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©2021 American Physical Society. Artículo firmado por 73 autores. The authors thank the operators of the ALTO facility for providing the reliable beams used during the experiment. Additionally, we thank the FASTER collaboration for the technical support given. GAMMA-POOL and LOANPOOL are acknowledged for loaning the Clover and Phase I HPGe detectors. The FATIMA collaboration is acknowledged for loaning the LaBr3(Ce) detectors. Some of the coauthors of this work were supported by the STFC UK Nuclear Data Network, the STFC (Grants No. ST/L005743/1 and No. ST/P005314), the Marion Redfearn Trust, BMBF (NUSTAR.DE Grants No. 05P15RDFN1 and No. 05P19PKFNA), and MINECO Grant No. FPA2015-65035-P. Part of the collaboration has received funding from the European Union's HORIZON 2020 Program under Grant No. 654002. Spanish MINECO was funding us via FPA2015-65035-P and RTI2018-098868-B-I00. G.H. and R.L. acknowledge support from the IDEX-API grant. P.H.R., S.M.C., M.B., and A.B. acknowledge support from the UK Government Department of BEIS via the National Measurement System, and the STFC consolidated grant. A.B., R.-B.G. and N.W. are supported by the DFG under Grant No. BL 1513/1-1. F.Z. received support from the Research Council of Norway under Contract No. 263030., We report on spectroscopic information and lifetime measurements of even-even neutron-rich Te isotopes. Excited states were populated in fast-neutron induced fission of U-238 at the ALTO facility of IJCLab with the LICORNE neutron source and detected using the hybrid.-ball spectrometer. We provide first results on lifetimes of the 6(1)(+) state in Te-136 and the (6(1)(+)), (4(1)(+)), and (2(1)(+)) states in Te-138 and discuss the results in the context of large-scale shell-model calculations. The level schemes of Te-136 and Te-138 are revised in terms of lifetimes of their 2(1)(+), 4(1)(+) states and updated information on the (4(2)(+)) state in Te-136 is presented. In addition, previously reported data on spectroscopy and lifetimes in Te-134 are reexamined. This work provides new insights into the evolution of collectivity for Te isotopes with N = 82, 84, 86., Unión Europea. H2020, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), STFC UK Nuclear Data Network, STFC UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Science & Technology Facilities Council, Marion Redfearn Trust, BMBF (NUSTAR.DE Grants) Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF), IDEX-API grant, UK Government Department of BEIS via the National Measurement System, STFC consolidated grant, DFG German Research Foundation (DFG) European Commission, Research Council of Norway, Depto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Fac. de Ciencias Físicas, TRUE, pub

Welding fumes have been found to be carcinogenic and stainless steel welders may be at higher risk due to increased formation of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). The slag-shielded methods, identified to generate most airborne particles and Cr(VI), would potentially be most harmful. With ever-stricter limits set to protect workers, measures to minimize human exposure become crucial. Austenitic stainless steel flux-cored wires of 316L type have been developed with the aim to reduce the toxicity of the welding fume without compromised usability. Collected particles were compared with fumes formed using solid, metal-cored, and standard flux-cored wires. In part 1, the new wires were concluded to have improved weldability, to generate even less Cr(VI) in wt.-% than with solid wire and to be less acute toxic in cultured human bronchial epithelial cells as compared to standard flux-cored wires. In part 2, two additional institutes created fume emission datasheets for the same wires for correlation with the fume data obtained in part 1. The reported values showed large variations between the three laboratories, having a significant effect on the standard deviation. This is suggested to be the result of different welding parameters and various ways to collect and analyze the fume. More stringent specifications on parameter settings and fume collection would be required to increase the accuracy. This means that at present, it may not be possible to compare fume data on datasheets from two different wire producers and care should be taken in interpretation of values given in the available literature. Nevertheless, the laboratories confirmed the same trends for Cr(VI) as presented in part 1., QC 20220523

