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Measurements of Branching Fraction and CP Violation inB Meson Rare Decays to Final States containing eta or eta' Mesons in the BaBar Experiment at SLAC

Description: Note that the main goal of this thesis work is the measurement of the branching fractions, charge asymmetry, and Time-Dependent CP Violation in {eta}'K{sup 0} mode. All other measurements are reported here for completion because they are connected by similar physics arguments. They are part of the Milan analysis activity, done by undergraduate students. They should not be considered as done in this thesis work. The measurements of the two body-modes {eta}{eta}, {eta}{phi}, and {eta}'{phi} are u… more
Date: July 17, 2007
Creator: Lazzaro, Alfio & U., /Milan
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CARBON AND DEUTERIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN SOLIDS

Description: In Chapter I we present the results on a study of cross polarization dynamics, between protons and carbon-13 in adamantane, by the direct observation of the dilute, carbon-13, spins. These dynamics are an important consideration in the efficiency of proton enhancement double-resonance techniques and they also provide good experimental models for statistical theories of cross relaxation. In order to test these theories we present a comparison of the experimental and theoretical proton dipolar fl… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Shattuck, Thomas Wayne
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Diffractive J/Psi Production

Description: This work presents measurements of two diffractive production ratio for heavy flavour physics with the use of a reconstructed J/{psi} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} sample in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV using the D0 detector at Fermilab Tevatron. These events were selected using the Luminosity Monitor detectors, the calorimeter system and the muon system in a pseudo-rapidity region with range 2.7 {le} |{eta}| {le} 4.4. The measured ratio were estimated to be N{sub diff}{sup J/… more
Date: July 1, 2007
Creator: Assis Jesus, Ana Carolina & U., /Rio de Janeiro Federal
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Desulfurization of coal-derived pyrite using solutions containing dissolved oxygen.

Description: The effect of alkaline solutions containing dissolved oxygen on coal-derived pyrite was investigated in a tubular reactor. The rate of total sulfur conversion seems to be affected by oxygen partial pressure, oxygen flow rate, particle size, pyrite charge size and system temperature. A shrinking core model was chosen to represent this chemical leaching process. From the results obtained, it seems that ash or product-layer difusion is the rate-limiting step for leaching with the alkaline solution… more
Date: July 1, 1979
Creator: Chen, M. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methanation reaction on ruthenium thin films: a mechanistic investigation.

Description: The kinetics of the methanation reaction were measured on thin ruthenium films in the temperature range 548 to 623K. The pressures of the reactant gases were varied over the ranges 1.5 to 1500 ..mu..m for CO and 300 to 75000 ..mu..m for H/sub 2/ to yield kinetic orders for each gas. The CO kinetic order varied from +1 at low pressures to -2 at high pressures. As the H/sub 2/ pressure was increased its kinetic order varied from +2 to -1. Both of these order plots had unusually sharp maxima. The … more
Date: July 1, 1979
Creator: Slaughter, M. D.
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Impact of surface coal mining and reclamation on the hydrogeology at Iowa Coal Project Demonstration Mine No. 1, Mahaska County, Iowa

Description: The groundwater effects of surface mining at ICP No. 1 can be classified primarily as water quality and water quantity effects. The water quantity effects are: the loss of groundwater saturation in spoil materials that were initially removed from over the coal and later replaced; the dewatering of high permeability geologic strata up gradient of mining area; the increase in porosity and possibly permeability in refilled spoil materials; and the change in groundwater gradients in mined areas and… more
Date: July 1, 1979
Creator: Stangl, D. W.
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The Use of the Power Method to Find Dominant Eigenvalues of Matrices

Description: This paper is the result of a study of the power method to find dominant eigenvalues of square matrices. It introduces ideas basic to the study and shows the development of the power method for the most well-behaved matrices possible, and it explores exactly which other types of matrices yield to the power method. The paper also discusses a type of matrix typically considered impossible for the power method, along with a modification of the power method which works for this type of matrix. It g… more
Date: July 1992
Creator: Cavender, Terri A.
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A.B. Marx's Concept of Rondo and Sonata: A Critical Evaluation of His Explanations of Musical Form

