Electromagnetic calorimeter with thin gap wire chambers
In this paper we report about the experimental results obtained in a beam test of a gas sampling EM calorimeter. The module consists of 20 thin gap (30 mm) multiwire chambers as active elements, interleaved with brass absorber plates of 12 mm thickness or 0.84 radiation length. The KEK electron beam was tuned to energies of 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 GeV. The construction and performances of the chamber, the assembling of the module, the experimental setup and data acquisition system are briefly described. The energy resolution of the module is found to be 25%√E (E in GeV). In the range of measured energies, good linearity of the energy response is obtained. The longitudinal development of EM shower, the relation between energy resolution and thickness of the absorber as well as the high voltage of the chamber are studied. The effect of incident position of the beam on the performance of the module is also given.

title: The TAOS Project Stellar Variability II. Detection of 15 Variable Stars
abstract: The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) project has collected more than a billion photometric measurements since 2005 January. These sky survey data-covering timescales from a fraction of a second to a few hundred days-are a useful source to study stellar variability. A total of 167 star fields, mostly along the ecliptic plane, have been selected for photometric monitoring with the TAOS telescopes. This paper presents our initial analysis of a search for periodic variable stars from the time-series TAOS data on one particular TAOS field, No. 151 (RA = 17$^{\rm h}30^{\rm m}6\fs$67, Dec = 27\degr17\arcmin 30\arcsec, ), which had been observed over 47 epochs in 2005. A total of 81 candidate variables are identified in the 3 square degree field, with magnitudes in the range 8 < R < 16. On the basis of the periodicity and shape of the lightcurves, 29 variables, 15 of which were previously unknown, are classified as RR Lyrae, Cepheid, delta Scuti, SX Phonencis, semi-regular and eclipsing binaries.

title: HLS Turn-by-Turn System and its Application
abstract: Measurement principles and analysis of Turn-by-Turn beam position monitor system at Hefei Light Source (HLS) are presented in this paper. In emphases, several typical applications are presented here, which include the commissioning of upgraded injection system on HLS storage, monitoring of transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν and damping time of storage ring, beam instability in injection, as well as experiments of low frequency feedback system. Precise analyses of experimental results offer some conclusions, which are consistent with theoretical expectations. The system plays an important role in study of beam instability and improvement of machine performance.

title: Development of Measurement and Transverse Feedback System at HLS
abstract: In order to cure and damp coupled bunch (CB) instabilities caused by the high order modes (HOMs) of the RF cavity and the resistive wall impedance of the Ring vacuum chamber. HOMs are ineluctable during the operation of the accelerator. An observer system characterized by bunch by bunch measurement of transverse β oscillation and longitudinal synchrotron phase oscillation has been constructed and commissioned at Hefei Light Source (HLS) [1, 2]. A transverse bunch-by-bunch feedback system is under construction. The design and development of the observe systems, as well as diagnostics results of machine instabilities are presented in this paper.

title: Bunch Tracing by Bunch by Bunch Measurement System in HLS
abstract: In this paper, we introduce a bunch tracing system which is based on a bunch-by-bunch (BxB) measurement system in Hefei Light Source (HLS), and present the analysis of the experiment results. Using an in-phase gate signal and a double balance mixer to control an external trigger of ADC, we test the reliability of the BxB system. By this system, we can trace all marked bunches in a set time slot or in manual burst mode. We can record all bunches’ data during the injection, ramping, wiggler excitation and normal operation, and provide a powerful facility for machine study.

title: A Close Binary Star Resolved from Occultation by 87 Sylvia
abstract: The star BD +29 1748 was resolved to be a close binary from its occultation by the asteroid 87 Sylvia on 2006 December 18 UT. Four telescopes were used to observe this event at two sites separated by some 80 km. Two flux drops were observed at one site, whereas only one flux drop was detected at the other. From the long-term variation of Sylvia, we inferred the probable shape of the shadow during the occultation, and this in turn constrains the binary parameters: the two components of BD +29 1748 have a projected separation of 0:097-0:140 on the sky with a position angle 104°-110°. The asteroid was clearly resolved, with a size scale ranging from 130 to 290 km as projected onto the occultation direction, consistent with the size dimensions 385 × 265 × 230 km, mea- sured by direct adaptive optics imaging. No occultation was detected for either of the two known moonlets of 87 Sylvia.

title: Rf System for the NLCTA
abstract: This paper describes an X-Band RF system for the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator. The RF system consists of a 90 MeV injector and a 540 MeV linac. The main components of the injector are two low-Q single-cavity prebunchers and two 0.9-m-long detuned accelerator sections. The linac system consists of six 1.8-m-long detuned and damped detuned accelerator sections powered in pairs. The rf power generation, compression, delivery, distribution and measurement systems consist of klystrons, SLEDII energy compression systems, rectangular waveguides, magic-T's, and directional couplers. The phase and amplitude for each prebuncher is adjusted via a magic-T type phase shifter/attenuator. Correct phasing between the two 0.9 m accelerator sections is obtained by properly aligning the sections and adjusting two squeeze type phase shifters. Bunch phase and bunch length can be monitored with special microwave cavities and measurement systems. The design, fabrication, microwave measurement, calibration, and operation of the sub-systems and their components are briefly presented.

title: Charge division read-out in a 1.8-m-long wire chamber
abstract: This paper reports on the design and the test results of a charge division electronic read-out system for a charged particle proportional wire detector. Electronic calibration and probable error analysis of the system are also discussed. Position resolution for the system has been measured to be 4.8-mm FWHM on a wire of 1.8-m length (0.26%, relative).

title: Variational-cumulant expansion in lattice gauge theory☆
abstract: A variational method in the lagrangian formalism combined with a cumulant expansion of its order-by-order corrections is developed. The technique for dealing with the expansion is presented in a systematic way. As an example, the order parameter Ep ≡ 〈(1/N)trUp〉 for the SU(2) pure gauge Wilson model is evaluated to the 4th order correction in four and five dimensions and is in good agreement with the Monte Carlo results.

title: Beam test results of the BTeV silicon pixel detector
abstract: We report the main results of the BTeV silicon pixel detector beam test carried out at Fermilab during the fixed target run 1999-2000. The tests were performed using a 227 GeV/c pion beam incident on a 6 plane silicon microstrip telescope. Several single-chip silicon pixel planes were placed in the middle of the apparatus. The pixel detector spatial resolution has been studied as a function of track inclination and the number of ADC bits. The effect of an applied external magnetic field was also studied.

title: ADVANCED DAMPED DETUNED STRUCTURE (DDS) DEVELOPMENT AT SLAC1
abstract: The first damped detuned accelerator structure, DDS 1, has been built, tested in the ASSET experiment, and installed in the NLCTA. The planning and construction of a series of further structures, incorporating some mod-ifications, is under way. DDS 2, 3, and 4 all incorporate the same basic design as DDS 1. The manifold design for the last 5 ~. of the downstream end of the structure has been modified to accommodate improvements in the manifold loads. Calculations based on the spectral function method indicate, on average, a factor two or better reduction in the long range wake. Modest modifications in the distribution of geometrical detuning parameters along the structure which, according to calculations based on spectral function theory, significantly improve the short range wake will be incorporated in DDS 3 and 4. The basic cell configuration will be redesigned in DDS 5 with the intention of improving shunt impedance as well as incorporating further improvements in the wake. Paper presented at the 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada