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P10-10. HIV-1 Gag virus like particles pseudotyped with CD40 ligand to stimulate innate immune responses
ISSN:1742-469
Direct experimental verification of applicability of single-site model for angle integrated photoemission of small concentrated Ce compounds
Bulk-sensitive high-resolution Ce 4f spectra have been obtained from 3d
4f resonance photoemission measurements on LaCeAl and
LaCeRu for . The 4f spectra of
low-Kondo-temperature () (La,Ce)Al are essentially identical except
for a slight increase of the Kondo peak with , which is consistent with a
known increase of with . In contrast, the 4f spectra of high-
(La,Ce)Ru show a Kondo-like peak and also a 0.5 eV structure which
increases strongly with . The resonance photon-energy dependences of the two
contributions are different and the origin of the 0.5 eV structure is still
uncertain.Comment: submitted to SCES 2001, two-columnn format, modified tex
Field-induced magnetic transitions in the quasi-two-dimensional heavy-fermion antiferromagnets Ce_{n}RhIn_{3n+2} (n=1 or 2)
We have measured the field-dependent heat capacity in the tetragonal
antiferromagnets CeRhIn and CeRhIn, both of which have an
enhanced value of the electronic specific heat coefficient
mJ/mol-Ce K above . For the specific heat data at zero
applied magnetic field are consistent with the existence of an anisotropic
spin-density wave opening a gap in the Fermi surface for CeRhIn while
CeRhIn shows behavior consistent with a simple antiferromagnetic
magnon. From these results, the magnetic structure, in a manner similar to the
crystal structure, appears more two-dimensional in CeRhIn than in
CeRhIn where only about 12% of the Fermi surface remains ungapped
relative to 92% for CeRhIn. When both compounds behave in a
manner expected for heavy fermion systems as both and the electronic
heat capacity decrease as field is applied. When the field is applied in the
tetragonal basal plane (), CeRhIn and CeRhIn have very
similar phase diagrams which contain both first- and second-order field-induced
magnetic transitions .Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
Transport Properties of d-Wave Superconductors in the Vortex State
We calculate the magnetic field dependence of quasiparticle transport
properties in the vortex state of a d-wave superconductor arising solely from
the quasiparticle's Doppler shift in the superflow field surrounding the
vortex. Qualitative features agree well with experiments on cuprate and heavy
fermion superconductors at low fields and temperatures. We derive scaling
relations in the variable valid at sufficiently low temperatures
and fields , but show that these relations depend on the scattering
phase shift, and are in general fulfilled only approximately even in the clean
limit, due to the energy dependence of the quasiparticle relaxation time.Comment: 5 pages, 2 Postscript figure
Temperature dependence of the Kondo resonance and its satellites in CeCu_2Si_2
We present high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy studies on the Kondo
resonance of the strongly-correlated Ce system CeCuSi. Exploiting the
thermal broadening of the Fermi edge we analyze position, spectral weight, and
temperature dependence of the low-energy 4f spectral features, whose major
weight lies above the Fermi level . We also present theoretical
predictions based on the single-impurity Anderson model using an extended
non-crossing approximation (NCA), including all spin-orbit and crystal field
splittings of the 4f states. The excellent agreement between theory and
experiment provides strong evidence that the spectral properties of
CeCuSi can be described by single-impurity Kondo physics down to K.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Thermodynamic properties of the periodic Anderson model:X-boson treatment
We study the specific dependence of the periodic Anderson Model (PAM) in the
limit of employing the X-boson treatment in two fifferent regimes of
the PAM: the heavy fermion Kondo (HF-K) and the heavy fermion local magnetic
regime (HF-LMM). We obtain a multiple peak structure for the specific heat in
agreement with experimental results as well as the increase of the electronic
effective mass at low temperatures associated with the HF-K regime. The entropy
per site at low T tends to zero in the HF-K regime, corresponding to a singlet
ground state, and it tends to in the HF-LMM, corresponding to a
doublet ground state at each site. The linear coefficient
of the specific heat qualitatively agrees with the experimental results
obtained for differents materials in the two regimes considered here.Comment: 9 pages, 14 figure
Specific heat of Ce_{0.8}La_{0.2}Al_{3} in magnetic fields: a test of the anisotropic Kondo picture
The specific heat C of Ce_{0.8}La_{0.2}Al_{3} has been measured as a function
