65 research outputs found
LEVERAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO STREAMLINE AND AUTOMATE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS
This study examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the Department of Defense's procurement procedures by focusing on creating requirements documents for small acquisitions under the simplified acquisition threshold. Inspired by research from Naval Postgraduate School alumni, the project explores current and potential AI technologies, identifies document types in which AI could impact, and suggests a contracting branch as a suitable testing ground for AI applications due to its low-threat environment and immediate impact potential. Discussions with stakeholders and contracting experts reveal that AI can improve the quality of requirements documents, often inadequately prepared for contracting agencies. The United States Air Force leads in AI adoption, utilizing machine learning and robotic process automation. Expert engagements demonstrate AI's immediate and scalable applications, promising cost, and time reductions. AI is seen as a transformative force in government contracting, offering efficiency and innovation, and reshaping how contracts and procurement are managed. Its ability to streamline tasks and provide insightful data analysis heralds a significant modernization in public sector operations.Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release: Distribution is unlimited.Civilian, Department of the Air ForceCivilian, Department of the Air ForceLieutenant Colonel, United States Army National Guar
Photocathode Behavior During High Current Running in the Cornell ERL Photoinjector
The Cornell University Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) photoinjector has recently
demonstrated operation at 20 mA for approximately 8 hours, utilizing a
multialkali photocathode deposited on a Si substrate. We describe the recipe
for photocathode deposition, and will detail the parameters of the run.
Post-run analysis of the photocathode indicates the presence of significant
damage to the substrate, perhaps due to ion back-bombardment from the residual
beamline gas. While the exact cause of the substrate damage remains unknown, we
describe multiple surface characterization techniques (X-ray fluorescence
spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, atomic force and scanning electron microscopy)
used to study the interesting morphological and crystallographic features of
the photocathode surface after its use for high current beam production.
Finally, we present a simple model of crystal damage due to ion
back-bombardment, which agrees qualitatively with the distribution of damage on
the substrate surface.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figure
Beam-Breakup Instability Theory for Energy Recovery Linacs
Here we will derive the general theory of the beam-breakup instability in
recirculating linear accelerators, in which the bunches do not have to be at
the same RF phase during each recirculation turn. This is important for the
description of energy recovery linacs (ERLs) where bunches are recirculated at
a decelerating phase of the RF wave and for other recirculator arrangements
where different RF phases are of an advantage. Furthermore it can be used for
the analysis of phase errors of recirculated bunches. It is shown how the
threshold current for a given linac can be computed and a remarkable agreement
with tracking data is demonstrated. The general formulas are then analyzed for
several analytically solvable cases, which show: (a) Why different higher order
modes (HOM) in one cavity do not couple so that the most dangerous modes can be
considered individually. (b) How different HOM frequencies have to be in order
to consider them separately. (c) That no optics can cause the HOMs of two
cavities to cancel. (d) How an optics can avoid the addition of the
instabilities of two cavities. (e) How a HOM in a multiple-turn recirculator
interferes with itself. Furthermore, a simple method to compute the orbit
deviations produced by cavity misalignments has also been introduced. It is
shown that the BBU instability always occurs before the orbit excursion becomes
very large.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
Status of Muon Collider Research and Development and Future Plans
The status of the research on muon colliders is discussed and plans are
outlined for future theoretical and experimental studies. Besides continued
work on the parameters of a 3-4 and 0.5 TeV center-of-mass (CoM) energy
collider, many studies are now concentrating on a machine near 0.1 TeV (CoM)
that could be a factory for the s-channel production of Higgs particles. We
discuss the research on the various components in such muon colliders, starting
from the proton accelerator needed to generate pions from a heavy-Z target and
proceeding through the phase rotation and decay ()
channel, muon cooling, acceleration, storage in a collider ring and the
collider detector. We also present theoretical and experimental R & D plans for
the next several years that should lead to a better understanding of the design
and feasibility issues for all of the components. This report is an update of
the progress on the R & D since the Feasibility Study of Muon Colliders
presented at the Snowmass'96 Workshop [R. B. Palmer, A. Sessler and A.
Tollestrup, Proceedings of the 1996 DPF/DPB Summer Study on High-Energy Physics
(Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA, 1997)].Comment: 95 pages, 75 figures. Submitted to Physical Review Special Topics,
Accelerators and Beam
First Observation of Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission in a Free-Electron Laser at 109 nm Wavelength
We present the first observation of Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission
(SASE) in a free-electron laser (FEL) in the Vacuum Ultraviolet regime at 109
nm wavelength (11 eV). The observed free-electron laser gain (approx. 3000) and
the radiation characteristics, such as dependency on bunch charge, angular
distribution, spectral width and intensity fluctuations all corroborate the
existing models for SASE FELs.Comment: 6 pages including 6 figures; e-mail: [email protected]
The Superconducting TESLA Cavities
The conceptional design of the proposed linear electron-positron collider
TESLA is based on 9-cell 1.3 GHz superconducting niobium cavities with an
accelerating gradient of Eacc >= 25 MV/m at a quality factor Q0 > 5E+9. The
design goal for the cavities of the TESLA Test Facility (TTF) linac was set to
the more moderate value of Eacc >= 15 MV/m. In a first series of 27
industrially produced TTF cavities the average gradient at Q0 = 5E+9 was
measured to be 20.1 +- 6.2 MV/m, excluding a few cavities suffering from
serious fabrication or material defects. In the second production of 24 TTF
cavities additional quality control measures were introduced, in particular an
eddy-current scan to eliminate niobium sheets with foreign material inclusions
and stringent prescriptions for carrying out the electron-beam welds. The
average gradient of these cavities at Q0 = 5E+9 amounts to 25.0 +- 3.2 MV/m
with the exception of one cavity suffering from a weld defect. Hence only a
moderate improvement in production and preparation techniques will be needed to
meet the ambitious TESLA goal with an adequate safety margin. In this paper we
present a detailed description of the design, fabrication and preparation of
the TESLA Test Facility cavities and their associated components and report on
cavity performance in test cryostats and with electron beam in the TTF linac.
The ongoing R&D towards higher gradients is briefly addressed.Comment: 45 pages (Latex), 39 figures (Encapsulated Postscript), 53 Author
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