Texas Historically Underutilized Business Annual Report:2001 (open access)

Texas Historically Underutilized Business Annual Report:2001

Annual report documenting statistics and analysis of contracts awarded to historically underutilized business (HUBs) by Texas state agencies, including procurement goals and performances, 2000 and 2001 total expenditure charts.
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: Texas. General Services Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
ESTIMATES FOR RELEASE OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED CONCRETE AT THE HADDAM NECK NUCLEAR PLANT. (open access)

ESTIMATES FOR RELEASE OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED CONCRETE AT THE HADDAM NECK NUCLEAR PLANT.

Decommissioning of the Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant operated by Connecticut Yankee is in progress. Figure 1 shows a schematic of the Containment Building and Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Building. Consideration is being given to leaving some subsurface concrete from the Containment, Spent Fuel and certain other buildings in place following NRC license termination. Characterization data of most of these structures show small amounts of residual contamination. The In-Core Sump area of the Containment Building has shown elevated levels of tritium, Co-60, Fe-55, and Eu-152 and lesser quantities of other radionuclides due to neutron activation of the concrete in this area. This analysis is provided to determine levels of residual contamination that will not cause releases to the groundwater in excess of the acceptable dose limits. The objective is to calculate a conservative relationship between the radionuclide concentration of subsurface concrete and the maximum groundwater concentration (pCi/L) for the concrete that may remain following license termination at Connecticut Yankee.
Date: September 15, 2004
Creator: SULLIVAN, T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolution of the Regional Coda Methodology (open access)

Evolution of the Regional Coda Methodology

For the past decade Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), have been developing and testing a stable, regional coda magnitude methodology for the determination of magnitude and yield. The motivation behind this research was to take advantage of the averaging nature of coda waves in support of monitoring small seismic events from a sparse regional seismic network (e.g., International Monitoring System (IMS) network). The methodology as described in Mayeda et al., (2003) has been successfully applied in a variety of tectonic settings where the assumption of a 1-D, radially symmetric path correction was sufficient. In general, this resulted in inter-station amplitude scatter that was 3-to-4 times smaller than the traditional approach using direct S, Lg and surface waves (0.02< f <8.0-Hz). However, in more laterally complex regions there is a need to extend this approach to account for smaller scale 2-D variations in structure, especially at frequencies above {approx}1-Hz. Recently, Phillips et al., (2003) have applied a 2-D approach to data in central Asia by assuming that the coda envelope amplitude could be idealized as if it were a direct wave. They performed a tomography to invert for Q along the path and through the …
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Mayeda, K; Philips, W; Malagnini, L & Dreger, D
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
PROCEEDINGS OF RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER WORKSHOP: THEORY STUDIES FOR POLARIZED PP SCATTERING (VOLUME 53) (open access)

PROCEEDINGS OF RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER WORKSHOP: THEORY STUDIES FOR POLARIZED PP SCATTERING (VOLUME 53)

In the past two runs of RHIC, the first measurements with polarized proton beams have been performed. For many years to come, the RHIC spin program will offer exciting physics, exploring QCD and the nucleon in new ways. The aim of this small workshop was to attract several spin theorists to the center for about two weeks, in order to collaborate with both experimentalists and theorists at RBRC, and to initiate and/or complete studies of relevance to RHIC spin. A major focus of polarized-pp measurements at RHIC is on measuring the spin-dependent gluon density, {Delta}g. A channel for accessing {Delta}g is high-p{sub T} pion production. The unpolarized cross section for this reaction has been measured by PHENIX and was found in good agreement with a perturbative-QCD based (NLO) calculation. It was a remarkable and exciting coincidence that PHENIX presented also the first results for the spin asymmetry for {rvec p}{rvec p} {yields} {pi}{sup 0}X during this workshop. This sparked a lot of additional activity and discussion. First steps toward the interpretation of the data were taken. Marco Stratmann and Barbara Jager (Regensburg University) presented recent work on the NLO calculation of the polarized cross section and the spin asymmetry, setting …
Date: September 15, 2003
Creator: KRETZER,S. VOGELSANG,W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
X-ray Spectropolarimetry of high temperature and high density plasma supported by LLNL Electron Beam Ion Trap Experiments (open access)

