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Exclusive decay of into
We study the exclusive decay into double charmonium, specifically,
the -wave charmonium plus the -wave charmonium
in the NRQCD factorization framework. Three distinct decay mechanisms, i.e.,
the strong, electromagnetic and radiative decay channels are included and their
interference effects are investigated. The decay processes
are predicted to have the branching
fractions of order , which should be observed in the prospective Super
factory.Comment: 22 pages, 9 figures, 3 table
Nonfactorizable decay and QCD factorization
We study the unexpectedly large rate for the factorization-forbidden decay
within the QCD factorization approach. We use a non-zero
gluon mass to regularize the infrared divergences in vertex corrections. The
end-point singularities arising from spectator corrections are regularized and
carefully estimated by the off-shellness of quarks. We find that the
contributions arising from the vertex and leading-twist spectator corrections
are numerically small, and the twist-3 spectator contribution with chiral
enhancement and linear end-point singularity becomes dominant. With reasonable
choices for the parameters, the branching ratio for decay is
estimated to be in the range , which is compatible with
the Belle and BaBar data.Comment: Appendix added; it is emphasized that in the dominant twist-3
spectator corrections the end-point singularity contributions may be
estimated by the off-shellness of the charm quark (by the binding energy in
charmonium) and the gluon (by the transverse momentum of the light quark in
the kaon
radiative decays to light quark jets and color octet mechanism
We study radiative decays of to light quark jets in
nonrelativistic QCD by taking both the color singlet and color octet
operators into consideration. The cut for quark jet energy and cut for the
angle between two quark jets are introduced. The sensitivity to the soft and
collinear singularities in the loop integrals are greatly reduced by these
cuts. With the jet energy cut of about 1 GeV, and the jet angle cut of about
, the branching ratio for is found to be
from color singlet contributions. The color octet
contributions could be much larger than that of color singlet, depending on the
estimate of the color octet matrix elements. This process may provide a new
test for the color octet mechanism in nonrelativistic QCD.Comment: journal version; a few references adde
Inhibition of phosphodiesterase10A attenuates morphine-induced conditioned place preference
Background Phosphodiesterase (PDE) 10A is selectively expressed in medium spiny neurons of the striatum. Nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a key region that mediates drug reward and addiction-related behaviors. To investigate the potential role of PDE10A in the reinforcement properties of morphine, we tested the effect of MP-10, a selective inhibitor of PDE10A, on acquisition, expression, and extinction of morphine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP). Results The results show that 2.5 mg/kg MP-10, administered subcutaneously, significantly inhibited the acquisition of morphine-induced CPP. The same dose of MP-10 alone did not result in the CPP. Moreover, MP-10 did not alter the expression of morphine-induced CPP, but did accelerate the extinction of morphine-induced CPP. Additionally, chronic treatment with 2.5 mg/kg MP-10 decreased expression of phosphorylated CREB (pCREB), activated cAMP response element binding protein, in dorsomedial striatum, in shell of NAc, and in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as well as decreased expression of ΔFosB in the shell of NAc and ACC. Conclusion The results suggest that inhibition of PDE10A may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of opioid addiction
Inhibition of phosphodiesterase10A attenuates morphine-induced conditioned place preference
Background: Phosphodiesterase (PDE) 10A is selectively expressed in medium spiny neurons of the striatum. Nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a key region that mediates drug reward and addiction-related behaviors. To investigate the potential role of PDE10A in the reinforcement properties of morphine, we tested the effect of MP-10, a selective inhibitor of PDE10A, on acquisition, expression, and extinction of morphine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP).
Results: The results show that 2.5 mg/kg MP-10, administered subcutaneously, significantly inhibited the acquisition of morphine-induced CPP. The same dose of MP-10 alone did not result in the CPP. Moreover, MP-10 did not alter the expression of morphine-induced CPP, but did accelerate the extinction of morphine-induced CPP. Additionally, chronic treatment with 2.5 mg/kg MP-10 decreased expression of phosphorylated CREB (pCREB), activated cAMP response element binding protein, in dorsomedial striatum, in shell of NAc, and in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as well as decreased expression of ΔFosB in the shell of NAc and ACC.
Conclusion: The results suggest that inhibition of PDE10A may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of opioid addiction
-type quantum network configuration and its nonlocality
A quantum network shared entangled sources among distant nodes enables us to
distribute entanglement along the network by suitable measurements. Network
nonlocality means that it does not admit a network model involving local
variables emitted from independent sources. In this work, we construct an
-type quantum network configuration and then derive the corresponding
-local correlation inequalities based on the assumption of independent
sources. As a universal acyclic network configuration, it can cover most of the
existing network models, such as the typical chain-network and star-network,
and admit both centerless and asymmetric configurations. Then we demonstrate
the non--locality of the present network by calculating the violation of the
-local inequality with bipartite entangled sources and Pauli measurements.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Diaqua(5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxylato-κ2 N 1,O)iron(II)
In the neutral title complex, [Fe(C6H5N2O2)2(H2O)2], the coordination geometry aound the FeII atom, which lies on an inversion centre, is distorted octahedral comprising two N atoms and two O atoms from two 5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxylate ligands, and two water molecules. The crystal structure is stabilized by a network of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in a two-dimensional supramolecular structure
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