Description: The third volume of A.B. Marx's theory treatise Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition is discussed. His definitions of rondo and sonata formal types are demonstrated in the first chapter in addition to the manner of their derivation through a developmental process originating in the Liedform. Musical examples chosen by Marx are examined in chapter two. These examples, taken from Mozart's and Beethoven's piano works, are evaluated in relation to Marx's definitions of the various types of f… more
Date: July 1993
Creator: Lang, Adelheid K.
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Acculturation and Locus Of Control: Their Relationship to the Use of Inhalants

Description: This study analyzed the effects of acculturation, locus of control, and incidence of inhalant use on Mexican Americans. Information was collected from 275 subjects at three middle schools and one treatment center. The instrument consisted of Levenson's Locus of Control Scale, the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans, and an incidence of use and family relationship questionnaire developed for this study. Statistical analysis indicated a relationship between acculturation and inhalant… more
Date: July 1989
Creator: Davis, Lynn Matthew
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Thermionic converter emitter support arrangement

Description: This document discusses a support provided for use in a thermionic converter to support an end of an emitter to keep it out of contact with a surrounding collector while allowing the emitter end to move axially as its temperature changes. The emitter end is supported by a spring structure that includes a pair of Belleville springs, and the spring structure is supported by a support structure fixed to the housing that includes the collector. The support structure is in the form of a sandwich wit… more
Date: July 6, 1989
Creator: Allen, D.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strangeonium spectroscopy at 11 GeV/c and Cherenkov Ring Imaging at the SLD

Description: This thesis is divided into two sections, which describe portions of the data acquisition system and online software for the Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector (CRID) for the SLD, and analyses of several low cross section strangeonium channels in data from the LASS spectrometer. The CRID section includes a description of the data acquisition system, determination of the preamplifier gain, and development of an online pulse finding algorithm based on deconvolution. Deconvolution uses knowledge of t… more
Date: July 1990
Creator: Bienz, Timothy Lawrence
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthesis and characterization of novel ternary and quaternary reduced molybdenum oxides

Description: This thesis is divided into 8 sections: synthesis and characterization (char.) of Ba{sub 3}Mo{sub 18}O{sub 28} (an oligomer with four traps edge-sharing Mo octahedra); synthesis and char. of K{sub x}M{sub y}Mo{sub 14}O{sub 22} (M=Sn, Pb, Sr) (oligomers with three traps edge-sharing Mo octahedra); synthesis and char. of K{sub 0.19}Ba{sub 3.81}Mo{sub 22}O{sub 34} (an oligomer with five traps edge-sharing Mo octahedra); synthesis and char. of Ti{sub 0.31}Fe{sub 1.69}Mo{sub 4}O{sub 7} (a material c… more
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: Schimek, G. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemically modified polymeric resins for solid-phase extraction and group separation prior to analysis by liquid or gas chromatography

Description: Polystyrene divinylbenzene was modified by acetyl, sulfonic acid, and quaternary ammonium groups. A resin functionalized with an acetyl group was impregnated in a PTFE membrane and used to extract and concentrate phenolic compounds from aqueous samples. The acetyl group created a surface easily wetted, making it an efficient adsorbent for polar compounds in water. The membrane stabilized the resin bed. Partially sulfonated high surface area resins are used to extract and group separate an aqueo… more
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: Schmidt, L. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Concept of Sets Enchained by a Stochastic Process and Its Use in Cascade Shower Theory

Description: From abstract: "In the present paper, the above methodology is investigated stochastic processes in general and it is shown how certain choices of sets can be made which preserve the linearity properties, though not necessarily the Markovian principles"
Date: July 1954
Creator: Rankin, Bayard, 1924-
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Alpha-Decay Studies in the Heavy Element Region

