A GUI tool for beta function measurement using MATLAB

The beta function measurement is used to detect the shift in the betatron tune as the strength of an individual quadrupole magnet is varied. A GUI （graphic user interface） tool for the beta function measurement is developed using the MATLAB program language in the Linux environment, which facilitates the commissioning of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility （SSRF） storage ring. In this paper, we describe the design of the application and give some measuring results and discussions about the definition of the measurement. The program has been optimized to solve some restrictions of the AT tracking code. After the correction with LOCO （linear optics from closed orbits）, the horizontal and the vertical root mean square values （rms values） can be reduced to 0.12 and 0.10.     

工作点测量系统在合肥光源的应用研究

 介绍了利用合肥光源(HLS)的工作点测量系统进行一些束流参数的测量及其应用研究，这些参数包括工作点、β函数；自然色品以及中心频率。同时还进行了清洗电极对工作点的影响的测量。给出了一些测量结果，测量结果与理论计算值相当吻合。     

工作点测量系统在合肥光源的应用研究

介绍了利用合肥光源(HLS)的工作点测量系统进行一些束流参数的测量及其应用研究,这些参数包括工作点、β函数;自然色品以及中心频率。同时还进行了清洗电极对工作点的影响的测量。给出了一些测量结果,测量结果与理论计算值相当吻合。     

Influence of the angular distribution function of incident particles on the microstructure and anomalous scaling behavior of thin films

The microstructure and the scaling properties of films grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition are reproduced with a discrete model that takes into account the angular distribution function of the particles and the lateral growth of the films. Both the experimental and simulated surfaces exhibit a granular microstructure and an anomalous scaling behavior characterized by values of the growth exponent beta that vary with the scale of measurement. Depending on the angular distribution function used in the model, values of beta ranging from 0.86 to 0.2 are obtained.     

Measurement of optics for the SSRF storage ring in commissioning

The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) is a low emittance third-generation synchrotron radiation light source. Some optics parameters of the storage ring were measured when commissioning. This report presents the common methods for measuring some optics parameters of the storage ring, including the betatron tune, beta function, chromaticity, natural chromaticity and dispersion. The results and analysis of measurement for the optics parameters are given here, which are indispensable for the orbit correction of the accelerator and the nonlinear optimization.     

Optimization of angular and frequency compounding in ultrasonic attenuation estimations

Previous reports have shown that the variance in ultrasound attenuation measurements is reduced when spatial and frequency compounding were applied in data acquisition and analysis. This paper investigates factors affecting the efficiency of compound attenuation imaging methods. A theoretical expression is derived that predicts the correlation between attenuation versus frequency slope (beta) estimates as a function of the increment between measurement frequencies (deltaf ) and the angular separation between beam lines (Delta (theta)). Theoretical results are compared with those from attenuation measurements on tissue-mimicking phantoms and from simulation data. Both predictions and measurement results show that the correlation between beta estimates as a function of (Delta f ) is independent of the length of the radio frequency (rf) data segment over which beta is derived. However, it decreases with an increase in the length of the data segment used in power spectra estimates. In contrast, the correlation between beta estimates as a function of delta(theta) decreases when the rf data segment length is longer or the frequency of the signal is higher. O 2005 Acoustical Society of America.     

51单片机控制人眼角膜半径测量

叙述利用５１单片机来控制人眼角膜半径的测量原理，给出了设计程序，该方法可以实现测量的自动化及数显功能，并能存储被测人眼角膜半径值，屈光度值及双眼的屈光度差值，通过微型打印机可将所需数据输出。     

Diffractive dijet production at sqrt[s] = 630 and 1800 GeV at the Fermilab Tevatron

We report a measurement of the diffractive structure function F(D)(jj) of the antiproton obtained from a study of dijet events produced in association with a leading antiproton in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 630 GeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The ratio of F(D)(jj) at sqrt[s] = 630 GeV to F(D)(jj) obtained from a similar measurement at sqrt[s] = 1800 GeV is compared with expectations from QCD factorization and other theoretical predictions. We also report a measurement of the xi ( x-Pomeron) and beta ( x of parton in Pomeron) dependence of F(D)(jj) at sqrt[s] = 1800 GeV. In the region 0.035相似文献   

Measurement of optics for the SSRF storage ring in commissioning

The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) is a low emittance third-generation synchrotron radiation light source. Some optics parameters of the storage ring were measured when commissioning. This report presents the common methods for measuring some optics parameters of the storage ring, including the betatron tune, beta function, chromaticity, natural chromaticity and dispersion. The results and analysis of measurement for the optics parameters are given here, which are indispensable for the orbit correction of the accelerator and the nonlinear optimization.     

