Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2009. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-143).

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ITC/USA 2015 Conference Proceedings / The Fifty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 26-29, 2015 / Bally's Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV / SOQPSK-TG is a highly bandwidth-efficient constant-envelope modulation so that it has been applied in airspace telemetry widely. We compare four types of coherent detectors for SOQPSK-TG, which are optimal detector, pulse truncation (PT) detector, standard OQPSK detector and modified OQPSK detector. The simulation and analysis results indicate that PT detector has the advantages of low complexity and good performance, so it has more practicality value.

Master of Science / Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering / J. Kenneth Shultis / Perforated neutron detectors suffer the unfortunate effect that their efficiency is a strong function of the direction of neutron incidence. It is found, by Monte Carlo simulation of many perforation shapes, that sinusoidal-type perforations greatly reduce the variation of detector efficiency. Detectors with rod-type perforations are modeled using a hybrid transport method linking the MCNP transport code and a specialized ion-transport code to calculate the probability that a neutron is detected. Channel, chevron, and sinusoidal perforations are modeled using other customized transport codes. Detector efficiency calculations are performed for neutrons incident at various polar and azimuthal angles. It is discovered that the efficiency losses of the detectors result from the decreasing solid angle subtended by the detector from the source and streaming through the detector at specific azimuthal angles. Detectors achieving an efficiency in excess of 10% and having a relatively flat ± 1% angular dependence in all azimuthal angles and polar angles between 0 and 60 degrees are predicted. Efficiencies up to 25% are achievable at the loss of directional independence. In addition to minimizing the directional dependence of the perforated detectors, the feasibility of developing a neutron detector for deployment in cargo containers to locate nuclear weapon pits is investigated using the MCNP transport code. The detector considered is a 7-mm diameter, 6LiF, rod-perforated detector surrounded in a cylinder of polyethylene. The optimum thicknesses of surrounding polyethylene, to maximize the response of the detector, is determined to be 10 cm of radial, 5 cm of front, and 5 cm of back polyethylene for end-on neutron incidence. Such a detector is predicted to produce a count rate between 12 and 15 cpm from a nuclear-weapon pit composed of 90% 239Pu and 10% 240Pu at a distance of 3 m. Side incidence is also considered, and the optimum moderator dimensions are 8 cm of radial, 10 cm of front, and 10 cm of back polyethylene that produce approximately the same count rate.

O estudo dos polímeros condutores tem sido bastante intensificado nos últimos anos devido a grande aplicabilidade tecnológica que oferecem. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo contribuir com esses estudos desenvolvendo sensores de polímeros condutores (PAni e POMA e copolímeros de PAni/POMA), para a determinação de compostos orgânicos (Hidroquinona). Os filmes poliméricos foram obtidos por eletropolimerização pela técnica de voltametria cíclica, técnica esta que foi utilizada para as respostas eletroquímicas da hidroquinona em contato com os filmes. A caracterização estrutural dos filmes foi realizada por espectroscopia no ultravioleta e visível e no infravermelho e a caracterização morfológica por microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Os filmes de PAni, POMA e PAOMA em meio de HCl com espessuras de 2,82, 1,1 e 0,039 nm respectivamente apresentaram melhor índice de detecção, já os filmes de PAni, POMA e PAOMA eletrossintetizados em meio de H2SO4, apresentaram melhor índice de detecção com espessuras de 1,34, 1,4 e 0,032 nm, respectivamente. / The study of conducting polymers has intensified in recent years due to their wide range of possible technological applications. The present work the objective of contributing to this area by developing sensors that use conducting polymers (PAni and POMA and copolymers of PAni/POMA) for the determination of organic compounds (Hydroquinone). Polymeric films were obtained by cyclic voltammetry (electropolymerization) in different solutions. The films obtained were subsequently characterized electrochemically ? also using cyclic voltammetry. Structural characterization of the films was performed using ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV-vis) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) with the morphology studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The PAni, POMA and PAOMA films synthesized in HCl presented the best detection indexes at thicknesses of 2.82, 1.10 and 0.039 nm, respectively. The films synthesized in H2SO4 had the best detection indexes at thicknesses of 1.34, 1.40 e 0.032 nm, respectively.

O estudo dos polímeros condutores tem sido bastante intensificado nos últimos anos devido a grande aplicabilidade tecnológica que oferecem. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo contribuir com esses estudos desenvolvendo sensores de polímeros condutores (PAni e POMA e copolímeros de PAni/POMA), para a determinação de compostos orgânicos (Hidroquinona). Os filmes poliméricos foram obtidos por eletropolimerização pela técnica de voltametria cíclica, técnica esta que foi utilizada para as respostas eletroquímicas da hidroquinona em contato com os filmes. A caracterização estrutural dos filmes foi realizada por espectroscopia no ultravioleta e visível e no infravermelho e a caracterização morfológica por microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Os filmes de PAni, POMA e PAOMA em meio de HCl com espessuras de 2,82, 1,1 e 0,039 nm respectivamente apresentaram melhor índice de detecção, já os filmes de PAni, POMA e PAOMA eletrossintetizados em meio de H2SO4, apresentaram melhor índice de detecção com espessuras de 1,34, 1,4 e 0,032 nm, respectivamente. / The study of conducting polymers has intensified in recent years due to their wide range of possible technological applications. The present work the objective of contributing to this area by developing sensors that use conducting polymers (PAni and POMA and copolymers of PAni/POMA) for the determination of organic compounds (Hydroquinone). Polymeric films were obtained by cyclic voltammetry (electropolymerization) in different solutions. The films obtained were subsequently characterized electrochemically ? also using cyclic voltammetry. Structural characterization of the films was performed using ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV-vis) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) with the morphology studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The PAni, POMA and PAOMA films synthesized in HCl presented the best detection indexes at thicknesses of 2.82, 1.10 and 0.039 nm, respectively. The films synthesized in H2SO4 had the best detection indexes at thicknesses of 1.34, 1.40 e 0.032 nm, respectively.

The presented thesis is dedicated to particle identification in COMPASS RICH-1 experiment which is located in European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). For particle identification Cherenkov radiation is used, which is described in the thesis together with detection principles. Current aim in detector upgrade is replacing a part of Multi Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPC) in peripheral regions of the detection surface by a suitable photon detector so as to guarantee one-photon detection. For this purpose the hybrid photon detector based on THGEM and MicroMegas technologies was developed. The hybrid detector test results are presented in the thesis.

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