X-ray Spectropolarimetry of high temperature and high density plasma supported by LLNL Electron Beam Ion Trap Experiments

Plasma polarization spectroscopy work done by our group since the 3rd US-Japan PPS Workshop is overviewed. Theoretically, the polarization dependence on various electron distribution functions for He-like, Ne-like, and Ni-like x-ray transitions for a wide range of Z has been investigated. In particular, this study was focused on the polarization dependence for monoenergetic and steep electron distribution functions. The diagnostically important spectral lines and features of K-, L-, and M-shell ions were identified which can be used in x-ray spectropolarimetry of plasma. Importance of polarization-sensitive LLNL Electron Beam Ion Trap data is emphasized. The results of the UNR polarization-sensitive Ti and Mo x-pinch experiments are discussed.
Date: March 15, 2004
Creator: Shlyaptseva, A S; Kantsyrev, V L; Ouart, N D; Fedin, D A; Neill, P; Harris, C et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evaluated Gamma-Ray Activation File (EGAF) (open access)

The Evaluated Gamma-Ray Activation File (EGAF)

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Date: September 15, 2004
Creator: Firestone, R. B.; Molnar, G. L.; Revay, Z.; Belgya, T.; McNabb, D. P. & Sleaford, B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmentally Benign Stab Detonators (open access)

Environmentally Benign Stab Detonators

This effort attempts to demonstrate that environmentally acceptable energetic sol-gel coated flash metal multilayer nanocomposites can be used to replace current impact initiated devices (IIDs) which have hazardous and toxic components. Successful completion of this project will result in IIDs that include innocuous compounds, have sufficient output energy for initiation, meet current military specifications, are small, cost competitive, and perform as well as or better than current devices. We expect flash metal multilayer and sol-gel to be generic technologies applicable to a wide range of devices, especially in small caliber ammunition and sub-munitions. We will replace the NOL-130 mixture with a nanocomposite that consists of a mechanically robust energetic multilayer foil that has been coated with a sol-gel energetic material. The exothermic reactions are activated in this nanocomposite are the transformation of the multilayer material to its respective intermetallic alloy and the thermite reaction, which is characterized by very high temperatures, a small pressure pulse, and hot particle ejection. The proposed materials and their reaction products consist of, but are not limited to aluminum, nickel, iron, aluminum oxide, titanium, iron oxide and boron. These materials have much more desirable environmental and health characteristics than the NOL-130 composition.
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Gash, A.; Barbee, T.; Simpson, R.; Satcher, J. & Walton, C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Main-Chamber and Divertor Recycling in DIII-D Using Tangentially Viewing CID Cameras (open access)

Investigation of Main-Chamber and Divertor Recycling in DIII-D Using Tangentially Viewing CID Cameras

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Date: July 15, 2003
Creator: Groth, M.; Porter, G. D.; Petrie, T. W.; Fenstermacher, M. E. & Brooks, N. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrieval and Pipeline Transfer Assessment of Hanford Tank 241-AN-105 Waste (open access)

Retrieval and Pipeline Transfer Assessment of Hanford Tank 241-AN-105 Waste

This study assesses five steps for Tank 241-AN-105 waste retrieval and subsequent pipeline transfer: 1. Remove supernatant liquid waste from AN-105 and transfer it through a pipeline with inline dilution with water (1st liquid waste transfer). 2. Add water (as a diluent) to Tank AN-105. 3. Mix the saltcake waste and water with mixer pumps to dissolve soluble solids. 4. Let undissolved solids settle to the tank bottom. 5. Remove the resulting supernatant liquid waste from Tank AN-105 (2nd liquid waste transfer). To assess these five steps for waste retrieval and pipeline transfer, AN-105 waste rheology was measured and solids identified with bright field image, select area diffraction, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. By combining available in situ and laboratory data, an AN-105 specific viscosity model was developed that can change from several centiPoise of viscosity to tens of millions of centiPoise as a function of strain rate and solid concentration. This viscosity mo del was implemented into the AN-105 computer model to simulate pump jet mixing. The report also evaluates AN-105 slurry waste transfer to AP-102 and AP-104 through a 3-inch (0.07-m) pipeline.
Date: January 15, 2003
Creator: Onishi, Yasuo; Tingey, Joel M.; Recknagle, Kurtis P.; Liu, Jun; Terrones, Guillermo; Yokuda, Satoru T. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Axisymmetric Tandem Mirrors: Stabilization and Confinement Studies (open access)

