1999–2000 Physics Division Progress Report

Cover and Frontmatter (PDF 346KB) Cover, title page, abstract, and contents.

Introduction (PDF 324KB) Director's message, mission and goals, and organization chart.

Section 1: Group Descriptions (PDF 877KB) Descriptions of the activities conducted in the Physics Division groups with bookmarks for each group. Below are links to individual group descriptions:

P-21: Biophysics (PDF 212KB)

P-22: Hydrodynamic and X-Ray Physics (PDF 172KB)

P-23: Neutron Science and Technology (PDF 216KB)

P-24: Plasma Physics (PDF 336KB)

P-25: Subatomic Physics (PDF 256KB)

Section 2: Research Highlights (PDF 2.67MB) Descriptions of the Division's top research and development activities with bookmarks for each article. Below are links to individual research highlights:

Single-Molecule Detection of Specific Nucleic Acid Sequences (PDF 299KB)

Synchronization of Spiking Neurons in a Computer Model of the Mammalian Retina (PDF 228KB)

Double Shell Implosions in the Inertial-Confinement Fusion Program (PDF 100 KB)

Laser-Plasma Interactions in a Single Hot Spot (PDF 144KB)

Magnetized Target Fusion (PDF 203KB)

Proton Radiography (PDF 292KB)

The Reaction-History Archive (PDF 204 KB)

Spall Strength and Shock Release Kinetics Following the Alpha-Epsilon Phase Transition in Iron (PDF 96KB)

Beta Decay of Rubidium-82 in a Magnetic TOP-Trap (PDF 156KB)

New Limit for the Lepton-Family-Number Nonconserving Decay µ+? e+? (PDF 128KB)

High-Energy Gamma-Astronomy with Milagro (PDF 140KB)

The PHENIX Detector Program at RHIC (PDF 192KB)

Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy: The Application of Neutron Physics to Shock and Material Physics (PDF 140KB)

A New Ultra-Cold Neutron Source for Fundamental Physics Measurements at LANSCE (PDF 375KB)

Measuring the Weak Nuclear Force between Protons and Neutrons (PDF 88KB)

Materials Processing using an Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet (PDF 132KB)

Virtual Pinhole Confocal Microscope (PDF 135KB)

Quantum Information Science (PDF 112KB)

SQUID Array Microscope—An Ultrasensitive Tool for Nondestructive Evaluation (PDF 153KB)

Section 3: Project Descriptions (PDF 434KB) Brief descriptions of projects conducted throughout the Division with bookmarks for each project.

Publications (PDF 317KB)