High-precision Q<Subscript>EC</Subscript> -value measurements for superallowed decays

The superallowed \( \beta\) -decay \(\ensuremath Q_\mathrm{EC}\) -value measurement program at JYFLTRAP has been very fruitful with 14 \(\ensuremath Q_\mathrm{EC}\) values of outstanding precision measured between 2005 and 2010, when the IGISOL and JYFLTRAP facilities were shut down for relocation.     

凹面光栅衍射效率测量值的影响因素及补偿方法研究

通过仪器获得的凹面光栅的衍射效率是相对值,其测量值的精度受测量过程和补偿方法的影响。为使效率测量值的测量精度得到进一步提高,有必要对测量值产生影响的主要因素进行深入研究。该文进一步考察了影响衍射效率测量精度的主要因素,针对待测凹面光栅根据待测波长的测试要求进行旋转造成光束截面变化而产生的问题,适当补充原理性方案,并在此基础上推导出了适用于凹面光栅的光束截面变化因子k(θ)的解析表达式。基于影响测量精度因素与理论值之间的非线性关系,提出采用二次非线性回归分析的方法对测量结果进行补偿,给出了提高衍射效率测量精度的补偿公式。实验结果表明,对光栅衍射效率的测量值进行进一步补偿后,使得补偿值与理论值之间的整体误差范围由±2.5%缩小为±0.3%以内,与线性回归分析方法相比,显著缩小了补偿值与理论值之间的差距,进一步保证了衍射效率的准确测量。将补偿过程嵌入测量程序,该方法能够实时补偿测量结果,满足仪器准确测量的要求。     

Using kaon regeneration to probe the quark mixing parameter cos2beta in B --> psiK decays

We suggest a novel method to determine the sign of cos2beta in the decays B --> psiK, by creating interference between K(L) and K(S) final states via "regeneration," that is propagation through a matter target region to convert some K(L) to K(S). The determination of this quantity resolves an ambiguity between beta and 90 degrees -beta that remains after the standard measurements of sin2beta and may turn out to be important in resolving whether the result is in agreement with standard model predictions or indicates the presence of new physics. We find the measurement is feasible at a B factory, but requires several years of high-luminosity running with a regeneration target affecting a significant fraction of the detector.     

Simultaneous measurement of beta- decay to bound and continuum electron states

We report the first measurement of a ratio lambda(beta(b))/lambda(beta(c)) of bound-state ((lambda(beta(b))) and continuum-state (lambda(beta(c))) beta(-)-decay rates for the case of bare 207Tl81+ ions. These ions were produced at the GSI fragment separator FRS by projectile fragmentation of a 208Pb beam. After in-flight separation with the Brho-deltaE-Brho method, they were injected into the experimental storage-ring ESR at an energy of 400.5A MeV, stored, and electron cooled. The number of both the 207Tl81+ ions and their bound-state beta(-)-decay daughters, hydrogen-like 207Pb81+ ions, were measured as a function of storage time by recording their Schottky-noise intensities. The experimental result, lambda(beta(b))/lambda(beta(c)) = 0.188(18), is in very good agreement with the value of 0.171(1) obtained from theory employing spectra of allowed transitions.     

Three wave mixing test of hyperelasticity in highly nonlinear solids: sedimentary rocks

Measurements of three-wave mixing amplitudes on solids whose third order elastic constants have also been measured by means of the elasto-acoustic effect are reported. Because attenuation and diffraction are important aspects of the measurement technique results are analyzed using a frequency domain version of the KZK equation, modified to accommodate an arbitrary frequency dependence to the attenuation. It is found that the value of beta so deduced for poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) agrees quite well with that predicted from the stress-dependent sound speed measurements, establishing that PMMA may be considered a hyperelastic solid, in this context. The beta values of sedimentary rocks, though they are typically two orders of magnitude larger than, e.g., PMMA's, are still a factor of 3-10 less than those predicted from the elasto-acoustic effect. Moreover, these samples exhibit significant heterogeneity on a centimeter scale, which heterogeneity is not apparent from a measurement of the position dependent sound speed.     

Programmable interferometry

The advent of automatic data-processing for interferometry greatly reduced the complexity of interferometric testing, thereby significantly increasing its usage both within and outside the optics community. A great many of these new applications require special data-processing and output data not normally used for testing lenses. To address these new measurement problems, many data-analysis programs were written, ranging from advanced analysis of wavefronts (i.e., Zernike polynominals, point-spread function, modulation-transfer function) to analysis of mechanical surfaces, such as Winchester-disk read/write heads. Some of these programs were very specific to a particular application, and some tried to be general and as such became cumbersome. Even with much of this software available for sale to the general public, most applications other than simple surface and lens measurements usually cannot be solved directly by using the available programs. In an attempt to solve this problem, we have developed software for interferometry that allows users to easily develop their own measurement routines. The solution was to take a version of the BASIC programming language and add the commands necessary to do interferometry. This software is resident in a processor that can easily be adapted to a large number of interferometry applications. By using this processor and its associated software with an appropriate interferometer, it is possible for the user to tailor the measurement to a particular application. This can be very useful in an optical-production shop, where each different testing application can have its own program. If the program is written properly, the operator will not have to set up any default conditions or format the output; the operation of the program can be reduced to the pushing of a single button, and the output will be formatted properly for that particular test. Examples of this system in actual optical shop-testing situations will be discussed.     

