagonal elements of the energy-momentum tensor {theta}{sub {mu}{nu}}. The first moment of the energy-momentum tensor generates scale transformations. The virial theorem, a consequence of the behavior of the energy density under scale transformations, allows one to eliminate the kinetic energy in terms of the potential terms. The trace theorem for the energy-momentum tensor expresses {epsilon}-3p in terms of ensemble averages of scale-breaking operators, allowing a new approach to the EOS. 10 refs.
Date: June 1989
Creator: Carruthers, P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (open access)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

This Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation Program Plan has been developed to provide a framework for the completion of RCRA Facility Investigations (RFI) at identified units on the Savannah Rive Site (SRS) facility. As such, the RFI Program Plan provides: technical guidance for all work to be performed, managerial control, a practical, scientific approach. The purpose of this Overview is to demonstrate how the basic RFI Program Plan elements (technical, management, and approach) are interwoven to provide a practical and workable plan. The goal of the RFI Program Plan is to provide a systematic, uniform approach for performance and reporting. In addition, the RFI Program Plan has been developed to be specific to the SRS facility and to adhere to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RFI guidance received as part of the SRS. The US EPA publication Characterization of Hazardous Waste Sites'' has been liberally adapted for use in this RFI Program Plan.
Date: June 30, 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variations in volatiles in magma bodies based on studies of melt inclusions (open access)

Variations in volatiles in magma bodies based on studies of melt inclusions

Knowledge of volatile concentrations in magmas are important in the prediction of explosive volcanism, and contribute to the understanding of the carbon dioxide budget of the atmosphere. Some important variables that are controlled by volatiles are: crystallization temperature of phases, composition of liquids minimum, and viscosity. Volatiles are also catalysts for reactions.
Date: June 15, 1989
Creator: Vogel, T. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
LIMB Demonstration Project Extension (open access)

LIMB Demonstration Project Extension

The basic goal of the Limestone Injection Multistage Burner (LIMB) demonstration is to extend LIMB technology development to a full- scale application on a representative wall-fired utility boiler. The successful retrofit of LIMB to an existing boiler is expected to demonstrate that (a) reductions of 50 percent or greater in SO{sub x} and NO{sub x} emissions can be achieved at a fraction of the cost of add-on FGD systems, (b) boiler reliability, operability, and steam production can be maintained at levels existing prior to LIMB retrofit, and (c) technical difficulties attributable to LIMB operation, such as additional slagging and fouling, changes in ash disposal requirements, and an increased particulate load, can be resolved in a cost-effective manner. The primary fuel to be used will be an Ohio bituminous coal having a nominal sulfur content of 3 percent or greater.
Date: June 15, 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broad-beam multi-ampere metal ion source (open access)

Broad-beam multi-ampere metal ion source

An embodiment of the MEVVA (metal vapor vacuum arc) high current metal ion source has been developed in which the beam is formed from a 10-cm diameter set of extractor grids and which produces a peak beam current of up to several Amperes. The source, MEVVA V, operates in a pulsed mode with a pulse width at present 0.25 ms and a repetition rate of up to several tens of pulses per second (power supply limited). The multicathode feature that was developed for the prior source version, MEVVA IV, has been incorporated here also; one can switch between any of 18 separate cathodes and thus metallic beam species. Maximum beam extraction voltage is over 90 kV, and since the ion charge state typically from Q = 1 to 5, depending on the metal employed, the ion energy in the extracted beam can thus be up to several hundred keV. This source is a new addition to the MEVVA family of metal ion sources, and we are at present investigating the operational regimes and the limits to the source performance. In this paper we describe the source and present some preliminary results. 10 refs., 4 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Brown, I.G.; Galvin, J.E.; MacGill, R.A.; Paoloni, F.J. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA) & Engineering), Wollongong Univ. (Australia). Dept. of Electrical
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Savannah River Site RCRA Facility Investigation plan: Road A Chemical Basin (open access)

