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Superstrings and the unification of forces and particles
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Anomalous creation of branes
In certain circumstances when two branes pass through each other a third brane is produced stretching between them. We explain this phenomenon by the use of chains of dualities and the inflow of charge that is required for the absence of chiral gauge anomalies when pairs of D-branes intersect.
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N=4 Yang-Mills and N=8 Supergravity as Limits of String Theories
The formulation of supersymmetric string theories in ten dimensions is generalized to incorporate compactified dimensions. Expressions for the one-loop four-particle S -matrix elements of N = 4 Yang-Mills and N = 8 supergravity in four dimensions are obtained by studying the string-theory loop amplitudes in the limit that the radii of the compactified dimensions and the Regge slope parameter simultaneously approach zero. If certain patterns that emerge should persist in the higher orders of perturbation theory, then N = 4 Yang-Mills in four dimensions would be ultraviolet finite to all orders, whereas N = 8 supergravity in four dimensions would have ultraviolet divergences starting at three loops.
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Off-shell states in the dual model
Abstract We present a class of Lorentz invariant, gauge invariant off-shell amplitudes for the ordinary Veneziano and Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz dual models. They correspond to interactions with the string which are local in space-time.
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PHASE CONTOURS AND BOOTSTRAPS. I.
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Anomaly cancellations in supersymmetric D = 10 gauge theory and superstring theory☆
Abstract Supersymmetric ten-dimensional Yang-Mills theory coupled to N = 1, D = 10 supergravity has gauge and gravitational anomalies that can be partially cancelled by the addition of suitable local interactions. The remaining pieces of all the anomalies cancel if the gauge group is SO(32) or E 8 × E 8 . These cancellations are automatically incorporated in the type I superstring theory based on SO(32). A superstring theory for E 8 × E 8 has not yet been constructed.
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Cryogenic techniques for large superconducting magnets in space
Abstract A large superconducting magnet is proposed for use in a particle astrophysics experiment, ASTROMAG, which is to be mounted on the US Space Station. This experiment will have a two-coil superconducting magnet with coils which are 1.3 to 1.7 m in diameter. The two-coil magnet will have zero net magnetic dipole moment. The field 15 m from the magnet will approach earth's field in low earth orbit. The issue of high T c superconductor will be discussed in the paper. The reasons for using conventional niobium-titanium superconductor cooled with superfluid helium will be presented. Since the purpose of the magnet is to do particle astrophysics, the superconducting coils must be located close to the charged particle detectors. The trade-off between the particle physics possible and the cryogenic insulation around the coils is discussed. As a result, the ASTROMAG magnet coils will be operated outside the superfluid helium storage tank. The fountain effect pumping system which will be used to cool the coil is described in the report. Two methods for extending the operating life of the superfluid helium dewar are discussed. These include: (1) operation with a third shield cooled to 90 K with a sterling cycle cryocooler and (2) a hybrid cryogenic system where there are three hydrogen-cooled shields and cryostat support heat intercept points. Both methods will extend the ASTROMAG cryogenic operating life from 2 years to almost 4 years.
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The two-coil toroid magnet, an option for ASTROMAG
The ASTROMAG particle astrophysics experiment for the US space station requires a magnetic field in order to determine the energy and momentum of charged particles of various momenta. A second concept for generating magnetic field for ASTROMAG is presented. This magnet configuration consists of two D-shaped coils which form a two-coil toroid. The two coils are located within a paddle connected to a spherical helium tank. The physics detectors would be located on either side of the flat paddle. The particles travel toward the tank in a direction approximately parallel to the paddle surface. A description is given of the two-coil toroid, the magnet cryostat, and the helium II cryogenic system, which keeps the magnet cold for up to two years without refilling. >
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Quench back in thin superconducting solenoid magnets
Abstract Superconducting magnets with well coupled, low resistance, secondary circuits have been observed to become fully normal faster than quench propagation in the coil would permit. This process is referred to as ‘quench back’. Quench back observed at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) was caused by heating the secondary circuit from the current induced from the primary circuit as normal region in the superconducting coil propagated. This paper develops the theory for thermal quench back in thin solenoid magnets and compares this theory with measurements made in two one-meter diameter superconducting solenoid magnets.
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Progress on the MICE Tracker Solenoids
The first magnets for the muon ionization cooling experiment will be the tracker solenoids that form the ends of the MICE cooling channel. The primary purpose of the tracker solenoids is to provide a uniform 4 T field (to better than plusmn0.3 percent over a volume that is 1 meter long and 0.3 meters in diameter) spectrometer magnet field for the scintillating fiber detectors that are used to analyse the muons in the channel before and after ionization cooling. A secondary purpose for the tracker magnet is the matching of the muon beam between the rest of the MICE cooling channel and the uniform field spectrometer magnet. The tracker solenoid is powered by three 300 amp power supplies. Additional tuning of the spectrometer is provided by a pair of 50 amp power supplies across the spectrometer magnet end coils. The tracker magnet will be cooled using a pair of 4 K pulse tube coolers that each provide 1.5 W of cooling at 4.2 K. Final design and construction of the tracker solenoids began during the summer of 2006. This report describes the progress made on the construction of the tracker solenoids.
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A comparison of ASTROMAG coils made with aluminum and copper based superconductor
The use of an aluminum matrix superconductor in the coils for the ASTROMAG magnet will increase the integrated field for conducting particle astrophysics experiments in space as compared to equal mass coils made with a copper matrix superconductor. The increased ability to detect charged particles can be achieved without decreasing the current margin of the superconductor in the coils. The use of a low-resistivity aluminum matrix conductor increases the energy needed to initiate a quench by two orders of magnitude. The current decay time constant during a quench is substantially increased. As a result, the quench energy dumped into the helium tank is reduced (the ASTROMAG coils are thermally decoupled from the helium tank), and the forces on the shield and shells due to eddy currents will be lower. A description is also given of the problems associated with the use of an aluminum matrix superconductor in the coils.