High-accuracy calculation of the blackbody radiation shift in the 133Cs primary frequency standard

The blackbody radiation (BBR) shift is an important systematic correction for the atomic frequency standards realizing the SI unit of time. Presently, there is controversy over the value of the BBR shift for the primary 133Cs standard. At room temperatures, the values from various groups differ at the 3x10(-15) level, while modern clocks are aiming at 10(-16) accuracies. We carry out high-precision relativistic many-body calculations of the BBR shift. For the BBR coefficient beta at T=300 K, we obtain beta=-(1.710+/-0.006)x10(-14), implying 6x10(-17) fractional uncertainty. While in accord with the most accurate measurement, our 0.35% accurate value is in a substantial (10%) disagreement with recent semiempirical calculations. We identify an oversight in those calculations.     

Q values of the superallowed beta emitters 26Alm, 42Sc, and 46V and their impact on Vud and the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix

The beta-decay Q(EC) values of the superallowed beta emitters 26Alm, 42Sc, and 46V have been measured with a Penning trap to a relative precision of better than 8 x 10(-9). Our result for 46V, 7052.72(31) keV, confirms a recent measurement that differed from the previously accepted reaction-based Q(EC) value. However, our results for 26Alm and 42Sc, 4232.83(13) keV and 6426.13(21) keV, are consistent with previous reaction-based values. By eliminating the possibility of a systematic difference between the two techniques, this result demonstrates that no significant shift in the deduced value of Vud should be anticipated.     

Cross-calibration between beta and gamma sources using quartz OSL: Consequences of the use of the SAR protocol in optical dating

The radiation dose delivered by the ⁹⁰Sr beta source of a TL-OSL reader and the one delivered by a ¹³⁷Cs gamma source were compared using OSL dating techniques and tools. Three sets of quartz of different origins (rock, sediment and loess) were studied and measured by the SAR protocol (Single aliquot regenerative dose protocol) after irradiations carried out either by the ⁹⁰Sr source or by a ¹³⁷Cs source. Measurements show that the values obtained by the SAR protocol must be corrected in order to provide an acceptable cross-calibration of the beta and gamma source. Once applied, measurement sets become self-consistent and compatible with expected values. The consequences of the above mentioned observations on the methodology of OSL dating are discussed and suggest that a mixed protocol be used including both the SAR protocol and an added dose techniques close to the SARA protocol (Single aliquot regenerative and added dose protocol).     

Proton-neutron mixed-symmetry 3(+)(ms) state in 94Mo

We identify a Jpi = 3(+)(ms) state in 94Mo. This identification is based on six M1 and E2 strengths and is the first identification of a 3(+)(ms) state from B(M1) and B(E2) values. The transition strengths were determined from the measurement of Doppler shifts, branching ratios, and E2/M1 mixing ratios, obtained from gammagamma directional correlations following the 91Zr(alpha,n) reaction and the beta(+) decay of (94)Tc(m). The interacting boson model agrees with the observations, which prove the 2(+) mixed-symmetry states to be a building block in nuclear structure.     

Experiment planning: Optimal measurement by the minimal sample dispersion criterion

The criteria of optimum measurements based on a minimum dispersion and the variational problem of optimum distribution of measurements are formulated. An analytical solution for the density of measurement distribution in the case of optimum measurement is obtained and the discrete equivalent of the optimal measurement is constructed. Measurements with optimal distribution have the most stable characteristics. They provide the minimum loss of accuracy when the numbers of measurements are both changed and redistributed. An optimal measurement of any portion of measurements (reading of any detector) has the same contribution to the determination of the accuracy of measurements, i.e., optimal measurements provide equivalence (homogeneity) of the measurements at different points. Optimal measurements provide the best measure of not only the values of the function, but also of the values of an arbitrary parameter of this function. In this case, the best of the quadratic forms to determine an arbitrary parameter of measured function is the expression for the distribution function χ². Continuous representation of discretely defined distribution function χ², corresponding exactly to optimal distribution of the measurements is proposed. An example of solving the problem of planning the experiment is given: measuring the spatial parameters of the laser beam with the lowest standard deviation of a limited number of photodetectors.