Savannah River Site RCRA Facility Investigation plan: Road A Chemical Basin

The nature of wastes disposed of at the Road A Chemical Basin (RACB) is such that some degree of soil contamination is probable. Lead has also been detected in site monitoring wells at concentrations above SRS background levels. A RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) is proposed for the RACB and will include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey, collection and chemical and radiological analyses of soil cores, installation of groundwater monitoring wells, collection and chemical and radiological analyses of groundwater samples, and collection of chemical and radiological analyses of surface water and sediment samples. Upon completion of the proposed RFI field work and chemical and radiological analyses, and RFI report should be prepared to present conclusions on the nature and extent of contamination at the site, and to make recommendations for site remediation. If contamination is detected at concentrations above SRS background levels, a receptor analysis should be done to evaluate potential impacts of site contamination on nearby populations.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seismic monitoring of a flow test in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (open access)

Seismic monitoring of a flow test in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field

The purpose of this seismic monitoring project was to characterize in detail the micro-seismic activity related to the flow-injection test in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Our goal was to determine if any sources of seismic energy related to the test were observable at the surface, using both conventional seismic network techniques and relatively newer array techniques. These methods allowed us to detect and locate both impulsive microearthquakes and continuous sources of seismic energy. Our network, which was sensitive enough to be triggered by magnitude 0.0 or larger events, found no impulsive microearthquakes in the vicinity of the flow test in the 8 month period before the test and only one event during the flow test. We have observed some continuous seismic noise sources that may be attributed to the flow test. 4 refs., 4 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Jarpe, S.P.; Kasameyer, P.W. & Johnston, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methane oxidation over dual redox catalysts (open access)

Methane oxidation over dual redox catalysts

The objective of this research is to develop the scientific background for direct catalytic oxidation of methane over oxides that are doubly doped with transition metal ions. The desired process aims at employing of a double redox mechanism, where one redox couple is utilized for activation of oxygen and another for the conversion of CH{sub 3} radicals to carbocations via electron transfer reaction. The latter species can react with surface OH{sup {minus}} groups to form methanol or formaldehyde. To establish the foundations for such a process, two groups of the catalysts, one containing dispersed redox centers (Cu{sup I}/Fe{sup III}/ZnO and Cu{sup I}/Sn{sup IV}/ZnO) and a second of delafossite-type oxides containing concentrated redox centers (CuFeO{sub 2}, CuCoO{sub 2}) were synthesized and chemically analyzed for composition. For the sake of comparison, undoped ZnO treated in the same way as doped zinc oxide catalysts was also prepared. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, BET surface area measurements and preliminarily by scanning electron microscopy. A catalytic testing unit and reactor to study the title reaction were designed and constructed.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Klier, Kamil; Herman, Richard G. & Sojka, Zbigniew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research (HIFAR) half-year report, October 1, 1988--March 31, 1989 (open access)

Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research (HIFAR) half-year report, October 1, 1988--March 31, 1989

The basic objective of the Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research (HIFAR) program is to assess the suitability of heavy ion accelerators as igniters for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). A specific accelerator technology, the induction linac, has been studied at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and has reached the point at which its viability for ICF applications can be assessed over the next few years. The HIFAR program addresses the generation of high-power, high-brightness beams of heavy ions, the understanding of the scaling laws in this novel physics regime, and the validation of new accelerator strategies, to cut costs. Key elements to be addressed include: beam quality limits set by transverse and longitudinal beam physics; development of induction accelerating modules, and multiple-beam hardware, at affordable costs; acceleration of multiple beams with current amplification --both new features in a linac -- without significant dilution of the optical quality of the beams; and final bunching, transport, and accurate focusing on a small target.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variational theory of nuclear and neutron matter (open access)

