A Degenerate Bose-Fermi Mixture of Metastable Atoms

We report the observation of simultaneous quantum degeneracy in a dilute gaseous Bose-Fermi mixture of metastable atoms. Sympathetic cooling of helium-3 (fermion) by helium-4 (boson), both in the lowest triplet state, allows us to produce ensembles containing more than 10^6 atoms of each isotope at temperatures below 1 micro-Kelvin, and achieve a fermionic degeneracy parameter of T/Tf=0.45. Due to their high internal energy, the detection of individual metastable atoms with sub-nanosecond time resolution is possible, permitting the study of bosonic and fermionic quantum gases with unprecedented precision. This may lead to metastable helium becoming the mainstay of quantum atom optics.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures submitted to PR

A Large Atom Number Metastable Helium Bose-Einstein Condensate

We have produced a Bose-Einstein condensate of metastable helium (4He*) containing over 1.5x10^7 atoms, which is a factor of 25 higher than previously achieved. The improved starting conditions for evaporative cooling are obtained by applying one-dimensional Doppler cooling inside a magnetic trap. The same technique is successfully used to cool the spin-polarized fermionic isotope (3He*), for which thermalizing collisions are highly suppressed. Our detection techniques include absorption imaging, time-of-flight measurements on a microchannel plate detector and ion counting to monitor the formation and decay of the condensate.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures (changed content

Physical and chemical processes and the morphofunctional characteristics of human erythrocytes in hyperglycaemia

Background: This study examines the effect of graduated hyperglycaemia on the state and oxygen-binding ability of hemoglobin, the correlation of phospholipid fractions and their metabolites in the membrane, the activity of proteolytic enzymes and the morphofunctional state of erythrocytes. Methods: Conformational changes in the molecule of hemoglobin were determined by Raman spectroscopy. The structure of the erythrocytes was analyzed using laser interference microscopy (LIM). To determine the activity of NADN-methemoglobinreductase, we used the P.G. Board method. The degree of glycosylation of the erythrocyte membranes was determined using a method previously described by Felkoren et al. Lipid extraction was performed using the Bligh and Dyer method. Detection of the phospholipids was performed using V. E. Vaskovsky method. Results: Conditions of hyperglycaemia are characterized by a low affinity of hemoglobin to oxygen, which is manifested as a parallel decrease in the content of hemoglobin oxyform and the growth of deoxyform, methemoglobin and membrane-bound hemoglobin. The degree of glycosylation of membrane proteins and hemoglobin is high. For example, in the case of hyperglycaemia, erythrocytic membranes reduce the content of all phospholipid fractions with a simultaneous increase in lysoforms, free fatty acids and the diacylglycerol (DAG). Step wise hyperglycaemia in incubation medium and human erythrocytes results in an increased content of peptide components and general trypsin-like activity in the cytosol, with a simultaneous decreased activity of µ-calpain and caspase 3. Conclusions: Metabolic disorders and damage of cell membranes during hyperglycaemia cause an increase in the population of echinocytes and spherocytes. The resulting disorders are accompanied with a high probability of intravascular haemolysis.</p

LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE VARIATIONS UNDER THE SIBERIAN PLATFORM KIMBERLITE FIELDS OF DIFFERENT AGES

We discuss herein the differences both in composition and structure of the lithospheric mantle of the Siberian Platform under kimberlite fields of different ages. Having analyzed the pyrope garnets from kimberlites of different ages this study aimed to identify the genesis, extent and probable causes for the evolution of the composition and structure of the lithospheric mantle within various SP blocks. Acquired results revealed noticeable differences in the lithosphere thickness of different blocks for Middle Paleozoic and Mesozoic, as well as within the same time. It was found, that the greatest differences in the thickness of the lithosphere individual blocks are typical for the Middle Paleozoic. The results obtained for pyrope garnets from the Paleozoic sedimentary secondary collectors was used to get direct evidence on the existence of thick lithosphere blocks (230–240 km) under the southern margin of the Olenek uplift, north and south of the Kyutyungde trough, as well as under the western and eastern margins of the Udzhinsky uplift. Significant variations in the intensity and extent of silicate-type metasomatism were identified by investigating of pyropes from peridotites of the lithospheric mantle, sampled by kimberlites of both Middle Paleozoic and Triassic fields. Direct evidence indicates high prospects for discovering new fields of diamondiferous high-grade kimberlites of the Middle Paleozoic age in some areas of the Siberian Platform, primarily in its Arctic region

Camparison of the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect for bosons and fermions

