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Computational simulations of plasma flow switches and imploding loads

Description: The Procyon system in the Los Alamos Trailmaster foil implosion project is intended to produce soft x-ray radiation by delivering about 1 MJ of kinetic energy to an imploding plasma liner. The final switching stage of this system will be a Plasma Flow Switch (PFS) which delivers current to the cylindrical foil load. 1-D and 2-D simulations are now being conducted to examine: the initiation of the PFS plasma: the dynamics of the PFS and its switching efficiency; the load implosion and resulting … more
Date: May 29, 1991
Creator: Peterson, D. L.; Bowers, R. L.; Brownell, J. H.; Greene, A. E. & Roderick, N. F.
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Direct, experimental evidence of the Fermi surface in YBa sub 2 Cu sub 3 O sub 7-x

Description: We report new measurements of the electron-positron momentum spectra of YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7-x} performed with ultra-high statistical precision. These data differ from previous results in two significant respects: They show the D{sub 2} symmetry appropriate for untwinned crystals and, more importantly, they show unmistakable, statistically significant, discontinuities that are evidence of a major Fermi surface section. These results provide a partial answer to a question of special signif… more
Date: April 29, 1991
Creator: Haghighi, H.; Kaiser, J. H.; Rayner, S. L.; West, R. N.; Liu, J. Z.; Shelton, R. et al.
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Saturation and kinetic issues for optical-field-ionized plasma x-ray lasers

Description: Lasing between excited states and the ground state following optical-field ionization is studied. Saturation of an x-ray laser when the lower lasing level is a ground state of a H-like or Li-like ion is discussed. Efficiencies of 10{sup {minus}5} to 10{sup {minus}4} are calculated for the 3d{sub 5/2}--2p{sub 3/2} transition at 98 {Angstrom} in Li-like Ne. The assumption that the fine-structure levels are populated according to their statistical weights is shown to be justified through compariso… more
Date: April 29, 1991
Creator: Eder, D.C.; Amendt, P.; Rosen, M.D.; Nash, J.K. & Wilks, S.C.
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Pd/k for RTF and 232-H TCAP units

Description: The Thermal Cycling Absorption Process (TCAP) will be used in the Replacement Tritium Facility (RTF) and 232-H Tritium Facility for separation of hydrogen isotopes. These TCAP units will be filled with palladium deposited on kieselguhr (Pd/k) that has been heat treated to reduce particle breakdown and sieved to remove particles smaller than 50 mesh (300{mu}m). Pd/k ordered for several applications in the RTF, including TCAP, was received at SRL in April 1989. Shortly thereafter, flow restrictio… more
Date: January 29, 1991
Creator: Mosley, W. C.
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The impact of episodic nonequilibrium fracture-matrix flow on geological repository performance

Description: Adequate representation of fracture-matrix interaction during episodic infiltration events is crucial in making valid hydrological predictions of repository performance at Yucca Mountain. Various approximations have been applied to represent fracture-matrix flow interaction, including the Equivalent Continuum Model (ECM), which assumes capillary equilibrium between fractures and matrix, and the Fracture-Matrix Model (FMM), which accounts for nonequilibrium fracture-matrix flow. We analyze the r… more
Date: October 29, 1991
Creator: Buscheck, T. A.; Nitao, J. J. & Chestnut, D. A.
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