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Pratia platycalyx is a synonym of P. irrigua (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)
Pratia irrigua (R. Br) Benth., hitherto believed to be a restricted Tasmanian endemic, is shown 1.0 be conspecific v;;ith the extremely variable P. platycalyx (F. Mudll.) Benth. The name P. irrigua is retained, as its basionym predates that of P.platycalyx. An amended morphological description is presented
The Arabidopsis thaliana SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES1 and 2 control male sporogenesis
The Arabidopsis thaliana SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE (SERK) family of plasma membrane receptors consists of five closely related members. The SERK1 and SERK2 genes show a complex expression pattern throughout development. Both are expressed in anther primordia up to the second parietal division. After this point, expression ceases in the sporocytes and is continued in the tapetum and middle layer precursors. Single knockout mutants of SERK1 and SERK2 show no obvious phenotypes. Double mutants of SERK1 and SERK2 are completely male sterile due to a failure in tapetum specification. Fertility can be restored by a single copy of either gene. The SERK1 and SERK2 proteins can form homodimers or heterodimers in vivo, suggesting they are interchangeable in the SERK1/SERK2 signaling comple
The orbital motion, absolute mass, and high-altitude winds of exoplanet HD209458b
For extrasolar planets discovered using the radial velocity method, the
spectral characterization of the host star leads to a mass-estimate of the star
and subsequently of the orbiting planet. In contrast, if also the orbital
velocity of the planet would be known, the masses of both star and planet could
be determined directly using Newton's law of gravity, just as in the case of
stellar double-line eclipsing binaries. Here we report on the detection of the
orbital velocity of extrasolar planet HD209458b. High dispersion ground-based
spectroscopy during a transit of this planet reveals absorption lines from
carbon monoxide produced in the planet atmosphere, which shift significantly in
wavelength due to the change in the radial component of the planet orbital
velocity. These observations result in a mass determination of the star and
planet of 1.00+-0.22 Msun and 0.64+-0.09 Mjup respectively. A ~2 km/sec
blueshift of the carbon monoxide signal with respect to the systemic velocity
of the host star suggests the presence of a strong wind flowing from the
irradiated dayside to the non-irradiated nightside of the planet within the
0.01-0.1 mbar atmospheric pressure range probed by these observations. The
strength of the carbon monoxide signal suggests a CO mixing ratio of 1-3x10-3
in this planet's upper atmosphere.Comment: 11 Pages main article and 6 pages suppl. information: A final, edited
version appears in the 24 May 2010 issue of Natur
Non-classical correlations between a C-band telecom photon and a stored spin-wave
Future ground-based quantum information networks will likely use single
photons transmitted through optical fibers to entangle individual network
nodes. To extend communication distances and overcome limitations due to photon
absorption in fibers the concept of quantum repeaters has been proposed. For
that purpose, it is required to achieve quantum correlations between the
material nodes and photons at telecom wavelengths which can be sent over long
distances in optical fibers. Here we demonstrate non-classical correlation
between a frequency converted telecom C-band photon and a spin-wave stored in
an atomic ensemble quantum memory. The photons emitted from the ensemble and
heralding the spin-waves are converted from 780 nm to 1552 nm by means of an
all-solid-state integrated waveguide non-linear device. We show ultra-low noise
operation of the device enabling a high signal to noise ratio of the converted
single photon, leading to a high spin-wave heralding efficiency. The presented
work is an enabling step towards the practical entanglement of remote quantum
memories and the entanglement of quantum systems operating at different
wavelengths.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
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