Variational theory of nuclear and neutron matter

In these lectures we will discuss attempts to solve the A = 3 to {infinity} nuclear many-body problems with the variational method. We choose the form of a variational wave function {Chi}{sub v}(1, 2{hor ellipsis}A) to describe the ground state. The {Chi}{sub v} and the ground-state energy E{sub v} are obtained by minimizing E{sub v} = {l angle}{Chi}{sub v}{vert bar}H{vert bar}{Chi}{sub v}{r angle}/{l angle}{Chi}{sub v}{vert bar}{Chi}{sub v}{r angle} with respect to variations in {Chi}{sub v}. If the form of the variational wave function is chosen properly we can expect {Chi}{sub v} {approx} {Chi}{sub 0} and E{sub v} {approx} E{sub 0} where {Chi}{sub 0} and E{sub 0} are the exact ground-state wave function and energy. In general E{sub v} {ge} E{sub 0} in variational calculations. 63 refs., 11 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Pandharipande, V.R.; Wiringa, R.B. (Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (USA). Dept. of Physics & Argonne National Lab., IL (USA))
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of nanophase materials by x-ray diffraction and computer simulation (open access)

Characterization of nanophase materials by x-ray diffraction and computer simulation

X-ray diffraction experiments on nanophase Pd have been performed with the primary goal of determining the nature of grain boundary structures in nanophase materials. A kinematical diffraction analysis has been developed to interpret x-ray {theta}--2{theta} data by comparing actual scans with scans produced by computer simulation. This simulation program has been used to explore the effects on diffracted intensity of a variety of microstructural and grain boundary structural parameters such as void concentration, grain size, grain boundary width, and changes in interplanar spacing and density in grain boundary regions. It has been found that a reasonable match to experimental data is produced by at least two model structures; in one, the material contains randomly positioned voids or vacancies, while in the other, the interplanar spacings in grain boundary regions are varied with respect to the spacings found in the grain interiors. 7 refs., 4 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Eastman, J.A. & Thompson, L.J. (Argonne National Lab., IL (USA))
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operational characteristics of a metal vapor vacuum arc ion source (open access)

Operational characteristics of a metal vapor vacuum arc ion source

The MEVVA ion source can produce high current pulsed beams of metallic ions using a metal vapor vacuum arc discharge as the plasma medium from which the ions are extracted. In this study, the operational characteristics of the MEVVA IV ion source are summarized. Results are presented of measurements of the ion beam current as a function of arc current over a range of extraction voltage. Ti, Ta and Pb were examined as the cathode materials. The arc current ranged from 50A to 250A and the extraction voltage from 10kV to 80kV. The ion beam current was measured at two different distances from the ion source using Faraday cups, so as to investigate the beam divergence. Additionally, the cathode erosion rates were measured. Optimum operating conditions of the MEVVA ion source were determined. 10 refs., 6 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Shiraishi, Hiroshi.; Brown, I.G. (Nippon Steel Corp., Kitakyushu (Japan) & Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA))
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some novel design features of the LBL metal vapor vacuum arc ion sources (open access)

Some novel design features of the LBL metal vapor vacuum arc ion sources

The family of MEVVA (metal vapor vacuum arc) high current metal ion sources developed at LBL over the past several years has grown to include a number of different source versions with a wide range of some of the design and operational parameters. The MicroMEVVA source is a particularly compact version, about 2 cm diameter and 10 cm long, while the MEVVA IV weighs some 30 kG. MEVVAs IV and V incorporate multiple cathode assemblies (16 and 18 separate cathodes, respectively), and the operating cathode can be switched rapidly and without down-time. The new MEVVA V embodiment is quite compact considering its broad beam (10 cm), high voltage (100 kV) and multiple cathode features. The large-area extractor grids used in the MEVVA V were fabricated using a particularly simple technique, and they are clamped into position and so can be changed simply and quickly. The electrical system used to drive the arc is particularly simple and incorporates several attractive features. In this paper we review and describe a number of the mechanical and electrical design features that have been developed for these sources. 9 refs., 5 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: MacGill, R.A.; Brown, I.G. & Galvin, J.E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure oscillations caused by momentum on shut in of a high rate well in a fractured formation (open access)

Pressure oscillations caused by momentum on shut in of a high rate well in a fractured formation

