[en] The NSLS-II storage ring will be a replacement for the existing two NSLS light sources, which although innovative when proposed, have been exceeded by modern light source designs. NSLS-II design takes a new approach toward providing users with the very bright beams after commissioning and a strategy of evolving to higher brightness beams as more ID devices are installed during its operations. This is achieved not by pushing the basic lattice to lower emittance, an approach that hits severe limits in the control of the dynamic aperture of an ever increasing non-linear lattice. Our approach is rather to reduce the natural emittance using damping wigglers, in addition to damping from the user undulator's. Details on the lattice design are presented

[en] State of the art low emittance light source lattices, require small bend angle dipole magnets and strong quadrupoles. This in turn creates large chromaticity and small value of dispersion in the lattice. To counter the high linear chromaticity, strong sextupoles are required which limit the dynamic aperture. Traditional methods for expanding the dynamic aperture use harmonic sextupoles to counter the tune shift with amplitude. This has been successful up to now, but is non-deterministic and limited as the sextupole strength increases, driving higher order nonlinearities. We have taken a different approach that makes use of the tune flexibility of a TBA lattice to minimize the lowest order nonlinearities, freeing the harmonic sextupoles to counter the higher order nonlinearities. This procedure is being used to improve the nonlinear dynamics of the NSLS-II lattice

[en] The VUV storage ring at the National Synchrotron Light Source was used to study the impact of changes in the momentum compaction factors over a large range from positive to negative values. Changes in bunch length and synchrotron tune were measured versus current and RF parameters for these different lattices. By controlling both the first and second-order momentum compaction factors, a lattice was developed in which a pair of alpha buckets was created within the energy aperture of the vacuum chamber and beam was stored simultaneously in both buckets

[en] The VUV storage ring at the National Synchrotron Light Source was used to study the impact of changes in the momentum compaction factors over a large range from positive to negative values. Changes in bunch length and synchrotron tune were measured versus current and RF parameters for these different lattices. By controlling both the first and second-order momentum compaction factors, a lattice was developed in which a pair of alpha buckets was created within the energy aperture of the vacuum chamber and beam was stored simultaneously in both buckets

[en] The new ATLAS control system, based on the commercial product open-quotes VISTAclose quotes, continues to be developed and to absorb more of the facility control work load. Cryogenic temperature is now monitored by the new system and the old temperature monitoring system was retired. Resonator and solenoid control can now be handled by the new system. With this step, all components of the accelerator can now be operated from the new system. Many of the open-quotes high-levelclose quotes programs remain to be ported to the new system, but we believe that all features available from the old system will be available on the new system by October 1995. The enhanced features of the new system, distributed control, and user-friendly interfaces make the new system the one of choice. So as new capabilities are made available, they are quickly adopted as the system-of-choice by the operators

[en] The porphyrin precursor delta-aminolevulinic acid (delta-ALA) is a structural analogue of the putative amino acid neurotransmitter, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). This study has demonstrated that delta-ALA has no effect on glutamate decarboxylase activity and only a small inhibitory effect on GABA aminotransferase activity. This would suggest that if accumulation of delta-ALA is related to development of the acute attack of porphyria, it is not via an effect on GABA synthesis and metabolism

[en] The ATLAS facility (Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System) is located at the Argonne National Laboratory. The facility is a tool used in nuclear and atomic physics research focusing primarily on heavy-ion physics. Due to the complexity of the operation of the facility, a computerized control system has always been required. The nature of the design of the accelerator has allowed the accelerator to evolve over time to its present configuration. The control system for the accelerator has evolved as well, primarily in the form of additions to the original design. A project to upgrade the ATLAS control system replacing most of the major original components was first reported on in the Fall of 1992 during the Symposium Of North Eastern Accelerator Personnel (SNEAP) at the AECL, Chalk River Laboratories. A follow-up report was given in the Fall of 1993 at the First Workshop on Applications of Vsystem Software and Users' Meeting at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. This project is presently in its third and final phase. This paper briefly describes the ATLAS facility, summarizes the control system upgrade project, and explains the intended control system configuration at the completion of the final phase of the project

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[en] In the introductory chapters on radiation physics and radiobiology, important terms and concepts used in clinical radiotherapy are covered. The subsequent chapters, which form the core and the handbook, group tumors predominantly according to major physiologic systems or anatomic site. Usually, for each tumor a brief overview is presented followed by a review of pathology, staging, work-up, clinical features, management, results of therapy and morbidity. In the morbidity sections, acute and chronic complications of treatment are listed along with pertinent information regarding their pathogenesis and management. There are also chapters dealing with radiotherapeutic emergencies, palliative treatment and combined-quality therapy. The Radiation Safety chapter presents guidelines for radiation protection

[en] We present the first experimental evidence confirming the theoretical predictions of alpha buckets in an electron storage ring. By controlling both the first- and second-order momentum compaction factors, we succeeded in storing electrons simultaneously in a pair of alpha buckets or in either bucket alone. The two electron bunches are separated in energy by slightly less than 1% and the energy is tunable over a narrow range. The energy difference was directly measured using synchrotron light from an undulator. Simultaneous two-color light beams from an undulator were generated. By changing the rf voltage, we were able to vary the normally fixed longitudinal bunch separation. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society