Fritzsch-Stech model in SO(10).
The combined Fritzsch-Stech model for quarks is consistent with our present knowledge of quark masses and mixing angles. A possible way to extend it to leptons: by using an SO(10) framework: has been suggested by Bottino, Kim, Nishiura, and Sze. We investigate this model further and find some new features. It is first noted that the allowed quark masses are somewhat sensitive to the experimental uncertainties in the input parameters. This is carefully analyzed and we find that the original Stech Ansatz for the hadron sector is consistent. However, if the top-quark mass is greater than about 45 GeV, this Ansatz must be slightly modified. It is found that in a model of the present type the seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses may be drastically modified. This occurs because in SO(10) it is likely that the matrix of heavy ''right-handed'' neutrinos is close to a singular matrix. This feature is analyzed both analytically and numerically. Various patterns involving two extremely light neutrinos and one intermediate-mass (order of several MeV) neutrino which may arise are compared with experiment. More orthodox and perhaps more probable patterns for neutrino masses are also discussed. The lepton-mixing matrices are predicted and the results support recentmore » explanations of the solar-neutrino paradox.« less

title: Beam commissioning of the PEP-II High Energy Ring
abstract: The PEP-II High Energy Ring (HER), a 9 GeV electron storage ring, has been in commissioning since spring 1997. Initial beam commissioning activities focused on systems checkout and commissioning and on determining the behaviour of the machine systems at high beam currents, This phase culminated with the accumulation of 0.75 A of stored beam-sufficient to achieve design luminosity-in January 1998 after 3.5 months of beam time. Collisions with the 3 GeV positron beam of the Low Energy Ring (LER) were achieved in Summer of 1998. At high beam currents, collective instabilities have been seen. Since then, commissioning activities for the HER have shifted in focus towards characterization of the machine and a rigorous program to understand the machine and the beam dynamics is presently underway.

title: Investigating the process of star formation in young LMC star clusters
abstract: The rich star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are ideal for studying the process of star formation. Here we focus on the determination of age spreads amongst the massive stars in two young clusters, NGC1818 and NGC1805. We present colour magnitude diagrams (derived from HST data) for these clusters, and discuss the difficulties in age spread determination.

title: A hamiltonian structure from gauge transformations of the Zakharov-Shabat system
abstract: We study a hamiltonian structure for nonlinear evolution equations arising from a class of gauge transformations of the Zakharov-Shabat system.

title: Chandra observations of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC6503
abstract: We have observed the nearby spiral galaxy NGC6503 using Chandra. Seven discrete sources associated with the galaxy have been found, one of them coincident with its Liner-starburst nucleus. One of the sources corresponds to a ULX with Lx >~ 10e39 ergs/s. Previous ROSAT observations of the galaxy show that this source has varied by at least a factor 3 in the last 6 years. No evidence is found for strong diffuse emission in the nuclear region or the presence of a low luminosity AGN.

title: LASER WELDING OF STEEL PLATES WITH UNMACHINED EDGES

title: Atomic-weight dependence of the production of hadron pairs by 800-GeV/c protons on nuclear targets.
abstract: Fermilab experiment 711 has investigated proton-nucleus collisions in which two high-transverse-momentum hadrons are produced forming high-mass ++, +{minus}, and {minus}{minus} charged states, using an 800-GeV/{ital c} proton beam on targets of beryllium, aluminum, iron, and tungsten. Our data cover the range in dihadron mass from 6 to 15 GeV/{ital c}{sup 2}. We show here that the dependence of the cross section on atomic weight {ital A} can be parametrized as {ital A}{sup {alpha}} where {alpha}=1.043{plus minus}0.011(stat){plus minus}0.025 (syst), and is independent of the charge state of the dihadron system.

title: Massive hadron pair production by 800 GeV/c protons on nuclear targets.
abstract: We report data on proton-nucleon collisions obtained on Fermilab experiment E711, in which high transverse momentum hadrons are produced near 90[degree] in the proton-nucleon center of mass forming high mass states, using an 800 GeV/[ital c] proton beam on targets of beryllium, aluminum, iron, and tungsten. The data presented cover the mass range from 7 to 15 GeV/[ital c][sup 2], the three dihadron charge states ++, +[minus], and [minus][minus], and parton-parton scattering angles up to cos[theta][sup *]=0.50. We present the differential mass dihadron cross section, as well as the angular and charge dependence of the measurement. The cross section as a function of the parton-parton scattering angle for the three charge states is shown to vary linearly with the value of the atomic weight. While the angular distributions are shown to be independent of the target type, a small dependence on the charge state of the distributions is observed. The data are shown to be in good agreement with extrapolations from previous measurements and phenomenological QCD calculations.

title: Double giant dipole resonance in the ( pi -, pi +) reaction.

title: A new collider upgrade proposal: Increasing the pbar-p collider energy

title: Double analog state in odd-A nuclei.
abstract: Measurements were performed using pion double charge exchange to observe the double isobaric analog state (DIAS) in the odd-[ital A] nuclei [sup 54]V, [sup 59]Co, [sup 115]In, and [sup 197]Au. These results are combined with data for other odd-[ital A] targets and used to investigate the [ital N], [ital Z], and [ital A] dependence of DIAS cross sections.