Pressure transient testing techniques are an important part of reservoir and production testing procedures. These techniques are frequently used to determine practical information about underground reservoirs such as the permeability, porosity, liquid content, reservoir and liquid discontinuities and other related data. This information is valuable in helping to analyze, improve and forecast reservoir performance. This report is concerned with developing models for pressure transient well testing in high permeability, high flow rate, naturally fractured reservoirs. In the present work, a study was made of the effects of liquid inertia in the fractures and the wellbore on the pressure response obtained during a well test. The effects of turbulent flow and multi-phase flow effects such as gravitational segregation or anisotropic porous media effects were not considered. The scope of the study was limited to studying inertial effects on the pressure response of a fractured reservoir.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Bhatnagar, S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Surface Meteorological Data Representativeness for the Weldon Spring Transport and Dispersion Modeling Analysis (open access)

Comparison of Surface Meteorological Data Representativeness for the Weldon Spring Transport and Dispersion Modeling Analysis

The US Department of Energy is conducting the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project under the Surplus Facilities Management Program (SFMP). The major goals of the SFMP are to eliminate potential hazards to the public and the environment that associated with contamination at SFMP sites and to make surplus property available for other uses to the extent possible. This report presents the results of analysis of available meteorological data from stations near the Weldon Spring site. Data that are most representative of site conditions are needed to accurately model the transport and dispersion of air pollutants associated with remedial activities. Such modeling will assist the development of mitigative measures. 17 refs., 12 figs., 6 tabs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Lazaro, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Industrial Magnetic Heat Pump/Refrigerator Concepts that Utilize Superconducting Magnets (open access)

Evaluation of Industrial Magnetic Heat Pump/Refrigerator Concepts that Utilize Superconducting Magnets

This report provides a preliminary assessment of some magnetic heat pump (MHP)/refrigeration concepts for cryogen liquefaction and other industrial applications. The study was performed by Astronautics Corporation of America for Argonne National Laboratory under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Date: June 1989
Creator: Waynert, J. A.; DeGregoria, A. J.; Foster, R. W. & Barclay, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Short sample testing facility for the Superconducting Super Collider (open access)

Short sample testing facility for the Superconducting Super Collider

In this paper we present the system requirements of the apparatus measuring the short sample critical current of the cable for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), and the current status of our development work. Key features of the system presented here are: a sample holder which clamps the samples sufficiently well such that no training quenches are required to perform critical current measurements and another which may allow for faster sample mounting; voltage tap boards using a printed-circuit technique which eliminates the necessity of soldering wires for the voltage measurements; a 1-m ling, 5-cm-bore dipole magnet with close-in iron designed to produce 7.5 T with a 6000 A excitation current; and an air-lock system that allows repeated sample changes without the magnet chamber being contaminated with air and other impurities. 7 refs., 6 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Zbasnik, J.; Scanlan, R.; Taylor, C.; Peters, C.; Pope, W. & Royet, J. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA))
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Z sup 0 physics from the Mark II at the SLC (SLAC Linear Collider) (open access)

Z sup 0 physics from the Mark II at the SLC (SLAC Linear Collider)

The MARK II detector has started to take data at the new SLAC Linear Collider. The novel aspects of the accelerator and of the MARK II are briefly described. Displays of event pictures from some of the early-on data are presented to illustrate the quality of the data. A first presentation of the results of an energy scan near the Z{sup 0} mass that is currently in progress shows the expected resonant enhancement near 91 GeV. 2 refs., 23 figs., 1 tab.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Abrams, G.S. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA))
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lattice fields and strong interactions (open access)

Lattice fields and strong interactions

I review the lattice formulation of gauge theories and the use of numerical methods to investigate nonperturbative phenomena. These methods are directly applicable to studying hadronic matter at high temperatures. Considerable recent progress has been made in numerical algorithms for including dynamical fermions in such calculations. Dealing with a nonvanishing baryon density adds new unsolved challenges. 33 refs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Creutz, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advanced Light Source: A new 1. 5 GeV synchrotron radiation facility at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (open access)

The Advanced Light Source: A new 1. 5 GeV synchrotron radiation facility at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

