This Week's SLAC Preprints This distribution includes preprints released between 11/12/2011 and 11/19/2011 (7 days). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCELERATOR PHYSICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14639 Effect of Finite Pulse Length and Laser Frequency Chirp on HGHG and EEHG Seeding Stupakov, Gennady Released: 11/18/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14639 SLAC-PUB-14741 Essay: Bob Siemann-SLC Days at SLAC Raubenheimer, Tor Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14741 SLAC-PUB-14742 Essay: Robert H. Siemann As Leader of the Advanced Accelerator Research Department Colby, Eric Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14742 SLAC-PUB-14743 Essay: In Memory of Robert Siemann Chao, Alexander Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14743 SLAC-PUB-14744 Curved Mesh Correction And Adaptation Tool to Improve COMPASS Electromagnetic Analyses Luo, X Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14744 SLAC-PUB-14745 Community Petascale Project for Accelerator Science and Simulation: Advancing Computational Science for Future Accelerators and Accelerator Technologies Ng, C Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14745 SLAC-PUB-14748 The E166 experiment: Development of an Undulator-Based Polarized Positron Source for the International Linear Collider Kovermann, J Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14748 SLAC-R-978 Linac Coherent Light Source II (LCLS-II) Conceptual Design Report Galayda, John Released: 11/16/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-r-978 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTROPHYSICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14737 Non-Gaussianity as a Probe of the Physics of the Primordial Universe and the Astrophysics of the Low Redshift Universe Komatsu, E. Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14737 SLAC-PUB-14740 Wide-Field Astronomical Surveys in the Next Decade Strauss, Michael Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14740 SLAC-PUB-14754 Experimental Investigation of Excited-State Lifetimes in Atomic Ytterbium Bowers, C. J Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14754 SLAC-PUB-14755 New Prospects in High Energy Astrophysics Blandford, Roger Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14755 SLAC-PUB-14759 Initial Results from the ANITA 2006-2007 Balloon Flight Gorham, P. W Released: 11/16/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14759 SLAC-PUB-14764 Pulsed Gamma-Rays From the Millisecond Pulsar J0030+0451 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope Abdo, A A Released: 11/17/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14764 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUTING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14747 SciDAC Advances in Beam Dynamics Simulation: From Light Sources to Colliders Qiang, J Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14747 SLAC-PUB-14749 Recent Developments in SHERPA Archibald, Jennifer Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14749 SLAC-R-462 Third-Order Transport: A Computer Program for Designing Charged Particle Beam Transport Systems Carey, D Released: 11/18/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-r-462 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEP EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14731 Measurement of Charmless B to Vector-Vector decays at BaBar Olaiya, Emmanuel Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14731 SLAC-PUB-14732 D0 - D0bar Mixing: An Overview Marks, Jorg Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14732 SLAC-PUB-14733 Radiative and Leptonic B-meson Decays from the B-factories Walsh, John Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14733 SLAC-PUB-14735 Update on Angles and Sides of the CKM Unitarity Triangle from BaBar Cheng, Chih-hsiang Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14735 SLAC-R-976 Measurement of CP Violation in B Anti-B Mixing on the Recoil of Partially Reconstructed Anti-B0 to D* L- Anti-Nu/L Using Kaon Tags Gaz, Alessandro Released: 11/16/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-r-976 SLAC-PUB-14750 CP Violation at BaBar Yeche, Christophe Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14750 SLAC-PUB-14751 Recent BaBar Results on $B$ Decays Clark, P. J Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14751 SLAC-PUB-14753 Review of Standard Tau Decays From the B-Factory Experiments Salvatore, F Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14753 SLAC-PUB-14762 B to tau Leptonic and Semileptonic Decays Barrett, M Released: 11/17/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14762 SLAC-PUB-14766 Inclusive and Exclusive |Vub| Petrella, Antonio Released: 11/17/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14766 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEP PHENOMENOLOGY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14734 DUSEL Theory White Paper Ruby, S. Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14734 SLAC-R-975 International Linear Collider Reference Design Report Volume 2: Physics at the ILC Djouadi, Abdelhak Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-r-975 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEP THEORY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14738 Inflation on an Open Racetrack Chen, Heng-Yu Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14738 SLAC-PUB-14739 Open String Wavefunctions in Warped Compactifications Marchesano, Fernando Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14739 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUMENTATION/DEVELOPMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14752 Implementation and Performance of the Tau Trigger in the ATLAS Experiment Bosman, M Released: 11/15/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14752 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14746 Measurements of Projectile-Like Be-8 And B-9 Production in 200-400 MeV/Nucleon C-12 on Water Toshito, T Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14746 SLAC-PUB-14765 The On-Orbit Calibrations for the Fermi Large Area Telescope , Released: 11/17/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14765 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL PHYSICS, OTHER PHYSICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-PUB-14736 ILC Instrumentation R&D at SCIPP Carman, J. Released: 11/14/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-pub-14736 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYNCHROTRON RADIATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAC-R-979 1994 SSRL Activity Report , Released: 11/18/2011 http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/SciDoc/docMeta.aspx?slacPubNumber=slac-r-979 For the most current listing of newly released SLAC publications and reports, see Recent SLAC Publications at: http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/sciDoc/RecentPubs.asp. Please report any problems to: [log in to unmask] Regards, Document Services, Information Management and Portal Services, OCIO and Computing Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory