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A study of tau decays of the W boson at CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab) (open access)

A study of tau decays of the W boson at CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab)

A report is given of a search for tau decays of the W boson in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). A description of a hardware trigger specifically designed to enhance the number of events with tau decays is presented along with the results of a preliminary analysis of data taken during the 1988--89 run of CDF. 10 refs., 4 figs.
Date: January 3, 1990
Creator: Gladney, L. D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The role of imaging in advanced document systems: Reviews of computing technology (open access)

The role of imaging in advanced document systems: Reviews of computing technology

This report discusses the following topics on imaging technology in advanced document systems: supporting technology; current state of image systems; and future directions of image systems.
Date: December 3, 1990
Creator: Hudson, B.J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluid dynamics of double diffusive systems (open access)

Fluid dynamics of double diffusive systems

The major accomplishments of our initial research period (August 1, 1987, to March 1, 1990) are as follows; we completed construction of the experimental facility. Originally, it had been our intent to modify an existing facility in our laboratory. When this became impractical we constructed a new stand-alone facility. Modified an existing three-dimensional numerical code developed in our laboratory, SEAFLOS1, by incorporating a salinity transport equation. Developed experimental and analytical techniques, and performed both physical and numerical experiments for a wide range of initial and boundary conditions. Focused our overall research effort to answer the following four questions pertaining to the formation of convective intrusions due to lateral temperature gradients established by sidewall heating. (1) What is the internal structure of the convective intrusions as a function of the initial stratification and sidewall heating rates (2) What is the correct scaling for the initial vertical dimension of the intrusions (3) How does the merging process vary as a function of initial stratification and sidewall heating rate (4) Is the sidewall heating critical for continued propagation of the intrusions, or is it merely a trigger which releases the internal instability in the fluid
Date: April 3, 1990
Creator: Koseff, J. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stochastic analysis of contaminant transport: One-dimensional non-reactive and reactive cases (open access)

Stochastic analysis of contaminant transport: One-dimensional non-reactive and reactive cases

A reliability approach for probabilistic modeling of one-dimensional non-reactive and reactive transport in porous media provides two important quantitative results: (1) an estimate of the probability that dimensionless concentration equals or exceeds some specified level and, (2) the sensitivity of the probabilistic outcome to likely changes in each uncertain variable. The reliability approach is particularly attractive because it can incorporate various marginal probability density functions (PDF) for any of the uncertain variables. In this work uncertain variables include: groundwater flow velocity, diffusion coefficient, dispersivity, distribution coefficient, porosity and bulk density. The primary objective is to examine how the probabilistic outcome is influenced by choice of marginal PDF, correlation and magnitude of uncertainty for the variables. Because little information exists concerning the statistical characteristics of these uncertain variables, the investigation assumes a wide range of PDF types and statistical values in order to identify and isolate the most critical issues for further study. Results indicate that, even for very slow mean velocity, the probability estimate for non-reactive transport is most sensitive to uncertain flow velocity. For practical analysis, it appears acceptable to treat dispersivity as a deterministic constant. For non-reactive transport, correlation between flow velocity and diffusion coefficient has a slight …
Date: December 3, 1990
Creator: Cawlfield, J.D. & Wu, Ming-Chee.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Fast Online Event Display for a High Intensity Fixed-Target Spectrometer (open access)

A Fast Online Event Display for a High Intensity Fixed-Target Spectrometer

A workstation-based event display program for the Fermilab Tagged Photon Spectrometer (TPS) is described. Fast displays are required to monitor detector elements, observe hit patterns and energy deposition, and to check track reconstruction. Design considerations, novel features, and performance are designed. 5 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.
Date: May 3, 1990
Creator: Napier, Austin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural gas monthly, July 1990 (open access)

Natural gas monthly, July 1990

This report highlights activities, events, and analyses of interest to public and private sector organizations associated with the natural gas industry. Volume and price data are presented each month for natural gas production, distribution, consumption, and interstate pipeline activities. Producer-related activities and underground storage data are also reported. A glossary is included. 7 figs., 33 tabs.
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Crystal Structures and Powder Diffraction Patterns of the Uranium Tellurides (open access)

