673 research outputs found
Hydrogen targets for exotic-nuclei studies developed over the past 10 years
Hydrogen-induced reactions provide essential information on nuclear
structure, complementary to other experimental probes. For studies at both low
and relativistic incident energy, developments in hydrogen targets have been
performed over the past 10 years in parallel with the development of new
radioactive beams. We present a review of all major hydrogen target
developments related to the study of exotic nuclei with direct reactions in
inverse kinematics. Both polarized and non-polarized systems are presented.Comment: 24 pages, 27 figures, review articl
Thermal Conductivity of the Quasi One-Dimensional Spin System Sr_2_V_3_O_9_
We have measured the thermal conductivity along the [101] direction,
kappa_[101]_, along the [10-1] direction, kappa_[10-1]_, and along the b-axis,
kappa_b_, of the quasi one-dimensional S=1/2 spin system Sr_2_V_3_O_9_ in
magnetic fields up to 14 T, in order to find the thermal conductivity due to
spinons and to clarify whether the spin-chains run along the [101] or [10-1]
direction. It has been found that both kappa_[101]_, kappa_[10-1]_ and kappa_b_
show one peak around 10 K in zero field and that the magnitude of kappa_[10-1]_
is larger than those of kappa_[101]_ and kappa_b_. By the application of
magnetic field along the heat current, the peak of kappa_[10-1]_ is markedly
suppressed, while the peaks of kappa_[101]_ and kappa_b_ little change. These
results indicate that there is a large contribution of spinons to kappa_[10-1]_
and suggest that the spin-chains run along the [10-1] direction.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
The light nuclei spin structure from hadronic channels at intermediate energies
The main goal of the investigation of the reaction induced by the polarized deuterons is to establish the nature of 2N and 3N forces, the role of the relativistic effects and nonucleon degrees of freedomyesBelgorod State Universit
Measurement of the tensor analyzing power T20 in the dd->^3Hen and dd->^3Hp at intermediate energies and at zero degree
The data on the tensor analyzing power T20 in the dd->^3Hen and dd-> ^3Hp
reactions at 140, 200 and 270 MeV of the deuteron kinetic energy and at zero
degree obtained at RIKEN Accelerator Research Facility are presented. The
observed positive sign of T20 clearly demonstrates the sensitivity to the D/S
wave ratios in the ^3He and ^3H in the energy domain of the measurements. The
T20 data for the ^3He-n and ^3H-p channels are in agreement within experimental
accuracy.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, submitted in Phys.Lett.
In vitro characterization of cells derived from chordoma cell line U-CH1 following treatment with X-rays, heavy ions and chemotherapeutic drugs
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chordoma, a rare cancer, is usually treated with surgery and/or radiation. However, very limited characterizations of chordoma cells are available due to a minimal availability (only two lines validated by now) and the extremely long doubling time. In order to overcome this situation, we successfully derived a cell line with a shorter doubling time from the first validated chordoma line U-CH1 and obtained invaluable cell biological data.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>After isolating a subpopulation of U-CH1 cells with a short doubling time (U-CH1-N), cell growth, cell cycle distribution, DNA content, chromosome number, p53 status, and cell survival were examined after exposure to X-rays, heavy ions, camptothecin, mitomycin C, cisplatin and bleocin. These data were compared with those of HeLa (cervical cancer) and U87-MG (glioblastoma) cells.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The cell doubling times for HeLa, U87-MG and U-CH1-N were approximately 18 h, 24 h and 3 days respectively. Heavy ion irradiation resulted in more efficient cell killing than x-rays in all three cell lines. Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) at 10% survival for U-CH1-N was about 2.45 for 70 keV/μm carbon and 3.86 for 200 keV/μm iron ions. Of the four chemicals, bleocin showed the most marked cytotoxic effect on U-CH1-N.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our data provide the first comprehensive cellular characterization using cells of chordoma origin and furnish the biological basis for successful clinical results of chordoma treatment by heavy ions.</p
De novo Sequencing of Novel Mycoviruses From Fusarium sambucinum: An Attempt on Direct RNA Sequencing of Viral dsRNAs
An increasing number of viruses are continuously being found in a wide range of organisms, including fungi. Recent studies have revealed a wide viral diversity in microbes and a potential importance of these viruses in the natural environment. Although virus exploration has been accelerated by short-read, high-throughput sequencing (HTS), and viral de novo sequencing is still challenging because of several biological/molecular features such as micro-diversity and secondary structure of RNA genomes. This study conducted de novo sequencing of multiple double-stranded (ds) RNA (dsRNA) elements that were obtained from fungal viruses infecting two Fusarium sambucinum strains, FA1837 and FA2242, using conventional HTS and long-read direct RNA sequencing (DRS). De novo assembly of the read data from both technologies generated near-entire genomic sequence of the viruses, and the sequence homology search and phylogenetic analysis suggested that these represented novel species of the Hypoviridae, Totiviridae, and Mitoviridae families. However, the DRS-based consensus sequences contained numerous indel errors that differed from the HTS consensus sequences, and these errors hampered accurate open reading frame (ORF) prediction. Although with its present performance, the use of DRS is premature to determine viral genome sequences, the DRS-mediated sequencing shows great potential as a user-friendly platform for a one-shot, whole-genome sequencing of RNA viruses due to its long-reading ability and relative structure-tolerant nature
Analyzing powers Ayy, Axx, Axz and Ay in the dd->3Hen reaction at 270 MeV
The data on the tensor Ayy, Axx, Axz and vector Ay analyzing powers in the
dd->3Hen obtained at Td= 270 MeV in the angular range 0 - 110 degrees in the
c.m. are presented. The observed negative sign of the tensor analyzing powers
Ayy, Axx and Axz at small angles clearly demonstrate the sensitivity to the
ratio of the D and S wave component of the 3He wave function. However, the
one-nucleon exchange calculations by using the standard 3He wave functions have
failed to reproduce the strong variation of the tensor analyzing powers as a
function of the angle in the c.m.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables. Submitted to EPJ
Precision measurement of vector and tensor analyzing powers in elastic deuteron-proton scattering
High precision vector and tensor analyzing powers of elastic deuteron-proton
d+p scattering have been measured at intermediate energies to investigate
effects of three-nucleon forces (3NF). Angular distribution in the range of
70-120 degree in the center-of mass frame for incident-deuteron energies of 130
and 180 MeV were obtained using the RIKEN facility. The beam polarization was
unambiguously determined by measuring the 12C(d,alpha)10B(2+) reaction at 0
degree. Results of the measurements are compared with state-of-the-art
three-nucleon calculations. The present modeling of nucleon-nucleon forces and
its extension to the three-nucleon system is not sufficient to describe the
high precision data consistently and requires, therefore, further
investigation
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