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Title: High energy physics program at Texas A M University

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The Texas A M high energy physics program has achieved significant mile-stones in each of its research initiatives. We are participating in two major operating experiments, CDF and MACRO; the development of two new detector technologies, liquid scintillating fiber calorimetry and knife-edge chambers; and two SSC detector proposals, SDC and TEXAS/EMPACT. We have developed prototypes of a liquid-scintillator fiber calorimeter system, in which internally reflecting channels are imbedded in a lead matrix and filled with liquid scintillator. This approach combines the performance features of fiber calorimetry and the radiation hardness of liquid scintillator, and is being developed for forward calorimetry in TEXAS/EMPACT. A new element in this program is the inclusion of a theoretical high energy physics research program being carried out by D. Nanopoulos and C. Pope. D. Nanopoulos has succeeded in building a string-derived model that unifies all known interactions: flipped SU(5), which is the leading candidate for a TOE. The impact of this work on string phenomenology certainly has far reaching consequences. C. Pope is currently working on some generalizations of the symmetries of string theory, known as W algebras. These are expected to have applications in two- dimensional conformal field theory, two-dimensional extensions of gravity andmore » topological gravity, and W-string theory. The following report presents details of the accomplishments of the Texas A M program over the past year and the proposed plan of research for the coming year.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA). Dept. of Physics
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/ER
OSTI Identifier:
6422184
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40039-46
ON: DE91001639; TRN: 91-000406
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-81ER40039
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SHOWER COUNTERS; CDF; COSMIC SHOWERS; GRAVITATION; JET MODEL; PROGRESS REPORT; QUARKS; STRING MODELS; SU-2 GROUPS; SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER; SYMMETRY; TOP PARTICLES; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS; BOSONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; COSMIC RADIATION; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FERMIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARK MODEL; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS; STORAGE RINGS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; 651000* - Nuclear Physics; 440104 - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation

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title = {High energy physics program at Texas A M University},
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abstractNote = {The Texas A M high energy physics program has achieved significant mile-stones in each of its research initiatives. We are participating in two major operating experiments, CDF and MACRO; the development of two new detector technologies, liquid scintillating fiber calorimetry and knife-edge chambers; and two SSC detector proposals, SDC and TEXAS/EMPACT. We have developed prototypes of a liquid-scintillator fiber calorimeter system, in which internally reflecting channels are imbedded in a lead matrix and filled with liquid scintillator. This approach combines the performance features of fiber calorimetry and the radiation hardness of liquid scintillator, and is being developed for forward calorimetry in TEXAS/EMPACT. A new element in this program is the inclusion of a theoretical high energy physics research program being carried out by D. Nanopoulos and C. Pope. D. Nanopoulos has succeeded in building a string-derived model that unifies all known interactions: flipped SU(5), which is the leading candidate for a TOE. The impact of this work on string phenomenology certainly has far reaching consequences. C. Pope is currently working on some generalizations of the symmetries of string theory, known as W algebras. These are expected to have applications in two- dimensional conformal field theory, two-dimensional extensions of gravity and topological gravity, and W-string theory. The following report presents details of the accomplishments of the Texas A M program over the past year and the proposed plan of research for the coming year.},
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year = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990},
month = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990}
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