Publications (18)
The QCD/SM Working Group: Summary Report
S. Alekhin, C. Balazs, R. Ball +57
This Report documents the results obtained by the Working Group on Quantum ChromoDynamics and the Standard Model for the Workshop ``Physics at TeV Colliders'', Les Houches, France,…
Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics (Snowmass 2013): Chapter 8: Instrumentation Frontier
M. Demarteau, R. Lipton, H. Nicholson +211
These reports present the results of the 2013 Community Summer Study of the APS Division of Particles and Fields ("Snowmass 2013") on the future program of particle physics in the…
Oscillatory thermal instability and the Bhopal disaster
R. Ball
A stability analysis is presented of the hydrolysis of methyl isocyanate (MIC) using a homogeneous flow reactor paradigm. The results simulate the thermal runaway that occurred ins…
Metamorphosis of plasma turbulence-shear flow dynamics through a transcritical bifurcation
R. Ball, R. L. Dewar, H. Sugama
The structural properties of an economical model for a confined plasma turbulence governor are investigated through bifurcation and stability analyses. A close relationship is demo…
The CharXive Challenge. Regulation of global carbon cycles by vegetation fires
R. Ball
It is an open, but not unanswerable, question as to how much atmospheric CO2 is sequestered globally by vegetation fires. In this work I conceptualise the question in terms of the…
Feedback processes in cellulose thermal decomposition. Implications for fire-retarding strategies and treatments
R. Ball, A. C. McIntosh, J. Brindley
A simple dynamical system that models the competitive thermokinetics and chemistry of cellulose decomposition is examined, with reference to evidence from experimental studies indi…