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Modular Coils and Plasma Configurations for Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarators
Characteristics of modular coils for quasi-axisymmetric stellarators that are related to the plasma aspect ratio, number of field periods and rotational transform have been examined systematically. It is observed that, for a given plasma aspect ratio, the coil complexity tends to increase with the increased number of field periods. For a given number of field periods, the toroidal excursion of coil winding is reduced as the plasma aspect ratio is increased. It is also clear that the larger the coil-plasma separation is, the more complex the coils become. It is further demonstrated that it is possible to use other types of coils to complement modular coils to improve both the physics and the modular coil characteristics.
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Ku, L. P. & Boozer, A. H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Higgs boson in the Standard Model theoretical constraints and a direct search in the wh channel at the Tevatron
We have presented results in two different yet strongly linked aspects of Higgs boson physics. We have learned about the importance of the Higgs boson for the fate of the Standard Model, being either only a theory limited to explaining phenomena at the electroweak scale or, if the Higgs boson lies within a mass range of 130 < m<sub>H</sub> < 160 GeV the SM would remain a self consistent theory up to highest energy scales O(m<sub>Pl</sub>). This could have direct implications on theories of cosmological inflation using the Higgs boson as the particle giving rise to inflation in the very early Universe, if it couples non-minimally to gravity, an effect that would only become significant at very high energies. After understanding the immense meaning of proving whether the Higgs boson exists and if so, at which mass, we have presented a direct search for a Higgs boson in associated production with a W boson in a mass range 100 < m<sub>H</sub> < 150 GeV. A light Higgs boson is favored regarding constraints from electroweak precision measurements. As a single analysis is not yet sensitive for an observation of the Higgs boson using 5.3 fb<sup>-1</sup> of Tevatron data, we set limits …
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Huske, Nils Kristian & (Germany)], Bielefeld Univ.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Some Considerations and Techniques for the Predictive Simulation of Global Instabilities in Tokamaks
This is a write-up of a lecture given at the Fourth ITER International Summer School held at the IFS, U. Texas in June 2010. A simple rigid plasma model is used to show that axisymmetric plasma instabilities (in two-dimensions) will occur on a resistive timescale and do not depend on the plasma mass. This is the justification for ignoring the inertial term in two-dimensional studies of plasma shape control and vertical stability. In three dimensions, it is not normally possible to ignore the inertial terms when computing plasma instabilities. This results in a stiff system of equations (with multiple timescales) in which the driving terms causing plasma instabilities are small compared with the stable compressive terms. Techniques are described for implicit time integration and for representing the vector fields in a way to facilitate obtaining accurate solutions for plasma instabilities when a strong background magnetic field is present.
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Jardin, S. C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Thermal Cooling Limits of Sbotaged Spent Fuel Pools
To develop the understanding and predictive measures of the post “loss of water inventory” hazardous conditions as a result of the natural and/or terrorist acts to the spent fuel pool of a nuclear plant. This includes the thermal cooling limits to the spent fuel assembly (before the onset of the zircaloy ignition and combustion), and the ignition, combustion, and the subsequent propagation of zircaloy fire from one fuel assembly to others
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Hughes, Dr. Thomas G. & Lin, Dr. Thomas F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FABSOAR--A Fabry-Perot Spectrometer for Oxygen A-band Research Final Technical Report
Because this was a Phase I project, it did not add extensively to the body of A-band knowledge. There was no basic research performed on that subject. The principal addition was that a mechanical and optical design for a triple-etalon Fabry-Perot interferometer (FABSOAR) capable of A-band sensing was sketched out and shown to be within readily feasible instrument fabrication parameters. The parameters for the proposed triple-etalon Fabry-Perot were shown to be very similar to existing Fabry-Perots built by Scientific Solutions. The mechanical design for the FABSOAR instrument incorporated the design of previous Scientific Solutions imagers, condensing the three three-inch-diameter etalons into a single, sturdy tube. The design allowed for the inclusion of a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) filter wheel and a thermocooled CCD detector from Andor. The tube has supports to mount to a horizontal or vertical opticaltable surface, and was to be coupled to a Scientific Solutions pointing head at the Millstone Hill Observatory in Massachusetts for Phase II calibration and testing.