The Crystal Structures and Powder Diffraction Patterns of the Uranium Tellurides

A critical review of all of the reported structures and powder diffraction patterns in the uranium telluride system has been undertaken. Structures that are correct: Cubic -- UTe: no experimental pattern exists. Retain calculated 15--865. Cubic --U{sub 3}Te{sub 4}: retain the poor quality 12--610 but adopt the pattern calculated here. Cubic U{sub 2}Te{sub 3}: no experimental pattern exists. Adopt pattern calculated here. Orthorhombic UTe{sub 2}: Adopt the new pattern of Boehme et al. Monoclinic {alpha}UTe{sub 3} Adopt the new pattern of Boehme et al. Monoclinic {alpha}UTe{sub 3} Adopt the new pattern of Boehme et al. Orthorhombic {beta}UTe{sub 3}: Adopt pattern calculated here. Orthorhombic UTe{sub 5}: Adopt the new pattern of Boehme et al. Structures in need of refinement: Orthorhombic U{sub 2}Te{sub 3}:Adopt pattern calculated here over 34--807. Hexagonal U{sub 7}Te{sub 12}: Adopt pattern calculated here but retain 24--1368. Orthorhombic UTe{sub 1.78}: Adopt pattern calculated here and retain our modified 21--1404 reported for U{sub 4}Te{sub 7}. Orthorhombic UTe{sub 2.5}: Adopt pattern calculated here. Orthorhombic UTe{sub 3.4}: Accept recent pattern of Boehme et al. Phases for which no structures or reliable patterns exist: Orthorhombic U{sub 3}Te{sub 4}: no published pattern. Tetragonal U{sub 3}Te{sub 5}: three patterns 21--1407, 34--766 and 34--896 exit but …
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: Snyder, Robert L.; Nichols, Monte C. & Boehme, Dale R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental evaluation of vertically versus horizontally split yokes for SSC (Superconducting Super Collider) dipole magnets (open access)

Experimental evaluation of vertically versus horizontally split yokes for SSC (Superconducting Super Collider) dipole magnets

The yoke in SSC dipole magnets provides mechanical support to the collared coil as well as serving as a magnetic element. The yoke and skin are used to increase the coil prestress and reduce collar deflections under excitation. Yokes split on the vertical or horizontal mid-plane offer different advantages in meeting these objectives. To evaluate the relative merits of the two configuration a 1.8 m model dipole was assembled and tested first with horizontally split and then with vertically split yoke laminations. The magnet was extensively instrumented to measure azimuthal and axial stresses in the coil and the cold mass skin resulting from cooldown and excitation. Mechanical behavior of this magnet with each configuration is compared with that of other long and short models and with calculations. 13 refs., 5 figs.
Date: May 3, 1990
Creator: Strait, J.; Coulter, K.; Jaffery, T.; Kerby, J.; Koska, W. & Lamm, M.J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
MGA (Multi-Group Analysis): A Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis Code for Determining Plutonium Isotopic Abundances (open access)

MGA (Multi-Group Analysis): A Gamma-Ray Spectrum Analysis Code for Determining Plutonium Isotopic Abundances

Nondestructive measurements of x-ray and gamma-ray emissions can be used to analyze a sample for plutonium. This report describes the methods and algorithms we have developed for analyzing gamma-ray spectra obtained by using a germanium detector system to accurately determine the relative abundances of various actinide isotopes in a sample. Our methodology requires no calibrations and can be used to measure virtually any size and type of plutonium sample. Measurement times can be as short as a few minutes; measurements are frequently accurate to within 1%. Our methods have been programmed into a computerized analysis code called MGA (Multi-Group Analysis). Our current versions can be run on personal computers (IBM type) and on the DEC VAX microcomputer. Spectral analysis times are usually far less than a minute. 28 refs., 26 figs., 1 tab.
Date: April 3, 1990
Creator: Gunnink, R
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
(Coordinated research programs in nuclear medicine) (open access)

(Coordinated research programs in nuclear medicine)