Axisymmetric Tandem Mirrors: Stabilization and Confinement Studies

The 'Kinetic Stabilizer' has been proposed as a means of MHD stabilizing an axisymmetric tandem mirror system. The K-S concept is based on theoretical studies by Ryutov, confirmed experimentally in the Gas Dynamic Trap experiment in Novosibirsk. In the K-S beams of ions are directed into the end of an 'expander' region outside the outer mirror of a tandem mirror. These ions, slowed, stagnated, and reflected as they move up the magnetic gradient, produce a low-density stabilizing plasma. At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory we have been conducting theoretical and computational studies of the K-S Tandem Mirror. These studies have employed a low-beta code written especially to analyze the beam injection/stabilization process, and a new code SYMTRAN (by Hua and Fowler) that solves the coupled radial and axial particle and energy transport in a K-S TM. Also, a 'legacy' MHD stability code, FLORA, has been upgraded and employed to benchmark the injection/stabilization code and to extend its results to high beta values. The FLORA code studies so far have confirmed the effectiveness of the K-S in stabilizing high-beta (40%) plasmas with stabilizer plasmas the peak pressures of which are several orders of magnitude smaller than those of the confined plasma. …
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Post, R F; Fowler, T K; Bulmer, R; Byers, J; Hua, D & Tung, L
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Statistical Methods and Tools for Uxo Characterization (SERDP Final Technical Report) (open access)

Statistical Methods and Tools for Uxo Characterization (SERDP Final Technical Report)

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) issued a statement of need for FY01 titled Statistical Sampling for Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Site Characterization that solicited proposals to develop statistically valid sampling protocols for cost-effective, practical, and reliable investigation of sites contaminated with UXO; protocols that could be validated through subsequent field demonstrations. The SERDP goal was the development of a sampling strategy for which a fraction of the site is initially surveyed by geophysical detectors to confidently identify clean areas and subsections (target areas, TAs) that had elevated densities of anomalous geophysical detector readings that could indicate the presence of UXO. More detailed surveys could then be conducted to search the identified TAs for UXO. SERDP funded three projects: those proposed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (SERDP Project No. UXO 1199), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The projects were closely coordinated to minimize duplication of effort and facilitate use of shared algorithms where feasible. This final report for PNNL Project 1199 describes the methods developed by PNNL to address SERDP's statement-of-need for the development of statistically-based geophysical survey methods for sites where 100% surveys are unattainable or cost prohibitive.
Date: November 15, 2004
Creator: Pulsipher, Brent A.; Gilbert, Richard O.; Wilson, John E.; Hassig, Nancy L.; Carlson, Deborah K.; O'Brien, Robert F. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simulation of Regional Explosion S-Phases (SIRES) Project (open access)

Simulation of Regional Explosion S-Phases (SIRES) Project

Generation of S-waves from explosion sources continues to be an intriguing area of seismological research. Empirical studies document a general decrease in regional S-phase amplitudes (compared to P-phases) for explosions sources. Although decreased S-phase amplitude for explosive (compressional) sources is intuitive, a comprehensive physical understanding of the many mechanisms that contribute to S-phase excitation does not currently exist. Despite the success of many regional discriminant and magnitude methods that rely on decreased S-phase amplitude for explosion sources, instances remain where explosions produce anomalous S-phases amplitudes that confound regional methods. Scattering of the Rg phase is forwarded in several studies as an important mechanism for the generation of explosion S-waves. In this study we construct a 3-dimensional model of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the surrounding region. Extensive databases of geologic information, including existing 3-dimensional models developed under past and ongoing NTS programs, are used in the construction of a local model. The detailed local model is merged into a regional model that extends several hundred kilometers from the NTS. In addition to deterministic geologic structure and topography we introduce stochastic variability along geologic contacts and within geologic units. Model roughness made possible by the stochastic perturbations enhances scattering, allowing …
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Myers, S; Preston, L; Larsen, S; Smith, K & Wlater, W
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarterly Report (Reporting Period January 15, 2003 through April 15, 2003) (open access)

