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NASA NTRS1975

Method of producing a storage bulb for an atomic hydrogen maser

A storage bulb for an atomic hydrogen maser is produced by coating its internal surface with an emulsion containing both TFE and FEP particles. The emulsion is produced by mixing a first quantity of TFE in an aqueous dispersion with a second quantity of FEP in an aqueous dispersion, with a third quantity of distilled water. The emulsion is poured into the bulb to coat it uniformly so as to form a thin film of emulsion on the bulb's internal surface. After excess emulsion is drained out of the bulb the emulsion in the bulb is dried to remove the water and most of the aqueous matter therefrom. The remaining emulsion is then cured by heating the bulb to a temperature of at least 380 C.

Erpenbach, H.↗
NASA NTRS1977

Two pumps reduce maser weight

Weight and cost of conventional hydrogen maser is reduced significantly by replacing large ion pump with hydrogen sorption pump and miniature ion pump for scavenging hydrogen and residual gases.

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NASA NTRS1977

Stimulated Raman scattering and the extreme high-velocity H2O maser features in W49

Stimulated Raman scattering of the intense 22.2-GHz water-vapor maser radiation within W49 is examined as a possible explanation of the extremely broad spectrum of W49 extending to + or - 200 km/sec apparent Doppler velocity. Under the most favorable conditions, Raman scattering from ammonia molecules is calculated to be observable. It is unlikely that the Raman process contributes appreciably in the case of W49, as it fails to predict the observed spatial and spectral distribution of the radiation.

Boyd, R. W.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Vacuum leadthrough for hydrogen maser

Nonmagnetic leadthroughs are used in hydrogen maser for electrical interconnection into vacuum chamber. Seal uses uranium glass to form vacuum seal to tungsten rod. Epoxy resin seals glass-coated rod to aluminum body. Connector was subjected to temperature cycling between minus 65 degrees to 150 C, six to seven times over a sixteen hour period.

Norris, D. A.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Hydrogen-maser frequency standard

Wall shift in frequency of proposed variable-shift maser that is caused by collisions between hydrogen atoms and container walls, could easily be determined, thereby allowing building of frequency standard with accuracy of 1 part in 10 to 14th power.

Reinhardt, V.↗
NASA NTRS1977

Study of Improvement of Hydrogen Maser Frequency Standard

The research work dealt primarily with reducing the atom leakage rate using as storage surfaces the FEP Teflon surfaces conventionally used in contemporary hydrogen maser frequency standards. Some work was also done on a possible alternative to the conventional surfaces, but the results here and elsewhere suggest that the alternative surface is not promising enough to warrant much further work.

Crampton, S. B.↗
NASA NTRS1980

FEP plug protects H2 masers

Lifetime of hydrogen-maser bulb is increased by replacing beam stop plate with thick fluorinated ethylene-propylene (FEP) plug inserted in hole opposite beam entrance stem of bulb.

Deluca, J. J.↗
NASA NTRS1978

External bulb variable volume maser

A maser functioning as a frequency standard stable to one part in 10 to the 14th power includes a variable volume, constant surface area storage bulb having a fixed volume portion located in a resonant cavity from which the frequency standard is derived. A variable volume portion of the bulb, exterior to the resonant cavity, has a maximum volume on the same order of magnitude as the fixed volume bulb portion. The cavity has a length to radius ratio of at least 3:1 so that the operation is attained without the need for a feedback loop. A baffle plate, between the fixed and variable volume bulb portions, includes apertures for enabling hydrogen atoms to pass between the two bulb portions and is an electromagnetic shield that prevents coupling of the electromagnetic field of the cavity into the variable volume bulb portion.

Reinhardt, V. S.↗
NASA NTRS1978

S-band maser phase delay stability tests

The results of the S-band traveling wave maser phase delay stability measurements performed at DSS 62 are presented. These tests were required for the Pioneer-Venus wind experiment.

