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Continuous injection processing

Description: From introduction: "In this report we consider a few non-adiabatic processes. The types to be discussed will be limited because of two reasons: first, complete descriptions are available for some processes; second, as time goes on alternative injection methods undoubtedly will be discovered, so this list must necessarily be incomplete."
Date: September 23, 1955
Creator: Linlor, William I., 1915-
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Source Development Program

Description: Introduction: This note describes briefly the current concept of the experimental program on source development for mirror machines. There are two major facilities involved: (1) A comparatively small machine whose code name is "Guppy", and, (2) A larger d.c. mirror geometry whose code name is "Waldo."
Date: September 30, 1955
Creator: Lamb, W. A. S.
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Liquid-Sodium Instability Experiment : Part II

Description: Abstract: "A magnetohydrodynamic model of plasma-magnetic field instabilities, using liquid sodium, has been observed. The growth of flutes in the mirror geometry was observed for the case of [beta] = NKT/H²/8w = 1."
Date: September 30, 1955
Creator: Colgate, Stirling A.
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Projection of Plasma Across a Magnetic Field (Revised)

Description: Report discussing the trajectories of blobs of plasma as it travels across a magnetic field. Various observations are made about the blobs, such as the fact that they are diamagnetic, and that they can be either elastically scattered from each other or form a compound entity with a possible toroidal structure. "It is believed that these blobs are actually stable configurations of plasma and magnetic field, having both diamagnetic moment and spin."
Date: November 10, 1955
Creator: Bostick, W. H.; Lasher, D. R; Finkelstein, David Ritz & McIntosh, V. G.
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Solutions of the Reactor Kinetics Equations for Time-Dependent Reactivities

Description: Abstract: The reactor kinetics equations are combined into a single integral equation whose kernel describes the time-dependent characteristics of the reactor including six delayed groups of neutrons. Numerical solutions of the integral equation are given for constant, linear, and ∫sin²kx dx reactivities. An approximate solution of the integral equation is obtained which provides a basis for the formulation and solution of the reactor system control problem using the methods of servomechanisms … more
Date: December 14, 1955
Creator: Ash, Milton S.
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The Radius of the Simple Torus Model of the Electron and Proton

Description: Report discussing the torus model of elementary particles such as the electron and proton. Figures illustrating a simple torus model as well as a more complex version of the model are presented.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Bostick, W. H.
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Production of Large Energetic Neutral Deuteron Beams

Description: Introduction: A proposal for using an energetic neutral deuteron beam for injection into a mirror machine has been made by Eugene Lauer. This report describes an experimental attempt to produce a large neutral deuteron beam. The beam from the NTA ion source was passed through a target of hydrogen gas where the charge exchange mechanics produced a beam of energetic neutral deuterium atoms.
Date: January 24, 1956
Creator: Hester, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production of a High Energy Neutral H or D Beam

Description: This report discusses methods of high energy plasma. It elaborates on these methods and their use of high energy particles.
Date: January 26, 1956
Creator: Gibson, Gordon & Lauer, E. J.
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Deep Underground Test Shots

Description: From abstract: "The purpose of this note is to consider the feasibility of conducting kiloton-weapons tests in underground holes sufficiently deep so that the explosion will be effectively contained. Such a shot would have the advantage that it could be detonated independently of weather conditions, and thus would allow greater freedom in the test program."
Date: February 21, 1956
Creator: Griggs, David, 1911-1974 & Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
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Measurement of Large, High-Frequency, Short-Pulse Currents Using a Radial Shunt

Description: Abstract: "The measurement of large, high-frequency, short-pulse currents--ordinarily complicated by inductance, stray magnetic fields, and magnetic forces that tend to disassemble the measuring device--is simplified and made with an average error of 2-1/2% by the use of a specially developed noninductive radial shunt in conjuntion with an oscilloscope. The skin-effect correction is derived theoretically and the accuracy of the method is demonstrated."
Date: May 22, 1956
Creator: McFarlane, H. Bruce
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A button source of plasma

Description: From abstract: " This report describes the construction of a plasma source that projects deuterium and titanium ions and eletrons at speeds up to 2 x 10^7 cm/sec."
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: McIntosh, Virgil G. & Bostick, W. H.
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Neutron Production in the Pinch Due to Instability Breakup

Description: Abstract: "The neutrons from the linear pinch in Berkeley have been shown to originate from deuteron collisions with a large net center-of-mass velocity in one direction along the axis of the pinch tube. The interpretation of this result is that the neutron production associated with the pinch is non-thermonuclear in origin. The object of this paper is to review the experimental evidence and discuss a possible source of the neutron production."
Date: May 12, 1956
Creator: Colgate, Stirling A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electronics Counting Rooms for Nuclear Research