The traveler visited the Clinic for Nuclear Medicine at the University of Bonn, West Germany, to review, organize, and plan collaborative studies. He also met with the editorial board of the journal NucCompact -- European/American Communications in Nuclear Medicine, on which he serves as US editor. He also visited colleagues at the Cyclotron Research Center (CRC) at the University of Liege, Belgium, to coordinate clinical applications of the ultrashort-lived iridium-191m radionuclide obtained from the osmium-190/iridium-191m generator system. The traveler planned and coordinated continuing collaboration with colleagues at the CRC for further applications of this generator system. He also visited the University of Metz, Metz, France, to organize a three-center project for the synthesis and evaluation of various receptor-specific cerebral imaging agents, involving the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), CRC, and the University of Metz.
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: Knapp, F. F. Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 15, Number 50, Pages 3773-3824, July 3, 1990 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 15, Number 50, Pages 3773-3824, July 3, 1990

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 3, 1990
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 15, Number 58, Pages 4411-4469, August 3, 1990 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 15, Number 58, Pages 4411-4469, August 3, 1990

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: August 3, 1990
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 15, Number 26, Pages 1867-1904, April 3, 1990 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 15, Number 26, Pages 1867-1904, April 3, 1990

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: April 3, 1990
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1228 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1228

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of an heir-finder to recieve compensation for expenses (RQ-1997)
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-70 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-70

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification.
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-88 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO90-88

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a person, while in Texas, call another state to have a computer play lottery games (i.e. Lotto) or bingo games for them and pay by a 900 number or credit card and related questions.
Date: November 3, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dual output acoustic wave sensor for molecular identification (open access)

Dual output acoustic wave sensor for molecular identification

The invention comprises a method for the identification and quantification of sorbed chemical species onto a coating of a device capable of generating and receiving an acoustic wave, by measuring the changes in the velocity of the acoustic wave resulting from the sorption of the chemical species into the coating as the wave travels through the coating and by measuring the changes in the attenuation of an acoustic wave resulting from the sorption of the chemical species into the coating as the wave travels through the coating. The inventive method further correlates the magnitudes of the changes of velocity with respect to changes of the attenuation of the acoustic wave to identify the sorbed chemical species. The absolute magnitudes of the velocity changes or the absolute magnitude of the attenuation changes are used to determine the concentration of the identified chemical species.
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: Frye, G. C. & Martin, S. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Background-reducing x-ray multilayer mirror (open access)

Background-reducing x-ray multilayer mirror

This invention is comprised of a background-reducing x-ray multilayer mirror. A multiple-layer ``wavetrap`` deposited over the surface of a layered synthetic microstructure soft x-ray mirror optimized for reflectivity at chosen wavelengths is disclosed for reducing the reflectivity of undesired, longer wavelength incident radiation incident thereon. In three separate mirror designs employing an alternating molybdenum and silicon layered mirrored structure overlaid by two layers of a molybdenum/silicon pair anti-reflection coating, reflectivities of near normal incidence 133, 171, and 186 {Angstrom} wavelengths have been optimized, while that at 304 {Angstrom} has been minimized. The optimization process involves the choice of materials, the composition of the layer/pairs as well as the number thereof, and the distance therebetween for the mirror, and the simultaneous choice of materials, the composition of the layer/pairs, their number and distance for the ``wavetrap.``
Date: August 3, 1990
Creator: Bloch, J. J.; Roussel-Dupre, D. & Smith, B. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
The role of imaging in advanced document systems: Reviews of computing technology (open access)

The role of imaging in advanced document systems: Reviews of computing technology

This report discusses the following topics on imaging technology in advanced document systems: supporting technology; current state of image systems; and future directions of image systems.
Date: December 3, 1990
Creator: Hudson, B. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction of Potential Pollutants From Ohio Coal by Synergistic Use of Supercritical Fluids. Final Report (open access)

Extraction of Potential Pollutants From Ohio Coal by Synergistic Use of Supercritical Fluids. Final Report