Urech, J. M.↗
NASA NTRS1979

An improved storage bulb mount for DSN hydrogen masers

The presently used JPL hydrogen maser suspended atomic storage bulb and a rigid, single-plane mounted bulb are compared. The new bulb incorporates three major design changes: (1) mounting design; (2) alterations to the collimator; and (3) decrease in mass. These design changes are expected to increase the long-term stability of the frequency standard by reducing its sensitivity to vibration and thermal effects.

Dachel, P. R.↗
NASA NTRS1978

Mass loss and OH maser emission from Mira variables

The mass, radius, and luminosity of 26 Mira variables that are known OH sources of radio emission at 1612 MHz have been estimated. The time-independent solution of Salpeter's (1974) stellar-wind equation and a period-density relation are used to solve for basic stellar parameters, with the aid of the terminal expansion velocity of the OH maser cloud. Masses obtained from these calculations are consistent with other estimated values for masses of Mira variables. Good agreement is obtained when comparing the rate of mass loss as determined from Reimers's (1977) semiempirical relation with estimates of the mass-loss rate as deduced from theoretical models involving radiation pressure on grains. These calculations suggest a strong correlation between the mass-loss rate and the pulsation period. Arguments concerning the general properties of silicate grains from radiation-pressure-driven stellar-wind equations are discussed.

Michalitsianos, A. G.↗
NASA NTRS1979

H2O masers near OB associations

Four new water masers have been found in the vicinity of three OB associations. One of these, in Cep OB3, is among the most intense sources yet discovered and may be related to the most recent epoch of star formation in the OB association. Two others, one in CMa OB1, the other in M16, have large radial velocities relative to their associated molecular clouds. These results are discussed in the context of star formation and CO line self-reversal within the individual sources.

Blitz, L.↗
NASA NTRS1979

A reflected-wave ruby maser with K-band tuning range and large instantaneous bandwidth

A novel maser concept is outlined and a unique design described which permits wide bandwidth and waveguide tuning range by employing four stages cascaded via cryogenically cooled circulators. Theoretical considerations for gain, bandwidth, gain ripple, and noise temperature are included. Operated on a closed-cycle helium refrigerator with a superconducting persistence-mode magnet, the four-stage amplifier is tunable from 18.3 to 26.6 GHz with 30 dB of net gain and achieves 240 MHz of 3-dB bandwidth near the center of this band. The measured noise temperature is 13 + or - 2 K referred to the room-temperature input flange. Applications are foreseen utilizing cooled parametric downconverters and upconverters with this amplifier at IF to extend the low-noise performance up to millimeter frequencies and down to L-band for radio astronomy and planetary spacecraft communications.

Moore, C. R.↗
NASA NTRS1978

NASA NR hydrogen maser

The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, under contract to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, is engineering a new generation of field operable hydrogen masers (NR) based on prior NASA NP and NX designs. These units incorporate improvements in magnetic shielding, lower noise electronics, better thermal control and have a microprocessor for operation, monitoring and diagnostic functions. They are ruggedly built for transportability and ease of service anywhere in the world.

Rueger, L. J.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Effects of hydrogen atom spin exchange collisions on atomic hydrogen maser oscillation frequency

Frequency shifts due to collisions between hydrogen atoms in an atomic hydrogen maser frequency standard are studied. Investigations of frequency shifts proportional to the spin exchange frequency shift cross section and those proportional to the duration of exchange collisions are discussed. The feasibility of operating a hydrogen frequency standard at liquid helium temperatures is examined.

Crampton, S. B.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Hydrogen maser implementation in the Deep Space Network at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Frequency Standard Test Laboratory and its activities are described. The test laboratory has the capability to measure the frequency stability of five frequency standards including environmental parameters. Nine frequency standards may be evaluated simultaneously upon completion of the current instrumentation expansion program. Frequency stability measurements and environmental data on five H-masers are presented.

Kuhnle, P. F.↗