© 2019 American Physical Society. Artículo firmado por 79 autores. We acknowledge the support of the ISOLDE Collaboration and technical teams. This work was supported in part by the Polish National Science Center under Contract No. UMO-2015/18/E/ST2/00217 and under Contract No. UMO-2015/18/M/ST2/00523, by the Spanish MINECO via FPA2015-65035-P project, by the Portuguese FCT via CERN/FIS-NUC/0004/2015 and CERN-FIS-PAR-0005-2017 projects. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 654002., Excited states in Sn-133 were investigated through the beta decay of In-133 at the ISOLDE facility. The ISOLDE Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source (RILIS) provided isomer-selective ionization for In-133, allowing us to study separately, and in detail, the beta-decay branch of In-133 J(pi)= (9/2(+)) ground state and its J(pi) = (1/2(-)) isomer.Thanks to the large spin difference of the two beta-decaying states of In-133, it is possible to investigate separately the lower and higher spin states in the daughter, Sn-133, and thus to probe independently different single-particle and single-hole levels. We report here new gamma transitions observed in the decay of In-133, including those assigned to the deexcitation of the neutron-unbound states., Unión Europea. H2020, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Polish National Science Center, Portuguese FCT, Depto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Fac. de Ciencias Físicas, TRUE, pub

© American Physical Society. Artículo firmado por 17 autores. The authors would like to acknowledge the ISOLDE technical staff for their assistance during the experiment. Financial support from the European Union Sixth Framework through RII3-EURONS Contract No. 506065, the UK STFC, the Spanish MINECO through Grants No. FPA2005-03993, No. FPA2013-41267-P, No. FPA2014-52823-C2-1-P, and No. FPA2015-65035-P, and the Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa del IFIC SEV-2014-0398 Projects is gratefully acknowledged. Pragati acknowledges financial support from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India., gamma rays following the EC/beta(+) and alpha decay of the N = 126, Fr-213 nucleus have been observed at the CERN isotope separator on-line (ISOLDE) facility with the help of gamma-ray and conversion-electron spectroscopy. These gamma rays establish several hitherto unknown excited states in Rn-213. Also, five new a-decay branches from the Fr-213 ground state have been discovered. Shell model calculations have been performed to understand the newly observed states in Rn-213., Unión Europea. FP6, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), UK STFC, Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa del IFIC Projects, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Depto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Fac. de Ciencias Físicas, TRUE, pub

In this paper we study the effect of well-known higher-order corrections to the allowed beta-decay spectrum on the determination of antineutrino spectra resulting from the decays of fission fragments. In particular, we try to estimate the associated theory errors and find that induced currents like weak magnetism may ultimately limit our ability to improve the current accuracy and under certain circumstance could even greatly increase the theoretical errors. We also perform a critical evaluation of the errors associated with our method to extract the antineutrino spectrum using synthetic beta spectra. It turns out that a fit using only virtual beta branches with a judicious choice of the effective nuclear charge provides results with a minimal bias. We apply this method to actual data for (235)U, (239)Pu, and (241)Pu and confirm, within errors, recent results, which indicate a net 3% upward shift in energy-averaged antineutrino fluxes. However, we also find significant shape differences which can, in principle, be tested by high-statistics antineutrino data samples.

In this paper we study the effect of well-known higher-order corrections to the allowed beta-decay spectrum on the determination of antineutrino spectra resulting from the decays of fission fragments. In particular, we try to estimate the associated theory errors and find that induced currents like weak magnetism may ultimately limit our ability to improve the current accuracy and under certain circumstance could even greatly increase the theoretical errors. We also perform a critical evaluation of the errors associated with our method to extract the antineutrino spectrum using synthetic beta spectra. It turns out that a fit using only virtual beta branches with a judicious choice of the effective nuclear charge provides results with a minimal bias. We apply this method to actual data for (235)U, (239)Pu, and (241)Pu and confirm, within errors, recent results, which indicate a net 3% upward shift in energy-averaged antineutrino fluxes. However, we also find significant shape differences which can, in principle, be tested by high-statistics antineutrino data samples.

