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High pT correlations with strange particles in STAR
We present the highlights of the current identified strange particles
DeltaPhi and DeltaEta correlations analyses, including system-size and
trigger-pT of the jet and ridge, jet, ridge and away-side meson/baryon ratios,
and the current state of the multi-strange baryon analysis. We see clear
azimuthal peaks of comparable strength for all strange baryons and K0-short
mesons. We see no observable species dependence on the same-side jet or ridge
yields as a function of pT. However, while the away side and the ridge have
Lambda to K0-short ratio similar to that of the bulk, the jet-only ratio is
similar to that in . The implications of these findings on current
in-medium jet theoretical explanations are discussed.Comment: Proceedings for the Strangeness in Quark Matter 2007 Conference in
Levoca, Slovaki
Exploring Early Parton Momentum Distribution with the Ridge from the Near-Side Jet
In a central nucleus-nucleus collision at high-energies, medium partons
kicked by a near-side jet acquire a momentum along the jet direction and
subsequently materialize as the observed ridge particles. They carry direct
information on the early parton momentum distribution which can be extracted by
using the ridge data for central AuAu collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV. The
extracted parton momentum distribution has a thermal-like transverse momentum
distribution but a non-Gaussian, relatively flat rapidity distribution at
mid-rapidity with sharp kinematic boundaries at large rapidities that depend on
the transverse momentum.Comment: In Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic
Nucleus Nucleus Collisions, Jaipur, India, Feb. 4-10, 200
Activation of Flucloxacillin-Specific CD8+ T-Cells With the Potential to Promote Hepatocyte Cytotoxicity in a Mouse Model
There are currently no animal models of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) where the adaptive immune system has been shown to damage the liver. Thus, it is difficult to explore the mechanistic basis of the tissue injury. The aim of this study was to use C57BL/6 CD4+-deficient mice with a mutation in the αβ gene encoding for Major histocompatibilty complex (MHC) class II molecules to (1) develop a mouse model of flucloxacillin sensitization, (2) explore whether drug-specific CD8+ kill primary hepatocytes, and (3) analyze perturbations in liver integrity following oral exposure to flucloxacillin. CD8+ T-cells from lymph nodes of flucloxacillin-sensitized mice were stimulated to proliferate, secrete interferon (IFN-γ) and granzyme B, and induce hepatocyte apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner following ex vivo stimulation. The T-cell response was antigen-specific; T-cells were not activated with other β-lactam antibiotics. Furthermore, T-cell responses only occurred in the presence of flucloxacillin-pulsed antigen presenting cells. In separate experiments, flucloxacillin-specific T-cells were induced to migrate to the mesenteric lymph nodes using retinoic acid, prior to administration of oral flucloxacillin, and analysis of plasma biomarkers of liver injury. Oral exposure to flucloxacillin resulted in mild elevations in alanine aminotransferase, liver, and gall bladder leukocyte infiltration and a marked swelling of the gall bladder. Thus, CD4+-deficient mice represent a promising model to study the role of the adaptive immune system in DIL
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STAR results on medium properties and response of the medium to energetic partons
We report new STAR results on the consequences of highly energetic partons
propagating through the medium formed in heavy ion collisions using
correlations as an experimental probe. The recent results providing insights
about color factor effects and path length dependence of parton energy loss,
system size dependence of di-hadron fragmentation functions, conical emission
and ridge formation in heavy ion collisions are presented.Comment: STAR Plenary talk at QM2008. Manuscript for the Proceedings of Quark
Matter 2008, Jaipur, Indi
Measurements of double-helicity asymmetries in inclusive production in longitudinally polarized collisions at GeV
We report the double helicity asymmetry, , in inclusive
production at forward rapidity as a function of transverse momentum
and rapidity . The data analyzed were taken during
GeV longitudinally polarized collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider (RHIC) in the 2013 run using the PHENIX detector. At this collision
energy, particles are predominantly produced through gluon-gluon
scatterings, thus is sensitive to the gluon polarization
inside the proton. We measured by detecting the decay
daughter muon pairs within the PHENIX muon spectrometers in the
rapidity range . In this kinematic range, we measured the
to be ~(stat)~~(syst). The
can be expressed to be proportional to the product of the
gluon polarization distributions at two distinct ranges of Bjorken : one at
moderate range where recent RHIC data of jet and
double helicity spin asymmetries have shown evidence for significant gluon
polarization, and the other one covering the poorly known small- region . Thus our new results could be used to further
constrain the gluon polarization for .Comment: 335 authors, 10 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, 2013 data. Version
accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. D. Plain text data tables for the
points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or
will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.htm
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