Fifty years ago, Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) discovered photon bunching in light emitted by a chaotic source, highlighting the importance of two-photon correlations and stimulating the development of modern quantum optics . The quantum interpretation of bunching relies upon the constructive interference between amplitudes involving two indistinguishable photons, and its additive character is intimately linked to the Bose nature of photons. Advances in atom cooling and detection have led to the observation and full characterisation of the atomic analogue of the HBT effect with bosonic atoms. By contrast, fermions should reveal an antibunching effect, i.e., a tendency to avoid each other. Antibunching of fermions is associated with destructive two-particle interference and is related to the Pauli principle forbidding more than one identical fermion to occupy the same quantum state. Here we report an experimental comparison of the fermion and the boson HBT effects realised in the same apparatus with two different isotopes of helium, 3He (a fermion) and 4He (a boson). Ordinary attractive or repulsive interactions between atoms are negligible, and the contrasting bunching and antibunching behaviours can be fully attributed to the different quantum statistics. Our result shows how atom-atom correlation measurements can be used not only for revealing details in the spatial density, or momentum correlations in an atomic ensemble, but also to directly observe phase effects linked to the quantum statistics in a many body system. It may thus find applications to study more exotic situations >.Comment: Nature 445, 402 (2007). V2 includes the supplementary informatio

ВАРИАЦИИ СОСТАВА И СТРОЕНИЯ ЛИТОСФЕРНОЙ МАНТИИ ПОД РАЗНОВОЗРАСТНЫМИ КИМБЕРЛИТОВЫМИ ПОЛЯМИ СИБИРСКОЙ ПЛАТФОРМЫ

We discuss herein the differences both in composition and structure of the lithospheric mantle of the Siberian Platform under kimberlite fields of different ages. Having analyzed the pyrope garnets from kimberlites of different ages this study aimed to identify the genesis, extent and probable causes for the evolution of the composition and structure of the lithospheric mantle within various SP blocks. Acquired results revealed noticeable differences in the lithosphere thickness of different blocks for Middle Paleozoic and Mesozoic, as well as within the same time. It was found, that the greatest differences in the thickness of the lithosphere individual blocks are typical for the Middle Paleozoic. The results obtained for pyrope garnets from the Paleozoic sedimentary secondary collectors was used to get direct evidence on the existence of thick lithosphere blocks (230–240 km) under the southern margin of the Olenek uplift, north and south of the Kyutyungde trough, as well as under the western and eastern margins of the Udzhinsky uplift. Significant variations in the intensity and extent of silicate-type metasomatism were identified by investigating of pyropes from peridotites of the lithospheric mantle, sampled by kimberlites of both Middle Paleozoic and Triassic fields. Direct evidence indicates high prospects for discovering new fields of diamondiferous high-grade kimberlites of the Middle Paleozoic age in some areas of the Siberian Platform, primarily in its Arctic region.Обсуждается проблема различий состава и строения литосферной мантии Сибирской платформы под разновозрастными кимберлитовыми полями. Целью работы являлось выяснение характера, масштабов и вероятных причин эволюции состава и строения литосферной мантии различных блоков платформы на основании изучения пироповых гранатов из разновозрастных кимберлитов различных полей. Анализ полученных результатов показал наличие существенных различий в мощности литосферы различных блоков не только на разное время (среднепалеозойское и мезозойское), но и для одного времени, причем наибольшие различия мощности отдельных блоков литосферы характерны для среднепалеозойского времени. На основании изучения пироповых гранатов из осадочных коллекторов палеозойского возраста получены прямые признаки существования на донижнекарбоновое время блоков мощной литосферы (до 230–240 км) под южным обрамлением Оленекского поднятия (участки к северу и югу от Кютюнгдинского прогиба), а также под западным и восточным обрамлением Уджинского поднятия. Значительные вариации интенсивности и масштабов метасоматоза силикатного типа установлены на основании изучения пиропов из перидотитов разрезов литосферной мантии, «опробованных» кимберлитами полей как среднепалеозойского, так и триасового возраста. Полученные результаты прямо указывают на высокие перспективы выявления новых полей высокоалмазоносных кимберлитов среднепалеозойского возраста в ряде районов Сибирской платформы, в первую очередь ее арктических территорий

МАНТИЙНЫЕ ТЕРРЕЙНЫ СИБИРСКОГО КРАТОНА: ИХ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЕ С ПЛЮМОВЫМИ РАСПЛАВАМИ НА ОСНОВАНИИ ТЕРМОБАРОМЕТРИИ И ГЕОХИМИИ МАНТИЙНЫХ КСЕНОКРИСТОВ

