Quality control facilities for large optical reflectors at ENEA-Casaccia for physics application

The paper describes the quality control facilities for large optical reflectors available at ENEA-Casaccia. Commercial and custom spectrophotometers allow to measure the reflectance; specular and diffused for flat samples, and specular for the full-size reflector. In the case of spherical shape, the 2f and the pin-hole optical tests give a quick evaluation of the focusing effectiveness and the curvature uniformity, respectively. An optical profilometer allows to accurately measure the reflector profile and its deviations from the project specifications

A Supporting Decision Tool for the Integrated Planning of a Logistic Network

none4Design, management and control of a logistic distribution system are very critical issues in supply chain management. They involve a large number of interdependent decisions, such as the determination of the best location and capacity of a distribution center (DC), a production plant, a wholesaler etc., the allocation of customer demand to suppliers, e.g. regional DC (RDC), the adoption of a transportation mode, e.g. rail and truck, the vehicles routing adopting/not adopting a groupage strategy. This chapter presents an original and automatic supporting decisions platform for the integration of strategic (long-term), tactical (mid-term) and operational (short-term) decisions in the design, management and control of a logistic network including up to four operating levels: sources (production plants), central distribution centers (CDCs), RDCs, and customers. A case study is illustrated and obtained results discussed in presence of different problem settings and operating hypotheses.openMANZINI R.; BORTOLINI M.; GAMBERI M.; MONTECCHI M.MANZINI R.; BORTOLINI M.; GAMBERI M.; MONTECCHI M

The Botanical Record of Archaeobotany Italian Network - BRAIN: a cooperative network, database and website

Con autorización de la revista para autores CSIC[EN] The BRAIN (Botanical Records of Archaeobotany Italian Network) database and network was developed by the cooperation of archaeobotanists working on Italian archaeological sites. Examples of recent research including pollen or other plant remains in analytical and synthetic papers are reported as an exemplar reference list. This paper retraces the main steps of the creation of BRAIN, from the scientific need for the first research cooperation to the website which has a free online access since 2015.Peer reviewe

CMS physics technical design report : Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions

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Study of some optical glues for the Compact Muon Solenoid at the Large Hadron Collider of CERN

Two Avalanche Photodiodes will measure the light produced in each of the 61,200 PbWO4 crystals composing the barrel part of the electromagnetic calorimeter of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider of CERN. To improve the collection of the photons, these detectors will be glued to the crystal. To be used in CMS, the optical glue must fulfil several requirements. The paper describes those requirements and reports the results of the investigation of several commercial optical glues. In particular, refractive index, absorption length, radiation hardness and forecast ageing after 15 years are reported. The most promising glue for CMS was more deeply investigated, in particular its chemical composition, chemical compatibility with the other parts of the calorimeter and curing time in realistic conditions

Soiling model for spectral reflectance of solar mirrors

In concentrating solar power plants, mirrors are used to redirect solar radiation onto a receiver. The optical yield of a plant is related to the mean value of the near-specular reflectance in the range of interest of incidence and acceptance angles for that plant. To avoid the need for an exhaustive measurement of the solar mirror at various incidence and acceptance angles, a predictive method based on the Equivalent Model Algorithm for Solar Mirrors was recently proposed. Whilst developed for clean surfaces, unfortunately that model is inaccurate for soiled solar mirrors. In this paper, an additional model to describe the spectral reflectance loss caused by soiling of solar mirrors is presented and successfully tested on a set of artificially and naturally-soiled specimens. The model is based on absorption, scattering and diffraction. Its parameters are obtained by bestfitting a set of experimental hemispherical and near-specular reflectance spectra, both in soiled and cleaned state. The best-fit software developed is now published as open source software, providing access also to non-specialized users. The model also allows to correlate simple handheld reflectometer readings used in the solar field (with typically limited spectral and acceptance angle information) to the most meaningful parameter determining the plant yield: the solar-weighted near-specular spectral reflectance of the soiled reflector. Such correlations are specific for the plant, the kind of local dust and the chosen portable reflectometer

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Attualmente in Cina, presso lo Shanghai Institute of Ceramic

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Sistema di misura automatica della trasmissione ottica da parte di cristall