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Prospects for physics at e/sup +/e/sup -/ linear colliders

Description: The present thinking on high-energy e/sup /plus//e/sup /minus// linear colliders is reviewed, stressing those points that have consequences for detector design and physics analyses. Detector requirements are discussed. Experimental aspects of the physics that can be done at these colliders are discussed: first the general physics environment, then a standard process, W/sup /plus// W/sup /minus// detection, and finally four examples of the discovery potential of these colliders /emdash/ heavy qu… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Feldman, G. J.
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Di-leptons at the Bevalac

Description: Recent results on the production of di-leptons measured by the Di-Lepton-Spectrometer (DLS) collaboration are discussed. Results are reported from observations made on p /plus/ Be collisions with proton beams from 1.0 to 4.9 GeV and on Ca collisions with calcium beams of 1.0 to 2.0 GeV/A. The shape of the distributions are similar to that at higher energies. The low mass cross section appears to be explained by ..pi..-..pi.. annihilation, but detailed calculations are needed to substantiate tha… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Matis, H.S.
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Characterization of solids in the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor defueling water: Addendum

Description: Shortly after ORNL/TM-10362 was issued, it was discovered that a series of 31 figures had been inadvertently omitted. These figures, which consist of scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence scans, provide significant information about the results obtained in the tests performed with water sample W3. This Addendum includes these figures. Details of and comments on the SEM photographs may be found in ORNL/TM-10362.
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Campbell, D.O.
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Field characterization and personal dosimetry at a high energy ion accelerator

Description: The response of a variety of dosimeters was evaluated in the radiation field outside the shielding of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Bevalac Biomedical Facility. The primary beam was 580 MeV/center dot/A neon ions, incident upon a 30.5-cm polyethylene cube. The field was characterized by a neutron spectrometer consisting of Bonner spheres and other detectors and by estimates of charged particle fluences in NTA film and in the Berklet spectrometer. The responses of American Acrylics CR-39 trac… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Greenhouse, N. A.; Busick, D. D.; de Castro, T. M.; Elwyn, A. J.; Hankins, D. E.; Ipe, N. E et al.
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Anomalous rf magnetoresistance in copper at 4/degree/K

Description: We have measured the effect of a magnetic field on the surface resistance of polycrystalline Cu at f = 1.2 GHz and at 4.4/degree/K; under these conditions the surface resistance is well into the anomalous skin effect regime but has not reached its limiting value. We find that the transverse and longitudinal magnetoresistance are an order of magnitude smaller than the DC magnetoresistance and depend quadratically on the field. At low fields we observe a decrease in surface resistance with increa… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Halama, H. J.; Prodell, A. G.; Rogers, J. T.; De Panfilis, S.; Melissinos, A. C.; Moskowitz, B. E. et al.
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A numerical study of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in aluminum and steel plates

Description: The SCRAM code is applied to the study of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in metal plates, and comparisons of these computer results are made with experimental data for 1100-O aluminum, 6061-T6 aluminum and 304 stainless steel. Various models for the pressure, temperature, and strain-rate dependencies of the flow stress are compared in the computer calculations. The coefficients that are required in these models to give good agreement with the experimental results are generally close to values that… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Daly, B.J.
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Pion scattering to 8/sup -/ stretched states in /sup 60/Ni

Description: Using the Energetic Pion Channel and Spectrometer at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility, differential cross sections for pion scattering were measured for ten previously known J/sup ..pi../ = 8/sup /minus// stretched states in /sup 60/Ni. A possible new pure isoscalar stretched state was also found. The data were taken near the /DELTA//sub 3,3/-resonance using 162 MeV incident pions and scattering angles of 65/degree/, 80/degree/, and 90/degree/ for ..pi../sup +/ and 65/degree/ and 80/degree… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Clausen, B.L.
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Interaction of impurity ions with a weakly non-Maxwellian simple hydrogenic plasma. [None]

Description: The average acceleration of an ensemble of /open quotes/test particles/close quotes/ in a plasma is called the /open quotes/dynamical friction/close quotes/; the average rate at which their velocity vectors spread out in velocity-space diffusion-rate tensor. These quantities are derived for impurity ions intereacting with a weakly non-Maxwellian simple hydrogenic plasma. The distribution functions for the plasma ions and electrons are written explicitly.
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Terry, W.K.
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Detection of charged particles in thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon layers