Quarterly Report (Reporting Period January 15, 2003 through April 15, 2003)

Summaries of the activities and accomplishments during this second quarter reporting period for each of the consortium participants are given. Some of the highlights for this reporting period include: Even without the forcing speaker, the ''Mozart'' device on the GCM geometry provides over 20% reduction in drag at 0 degree yaw and above 25% reductions at higher yaw angles; Experiments and computations guide a conceptual design for reduction of drag due to tractor-trailer gap flow; RANS simulations for the GTS geometry are being finalized for development of clear modeling guidelines with RANS; Simulations on the GCM geometry have begun; and Vortex methods have improved techniques for the treatment of vorticity near surfaces.
Date: May 15, 2003
Creator: McCallen, R.; Salari, K.; Ortega, J.; Browand, F.; Hammache, M.; Hsu, T. Y. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DISPLACEMENT BASED SEISMIC DESIGN METHODS. (open access)

DISPLACEMENT BASED SEISMIC DESIGN METHODS.

A research effort was undertaken to determine the need for any changes to USNRC's seismic regulatory practice to reflect the move, in the earthquake engineering community, toward using expected displacement rather than force (or stress) as the basis for assessing design adequacy. The research explored the extent to which displacement based seismic design methods, such as given in FEMA 273, could be useful for reviewing nuclear power stations. Two structures common to nuclear power plants were chosen to compare the results of the analysis models used. The first structure is a four-story frame structure with shear walls providing the primary lateral load system, referred herein as the shear wall model. The second structure is the turbine building of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The models were analyzed using both displacement based (pushover) analysis and nonlinear dynamic analysis. In addition, for the shear wall model an elastic analysis with ductility factors applied was also performed. The objectives of the work were to compare the results between the analyses, and to develop insights regarding the work that would be needed before the displacement based analysis methodology could be considered applicable to facilities licensed by the NRC. A summary of the research …
Date: July 15, 2003
Creator: Hofmayer, C.; Miller, C.; Hwang, Y. & Costello, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
DESIGN OF SUPERCONDUCTING COMBINED FUNCTION MAGNETS FOR THE 50 GEV PROTON BEAM LINE FOR THE J-PARC NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT. (open access)

DESIGN OF SUPERCONDUCTING COMBINED FUNCTION MAGNETS FOR THE 50 GEV PROTON BEAM LINE FOR THE J-PARC NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT.

Superconducting combined function magnets will be utilized for the 50GeV-750kW proton beam line for the J-PARC neutrino experiment and an R and D program has been launched at KEK. The magnet is designed to provide a combined function with a dipole field of 2.59 T and a quadrupole field of 18.7 T/m in a coil aperture of 173.4 mm. A single layer coil is proposed to reduce the fabrication cost and the coil arrangement in the 2-D cross-section results in left-right asymmetry. This paper reports the design study of the magnet.
Date: June 15, 2003
Creator: Wanderer, P. & Al., Et
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
C-200 Series Tanks Vacuum Retrieval System Aerosol Test Results (open access)

C-200 Series Tanks Vacuum Retrieval System Aerosol Test Results

The radioactive wastes stored in tanks 241-C-201, 241-C-202, 241-C-203, and 241-C-204 (the C-200 series tanks) are to be retrieved with the C-200 vacuum retrieval system (VRS). The VRS will suck the waste up through an articulated mast system, separate it from the suspending air, collect and transfer it to a receiver batch tank, and return the air as exhaust to the waste tank being retrieved. An analysis of potential accidents has indicated that a break in the line used to return the exhaust to the waste tank could release unacceptable quantities of suspended radioactive material to the environment. To estimate the quantity of suspended material and determine accident risks, CH2M HILL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted tests with the VRS using nonradioactive waste simulants at the Hanford Cold Test Facility. This report describes the tests conducted and presents and discusses the results.
Date: September 15, 2003
Creator: Huckaby, James L.; Glissmeyer, John A. & Gray, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Wavefront Control System for the National Ignition Facility (open access)

