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Radiation Hardness and Linearity Studies of CVD Diamonds
We report on the behavior of CVD diamonds under intense electromagnetic
radiation and on the response of the detector to high density of deposited
energy. Diamonds have been found to remain unaffected after doses of 10 MGy of
MeV-range photons and the diamond response to energy depositions of up to 250
GeV/cm^3 has been found to be linear to better than 2 %. These observations
make diamond an attractive detector material for a calorimeter in the very
forward region of the detector proposed for TESLA.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures; Proceeding for the topical Seminar on Innovative
Particle and Radiation Detectors Siena, 21-24 October 2002; to appear in
Nucl.Phys. B (Proceedings Supplement
Charm, Beauty and Top at HERA
Results on open charm and beauty production and on the search for top
production in high-energy electron-proton collisions at HERA are reviewed. This
includes a discussion of relevant theoretical aspects, a summary of the
available measurements and measurement techniques, and their impact on improved
understanding of QCD and its parameters, such as parton density functions and
charm- and beauty-quark masses. The impact of these results on measurements at
the LHC and elsewhere is also addressed.Comment: 103 pages, 60 figures, to be published in Prog. Part. Nucl. Phy
Charge structure in volcanic plumes: a comparison of plume properties predicted by an integral plume model to observations of volcanic lightning during the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
Observations of volcanic lightning made using a lightning mapping array during the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull allow the trajectory and growth of the volcanic plume to be determined. The lightning observations are compared with predictions of an integral model of volcanic plumes that includes descriptions of the interaction with wind and the effects of moisture. We show that the trajectory predicted by the integral model closely matches the observational data and the model well describes the growth of the plume downwind of the vent. Analysis of the lightning signals reveals information on the dominant charge structure within the volcanic plume. During the Eyjafjallajökull eruption both monopole and dipole charge structures were observed in the plume. By using the integral plume model, we propose the varying charge structure is connected to the availability of condensed water and low temperatures at high altitudes in the plume, suggesting ice formation may have contributed to the generation of a dipole charge structure via thunderstorm-style ice-based charging mechanisms, though overall this charging mechanism is believed to have had only a weak influence on the production of lightning
Electromagnetic Radiation Hardness of Diamond Detectors
The behavior of artificially grown CVD diamond films under intense
electromagnetic radiation has been studied. The properties of irradiated
diamond samples have been investigated using the method of thermally stimulated
current and by studying their charge collection properties. Diamonds have been
found to remain unaffected after doses of 6.8 MGy of 10 keV photons and 10 MGy
of MeV-range photons. This observation makes diamond an attractive detector
material for a calorimeter in the very forward region of the proposed TESLA
detector.Comment: 19 pages, 9 figure
A Physician of Souls
Twenty-Five years ago Anton T. Boisen, who as a patient in a mental hospital had wandered in strange places of the spirit, began an experiment with four theological students in the State Hospital at Worcester which gave birth to the Council for the Clinical Training of Theological Students. Today thirty training centers in mental and general hospitals, prisons, corrective institutions and guidance clinics, assist twenty-five seminaries in preparing ministerial students for more adequate services as pastors of churches and chaplains in hospitals and reformatories. Concordia Seminary of St. Louis has initiated a course of its own which is deeply rooted in the whole counsel of God
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