Description: We show our results in detecting particles of various linear energy transfer, including minimum ionizing electrons from a Sr-90 source with 5 to 12 micron thick n-i-p and p-i-n diodes. We measured W ( average energy to produce one electron-hole pair) using 17keV filtered xray pulses with a result W = 6.0 /+-/ 0.2eV. This is consistent with the expected value for a semiconductor with band gap of 1.7 to 1.9eV. With heavily ionizing particles such as 6 MeV alphas and 1 to 2 MeV protons, there was … more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Fujieda, I.; Cho, G.; Kaplan, S. N.; Perez-Mendez, V.; Qureshi, S.; Ward, W. et al.
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Spectra in the 60 )angstrom) to 345 )angstrom) wavelength region of elements injected into the PLT tokamak

Description: High resolution spectra of the elements Fe, Ni, Zn, Ge, Se, and Mo injected into the PLT tokamak were recorded by the 2-meter Schwob-Fraenkel soft X-ray multichannel spectrometer (SOXMOS). Spectra were recorded every 50 ms during the time before and after injection. The spectral lines of the injected element were very strong in the spectrum recorded immedately after injection, and the transition in the injected element were easily distinguished from the transitions in te intrinsic elements (C, … more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Wouters, A.; Schwob, J.L.; Suckewer, S.; Seely, J.F.; Feldman, U. & Dave, J.H.
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Capture reactions of /sup 40/Ca and /sup 48/Ca with targets of /sup 197/Au and /sup 208/Pb

Description: The reactions of /sup 40/Ca and /sup 48/Ca with targets of /sup 197/Au and /sup 208/Pb have been measured in the region from below the interaction barrier to about twice the barrier energy. The fission-like fragments were detected in a pair of position-sensitive, multi-wire proportional counters and were identified from measurements of position and time using two-body kinematics. In the region above the barrier the cross sections for capture are less than those given by the touching condition, … more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Stokstad, R.; Chan, Y.; Chavez, E.; Di Gregorio, D.; di Tada, M.; Gazes, S. et al.
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An outdoor test facility for the large-scale production of microalgae

Description: The goal of the US Department of EnergySolar Energy Research Institute's Aquatic Species Program is to develop the technology base to produce liquid fuels from microalgae. This technology is being initially developed for the desert Southwest. As part of this program an outdoor test facility has been designed and constructed in Roswell, New Mexico. The site has a large existing infrastructure, a suitable climate, and abundant saline groundwater. This facility will be used to evaluate productivit… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Johnson, D.A.; Weissman, J. & Goebel, R.
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Radioactive Waste Isolation in Salt: A Method for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Site Characterization Measurements

Description: The approach presumes that measurements are undertaken to support performance predictions. A quantitative performance objective like groundwater travel time is compared with performance predictions. The approach recognizes that such predictions are uncertain because the measurements upon which they are based are uncertain. The effectiveness of measurement activities is quantified by an index, ..beta.., that reflects the number of standard deviations separating the best estimate of performance f… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Ditmars, J. D.; Baecher, G. B.; Edgar, D. E. & Dowding, C. H.
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Electron-positron physics at 1 TeV

Description: We discuss the motivation for TeV e/sup +/ e/sup )minus/) linear colliders, some aspects of their design, and the experimental consequences that follow from the design. After a brief discussion of the general physics environment, we consider the discovery potential of these colliders by examining three sample processes: the detection of new heavy leptons, standard Higgs bosons, and charged Higgs bosons. 13 refs., 22 figs., 5 tabs.
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Feldman, G. J.
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Development of biomass gasification to produce substitute fuels

Description: The development of an efficient pressurized, medium-Btu steam-oxygen-blown fluidized-bed biomass gasification process was conducted. The overall program included initial stages of design-support research before the 12-ton-per-day (TPD) process research unit (PRU) was built. These stages involved the characterization of test-specific biomass species and the characteristics and limits of fluidization control. Also obtained for the design of the adiabatic PRU was information from studies with benc… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Evans, R. J.; Knight, R. A.; Onischak, M. & Babu, S. P.
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Introduction to human factors

Description: Some background is given on the field of human factors. The nature of problems with current human/computer interfaces is discussed, some costs are identified, ideal attributes of graceful system interfaces are outlined, and some reasons are indicated why it's not easy to fix the problems. (LEW)
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Winters, J. M.
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A study of low Q/sup 2/ radiative Bhabha scattering

