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Radiation studies of optical and electronic components used in astronomical satellite studies
The synchronous orbit of the IUE carries the satellite through Earth's outer electron belt. A 40 mCi Sr90 source was used to simulate these electrons. A 5 mCi source of Co60 was used to simulate bremmstrahlung. A 10 MeV electron Linac and a 1.7 MeV electron Van de Graaf wer used to investigate the energy dependence of radiation effects and to perform radiations at a high flux rate. A 100 MeV proton cyclotron was used to simulate cosmic rays. Results are presented for three instrument systems of the IUE and measurements for specific components are reported. The three instrument systems were the ultraviolet converter, the fine error sensor (FES), and the SEC vidicon camera tube. The components were optical glasses, electronic components, silicon photodiodes, and UV window materials
Radiation effects studies for the high-resolution spectrograph
The generation and collection of charge carriers created during the passage of energetic protons through a silicon photodiode array are modeled. Pulse height distributions of noise charge collected during exposure of a digicon type diode array to 21 and 75 MeV protons were obtained. The magnitude of charge collected by a diode from each proton event is determined not only by diffusion, but by statistical considerations involving the ionization process itself. Utilizing analytical solutions to the diffusion equation for transport of minority carriers, together with the Vavilov theory of energy loss fluctuations in thin absorbers, simulations of the pulse height spectra which follow the experimental distributions fairly well are presented and an estimate for the minority carrier diffusion length L sub d is provided
Proton-induced noise in digicons
The Space Telescope, which carries four Digicons, will pass several times per day through a low-altitude portion of the radiation belt called the South Atlantic Anomaly. This is expected to create interference in what is otherwise anticipated to be a noise-free device. Two essential components of the Digicon, the semiconductor diode array and the UV transmitting window, generate noise when subjected to medium-energy proton radiation, a primary component of the belt. These trapped protons, having energies ranging from 2 to 400 Mev and fluences at the Digicon up to 4,000 P+/sec-sq cm, pass through both the window and the diode array, depositing energy in each. In order to evaluate the effect of these protons, engineering test models of Digicon tubes to be flown on the High Resolution Spectrograph were irradiated with low-flux monoenergetic proton beams at the University of Maryland cyclotron. Electron-hole pairs produced by the protons passing through the diodes or the surrounding bulk caused a background count rate. This is the result of holes diffusing over a distance of many diode spacings, causing counts to be triggered simultaneously in the output circuits of several adjacent diodes. Pulse-height spectra of these proton-induced counts indicate that most of the bulk-related counts overlap the single photoelectron peak. A geometrical model will be presented of the charge collection characteristics of the diode array that accounts for most of the observed effects
Leading SU(3)-breaking corrections to the baryon magnetic moments in Chiral Perturbation Theory
We calculate the baryon magnetic moments using covariant Chiral Perturbation
Theory (PT) within the Extended-on-mass-shell (EOMS) renormalization
scheme. By fitting the two available low-energy constants (LECs), we improve
the Coleman-Glashow description of the data when we include the leading SU(3)
breaking effects coming from the lowest-order loops. This success is in
dramatic contrast with previous attempts at the same order using Heavy Baryon
(HB) PT and covariant Infrared (IR) PT. We also analyze the source
of this improvement with particular attention on the comparison between the
covariant results.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in PR
Nucleon-to-Delta axial transition form factors in relativistic baryon chiral perturbation theory
We report a theoretical study of the axial Nucleon to Delta(1232)
() transition form factors up to one-loop order in relativistic
baryon chiral perturbation theory. We adopt a formalism in which the
couplings obey the spin-3/2 gauge symmetry and, therefore, decouple the
unphysical spin-1/2 fields. We compare the results with phenomenological form
factors obtained from neutrino bubble chamber data and in quark models.Comment: A few clarifying remarks added; version to appear in Physical Review
Tobacco Control Progress in Low and Middle Income Countries in Comparison to High Income Countries
The study aimed to describe worldwide levels and trends of tobacco control
policy by comparing low and middle income countries with other income
categories from 2007 to 2014 and to analyze the corresponding relation to
recent changes in smoking prevalence. Policy measure data representing years