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Watchorn, Steven
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Processing – A Pervasive Energy Efficient Technology for Next Generation Materials for Aerospace and Specialty Steel Markets
Thermomagnetic Magnetic Processing is an exceptionally fertile, pervasive and cross-cutting technology that is just now being recognized by several major industry leaders for its significant potential to increase energy efficiency and materials performance for a myriad of energy intensive industries in a variety of areas and applications. ORNL has pioneered the use and development of large magnetic fields in thermomagnetically processing (T-MP) materials for altering materials phase equilibria and transformation kinetics. ORNL has discovered that using magnetic fields, we can produce unique materials responses. T-MP can produce unique phase stabilities & microstructures with improved materials performance for structural and functional applications not achieved with traditional processing techniques. These results suggest that there are unprecedented opportunities to produce significantly enhanced materials properties via atomistic level (nano-) microstructural control and manipulation. ORNL (in addition to others) have shown that grain boundary chemistry and precipitation kinetics are also affected by large magnetic fields. This CRADA has taken advantage of ORNL’s unique, custom-designed thermo-magnetic, 9 Tesla superconducting magnet facility that enables rapid heating and cooling of metallic components within the magnet bore; as well as ORNL’s expertise in high magnetic field (HMF) research. Carpenter Technologies, Corp., is a a US-based industrial company, that provides …
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Mackiewicz-Ludtka, G.; Ludtka, G. M.; Ray, P. & Magee, J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Beam Fields and Energy Dissipation Inside the the BE Beam Pipe of the Super-B Detector
We study the bunch field diffusion and energy dissipation in the beam pipe of the Super-B detector, which consists of two coaxial Be thin pipes (half a millimeter). Cooling water will run between these two pipes. Gold and nickel will be sputtered (several microns) onto the beryllium pipe at different sides. The Maxwell equations for the beam fields in these thin layers are solved numerically for the case of infinite pipes. We also calculate the amplitude of the electromagnetic fields outside the beam pipe, which may be noticeable as the beam current can reach 4 A in each beam. Results of simulations are used for the design of this central part of the Super-B detector.
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Novokhatski, Alexander & Sullivan, Michael
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the Decay B to Omega L Nu with the BaBar Detector and Determination of V_Ub
We measure the branching fraction of the exclusive charmless semileptonic decay B {yields} {omega}{ell}{nu}{sub {ell}}, where {ell} is either an electron or a muon, with the charged B meson recoiling against a tag B meson decaying in the charmed semileptonic modes B {yields} D{ell}{nu}{sub {ell}} or B {yields} D*{ell}{nu}{sub {nu}}. The measurement is based on a dataset of 426.1 fb{sup -1} of e{sup +}e{sup -} collisions at a CM energy of 10.58 GeV recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric B Factory located at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We also calculate the relevant B {yields} {omega} hadronic form factors to determine the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V{sub ub}|.
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Nagel, Martin
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Plasma transport in stochastic magnetic field caused by vacuum resonant magnetic perturbations at diverted tokamak edge
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Park, G.; Chang, C. S.; Joseph, I. & Moyer, R. A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Processing of spectrally-resolved x-ray images of ICF implosion cores recorded with MMI instruments
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Nagayama, T; Mancini, R C; Florido, R; Tommasini, R; Koch, J; Delettez, J A et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Application of Parallel Discrete Event Simulation to the Space Surveillance Network
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Jefferson, D R & Leek, J
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EEB Hub Regional Sankey Diagram: Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development Historical and Forecast Energy by Planned Use at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
None
Date:
September 10, 2013
Creator:
Singer, S L; Simon, A J & Goldstein, N
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CHASM Challenge Problem: Lagrangian Hydrodynamics
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Hornung, R.; Keasler, J. & Gokhale, M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mesoscale simulations of particulate flows with parallel distributed Lagrange multiplier technique
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Kanarska, Y; Lomov, I & Antoun, T
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Right Size Determining the Staff Necessary to Sustain Simulation and Computing Capabilities for Nuclear Security
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Nikkel, D J
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overhead Detection of Underground Nuclear Explosions by Multi-Spectral and Infrared Imaging
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Henderson, J. R.; Smith, M. O. & Zelinski, M. E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft Field Exercise to Develop Multi-Spectral and Infrared Imaging for CTBT On-Site Inspections
None
Date:
September 10, 2010
Creator:
Henderson, J. R.; Smith, M. O. & Zelinski, M. E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ion Optics of RHIC EBIS
RHIC EBIS has been commissioned to operate as a versatile ion source on RHIC injection facility supplying ion species from He to Au for Booster. Except for light gaseous elements RHIC EBIS employs ion injection from several external primary ion sources. With electrostatic optics fast switching from one ion species to another can be done on a pulse to pulse mode. The design of an ion optical structure and the results of simulations for different ion species are presented. In the choice of optical elements special attention was paid to spherical aberrations for high-current space charge dominated ion beams. The combination of a gridded lens and a magnet lens in LEBT provides flexibility of optical control for a wide range of ion species to satisfy acceptance parameters of RFQ. The results of ion transmission measurements are presented.
