Predictions of AMOS Observations of Shuttle Engine Firings (2005)
Braunstein, M., Bernstein, L., Venner, M., Dressler, R.
This viewgraphs report on the following: 1) Chemical Mechanisms; 2) Source and Apparent Signals; 3) Instrumentation; 4) Conclusions and Future Work.
Laser Window Surface Finishing and Coating Technology. (2002)
Braunstein,M., Braunstein,A. I., Allen,S. D., Gentile,A. L., Giuliano,C. R.
The program covered six areas of study: surface finishing, surface characterization, coating techniques, optical evaluation, chemical analysis, and laser window damage studies. Potassium chloride...
Study of Surface Finishing and Coating of DF Laser Windows. (2002)
Harrington,J. A., Braunstein,M., Garcia,B., Rudisill,J. E.
Research was conducted into the minimization of optical absorption in low-loss window and coating materials for use in high-power DF chemical lasers. Candidate coating materials that were...
Laser Window Materials and Optical Coating Science. (2002)
Braunstein,M., Allen,S. D., Harrington,J. A., Pedinoff,M. E., Rudisill,J. E.
The window materials that are under investigation include selected alkali halides and alkaline earth fluorides, in both single and polycrystalline form and of alloyed and unalloyed composition. The...
Study of Surface Finishing and Coating of DF Laser Windows. (2002)
Harrington,J. A., Braunstein,M.
This report summarizes a three-year investigation into the absorption losses in thin film coatings and surfaces of highly transparent materials at 3.8 microns. The primary emphasis during the first...
Scattering Losses in Single and Polycrystalline Materials for IR Fiber Applications (2002)
Harrington, J. A., Braunstein, M., Bobbs, B., Braunstein, R.
The results reported here represent significant advances in the state of the art of high-power laser windows and coatings. An order-of-magnitude improvement was achieved in the material parameters of...
Laser Window Surface Finishing and Coating Science. (1998)
Braunstein,M., Allen,S. D., Braunstein,A. I., Giuliano,C. R., Zuccaro,D.
The work on thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4) film preparation under ultrahigh vacuum conditions has produced films having absorption index values (K) in the range of 0.0007 to 0.0011. Surface finishing...
Electronic Structure and Dynamics of O(3P)+CO(1E+) Collisions (1998)
The potential energy surfaces of the three lowest electronic triplet states of CO2 which lead to O((sup 3 P))+CO((sup 1)SIGMA(+)), (sup 3)A', 1(sup 3)A', and 2(sup 3)A", have been computed at the...
Progress in the Parallelization of the SOCRATES-P Missile Plume Code (1998)
Smith, T., Cline, J., Braunstein, M., Chakravarthy, S.
Progress report in the implementation of a parallelized version of SOCRATES under HPCMP CHSSI Project CFD-10. Examples of the increased capabilities of the Pre-Alpha code are given along with an...
Underlying the many models for simulating chemistry in rarefied gas flows are the cross sections for fundamental chemical processes occurring at high energy and under non-equilibrium conditions. As a...
Braunstein, M., Adler-Golden, S., Maiti, B., Schatz, G. C.
We present results of time dependent quantum mechanics (TDQM) and quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) studies of the excitation function for O((3)P) + H2(v=0-3,j=0) - OH + H from threshold to 30...
Theoretical Studies of High Energy Oxygen Atom Chemistry (1998)
Braunstein, M., Duff, J., Shroll, R., Bernstein, L., Adler-Golden, S.
Ab-initio Modeling of the Following Reactions: O + H2 yields OH + H; O + H2O yields O + H2O* or OH** + OH*; O + HCl yields O = HCl* or Cl + OH*
Potential Surfaces and Dynamics of the O(3P) + H2O(X1A1) yields OH(X2Pi) + OH(X2Pi) Reaction (1998)
Braunstein, M., Panfili, R., Shroll, R., Bernstein, L.
We present global potential energy surfaces for the three lowest triplet states in O(3P) + H2O(X1A1) collisions and present results of classical dynamics calculations on the O(3P) + H2O(X1A1) yields...
Xie, Tiao, Bowman, Joel, Duff, J. W., Braunstein, M., Ramachandran, B.
We have performed quantum mechanical (QM) dynamics calculations within the independent-state approximation with new benchmark triplet A" and A' surfaces [B. Ramachandran et al. J. Chem. Phys. 119,...
SCALE-UP HANDLING OF ALKALINE-EARTH FLUORIDE LASER WINDOWS UNDER A REACTIVE ATMOSPHERE. (1998)
Robinson, M., Arita, K., Pastor, R. C., Braunstein, M.
N78-25415.
AR COATINGS FOR 2 TO 6 MICROMETER FLUORIDE WINDOWS. (1998)
Rudisill, E., Harrington, J. A., Braunstein, M.
N78-25415.
A COMPARISON OF ULTRAHIGH VACUUM AND CONVENTIONAL VACUUM-DEPOSITED OPTICAL COATINGS. (1998)
Zuccaro, D., Rudisill, E., Braunstein, M.
N78-25415.
Pedinoff, M. E., Braunstein, M., Stafsudd, O. M.
N78-25415. Last author is with Engineering Dept., University of California at Los Angeles.
Pedinoff, M. E., Braunstein, M., Stafsudd, O. M.
N78-25415. Last author is with Engineering Dept., University of California at Los Angeles.
OPTICAL ABSORPTION IN UV LASER WINDOW MATERIALS. (1998)
Harrington, J. A., Bobbs, B. L., Braunstein, M., Kim, R. Y., Stearns, R.
Braunstein, M., Stephens, J. A., McKoy, V.
We report vibrationally resolved photoelectron angular distributions for photoionization of the C3Πg Rydberg state of O2. Comparison is made with recent experimental measurements of angular...
McKoy, V., Braunstein, M., Dixit, S. N., Lynch, D. L., Rudolph, H., Stephens, J. A.
Author Institution: Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-446, Livermore, CA 94550; Department of Chemistry, University...
Stephens, J. A., Braunstein, M., McKoy, V.
We show that strong non-Franck–Condon effects observed in (2+1) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization of the C 3Pig state of O2 are due to the ksigmau shape resonance previously observed in...
Braunstein, M, Sobel, R E, Allis, C D, Turner, B M, Broach, J R
Heterochromatin in metazoans induces transcriptional silencing, as exemplified by position effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster and X-chromosome inactivation in mammals. Heterochromatic DNA...
Braunstein, M, Sobel, R E, Allis, C D, Turner, B M, Broach, J R
Heterochromatin in metazoans induces transcriptional silencing, as exemplified by position effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster and X-chromosome inactivation in mammals. Heterochromatic DNA...