This report covers the work performed by General Electric Ordnance Systems pertaining to the electrical characterization and specification of linear microcircuits. The period of report is August 1978 to December 1979. This technical report is divided into chapters covering specific device types with electrical characterization results. The following device types/families were characterized: Adjustable Positive Voltage Regulators, Adjustable Negative Voltage Regulators, Precision BiFet Op Amps, Multiple BiFet Op Amps, 12 Bit A/D Converters, 12 Bit D/A Converters, Precision Voltage References, and Precision Sample/Hold Amplifiers. Data obtained during device characterization is published in handbook form obtainable under separate cover from this document. Samples of data sheets, histograms, and plots, are included in this report, however. (Author)

This ramjet cost handbook is a result of work conducted under Air Force Contract F33615-76-C-2043 to generate cost data and to establish a cost methodology that will accurately predict the production costs of ramjet engines. The cost handbook contains a description of over one hundred and twenty-five different components which are defined as baseline components. The cost estimator selects from the handbook the appropriate components to fit his ramjet assembly, computes the cost from cost computation data sheets in the handbook, and totals all of the appropriate cost elements to arrive at the total engine cost. The methodology described in the cost handbook addresses many different ramjet types from simple podded arrangements of the liquid fuel ramjet to the more complex integral rocket/ramjet configurations including solid fuel ramjets and solid ducted rockets. It is applicable to a range of sizes from 6 in. diameter to 18 in. diameter and to production quantities up to 5000 engines. (Author), See also Rept. no. AFAPL-TR-77-50-VOL-1, AD-A054 856.

A set of individual data sheets for gas phase chemical reactions and photochemistry of neutral species is presented. These data sheets give preferred values for reaction rate constants, photoabsorption cross sections and quantum yields with a brief statement discussing the basis for the preferred value. Recent experimental results are also given. The coverage of this initial set of data sheets issued in February 1980 corresponds to the approximately 400 reactions listed in NBS Special Publication 513, R. F. Hampson and D. Garvin, May 1978. For approximately one quarter of these reactions the data entry has been updated to include the 1979 recommendations of the NASA panel for Data Evaluation and the CODATA Task Group on Chemical Kinetics. They are intended to provide the basic physical chemical data needed as input data for calculations modeling atmospheric chemistry. Revisions and additions for specific reactions will be published as new information becomes available.

Intensive archaeological survey was conducted at 11 Jd 126, a multi-component archaeological site on the lowland flood plain of the Mississippi River, Jo Daviess County, Illinois by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center, Inc. during September and October, 1982. The objectives of the survey and testing were to delineate the boundaries of the site, refine the site geomorphology and occupational history, and provide additional information required for management of the site as well as for future research at 11 Jd 126. This volume contains ceramic and lithic inventory sheets., See also Volume 3, AD-A131 520.

Intensive archaeological survey was conducted at 11 Jd 126, a multi-component archaeological site on the lowland flood plain of the Mississippi River, Jo Daviess County, Illinois by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center, Inc. during September and October, 1982. The objectives of the survey and testing were to delineate the boundaries of the site, refine the site geomorphology and occupational history, and provide additional information required for management of the site as well as for future research at 11 Jd 126. This volume contains ceramic and lithic inventory sheets., See also Volume 1, AD-A131 518.

Intensive archaeological survey was conducted at 11 Jd 126, a multi-component archaeological site on the lowland flood plain of the Mississippi River, Jo Daviess County, Illinois by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center, Inc. during September and October, 1982. The objectives of the survey and testing were to delineate the boundaries of the site, refine the site geomorphology and occupational history, and provide additional information required for management of the site as well as for future research at 11 Jd 126. Five archaeological components were identified: (1) a Trempealeau/McGregor Phase component; (2) an Allamakee/Millville Phase component; (3) a Maples Mills component; (4) a Keyes Phase (Effigy Mound) component; and (5) a late 18th century Euro-American component. Sub-surface features at the site, which is buried under recent alluvium include storage pits, sheet midden, and a late 18th century domestic structure. Construction activities at 11 Jd 126 had destroyed a shell midden, and others may occur at the site. Approximately 90% of 11 Jd 126 remains undisturbed. The recovery of carbonized floral remains, faunal remains, and diagnostic cultural materials from buried, stratified contexts, indicates that the site has high potential for research relating to Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, and 18th century occupation of the lowland flood plain in the Quad-state region. (Author), See also Volume 2, AD-A131 519.