Date:
September 10, 2011
Creator:
Pikin, A.; Alessi, J.; Beebe, E.; Kponou, A.; Okamura, M.; Raparia, D. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Final Scientific/Technical Report Solar America Initiative: Solar Outreach and Communications
The purpose of the Solar America Initiative: Solar Outreach and Communications grant was to promote better communications among stakeholders; address infrastructure barriers to solar energy; and coordinate with industry, the U.S. Department of Energy, national laboratories, states, cities and counties. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), a non-profit organization formed in 1982, approached this grant project by establishing a wide range of communication and outreach activities including newsletters, workshops, webinars, model practices and publications; by advancing easy and fair hook-up rules to the utility grid; and by upgrading training based on industry competency standards. The Connecting to the Grid project and the Solar Codes and Standards Public Hearings project offered communication coupled with technical assistance to overcome interconnection, net metering and other regulatory and program barriers. The Workforce Development Project tackled building a strong workforce through quality training and competency assessment programs. IRECâÃÂÃÂs web site, the semi-monthly state and stakeholder newsletter and the metrics report resulted in better communications among stakeholders. Workshops and phone seminars offered technical assistance and kept stakeholders up-to-date on key issues. All of these activities resulted in implementing sustainable solutions to institutional and market barriers to solar energy and getting the right information to the right …
Date:
September 10, 2011
Creator:
Weissman, Jane M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CDF Run-II Silicon Detector: Operations and Aging
The CDF Run-II silicon microstrip detector has seen almost 12 fb{sup -1} of proton-antiproton collisions over the last 10 years. It has shown remarkable performance, with 80% of its channels still operating error-free, and only one of its eight layers approaching the operational limits for full depletion. The measured depletion voltage and signal-to-noise ratio of these sensors give unique information about the behavior of sensors irradiated slowly over a long period of time. Data from heavily irradiated, double-sided sensors excludes a monotonic electric field inside the sensor and is instead consistent with a doubly-peaked field that is lower in the center of the sensor and higher at the edges.
Date:
September 10, 2011
Creator:
Stancari, Michelle
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
SPS Wideband Transverse Feedback Kicker: Design Report
None
Date:
September 10, 2013
Creator:
Cesaratto, J.M.; Fox, J.D.; Rivetta, C.H.; /SLAC; Alesini, D.; Drago, A. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Precise Higgs-background Predictions: Merging NLO QCD and Squared Quark-loop Corrections to Four-lepton + 0,1 Jet Production
None
Date:
September 10, 2013
Creator:
Cascioli, Fabio; Hoeche, Stefan; Krauss, Frank; Maierhofer, Philipp; Pozzorini, Stefano & Siegert, Frank
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Direct Optical Coupling to an Unoccupied Dirac Surface State in the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3
None
Date:
September 10, 2013
Creator:
Sobota, J. A.; Yang, S. L.; Kemper, A. F.; Lee, J. J.; Schmitt, F. T.; Li, W. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NIF Ignition Campaign Target Performance and Requirements: Status May 2012
None
Date:
September 10, 2012
Creator:
Haan, S. W.; Atherton, J.; Clark, D. S.; Hammel, B. A.; Callahan, D. A.; Cerjan, C. J. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library