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Study of refractive structure in the inelastic 16O+16O scattering at the incident energies of 250 to 1120 MeV
The data of inelastic 16O+16O scattering to the lowest 2+ and 3- excited
states of 16O have been measured at Elab = 250, 350, 480, 704 and 1120 MeV and
analyzed consistently in the distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA), using
the semi- microscopic optical potentials and inelastic form factors given by
the folding model, to reveal possible refractive structure of the nuclear
rainbow that was identified earlier in the elastic 16O+16O scattering channel
at the same energies. Given the known transition strengths of the 2+ and 3-
states of 16O well determined from the (e,e') data, the DWBA description of the
inelastic data over the whole angular range was possible only if the absorption
in the exit channels is significantly increased (especially, for the
16O+16O(2+) exit channel). Although the refractive pattern of the inelastic
16O+16O scattering was found to be less pronounced compared to that observed in
the elastic scattering channel, a clear remnant of the main rainbow maximum
could still be seen in the inelastic cross section at Elab = 350 - 704 MeV.Comment: 26 pages, 10 figures, Accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys.
FIRST experiment: Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy
Nuclear fragmentation processes are relevant in different fields of basic research and applied physics and are of particular interest for tumor therapy and for space radiation protection applications. The FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) experiment at SIS accelerator of GSI laboratory in Darmstadt, has been designed for the measurement of different ions fragmentation cross sections at different energies between 100 and 1000 MeV/nucleon. The experiment is performed by an international collaboration made of institutions from Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The experimental apparatus is partly based on an already existing setup made of the ALADIN magnet, the MUSIC IV TPC, the LAND2 neutron detector and the TOFWALL scintillator TOF system, integrated with newly designed detectors in the interaction Region (IR) around the carbon removable target: a scintillator Start Counter, a Beam Monitor drift chamber, a silicon Vertex Detector and a Proton Tagger for detection of light fragments emitted at large angles (KENTROS). The scientific program of the FIRST experiment started on summer 2011 with the study of the 400 MeV/nucleon 12C beam fragmentation on thin (8mm) carbon targe
Structure of 10Be from the 12C 12C,14O 10Be reaction
The 12C 12C,14O two proton pick up reaction has been measured at 211.4 MeV incident energy to study the structure of states of 10Be up to excitation energies of 12 MeV. The measured partial angular distributions show pronounced oscillatory shapes, which were described by coupled reaction channels calculations. Spin parity assignments could be derived from these characteristic shapes and two definite assignments have been made. The state at 11.8 MeV has been identified as the 4 member of the ground state band, and the state at 10.55 MeV is assigned J pi 3 . At 5.96 MeV only the 1 1 member of the known 2 2 1 1 doublet is populated. The angular distribution of the peak at 9.50 MeV, which consists of several unresolved states, has been unfolded using contributions from known states at 9.56 MeV, 2 , and 9.27 MeV, 4 . The inclusion of a state at 9.4 MeV reported by Daito it et al. from the 10B t,3He 10Be reaction and tentatively assigned 3 improved the fit considerably. A K 2 band is formed with the 2 2 state as the band head and the 3 state as the second member. The structures of the K pi 0 1, 2 2, and 1 1 bands are discusse
Targeting atypical protein kinase C iota reduces viability in glioblastoma stem-like cells via a notch signaling mechanism
In a previous study, Protein Kinase C iota (PRKCI) emerged as an important candidate gene for glioblastoma (GBM) stem-like cell (GSC) survival. Here, we show that PKCÎą is overexpressed and activated in patient derived GSCs compared with normal neural stem cells and normal brain lysate, and that silencing of PRKCI in GSCs causes apoptosis, along with loss of clonogenicity and reduced proliferation. Notably, PRKCI silencing reduces tumor growth in vivo in a xenograft mouse model. PKCÎą has been intensively studied as a therapeutic target in non-small cell lung cancer, resulting in the identification of an inhibitor, aurothiomalate (ATM), which disrupts the PKCÎą/ERK signaling axis. However, we show that, although sensitive to pharmacological inhibition via a pseudosubstrate peptide inhibitor, GSCs are much less sensitive to ATM, suggesting that PKCÎą acts along a different signaling axis in GSCs. Gene expression profiling of PRKCI-silenced GSCs revealed a novel role of the Notch signaling pathway in PKCÎą mediated GSC survival. A proximity ligation assay showed that Notch1 and PKCÎą are in close proximity in GSCs. Targeting PKCÎą in the context of Notch signaling could be an effective way of attacking the GSC population in GBM
Particle-unstable nuclei in the Hartree-Fock theory
Ground state energies and decay widths of particle unstable nuclei are