We have studied variations in the structure and composition of minerals from the pipes of the Yakutian kimberlite province (YKP) in different mantle terranes of the Siberian craton. The study was based on an extensive database, including the microprobe analysis datasets consolidated by IGM, IG, IEC and IGDNM SB RAS and ALROSA and geochemical analysis of minerals performed by LA‐ICP‐MS (Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry). The reconstruction shows layering under the tubes, including 6–7 slab that were probably formed due to subduction; the slabs are separated by pyroxenitic, eclogitic and metasomatic layers and dunite lenses. Transects and mantle profiles across kimberlite fields are constructed. Within the limits of the revealed tectonic terranes, we assume a collage of microplates formed in the early – middle Archean. Extended submeridional structures of the tectonic terranes are not always confirmed at the mantle level. Beneath the Anabar and Aldan shields, the mantle sections show more coarse layers and 3–4 large horizons of dunites with garnet and pyroxene nests separated by ilmenite‐ phlogopite metasomatites and pyroxenites. Terranes representing the suture zones between the protocratons (e.g. Khapchan) are often saturated with eclogites and pyroxenites that may occur as leghthy ascending bodies of magmatic eclogites penetrating through the mantle lithosphere structure (ML). A nearly ubiquitous pyroxenite layer at the level of 3.5–4.5 GPa formed probably in the early Archean with a high heat flux during melting of eclogites and was subsequently traced by plume melts. Within the early Archean protocratons – granite‐greenstone terranes (Tungus, Markha, Berekta, and Sharyzhalgai, ~3.8–3.0 Gyr [Gladkochub et al., 2019], the mantle lithosphere is less depleted and largely metasomatized. The ML structure of the Daldyn and Magan granulite‐orthogneiss terranes is layered with folding revealed in the north‐to‐south sections from the Udachnaya pipe to the Krasnopresnenskaya pipe, which is less pronounced in the latitudinal direction. From the Daldyn field to the Alakit field, there is an increase in the degree of metasomatism, and higher alkalinity of pyroxenes and larger amounts of phlogopite are noted. The most productive Aikhal and Yubileinaya pipes are confined to a dunite core, which is accompanied by a change in the specialization of high‐charge elements Ta‐Nb to Zr‐Hf. Within the limits of the Magan terrane, the thin‐layer structure of the middle and upper parts of the craton keel is replaced with a sharply depleted productive horizon at its base. The mantle of the granite‐greenstone Markha terrrein comprises eclogite (often pelitic) horizons, which suggests subduction of the continental lithosphere or sediments. In the central and northern parts of the Siberian craton, most structures in the mantle are sinking to the west at small angles. The geochemistry features of garnets and pyroxenes from various mantle terranes are considered in detail.Вариации структуры и состава минералов из трубок Якутской кимберлитовой провинции (ЯКП) разных мантийных террейнов Сибирского кратона изучены с использованием обширной базы данных микрозондовых анализов минералов коллектива авторов (ИГМ, ИГХ, ИЗК и ИГБМ СО РАН и «АЛРОСА»), а также геохимических анализов минералов, выполненных методом индуктивно связанной масс‐спектрометрии c лазерной абляцией. Реконструирована слоистость под трубками, образованная 6– пластинами вероятного субдукционного генезиса, разделенными пироксенитовыми, эклогитовыми, метасоматическими горизонтами и линзами дунитов. Построены мантийные разрезы через кимберлитовые поля и протяженные трансекты. В пределах установленных тектонических террейнов предполагается коллаж из микроплит, возникших в раннем –среднем архее, а протяженные субмеридиональные структуры тектонических террейнов не всегда подтверждаются на мантийном уровне. Под Анабарским и Алданским щитами мантийные разрезы более грубослоисты и состоят из 3– крупных горизонтов дунитов с гнездами граната и пироксенов, разделенных ильменит‐флогопитовыми метасоматитами и пироксенитами. Террейны, представляющие шовные зоны между протократонами, как Хапчанский, часто насыщены эклогитами и пироксенитами, которые могут быть протяженными восходящими телами магматических эклогитов, прорывающих структуру мантийной лито‐ сферы (МЛ). Почти повсеместный пироксенитовый слой на уровне 3.5–.5 ГПа, вероятно, возник в раннем архее при высоком тепловом потоке при плавлении эклогитов и в дальнейшем трассировался плюмовыми расплавами. В пределах раннеархейских протократонов: гранит‐зеленокаменных террейнов –Тунгусского, Мархинского, Беректинского, Шарыжалгайского –с возрастом ~3.8–.0 млрд лет [Gladkochub et al., 2019] ман‐ тийная литосфера менее истощена и часто метасоматизирована. Далдынский и Маганский гранулит‐орто‐ гнейсовый террейны имеют слоистую структуру МЛ со складчатостью, проявленной в разрезах с севера на юг от тр. Удачной до тр. Краснопресненской и менее выраженной в широтном направлении. От Далдынского до Алакитского поля растет степень метасоматоза, щелочность пироксенов и количество флогопита. Наиболее продуктивные трубки Айхал и Юбилейная приурочены к дунитовому ядру, что сопровождается сменой специализации высокозарядных элементов Ta‐Nb на Zr‐Hf. В пределах Маганского террейна тонкослоистая структура средней и верхней части киля кратона сменяется резко истощенным продуктивным горизонтом в его основании. Мантия гранит‐зеленокаменного Мархинского террейна содержит горизонты эклогитов (часто пелитового типа), предполагающих субдукцию континентальной литосферы или осадков. В центральной и северной части Сибирского кратона в мантии преобладают структуры погружения на запад с небольшим углом. Рассмотрены особенности геохимии гранатов и пироксенов различных мантийных террейнов