Description: Thesis describing a research conducted to extend observations on nuclear energy levels and how they effect the nucleus itself, and an investigation on the gamma rays associated for the even-even isotopes and to obtain additional data for the oddmass neclei in the hope that more regularities will become apparent for that class of nuclides.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: Hummel, John Philip
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Interactions of Antiprotons (Thesis)

Description: This report follows the studies on the interactions of antiproton with ordinary matter.
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Keller, Donald Verne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fission and Spallation Competition in Ra²²⁶, Th²³⁰, U²³⁵, and Np²³⁷

Description: This report follows the radiochemical study of fission and spallation products produced by bombardment of U-235 with 18- to 16-Mev helium ions and of the spallation products produced by 8- to 23-Mev deuteron bombardments of Np-237.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Vandenbosch, Robert
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Optimization of separation and detection schemes for DNA with pulsed field slab gel and capillary electrophoresis

Description: The purpose of the Human Genome Project is outlined followed by a discussion of electrophoresis in slab gels and capillaries and its application to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Techniques used to modify electroosmotic flow in capillaries are addressed. Several separation and detection schemes for DNA via gel and capillary electrophoresis are described. Emphasis is placed on the elucidation of DNA fragment size in real time and shortening separation times to approximate real time monitoring. The… more
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: McGregor, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A measurement of the ({tau}) polarization at the Z resonance with the DELPHI detector at LEP

Description: The polarization of {tau} leptons produced in the reaction e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} {yields} {tau}{sup +}{tau}{sup {minus}} near the peak of the Z{degree} resonance has been measured using a sample of 24904 {tau}{sup +}{tau}{sup {minus}} events, with an estimated background of 1.5%. We have selected 4562 {tau} {yields} e{nu}{bar {nu}} 2218 {tau} {yields} {pi}{nu} and 5133 {tau} {yields} {rho}{nu} candidates. The mean value obtained is P{sub {tau}} = {minus}0.176 {plus_minus} 0.029. This correspon… more
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: Wong Chan, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interstitially stabilized phases in the zirconium-nickel system

Description: Addition of nonmetal interstitial atoms to Zr-Ni compounds has resulted in several new phases. A single-crystal x-ray study was carried out for Zr{sub 3}NiO. Zr{sub 4}Ni{sub 2}O is a high- temperature phase, forming in samples annealed at 1250 C. Huekel band calculations led to prediction and confirmation of additional phases in more electron rich systems. Other phases studied by XRD are Zr{sub 6}Ni{sub 4}Ti{sub 2}O{sub 0.6}, Nb{sub 6}Ni{sub 6}O, and Nb{sub 6}Ni{sub 4}Ta{sub 2}O{sub 2}. Phases … more
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: MacKay, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Imaging earth`s interior: Tomographic inversions for mantle P-wave velocity structure

Description: A formalism is developed for the tomographic inversion of seismic travel time residuals. The travel time equations are solved both simultaneously, for velocity model terms and corrections to the source locations, and progressively, for each set of terms in succession. The methods differ primarily in their treatment of source mislocation terms. Additionally, the system of equations is solved directly, neglecting source terms. The efficacy of the algorithms is explored with synthetic data as we p… more
Date: July 1, 1991
Creator: Pulliam, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oxygen electrode reaction in molten carbonate fuel cells. Final report, September 15, 1987--September 14, 1990

Description: Molten carbonate fuel cell system is a leading candidate for the utility power generation because of its high efficiency for fuel to AC power conversion, capability for an internal reforming, and a very low environmental impact. However, the performance of the molten carbonate fuel cell is limited by the oxygen reduction reaction and the cell life time is limited by the stability of the cathode material. An elucidation of oxygen reduction reaction in molten alkali carbonate is essential because… more
Date: July 7, 1992
Creator: Appleby, A. J. & White, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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