calculated within the Hartree-Fock approximation by performing a complex
scaling of the many-body Hamiltonian. Through this transformation, the wave
functions of the resonant states become square integrable. The method is
implemented with Skyrme effective interactions. Several Skyrme parametrizations
are tested on four unstable nuclei: 10He, 12O, 26O and 28O.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Three-body Faddeev Calculation for 11Li with Separable Potentials
The halo nucleus Li is treated as a three-body system consisting of an
inert core of Li plus two valence neutrons. The Faddeev equations are
solved using separable potentials to describe the two-body interactions,
corresponding in the n-Li subsystem to a p resonance plus a
virtual s-wave state. The experimental Li energy is taken as input and
the Li transverse momentum distribution in Li is studied.Comment: 6 pages, RevTeX, 1 figur
Structure of excited states of Be-11 studied with Antisymmetrized Molecular Dynamics
The structures of the ground and excited states of Be-11 were studied with a
microscopic method of antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. The theoretical
results reproduce the abnormal parity of the ground state and predict various
kinds of excited states. We suggest a new negative-parity band with a
well-developed clustering structure which reaches high-spin states. Focusing on
a clustering structure, we investigated structure of the ground and
excited states. We point out that molecular orbits play important roles for the
intruder ground state and the low-lying states. The features of
the breaking of clusters were also studied with the help of data for
Gamow-Teller transitions.Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures, to be submitted to Phys.Rev.
Simple transfer functions for calculating benthic fixed nitrogen losses and C:N:P regeneration ratios in global biogeochemical models
Empirical transfer functions are derived for predicting the total benthic nitrate loss(LNO3) and the net loss of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (LDIN) in marine sediments,equivalent to sedimentary denitrification. The functions are dynamic vertically integratedsediment models which require the rain rate of particulate organic carbon to the seafloor(RRPOC) and a proposed new variable(O2-NO3)bw (bottom water O2 concentration minus NO3-concentration) as the only input parameters. Applied globally to maps of RRPOC and(O2-NO3)bw on a 1° x 1° spatial resolution, the models predict a NO3- drawdown of 196 Tg yr-1 (LNO3)of which 153 – 155 Tg yr-1 is denitrified to N2 (LDIN). This is in good agreement with previous estimates using very different methods. Our approach implicitly accounts for fixed N loss via anammox, such that our findings do not support the idea that the relatively recent discovery of anammox in marine sediments might require current estimates of the global benthic marine N budget to be revised. The continental shelf (0 – 200 m) accounts for >50% of global LNO3 and LDIN, with slope (200 – 2000 m) and deep-sea (>2000 m) sediments contributing ca. 30% and 20%, respectively.
Denitrification in high-nitrate/low-oxygen regions such as oxygen minimum zones is significant (ca. 15 Tg N yr-1; 10% of global) despite covering only 1% of the seafloor. The data are used to estimate the net fluxes of nitrate (18 Tg N yr-1) and phosphate(27 Tg P yr-1) across the sediment-water interface. The benthic fluxes strongly deviate from Redfield composition, with globally averaged N:P, N:C and C:P values of 8.3, 0.067 and 122, respectively, indicating world-wide fixed N losses (by denitrification) relative to C and P. The transfer functions are designed to be coupled dynamically to general circulation models to better predict the feedback of sediments on pelagic nutrient cycling and dissolved O2 distributions
Breakup Reactions of 11Li within a Three-Body Model
We use a three-body model to investigate breakup reactions of 11Li (n+n+9Li)
on a light target. The interaction parameters are constrained by known
properties of the two-body subsystems, the 11Li binding energy and
fragmentation data. The remaining degrees of freedom are discussed. The
projectile-target interactions are described by phenomenological optical
potentials. The model predicts dependence on beam energy and target,
differences between longitudinal and transverse momentum distributions and
provides absolute values for all computed differential cross sections. We give
an almost complete series of observables and compare with corresponding
measurements. Remarkably good agreement is obtained. The relative neutron-9Li
p-wave content is about 40%. A p-resonance, consistent with measurements at
about 0.5 MeV of width about 0.4 MeV, seems to be necessary. The widths of the
momentum distributions are insensitive to target and beam energy with a
tendency to increase towards lower energies. The transverse momentum
distributions are broader than the longitudinal due to the diffraction process.
The absolute values of the cross sections follow the neutron-target cross
sections and increase strongly for beam energies decreasing below 100 MeV/u.Comment: 19 pages, 14 figures, RevTeX, psfig.st
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