Diode and final-focus simulations for DARHT

Beam dynamics calculations for the injector and final-focus region of a 4 kA, 20 MeV linear induction accelerator are presented. The injector is a low-emittance 4 MeV thermionic or photocathode diode designed to produce four 70 ns pulses over 2 {micro}sec. Due to the long total pule length, the authors have kept the field stress to < 200 kV/cm over the cathode electrode, and to {approx} 50 kV/cm on the radial insulator stacks. The normalized edge emittance produced by the diode is only {approx} 0.019 cm-rad. In the final-focus region, the authors have modeled the effect of ion emission from the target. The intense electric field of the beam at the 1-mm-diameter focal spot produces substantial ion velocities, and, if the space-charge-limited current density can be supplied, significant focal spot degradation may occur due to ion space-charge. Calculations for the existing Integrated Test Stand, which has a larger focal spot, show that the effect should be observable for H{sup +} and C{sup +} ion species. The effect is lessened if there is insufficient ion density on the target to supply the space-charge-limited current density, or if the ion charge-to-mass ratio is sufficiently small

Measurement of the Transverse Spin Transfer Coefficient D_nn(0˚) for (p,n) Reactions at 160 MeV

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440

Spin Transfer Measurements for (p,n) Reactions at Intermediate Energy

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440

Measurements of Gamow-Teller Strength Distributions in Masses 13 and 15

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440

Excitation of Giant Spin-Isospin Multipole Vibrations in 54,56-Fe and 58,60-Ni

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 81-14339 and by Indiana Universit

(n,p) Studies at 120 MeV

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440

Considerations on rescattering effects for threshold photo- and electro-production of π0\pi^0 on deuteron

We show that for the S-state $\pi^0$-production in processes $\gamma+d\to d+\pi^0$ and $e^-+d\to e^-+d+\pi^0$ the rescattering effects due to the transition: $\gamma+d\to p+p+\pi^-$ (or $n+n+\pi^+)\to d+\pi^0$ are cancelled out due to the Pauli principle. The large values for these effects predicted in the past may result from the fact that the spin structure of the corresponding matrix element and the necessary antisymmetrization induced by the presence of identical protons (or neutrons) in the intermediate state was not taken into account accurately. One of the important consequences of these considerations is that $\pi^0$ photo- and electro-production on deuteron near threshold can bring direct information about elementary neutron amplitudes.Comment: Add a new sectio

Curved Tails in Polymerization-Based Bacterial Motility

The curved actin ``comet-tail'' of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is a visually striking signature of actin polymerization-based motility. Similar actin tails are associated with Shigella flexneri, spotted-fever Rickettsiae, the Vaccinia virus, and vesicles and microspheres in related in vitro systems. We show that the torque required to produce the curvature in the tail can arise from randomly placed actin filaments pushing the bacterium or particle. We find that the curvature magnitude determines the number of actively pushing filaments, independent of viscosity and of the molecular details of force generation. The variation of the curvature with time can be used to infer the dynamics of actin filaments at the bacterial surface.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, Latex2

Measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor from inclusive quasielastic scattering of polarized electrons from polarized 3He

We report a measurement of the asymmetry in spin-dependent quasielastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from a polarized 3He target. The neutron magnetic form factor GMn has been extracted from the measured asymmetry based on recent PWIA calculations using spin-dependent spectral functions. Our determination of GMn at Q2=0.19 (GeV/c)2 agrees with the dipole parametrization. This experiment represents the first measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor using spin-dependent electron scattering

Status of an Investigation of the 3-He Wave Function by Quasi-Free Scattering

This research was sponsored by the National Science Fooundation Grant NSF PHY-931478