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F2-PUMPED NO - LASER OSCILLATION AT 218NM AND PROSPECTS FOR NEW LASER TRANSITIONS IN THE 160-250NM REGION

IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 26:9 (1990) 1529-1535

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SM HOOKER, CE WEBB
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THE ABSORPTION OF 158-NM RADIATION IN NITRIC-OXIDE - THE PROSPECTS FOR AN OPTICALLY PUMPED VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET-LASER

APPLIED PHYSICS B-PHOTOPHYSICS AND LASER CHEMISTRY 51:2 (1990) 127-131

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SM HOOKER, CE WEBB
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A measurement of electroweak effects in the reaction e+e- → τ+τ- at 35.0 and 42.4 GeV

Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields 43:4 (1989) 549-555

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W Braunschweig, R Gerhards, FJ Kirschfink, HU Martyn, HM Fischer, H Partmann, J Hartmann, E Hilger, A Jocksch, R Wedemeyer, B Foster, AJ Martin, E Bernardi, J Chwastowski, K Gather, K Genser, H Kowalski, B Löhr, D Lüke, D Notz, JM Pawlak, KU Pösnecker, E Ros, R Walczak, G Wolf, H Kolanoski, J Krüger, E Lohrmann, G Poelz, W Zeuner, J Hassard, J Shulman, D Su, IR Tomalin, F Barreiro, A Leites, J del Peso, M Traseira, C Balkwill, MG Bowler, PN Burrows, RJ Cashmore, GP Heath, PN Ratoff, IM Silvester, ME Veitch, JC Hart, DH Saxon, S Brandt, M Holder, Y Eisenberg, U Karshon, G Mikenberg, A Montag, D Revel, E Ronat, AN Wainer, G Yekutieli, D Muller, S Ritz, M Takashima, SL Wu, G Zobernig

Abstract:

We report on total cross section and forward backward charge asymmetry measurements of the reaction e+e- → τ+τ- at centre of mass energies of 35.0 GeV and 42.4 GeV using the TASSO detector. Including previous data an analysis in terms of electroweak parameters of the standard model is presented, and lower limits on mass scale parameters of residual contact interactions are given. A combined analysis of electroweak couplings using all our results on leptonic reactions e+e-→l+l- has been performed. © 1989 Springer-Verlag.
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Proposed vacuum ultraviolet laser in nitric oxide

(1989) 112-113

Authors:

SM Hooker, CE Webb

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An optically pumped laser that operates in the VUV region of the spectrum with pulse energies in the millijoule range is proposed. The laser is expected to oscillate on ten to 13 new laser lines between 158 and 250 n. The transmission of the F2 pump laser output was measured as a function of NO pressure to deduce the absorption cross section. The absorption was also modeled using spectral rate equations. The model reproduces the observed transmission very well and predicts that the broadening of the absorption line is due to rapid quenching of the upper level. The measurements are not consistent with the results reported by T.J. McKee The predicted upper level population is of the order of 8 × 1014 cm-3 for an NO pressure of 800 mbar, which would give a small signal gain of ≈ 1 cm-1 for the strongest line. On the basis of this it appears to be possible to realize the proposed laser.

Study of intermittency in electron-positron annihilation into hadrons

Physics Letters B 231:4 (1989) 548-556

Authors:

W Braunschweig, R Gerhards, FJ Kirschfink, HU Martyn, HM Fischer, H Hartmann, J Hartmann, E Hilger, A Jocksch, R Wedemeyer, B Foster, AJ Martin, E Bernardi, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, K Genser, H Hultschig, P Joos, H Kowalski, A Ladage, B Löhr, D Lüke, D Notz, JM Pawlak, KU Pösnecker, E Ros, D Trines, R Walczak, G Wolf, H Kolanoski, T Kracht, J Krüger, E Lohrmann, G Poelz, W Zeuner, D Binnie, J Hassard, J Shulman, D Su, I Tomalin, F Barreiro, A Leites, J Del Peso, PN Burrows, GP Heath, ME Veitch, JC Hart, DH Saxon, S Brandt, M Holder, Y Eisenberg, U Karshon, G Mikenberg, A Montag, D Revel, E Ronat, A Shapira, N Wainer, G Yekutieli, A Caldwell, D Muller, S Ritz, M Takashima, S Lan Wu, G Zobernig

Abstract:

Intermittency effects have been studied directly for the first time in e+e- annihilation, using 37 509 hadronic events at an average CM energy of 〈√s〉=35 GeV. The factorial moments F2, F3 and F4 are given for the rapidity distribution and for the two-dimensional distributions in rapidity and azimuthal angle. The effects of cuts in sphericity and particle momentum are large. Comparison with several fragmentation models are made; some models like the Lund model with O(αs2) matrix element give a qualitative description of the phenomena. The importance of detector effects is demonstrated. The results are discussed in terms of various suggested interpretations of this effect. © 1989.
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