Ms
Amanda BLAND
(Mississippi Valley State University)
06/08/2008, 09:20
This document describes a project to expand and improve the web pages used to monitor the temperatures in areas of the Fermilab Computing Division’s Grid Computing Center and Lattice Computing Center.
Edgar PALACIOS
(Illinois Institute of Technology)
06/08/2008, 09:40
A luminosity upgrade has been planned for the LHC within the next 5 years. So far Nb3Sn magnets seems to be the best candidate for this upgrade. Unfortunately, these conductors suffer from thermo-magnetic instabilities, flux jump, which limit their practical use. Thus, two experiments where done to analyze and hopefully understand these instabilities in further detail.
Mr
Andre PRESCOD
(South Carolina State University)
06/08/2008, 10:10
This paper focuses on the impact of the earth’s motion on magnetic alignment. More directly, this paper analyzes ground motion of water pools that were set up for modeling the slow degeneration in the alignment of magnets. It explores theories that have been found to express a relation between distance and time and the existence of a constant, in the determination of an alignment ‘factor’ at...
Mr
Caleb TILLMAN
(Reed College)
06/08/2008, 10:30
This paper discusses data acquisition/analysis techniques used early on in the Antimatter Gravitation Experiment (AGE). It covers the use of lasers, photodiodes, and interferometers in conjunction with a three grating interferomer to that end. A short discussion of the first results from this experiment is included. It also explains the use of these results and how they can help in the future.
Jason TRINIDAD-PÉREZ
(Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Campus)
06/08/2008, 11:00
An RF simulator is needed to test the electronics used to control RF cavities. This paper discusses the process to configure the FPGA for simulating an RF cavity, and creating an interface in MATLAB using C MEX-files. It also includes information about the hardware used in this project and tests done to verify the correct functionality of the card’s configuration.