Description: Abstract: "This report describes six electronics areas at the Radiation Laboratory (Berkeley and Livermore) that are being successfully used with various particle acceleration for nuclear research. The electronics equipment, consisting of pulse amplifiers, scalers, coincidence circuits, pulse-height analyzers, automatic recording equipment, high-voltage supplies, etc., is arranged in such a manner that most experiments can be quickly set up, and a number of people can run experiments simultaneo… more
Date: June 14, 1956
Creator: Stripeika, Alexander J.
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Some Preliminary Investigations in the Use of a Supersonic Mercury Vapor Jet for Providing an Energetic Neutral Beam

Description: Report discussing experiments conducted under the Livermore "Waldo" project to determine "(1) surface densities attainable in a supersonic mercury vapor jet stream, (2) the approximate efficiency of a mercury jet for neutralizing a proton beam, and (3) the mercury partial pressure contribution in the bore due to side streaming from the mercury jet."
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: Steinhaus, J. F.
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Macroscopic Properties of a One-Dimensional Plasma Confined by a Magnetic Field

Description: Abstract: "The quantities of interest in a confined plasma include the electric and magnetic fields, current density, diffusion velocity, temperature, pressure, and particle density. Equations governing the distribution of these seven variables are given in this report and special cases of a one-dimensional steady-state plasma are examined in detail. The solutions are given in graphical form."
Date: September 4, 1956
Creator: Batten, Hugh W. & Woods, Cornelius H.
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Plasma Heating by Transit-Time Magnetic Pumping in Single-Transit Systems

Description: Report discussing the heating of a plasma which passes through a series of magnetic pumping cells by applying the second-order theory of transit-time heating developed by Berger and Newcomb. From abstract: "Transit-time magnetic pumping in single-transit systems seems to be a feasible method of increasing plasma energy by amounts of the order of a factor of 10."
Date: September 1956
Creator: Hall, Laurence S.; Gardner, Andrew L. & Edwards, Donald A.
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Plasma Containment Configuration

Description: Report discussing a plasma containment configuration which appears to have no escape cone. From abstract: "Arguments are given to show how the containment process works, including experimental evidence deduced from published reports on "electromagnetic levitation."
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: Linlor, William I., 1915-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Anatomy of Plasmons

Description: From abstract: "Plamons (plasma-magnetic entities) are toroidal "packages" of plasma wrapped up in their own magnetic field. Experimental evidence for the existence of plasmons is adduced and theoretical considerations concerning their various types and their stability are discussed."
Date: November 15, 1955
Creator: Bostick, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Table Top 1 Circuitry

Description: Abstract: "This is a detailed report on the circuitry, the electrical components, and the electrical engineering problems of Table Top I, the 140-kilojoule experimental model of a magnetic mirror machine being developed at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore."
Date: July 21, 1954
Creator: Cummings, David B. & Wharton, Charles B.
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An Enhanced Magnetic Mirror Machine

Description: Abstract: "A dc magnetic mirror machine has been built and tested by the ARC Research Group. Radiofrequency enhancement has been included in the design through the use of rf plates in the vacuum chamber of the machine. For the proton beams of the order of 1[mu]a, the mirror action has been observed as a function of both the rf voltage and the magnitude of the mirror field relative to the main magnetic field. Current measurements were performed with the aid of a Faraday cup with suitable bias gr… more
Date: July 15, 1954
Creator: Ford, Franklin C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Reaction Al²⁷(p,3pn)Na²⁴

Description: Abstract: "The cross section for the reaction Al²⁷(p,3pn)Na²⁴ has been measured for proton energies between 30 and 350 Mev relative to the cross section for the reaction C12(p,3pn)C11, and the absolute magnitude determined by matching with data measured with a Faraday cup at 350 Mev and at 31.5 Mev."
Date: August 11, 1954
Creator: Stevenson, P. C.; Hicks, H. G. & Folger, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Design of a Pulsed Magnetic Field Coil for Table Top 1

Description: Abstract: "A cylindrical coil has been designed for pulsed field operation suitable for use in a model thermonuclear reactor. The coil has an eight-inch inside diameter and a length of fifty-one inches. Magnetic mirrors at the ends consist of double-layer solenoids six and one-half inches long designed to slip over the main coil. Subsequent models of this coil have been fabricated which improved the electrical insulation provided by the bonding materials and the mechanical rigidity of the coil.… more
Date: May 4, 1955
Creator: Ford, Franklin C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy-Dependent Albedo

Description: From abstract: "Within the framework of age theory an expression is developed which represents the probability of a neutron being reflected with an energy loss corresponding to age, v, as a function of reflector thickness."
Date: September 20, 1954
Creator: Drummond, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dr. Johnson's Lectures to the ARC Research Group

Description: Abstract: "These notes were written from recordings of a series of lectures which Dr. Montgomery H. Johnson presented to the ARC Research Group of the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, during January, February and March of 1954. In the lectures he discussed plasma oscillations and the penetration of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields into plasmas. Dr. Johnson plainly did not attempt rigorous or exhaustive treatments of these subjects but rather contented himself for t… more
Date: November 1954
Creator: Roberts, John E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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