The Wavefront Control System for the National Ignition Facility

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) requires that pulses from each of the 192 laser beams be positioned on target with an accuracy of 50 {micro}m rms. Beam quality must be sufficient to focus a total of 1.8 MJ of 0.351-{micro}m light into a 600-{micro}m-diameter volume. An optimally flat beam wavefront can achieve this pointing and focusing accuracy. The control system corrects wavefront aberrations by performing closed-loop compensation during laser alignment to correct for gas density variations. Static compensation of flashlamp-induced thermal distortion is established just prior to the laser shot. The control system compensates each laser beam at 10 Hz by measuring the wavefront with a 77-lenslet Hartmann sensor and applying corrections with a 39-actuator deformable mirror. The distributed architecture utilizes SPARC AXi computers running Solaris to perform real-time image processing of sensor data and PowerPC-based computers running VxWorks to compute mirror commands. A single pair of SPARC and PowerPC processors accomplishes wavefront control for a group of eight beams. The software design uses proven adaptive optic control algorithms that are implemented in a multi-tasking environment to economically control the beam wavefronts in parallel. Prototype tests have achieved a closed-loop residual error of 0.03 waves rms. aberrations, the spot size …
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: Van Atta, L.; Perez, M.; Zacharias, R. & Rivera, W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of NSTX Particle Control Techniques (open access)

Development of NSTX Particle Control Techniques

NSTX High Harmonic Fast Wave (HHFW) current drive discharges will require density control for acceptable efficiency. We have compared boronization on hot and cold surfaces, varying helium glow discharge conditioning (HeGDC) durations, and brief morning boronization with between discharge boronization for improving density control. Access to Ohmic H-modes was enabled by boronization on hot surfaces, however, the duration of the effectiveness of hot and cold boronization was comparable. A 15 min HeGDC between discharges was needed for reproducible L-H transitions. Brief morning boronization followed by a comparable duration of applied HeGDC restored and enhanced good conditions. Additional short boronizations between discharges did not improve plasma performance (reduced recycling, reduced impurity luminosities, earlier L-H transitions, longer plasma current flattops, higher stored energies) if conditions were already good. Between discharge boronization requires increases in the duty cycle due to the need for additional HeGDC to remove co-deposited D{sub 2}.
Date: June 15, 2004
Creator: Kugel, H; Maingi, R; Bell, M; Gates, D; Hill, K; LeBlanc, B et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Computational Complexity of the Minimum Degree Algorithm (open access)

The Computational Complexity of the Minimum Degree Algorithm

The Minimum Degree algorithm, one of the classical algorithms of sparse matrix computations, is widely used to order graphs to reduce the work and storage needed to solve sparse systems of linear equations. There has been extensive research involving practical implementations of this algorithm over the past two decades. However, little has been done to establish theoretical bounds on the computational complexity of these implementations. We study the Minimum Degree algorithm, and prove time complexity bounds for its widely used variants.
Date: May 15, 2002
Creator: Heggernes, P; Eisenstat, S C; Kumfert, G & Pothen, A
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sensitivity analysis using parallel ODE solvers and automatic differentiation in C: sensPVODE and ADIC (open access)

Sensitivity analysis using parallel ODE solvers and automatic differentiation in C: sensPVODE and ADIC

PVODE is a high-performance ordinary differential equation solver for the types of initial value problems (IVPs) that arise in large-scale computational simulations. often, one wants to compute sensitivities with respect to certain parameters in the IVP. They discuss the use of automatic differentiation (AD) to compute these sensitivities in the context of PVODE. Results on a simple test problem indicate that the use of AD-generated derivative code can reduce the time to solution over finite difference approximations.
Date: September 15, 2000
Creator: Lee, S L & Hovland, P D
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large Eddy Simulation of an URBAN 2000 Experiment with Various Time-Dependent Forcing (open access)

Large Eddy Simulation of an URBAN 2000 Experiment with Various Time-Dependent Forcing