Description: This thesis presents a study of electron-positron scattering, via nearly real photon exchange, where in the process one or more high energy photons are produced. The motivations behind the work are twofold. Firstly, the study is a sensitive test of the theory of electron-photon interactions, quantum electrodynamics. A deviation from the theory could indicate that the electron is a composite particle. Secondly, a thorough understanding of this process is necessary for experiments to be done in t… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Karlen, D.A.
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Environmental assessment of the potential effects of aquifer thermal energy storage systems on microorganisms in groundwater

Description: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the potential environmental effects (both adverse and beneficials) of aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) technology pertaining to microbial communities indigenous to subsurface environments (i.e., aquifers) and the propagation, movement, and potential release of pathogenic microorganisms (specifically, Legionella) within ATES systems. Seasonal storage of thermal energy in aquifers shows great promise to reduce peak demand; reduce electric u… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Hicks, R. J. & Stewart, D. L.
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Assessing waste management systems using reginalt software

Description: A method for assessing management systems for low-level radioactive waste is being developed for US Department of Energy. The method is based on benefit-cost-risk analysis. Waste management is broken down into its component steps, which are generation, treatment, packaging, storage, transportation, and disposal. Several different alternatives available for each waste management step are described. A particular waste management system consists of a feasible combination of alternatives for each s… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Meshkov, N. K.; Camasta, S. F. & Gilbert, T. L.
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Bird associations with shrubsteppe plant communities at the proposed reference repository location in southeastern Washington

Description: This report provides information on te seasonal use of shrubsteppe vegetation by bird species at the RRL. Bird abundance and distribution were studied at the RRL to ensure that the DOE monitored migratory bird species pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and to assess potential impacts of site characterization activities on bird populations. Birds were counted on two transects that together sampled an areas of 1.39 km/sup 2/. The relative abundance of birds, species richness, seasonal dist… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Schuler, C. A.; Rickard, W. H. & Sargeant, G. A.
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Breakdown phenomena in high power klystrons

Description: In the course of developing new high peak power klystrons at SLAC, high electric fields in several regions of these devices have become an important source of vacuum breakdown phenomena. In addition, a renewed interest in breakdown phenomena for nanosecond pulse, multi-megavolt per centimeter fields has been sparked by recent R and D work in the area of gigawatt RF sources. The most important regions of electrical breakdown are in the output cavity gap area, the RF ceramic windows, and the gun … more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Vlieks, A. E.; Allen, M. A.; Callin, R. S.; Fowkes, W. R.; Hoyt, E. W.; Lebacqz, J. V. et al.
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Geother Evaluation and Improvement: A Progress Report Including Test Cases for Two-Dimensional BWIP (Basalt Waste Isolation Project) Analysis

Description: The objective of the work is to evaluate the GEOTHER code and peform necessary improvements to make it specifically suitable for predicting the environmental conditions of the waste package for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP); and to perform resaturation analyses, that is, the analyses of steam formation and condensation, for the repository and waste package using the improved GEOTHER code. This is a progress report to BWIP documenting the status of GEOTHER code testing, evaluation, a… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Bian, S. H.; Budden, M. J.; Bartley, C. L. & Yung, S. C.
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Automated MCNP photon source generation for arbitrary configurations of radioactive materials and first-principles calculations of photon detector responses

Description: A patch to the Los Alamos Monte Carlo code MCNP has been developed that automates the generation of source descriptions for photons from arbitrary mixtures and configurations of radioactive isotopes. Photon branching ratios for decay processes are obtained from national and international data bases and accesed directly from computer files. Code user input is generally confined to readily available information such as density, isotopic weight fractions, atomic numbers, etc. of isotopes and mater… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Estes, G.P.; Schrandt, R.G. & Kriese, J.T.
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Fuel performance annual report for 1986

Description: This annual report, the ninth in a series, provides a brief description of fuel performance during 1986 in commercial nuclear power plants and an indication of trends. Brief summaries of fuel design changes, fuel surveillance programs, fuel operating experience, fuel problems, high-burnup fuel experience, and items of general significance are provided. References to more detailed information and related U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission evaluations are included. 550 refs., 12 figs., 31 tabs.
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Bailey, W.J. & Wu, S.
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