2007 to 2014 were collected from all available World Health Organization (WHO)
reports on the global tobacco epidemic. Corresponding policy percentage scores
(PS) were calculated based on MPOWER measures. Age-standardized smoking
prevalence data for years 2010 and 2015 were collected from the WHO Global
Health Observatory Data Repository. Trends of PS were analysed with respect to
WHO region and OECD country income category. Scatter plots and regression
analysis were used to depict the relationship between tobacco control policy
of 2010 and change in smoking prevalence between 2015 and 2010 by sex and
income category. Combined PS for all countries increased significantly from
47% in 2007 to 61% by 2014 (p < 0.001). When grouped by income category and
region, policies were strengthened in all categories, albeit with varying
progression. By 2014, tobacco control policy legislation had reached 45% in
the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 59% in Low Middle Income Countries
(LMICs), 66% in Upper Middle Income Countries (UMICs) and 70% in High Income
Countries (HICs). Overall, there was a negative relationship between higher
policy scores and change in smoking prevalence. Although policy strengthening
had been conducted between 2007 and 2014, room for considerable global
improvement remains, particularly in LDCs. View Full-Tex
Microscopic Model versus Systematic Low-Energy Effective Field Theory for a Doped Quantum Ferromagnet
We consider a microscopic model for a doped quantum ferromagnet as a test
case for the systematic low-energy effective field theory for magnons and
holes, which is constructed in complete analogy to the case of quantum
antiferromagnets. In contrast to antiferromagnets, for which the effective
field theory approach can be tested only numerically, in the ferromagnetic case
both the microscopic and the effective theory can be solved analytically. In
this way the low-energy parameters of the effective theory are determined
exactly by matching to the underlying microscopic model. The low-energy
behavior at half-filling as well as in the single- and two-hole sectors is
described exactly by the systematic low-energy effective field theory. In
particular, for weakly bound two-hole states the effective field theory even
works beyond perturbation theory. This lends strong support to the quantitative
success of the systematic low-energy effective field theory method not only in
the ferromagnetic but also in the physically most interesting antiferromagnetic
case.Comment: 34 pages, 1 figur
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Turning points: the personal and professional circumstances that lead academics to become middle managers
In the current higher education climate, there is a growing perception that the pressures associated with being an academic middle manager outweigh the perceived rewards of the position. This article investigates the personal and professional circumstances that lead academics to become middle managers by drawing on data from life history interviews undertaken with 17 male and female department heads from a range of disciplines, in a post-1992 UK university. The data suggests that experiencing conflict between personal and professional identities, manifested through different socialization experiences over time, can lead to a ‘turning point’ and a decision that affects a person’s career trajectory. Although the results of this study cannot be generalized, the findings may help other individuals and institutions move towards a firmer understanding of the academic who becomes head of department—in relation to theory, practice and research
Drell-Yan production at small q_T, transverse parton distributions and the collinear anomaly
Using methods from effective field theory, an exact all-order expression for
the Drell-Yan cross section at small transverse momentum is derived directly in
q_T space, in which all large logarithms are resummed. The anomalous dimensions
and matching coefficients necessary for resummation at NNLL order are given
explicitly. The precise relation between our result and the
Collins-Soper-Sterman formula is discussed, and as a by-product the previously
unknown three-loop coefficient A^(3) is obtained. The naive factorization of
the cross section at small transverse momentum is broken by a collinear
anomaly, which prevents a process-independent definition of x_T-dependent
parton distribution functions. A factorization theorem is derived for the
product of two such functions, in which the dependence on the hard momentum
transfer is separated out. The remainder factors into a product of two
functions of longitudinal momentum variables and x_T^2, whose
renormalization-group evolution is derived and solved in closed form. The
matching of these functions at small x_T onto standard parton distributions is
calculated at O(alpha_s), while their anomalous dimensions are known to three
loops.Comment: 32 pages, 2 figures; version to appear in Eur. Phys. J.
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