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Novel Production Techniques Of Radioisotopes Using Electron Accelerators, Daniel Robert Lowe Dec 2012

Novel Production Techniques Of Radioisotopes Using Electron Accelerators, Daniel Robert Lowe

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Non-traditional radioisotope production techniques using a compact, high power linear electron accelerator have been demonstrated and characterized for the production of 18F, 47Sc, 147Pm, and 99mTc from a variety of target candidates. These isotopes are used extensively in the medical field as diagnostic and therapy radioisotopes, as well as the space industry as RTG's. Primary focus was placed on 99mTc as it constitutes approximately 80% of all diagnostic procedures in the medical community that use radioactive tracers. It was also the prime focus due to recent events at the Chalk River nuclear reactor, which caused global shortages of this isotope …


A Long-Channel Model For The Asymmetric Double-Gate Mosfet Valid In All Regions Of Operation, Abhishek Kammula, Bradley Minch Jul 2012

A Long-Channel Model For The Asymmetric Double-Gate Mosfet Valid In All Regions Of Operation, Abhishek Kammula, Bradley Minch

Bradley Minch

We present a physically based, continuous analytical model for long-channel double-gate MOSFETs. The model is particularly well suited for implementation in circuit simulators due to the simple expressions for the current andthe continuous nature of the derivatives of the current which improves convergence behavior.


Multiple-Scattering Theory Of Itinerant Electron Magnetism In Random Muffin-Tin Alloys, S. Kaprzyk, A. Bansil Apr 2012

Multiple-Scattering Theory Of Itinerant Electron Magnetism In Random Muffin-Tin Alloys, S. Kaprzyk, A. Bansil

Arun Bansil

We discuss the equilibrium electronic structure of a random binary alloy within the framework of a spin-dependent muffin-tin Hamiltonian. The disorder is treated on the basis of the single-site approximations (SSA), especially the average t-matrix and the coherent potential approximations. The local-spin-density (LSD) functional approach is employed to relate the electron and the spin densities with the atomic potentials, thus providing a fully self-consistent description of the ground-state properties of the random alloy. By using the atomic magnetic moments as expansion parameters, a Stoner-type linearized form of the full SSA-LSD formalism is developed. This analysis yields insights into the nature …


Characterizing Electrons In Primary And Secondary Magnetic Islands During Magnetic Reconnection, Jason Shuster Apr 2012

Characterizing Electrons In Primary And Secondary Magnetic Islands During Magnetic Reconnection, Jason Shuster

Honors Theses and Capstones

The physics underlying particle-in-cell simulations that are widely employed in studying plasma dynamics are reviewed. Results from a two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of fully kinetic, undriven, collisionless magnetic reconnection are studied to compare the electrons in a primary magnetic island formed from an ion current sheet and the electrons in a secondary island formed in an electron current layer. We find that the secondary island is born with a strong out-of-plane current density due to localized peaks in the electron density and out-of-plane electron velocity; the secondary island retains these features as it evolves, distinguishing it from the primary island. For …