Under the sponsorship of the U.S. DOE and DHS, we have developed a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model for simulating airflow and dispersion of chemical/biological agents released in the urban environment. Our model, FEM3MP, is based on solving the three-dimensional, time-dependent, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on massively parallel computer platforms. The numerical algorithm uses the finite element method for accurate representation of complex building shapes and variable terrain, together with a semi-implicit projection method and modern iterative solvers for efficient time integration (Gresho and Chan, 1998). Physical processes treated in our code include turbulence modeling via the RANS (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) and LES (Large Eddy Simulation) approaches, atmospheric stability, aerosols, UV radiation decay, surface energy budget, and vegetative canopies, etc.
Date: June 15, 2004
Creator: Chan, Stevens T. & Leach, Martin J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measured and Calculated Losses in a Model Dipole for Gsi's Heavy Ion Synchrotron. (open access)

Measured and Calculated Losses in a Model Dipole for Gsi's Heavy Ion Synchrotron.

The new heavy ion synchrotron facility proposed by GSI will have two superconducting magnet rings in the same tunnel, with rigidities of 300T{center_dot}m and 10OT{center_dot}m. Fast ramp times are needed. These can cause problems of ac loss and field distortion in the magnets. For the high energy ring, a lm model dipole magnet has been built, based on the RHIC dipole design. This magnet was tested under boiling liquid helium in a vertical dewar. The quench current showed very little dependence on ramp rate. The ac losses, measured by an electrical method, were fitted to straight line plots of loss/cycle versus ramp rate, thereby separating the eddy current and hysteresis components. These results were compared with calculated values, using parameters which had previously been measured on short samples of cable. Reasonably good agreement between theory and experiment was found, although the measured hysteresis loss is higher than expected in ramps to the highest field levels.
Date: June 15, 2003
Creator: Wanderer, P.; Anerella, M.; Ganetis, G.; Ghosh, A. K.; Joshi, P.; Marone, A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing Smart Seismic Arrays: A Simulation Environment, Observational Database, and Advanced Signal Processing (open access)

Developing Smart Seismic Arrays: A Simulation Environment, Observational Database, and Advanced Signal Processing

Seismic imaging and tracking methods have intelligence and monitoring applications. Current systems, however, do not adequately calibrate or model the unknown geological heterogeneity. Current systems are also not designed for rapid data acquisition and analysis in the field. This project seeks to build the core technological capabilities coupled with innovative deployment, processing, and analysis methodologies to allow seismic methods to be effectively utilized in the applications of seismic imaging and vehicle tracking where rapid (minutes to hours) and real-time analysis is required. The goal of this project is to build capabilities in acquisition system design, utilization and in full 3D finite difference modeling as well as statistical characterization of geological heterogeneity. Such capabilities coupled with a rapid field analysis methodology based on matched field processing are applied to problems associated with surveillance, battlefield management, finding hard and deeply buried targets, and portal monitoring. This project benefits the U.S. military and intelligence community in support of LLNL's national-security mission. FY03 was the final year of this project. In the 2.5 years this project has been active, numerous and varied developments and milestones have been accomplished. A wireless communication module for seismic data was developed to facilitate rapid seismic data acquisition and …
Date: September 15, 2003
Creator: Harben, P E; Harris, D; Myers, S; Larsen, S; Wagoner, J; Trebes, J et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strong field atomic physics in the mid-infrared (open access)

Strong field atomic physics in the mid-infrared

We examine strong field atomic physics in a wavelength region (3-4 microns) where very little work has previously been done. The soft photon energy allows the exploration of one-electron atoms with low binding energies (alkali metals). We find that photoionization spectra differ from rare gas studies at shorter wavelengths due to more complex ion core potentials. Harmonic generation is studied, and we find that harmonic bandwidths are consistent with theory and the possibility of compression to pulse widths much shorter than that of the driving pulse. Harmonic yields in the visible and W are sufficient for a complete study of their amplitude and phase characteristics.
Date: March 15, 2000
Creator: Sheehy, B.; Martin, J. D. D.; Clatterbuck, T. O.; Kim, D. W.; DiMauro, L. F.; Agostini, P. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library