2010 Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting Summary (open access)

2010 Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting Summary

This document contains the summaries of papers presented in poster format at the March 2010 Atmospheric System Research Science Team Meeting held in Bethesda, Maryland. More than 260 posters were presented during the Science Team Meeting. Posters were sorted into the following subject areas: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions, aerosol properties, atmospheric state and surface, cloud properties, field campaigns, infrastructure and outreach, instruments, modeling, and radiation. To put these posters in context, the status of ASR at the time of the meeting is provided here.
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Dupont, D. L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study on the Mechanical Instability of MICE Coupling Magnets (open access)

Study on the Mechanical Instability of MICE Coupling Magnets

The superconducting coupling solenoid magnet is one of the key equipment in the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). The coil has an inner radius of 750 mm, length of 281 mm and thickness of 104 mm at room temperature. The peak induction in the coil is about 7.3 T with a full current of 210 A. The mechanical disturbances which might cause the instability of the impregnated superconducting magnet involve the frictional motion between conductors and the cracking of impregnated materials. In this paper, the mechanical instability of the superconducting coupling magnet was studied. This paper presents the numerical calculation results of the minimum quench energy (MQE) of the coupling magnet, as well as the dissipated strain energy in the stress concentration region when the epoxy cracks and the frictional energy caused by 'stick-slip' of the conductor based on the bending theory of beam happens. Slip planes are used in the coupling coil and the frictional energy due to 'slow slip' at the interface of the slip planes was also investigated. The dissipated energy was compared with MQE, and the results show that the cracking of epoxy resin in the region of shear stress concentration is the main factor for …
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Wang, Li; Pan, Heng; Gou, Xing Long; Wu, Hong; Zheng, Shi Xian & Green, Michael A
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applications of Robust, Radiation Hard AlGaN Optoelectronic Devices in Space Exploration and High Energy Density Physics (open access)

Applications of Robust, Radiation Hard AlGaN Optoelectronic Devices in Space Exploration and High Energy Density Physics

This slide show presents: space exploration applications; high energy density physics applications; UV LED and photodiode radiation hardness; UV LED and photodiode space qualification; UV LED AC charge management; and UV LED satellite payload instruments. A UV LED satellite will be launched 2nd half 2012.
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Sun, K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Regional Seismic Array of Three-Component Stations in Central Saudi Arabia (open access)

A Regional Seismic Array of Three-Component Stations in Central Saudi Arabia

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Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Al-Amri, A.; Harris, D.; Fnais, M.; Rodgers, A. & Hemaida, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refractive Index of Lithium Fluoride Ramp Compressed to 800 GPa (open access)

Refractive Index of Lithium Fluoride Ramp Compressed to 800 GPa

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Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Fratanduono, D. E.; Boehly, T. R.; Barrios, M. A.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Eggert, J. H.; Smith, R. F. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Anomalous Currents In The Front Foils of the JET Lost Alpha Diagnostic KA-2 (open access)

The Anomalous Currents In The Front Foils of the JET Lost Alpha Diagnostic KA-2

We have examined the observed currents in the front foils of the JET Faraday cup lost alpha particle diagnostic KA-2. In particular, we have sought to understand the currents during Ohmic plasmas for which the ion flux at the detectors was initially assumed to be negligible. We have considered two sources of this current: plasma ions #2; both deuterium and impurity#3; in the vicinity of the detector #2; including charge exchange neutrals#3; and photoemission from scattered UV radiation. Based upon modeling and empirical observation, the latter source appears most likely and, moreover, seems to be applicable to the currents in the front foil during ELMy H-mode plasmas. A very thin gold or nickel foil attached to the present detector aperture is proposed as a solution to this problem, and realistic calculations of expected fluxes of lost energetic neutral beam ions during TF ripple experiments are presented as justification of this proposed solution.
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: F.E. Cecil, V. Kiptily, A. Salmi, A. Horton, K. Fullard, A. Murari, D. Darrow, K. Hill and JET-EFDA Contributors
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design and Analyisi of a Self-centered Cold Mass Support for the MICE Coupling Magnet (open access)

Design and Analyisi of a Self-centered Cold Mass Support for the MICE Coupling Magnet

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) consists of eighteen superconducting solenoid coils in seven modules, which are magnetically hooked together since there is no iron to shield the coils and the return flux. The RF coupling coil (RFCC) module consists of a superconducting coupling solenoid mounted around four conventional conducting 201.25 MHz closed RF cavities. The coupling coil will produce up to a 2.2 T magnetic field on the centerline to keep the beam within the RF cavities. The peak magnetic force on the coupling magnet from other magnets in MICE is up to 500 kN in longitudinal direction, which will be transferred to the base of the RF coupling coil (RFCC) module through a cold mass support system. A self-centered double-band cold mass support system with intermediate thermal interruption is applied to the coupling magnet, and the design is introduced in detail in this paper. The thermal and structural analysis on the cold mass support assembly has been carried out using ANSYS. The present design of the cold mass support can satisfy with the stringent requirements for the magnet center and axis azimuthal angle at 4.2 K and fully charged.
Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Wang, Li; Pan, Heng; Wu, Hong; Li, S. Y.; Guo, Xing Long; Zheng, Shi Xian et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Stimulation-Response Relationships for Complex Fracture Systems in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs (open access)

Investigation of Stimulation-Response Relationships for Complex Fracture Systems in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs

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Date: May 4, 2011
Creator: Fu, P.; Johnson, S. M. & Carrigan, C. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library