of temperature T in magnetic fields up to 14 T. A large peak in C at 2.3 K has
recently been ascribed to an anisotropic Kondo effect in this compound. A 14-T
field depresses the temperature of the peak by only 0.2 K, but strongly reduces
its height. The corresponding peak in C/T shifts from 2.1 K at zero field to
1.7 K at 14 T. The extrapolated specific heat coefficient C/T(T->0) increases
with field over the range studied. We show that these trends are inconsistent
with the anisotropic Kondo model.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, ReVTeX + eps
Quasiparticle transport in the vortex state of YBa_2Cu_3O_6.9
The effect of vortices on quasiparticle transport in cuprate superconductors
was investigated by measuring the low temperature thermal conductivity of
YBa_2Cu_3O_6.9 in magnetic fields up to 8 T. The residual linear term (as T \to
0) is found to increase with field, directly reflecting the occupation of
extended quasiparticle states. A study for different Zn impurity concentrations
reveals a good agreement with recent calculations for a d-wave superconductor,
thereby shedding light on the nature of scattering by both impurities and
vortices. It also provides a quantitative measure of the gap near the nodes.Comment: 4 pages, 2 included eps figures, significant new analysis wrt other
experiments, to appear in Phys Rev Lett 29 March 199
Long-term leukocyte reconstitution in NSG mice transplanted with human cord blood hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
Abstract Background Humanized mice (hu mice) are based on the transplantation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells into immunodeficient mice and have become important pre-clinical models for biomedical research. However, data about their hematopoiesis over time are scarce. We therefore characterized leukocyte reconstitution in NSG mice, which were sublethally irradiated and transplanted with human cord blood-derived CD34+ cells at newborn age, longitudinally in peripheral blood and, for more detailed analyses, cross-sectionally in peripheral blood, spleen and bone marrow at different time points. Results Human cell chimerism and absolute human cell count decreased between week 16 and 24 in the peripheral blood of hu mice, but were stable thereafter as assessed up to 32 weeks. Human cell chimerism in spleen and bone marrow was maintained over time. Notably, human cell chimerism in peripheral blood and spleen as well as bone marrow positively correlated with each other. Percentage of B cells decreased between week 16 and 24, whereas percentage of T cells increased; subsequently, they levelled off with T cells clearly predominating at week 32. Natural killer cells, monocytes and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (DCs) as well as CD1c + and CD141+ myeloid DCs were all present in hu mice. Proliferative responses of splenic T cells to stimulation were preserved over time. Importantly, the percentage of more primitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in bone marrow was maintained over time. Conclusions Overall, leukocyte reconstitution was maintained up to 32 weeks post-transplantation in our hu NSG model, possibly explained by the maintenance of HSCs in the bone marrow. Notably, we observed great variation in multi-lineage hematopoietic reconstitution in hu mice that needs to be taken into account for the experimental design with hu mice
Heat capacity studies of Ce and Rh site substitution in the heavy fermion antiferromagnet CeRhIn_5;: Short-range magnetic interactions and non-Fermi-liquid behavior
In heavy fermion materials superconductivity tends to appear when long range
magnetic order is suppressed by chemical doping or applying pressure. Here we
report heat capacity measurements on diluted alloyes of the heavy fermion
superconductor CeRhIn_5;. Heat capacity measurements have been performed on
CeRh_{1-y}Ir_{y}In_5; (y <= 0.10) and Ce_{1-x}La_{x}Rh_{1-y}Ir_{y}In_5; (x <=
0.50) in applied fields up to 90 kOe to study the affect of doping and magnetic
field on the magnetic ground state. The magnetic phase diagram of
CeRh_{0.9}Ir_{0.1}In_5; is consistent with the magnetic structure of CeRhIn_5;
being unchanged by Ir doping. Doping of Ir in small concentrations is shown to
slightly increase the antiferromagnetic transition temperature T_{N} (T_{N}=3.8
K in the undoped sample). La doping which causes disorder on the Ce sublattice
is shown to lower T_{N} with no long range order observed above 0.34 K for
Ce_{0.50}La_{0.50}RhIn_5;. Measurements on Ce_{0.50}La_{0.50}RhIn_5; show a
coexistence of short range magnetic order and non-Fermi-liquid behavior. This
dual nature of the Ce 4f-electrons is very similar to the observed results on
CeRhIn_5; when long range magnetic order is suppressed at high pressure.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
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