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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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Average properties of dual resonances
Abstract As a consequence of the strong interaction (A.F.S.) scaling of dual amplitudes, we find that the average total width of a high mass resonance approaches a constant which is less than 1/π(GeV) 2 . We also obtain a logarithmic increase of the average multiplicity coming from the decay of dual resonances.
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The Low-energy expansion of the one loop type II superstring amplitude
The one-loop four-graviton amplitude in either of the type II superstring theories is expanded in powers of the external momenta up to and including terms of order s^4 log s R^4, where R^4 denotes a specific contraction of four linearized Weyl tensors and s is a Mandelstam invariant. Terms in this series are obtained by integrating powers of the two-dimensional scalar field theory propagator over the toroidal world-sheet as well as the moduli of the torus. The values of these coefficients match expectations based on duality relations between string theory and eleven-dimensional supergravity.
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Supersymmetrical Dual String Theory
It is proved that the physical states of the open-string sector of the ten-dimensional string theory form supersymmetry multiplets. The proof is achieved by first constructing a new formulation of the spectrum generating algebra, and then forming the supersymmetry operator (as well as associated operators) and demonstrating that it transforms as a spinor under Lorentz transformations and has the correct anticommutation relations. The results can be interpreted either in terms of a covariant formulation or in terms of a light-cone gauge formulation. In the former case certain formulas are not completely proved, although they are in the latter. When interpreted in four dimensions (by dimensional reduction) the string theory provides an interacting theory of an infinite number of massive representations of N = 4 supersymmetry involving particles of arbitrarily high spin.
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The ghost structure of the superstring
Abstract The infinite towers of ghost fields that arise in the space-time supersymmetric formulation of the superstring fit into vector and metaplectic (spinor) representations of OSp(p, q|2m) supergroups. Conventional and “twisted” metaplectic representations of these groups are presented and the conditions on p, q and m that allow the OSp analogues of Majorana and Majorana-Weyl constraints are found. Invariant inner products of these representations are constructed and possible connections with the quantum action of the superstring are discussed.
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Instantons and seven-branes in type IIB superstring theory
Abstract Instanton and seven-brane solutions of type IIB supergravity carrying charges in the Ramond-Ramond sector are constructed. The singular seven-brane has a quantized R ⊗ R ‘magnetic’ charge whereas its dual is the instanton, which is non-singular in the string frame and has an associated global ‘electric’ charge. The product of these charges is constrained by a Dirac quantization condition. The instanton has the form of a space-time wormhole in the string frame, and is responsible for the non-conservation of the Noether current.
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Design and Construction of a Prototype Solenoid Coil for MICE Coupling Magnets
A superconducting coupling solenoid mounted around four conventional RF cavities, which produces up to 2.6 T central magnetic field to keep the muons within the cavities, is to be used for the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). The coupling coil made from copper matrix NbTi conductors is the largest of three types of magnets in MICE both in terms of 1.5 m inner diameter and about 13 MJ stored magnetic energy at full operation current of 210 A. The stress induced inside the coil assembly during cool down and magnet charging is relatively high. In order to validate the design method and develop the coil winding technique with inside-wound SC splices required for the coupling coil, a prototype coil made from the same conductor and with the same diameter and thickness but only one-fourth long as the coupling coil was designed and fabricated by ICST. The prototype coil was designed to be charged to strain conditions that are equivalent or greater than would be encountered in the coupling coil. This paper presents detailed design of the prototype coil as well as developed coil winding skills. The analyses on stress in the coil assembly and quench process were carried out.
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COMPUTER DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
The design and optimization of a cryogenic refrigerator using the LBL computer program GEOTHM are described. This computer program has been used extensively to design and optimize geothermal power plants and power cycles of other types. GEOTHM can calculate the thermodynamics of a wide variety of cycles including refrigeration cycles. GEOTHM has an optimizer which permits single step multiparameter optimization of a thermodynamic cycle. A refrigeration cycle may be optimized for minimum cost refrigeration, or maximum thermodynamic performance using up to 55 optimizable parameters. The use of the optimizer in GEOTHM is demonstrated on two liquid nitrogen refrigeration cycles which are optimized for minimum refrigeration cost and minimum input power.
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A Superconducting Bending Magnet System for a Compact Synchrotron Light Source
CO}JF--tJ5f)~,,-~ LBL-37503 UC-414 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Accelerator & Fusion Research Division Presented at the Cryogenic Engineering Conference, Columbus, OH, July 17-21, 1995, and to be published in the Proceedings REC e. ' ED V JAN 2 It li1!1o A Superconducting Bending Magnet System for a Compact Synchrotron Light Source M.A. Green, A.A. Garren, E.M. Leung, D.O. Madura, D.B. Cline, J.J. Kolonko, and L.C. Schachinger July 1995 as. TI i . I ') If ,' I 'r - -~- I, ,-_.r_- Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract Number DE-AC03-76SF00098 DISTRISUTlmJ OF THIS [){)(;IA'IENT IS UI~LljJ(;'j EO
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Tests on large diameter superconducting solenoids designed for colliding beam accelerators
Two prototype large diameter thin coil solenoids which use the mechanical structure to moderate quenches, have been built and systematically tested. The solenoids are cooled by two phase helium flowing in tubes which form a part of the coil structure. The coils have been tested by inducing a series of quenches at various currents. The results of these tests are given in this paper.
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Quench protection for a 2-MJ magnet
A superconducting solenoid with conductive bore tube has been used at energies up to 1.9-MJ to test various methods of quench protection. The methods all involve shifting the main coil current to the conductive bore tube and include (1) allowing the quench to evolve naturally, (2) interrupting the primary circuit while providing a varistor used as a shunt across the coil, and (3) turning the entire magnet normal by dumping a short pulse of current from a capacitor bank through the windings.