The Advanced Light Source (ALS), now under construction at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, is being planned as a national user facility for the production of high-brightness and partially coherent x-ray and ultraviolet synchrotron radiation. The ALS is based on a low-emittance electron storage ring optimized for operation at 1.5 GeV with insertion devices in 11 long straight sections and up to 48 bend-magnet ports. High-brightness photon beams, from less than 10 eV to more than 1 keV, will be produced by undulators, thereby providing many research opportunities in materials and surface science, biology, atomic physics and chemistry. Wigglers and bend magnets will provide high-flux, broad-band radiation at energies to 10 keV. 6 refs., 10 figs., 2 tabs.
Date: June 30, 1989
Creator: Schlachter, A.S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radiological survey of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Alameda Naval Air Station, and Hunters Point Shipyard (open access)

Radiological survey of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Alameda Naval Air Station, and Hunters Point Shipyard

Since 1963, the Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility (EERF), US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), in cooperation with the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has surveyed facilities serving nuclear-powered warships on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf of Mexico. These surveys assess whether the operation of nuclear-powered warships, during construction, maintenance, overhaul, or refueling, have created elevated levels of radioactivity. The surveys emphasize sampling those areas and pathways that could expose the public. In 1984, NAVSEA requested that EPA survey all active facilities serving nuclear-powered warships over the next three years. This report contains the results of surveys conducted at Naval facilities located at Mare Island, Alameda, and Hunters Point in the San Francisco region. The locations of these facilities are shown. 3 refs., 4 figs., 3 tabs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Semler, M.O. & Blanchard, R.L. (Environmental Protection Agency, Montgomery, AL (USA). Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nozzle development (open access)

Nozzle development

The objective of this program has been the development of experimental techniques and data processing procedures to allow for the characterization of multi-phase fuel nozzles using laboratory tests. Test results were to be used to produce a single value coefficient-of-performance that would predict the performance of the fuel nozzles independent of system application. Several different types of fuel nozzles capable of handling multi-phase fuels have been characterized for: (a) fuel flow rate versus delivery pressure, (b) fuel-air ratio throughout the fuel spray or plume and the effective cone angle of the injector, and (c) fuel drop- or particle-size distribution as a function of fluid properties. Fuel nozzles which have been characterized on both single-phase liquids and multi-phase liquid-solid slurries include a variable-film-thickness nozzle, a commercial coal-water slurry (CWS) nozzle, and four diesel injectors of different geometries (tested on single-phase fluids only). Multi-phase mixtures includes CWS with various coal loadings, surfactant concentrations, and stabilizer concentrations, as well as glass-bead water slurries with stabilizing additives. Single-phase fluids included glycerol-water mixtures to vary the viscosity over a range of 1 to 1500 cP, and alcohol-water mixtures to vary the surface tension from about 22 to 73 dyne/cm. In addition, tests were performed to …
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Dodge, F. T.; Dodge, L. G. & Johnson, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tests of time reversal invariance via transmission experiments (open access)

Tests of time reversal invariance via transmission experiments

The existing formalism used to describe spin observables in neutron transmission experiments is found to be inadequate. A suitable formalism is developed, through which time-reversal violating (and parity non-conserving) forward scattering amplitudes are identified, along with their corresponding spin observables. It is noted that new and more precise tests of T-symmetry are provided in transmission experiments and that such investigations are applicable more generally in nuclear and particle physics.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Conzett, H.E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charge state distribution studies of the metal vapor vacuum arc ion source (open access)

Charge state distribution studies of the metal vapor vacuum arc ion source

We have studied the charge state distribution of the ion beam produced by the MEVVA (metal vapor vacuum arc) high current metal ion source. Beams produced from a wide range of cathode materials have been examined and the charge state distributions have been measured as a function of many operational parameters. In this paper we review the charge state data we have accumulated, with particular emphasis on the time history of the distribution throughout the arc current pulse duration. We find that in general the spectra remain quite constant throughout most of the beam pulse, so long as the arc current is constant. There is an interesting early-time transient behavior when the arc is first initiated and the arc current is still rising, during which time the ion charge states produced are observed to be significantly higher than during the steady current region that follows. 12 refs., 5 figs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Galvin, J.E.; Brown, I.G. & MacGill, R.A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library