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Cheng, J.

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DOE OSTI2012

Identified Hadron Compositions in p+p and Au+Au Collisions at High Transverse Momenta at √( s NN)=200 GeV

We report transverse momentum (pT≤15 GeV/c) spectra of π ± , K ± , p, p̄, K 0 S , and ρ⁰ at midrapidity in p+p and Au+Au collisions at √( s NN)=200 GeV. Perturbative QCD calculations are consistent with π ± spectra in p+p collisions but do not reproduce K and p(p̄) spectra. The observed decreasing antiparticle-to-particle ratios with increasing pT provide experimental evidence for varying quark and gluon jet contributions to high- pT hadron yields. The relative hadron abundances in Au+Au at pT ≳ 8 GeV/c are measured to be similar to the p+p results, despite the expected Casimir effect for parton energy loss.

Agakishiev, G.↗
NASA NTRS2006

Development of a New Generation of High-Temperature Thermoelectric Unicouples for Space Applications

RTG's have enabled surface and deep space missions since 1961: a) 26 flight missions without any RTG failures; and b) Mission durations in excess of 25 years. Future NASA missions require RTG s with high specific power and high efficiency, while retaining long life (> 14 years) and high reliability, (i.e. 6-8 W/kg, 10-15% efficiency). JPL in partnership with NASA-GRC, NASA-MSFC, DOE, Universities and Industry is developing advanced thermoelectric materials and converters to meet future NASA needs.

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator↗
NASA NTRS1991

Control-structure interaction study for the Space Station solar dynamic power module

The authors investigate the feasibility of using a conventional PID (proportional plus integral plus derivative) controller design to perform the pointing and tracking functions for the Space Station Freedom solar dynamic power module. Using this simple controller design, the control/structure interaction effects were also studied without assuming frequency bandwidth separation. From the results, the feasibility of a simple solar dynamic control solution with a reduced-order model, which satisfies the basic system pointing and stability requirements, is suggested. However, the conventional control design approach is shown to be very much influenced by the order of reduction of the plant model, i.e., the number of the retained elastic modes from the full-order model. This suggests that, for complex large space structures, such as the Space Station Freedom solar dynamic, the conventional control system design methods may not be adequate.

Cheng, J.↗