A synergistic supercritical extraction process was developed and its feasibility demonstrated using a semi-batch extraction process unit. The process was found to be effective in selectively cleaning organic sulfur from Ohio coals. Optimal case involved a mixture of CO{sub 2}, H{sub 2}O, and CH{sub 3}OH, and the removal of organic sulfur ranged from 35 to 55%. Combined with pyrite and mineral matter removal by gravity, the resulting coals would have 20--30% increased heating values and SO{sub 2} emissions would be down to 1.2--1.5 pounds per million Btu, thus meeting compliance requirements. Estimated cleaning cost including pyrite removal is $25 to 45 per ton. The most important cost factor is the operation at high pressures.
Date: August 3, 1990
Creator: Lee, S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A lattice gas model for thermohydrodynamics (open access)

A lattice gas model for thermohydrodynamics

The FHP lattice gas model is extended to include a temperature variable in order to study thermohydrodynamics. The compressible Navier-Stokes equations are derived using a Chapman-Enskog expansion. Heat conduction and convention problems are investigated, including Benard convention. It is shown that the usual FHP rescaling procedure can be avoided by controlling the temperature. 20 refs., 12 figs.
Date: May 3, 1990
Creator: Chen, Shiyi; Chen, Hudong; Doolen, G. D.; Gutman, S. & Lee, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tags and seals to strengthen arms control verification (open access)

Tags and seals to strengthen arms control verification

Tags and seals have long been recognized as important tools in arms control. The trend in control of armaments is to limit militarily significant equipment that is capable of being verified through direct and cooperative means, chiefly on-site inspection or monitoring. Although this paper will focus on the CFE treaty, the role of tags and seals for other treaties will also be addressed. Published technology and concepts will be reviewed, based on open sources. Arms control verification tags are defined as unique identifiers designed to be tamper-revealing; in that respect, seals are similar, being used as indicators of unauthorized access. Tamper-revealing tags are intended as single-point markers, seals for two-point couplings, and nets for volume containment. Seals usually bind two separate components, such as a hatch or flange that provides access to a secure compartment or a valve that controls fluid flow. A tamper-revealing net might be comprised of a coupled fiberoptic bundle wrapped around an object. Sometimes the term ``seal`` is used to denote the tamper-revealing feature of a tag that is attached to a surface, but in this paper the tamper-indicating connection is considered to be part of the tag concept itself.
Date: October 3, 1990
Creator: DeVolpi, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fermilab Library projects (open access)

Fermilab Library projects

Preprint database management as done at various centers -- the subject of this workshop -- is hard to separate from the overall activities of the particular center. We therefore present the wider context at the Fermilab Library into which preprint database management fits. The day-to-day activities of the Library aside, the dominant activity at present is that of the ongoing Fermilab Library Automation. A less dominant but relatively time-consuming activity is that of doing more online searches in commercial databases on behalf of laboratory staff and visitors. A related activity is that of exploring the benefits of end-user searching of similar sources as opposed to library staff searching of the same. The Library Automation Project, which began about two years ago, is about to go fully online.'' The rationale behind this project is described in the documents developed during the December 1988--February 1989 planning phase.
Date: May 3, 1990
Creator: Garrett, P. & Ritchie, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simulations of NOVA direct-drive Rayleigh-Taylor experiments (open access)

Simulations of NOVA direct-drive Rayleigh-Taylor experiments

Directly driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth experiments being performed on NOVA have been simulated using the computer code, LASNEX. These experiments employ beams smoothed with random phase plates (RPP), and will later include smoothing by spectral dispersion (SSD). Samples are CH foils with or without imposed sinusoidal surface perturbations. Perturbation growth is diagnosed by means of x-ray backlighting. Calculated growth rates are fairly flat across the wavelength range of 20--80 {mu}m which can be accessed experimentally, and are moderately suppressed below classical growth rates. Perturbations of large enough initial amplitude that the contrast in the x-ray image is measurable from the start of the experiment quickly grow into the nonlinear regime. Smaller initial amplitudes result in a longer interval of linear growth, but the initial perturbation will not be detectable in the data. Structure which is predicted to develop from speckles in the RPP beam pattern, with and without SSD, is also presented.
Date: November 3, 1990
Creator: Weber, S.V.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library