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On classification of Poisson vertex algebras
We describe a conjectural classification of Poisson vertex algebras of CFT
type and of Poisson vertex algebras in one differential variable (= scalar
Hamiltonian operators)
Redox-mediated reactions of vinylferrocene: Toward redox auxiliaries
Chemical redox reactions have been exploited to transform unreactive vinylferrocene into a powerful dienophile for the Diels–Alder reaction and reactive substrate for thiol addition reactions upon conversion to its ferrocenium state. We have further investigated the ability of these reactions to facilitate redox-auxiliary-like reactivity by further hydrogenolyisis of the Diels–Alder adduct to the corresponding cyclopentane derivative
Projecting the Bethe-Salpeter Equation onto the Light-Front and back: A Short Review
The technique of projecting the four-dimensional two-body Bethe-Salpeter
equation onto the three-dimensional Light-Front hypersurface, combined with the
quasi-potential approach, is briefly illustrated, by placing a particular
emphasis on the relation between the projection method and the effective
dynamics of the valence component of the Light-Front wave function. Some
details on how to construct the Fock expansion of both i) the Light-Front
effective interaction and ii) the electromagnetic current operator, satisfying
the proper Ward-Takahashi identity, will be presented, addressing the relevance
of the Fock content in the operators living onto the Light-Front hypersurface.
Finally, the generalization of the formalism to the three-particle case will
be outlined.Comment: 16 pages, macros included. Mini-review to be printed in a regular
issue of Few-Body Systems devoted to the Workshop on "Relativistic
Description of Two- and Three-body Systems in Nuclear Physics" ECT* Trento,
19 - 23 October 200
Direct and inverse measurement of thin films magnetostriction
Two techniques of measurements of thin film magnetostriction are compared:
direct, when changes of the substrate curvature caused by the film
magnetization are controlled, and inverse ("indirect"), when the modification
of the magnetic anisotropy induced by the substrate deformation (usually
bending) is measured. We demonstrate how both the elastic strength of the
substrate and the effective magneto-mechanical coupling between the substrate
deformation and magnetic anisotropy of the film depend on different conditions
of bending. Equations to be used for magnetostriction value determination in
typical cases are given and critical parameters for the corresponding
approximations are identified.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, 1 table, submitted to JMM
Interactions between Germ Cells and Extracellular Matrix Glycoproteins during Migration and Gonad Assembly in the Mouse Embryo
Cells are known to bind to individual extracellular matrix glycoproteins in a complex and poorly understood way. Overall strength of adhesion is thought to be mediated by a combinatorial mechanism, involving adhesion of a cell to a variety of binding sites on the target glycoproteins. During migration in embryos, cells must alter their overall adhesiveness to the substrate to allow locomotion. The mechanism by which this is accomplished is not well understood. During early development, the cells destined to form the gametes, the primordial germ cells (PGCs), migrate from the developing hind gut to the site where the gonad will form. We have used whole-mount immunocytochemistry to study the changing distribution of three extracellular matrix glycoproteins, collagen IV, fibronectin, and laminin, during PGC migration and correlated this with quantitative assays of adhesiveness of PGCs to each of these. We show that PGCs change their strength of adhesion to each glycoprotein differentially during these stages. Furthermore, we show that PGCs interact with a discrete tract of laminin at the end of migration. Closer analysis of the adhesion of PGCs to laminin revealed that PGCs adhere particularly strongly to the E3 domain of laminin, and blocking experiments in vitro suggest that they adhere to this domain using a cell surface proteoglycan
Pair term in the Electromagnetic Current within the Front-Form Dynamics: Spin-0 Case
The frame and scale dependence of the pair-term contribution to the
electromagnetic form factor of a spin-zero composite system of two-fermions is
studied within the Light Front. The form factor is evaluated from the
plus-component of the current in the Breit frame, using for the first time a
nonconstant, symmetric ansatz for the Bethe-Salpeter amplitude. The frame
dependence is analyzed by allowing a nonvanishing plus component of the
momentum transfer, while the dynamical scale is set by the masses of the
constituents and by mass and size of the composite system. A transverse
momentum distribution, associated with the Bethe-Salpeter amplitude, is
introduced which allows to define strongly and weakly relativistic systems. In
particular, for strongly relativistic systems, the pair term vanishes for the
Drell-Yan condition, while is dominant for momentum transfer along the
light-front direction. For a weakly relativistic system, fitted to the deuteron
scale, the pair term is negligible up to momentum transfers of 1(GeV/c). A
comparison with results obtained within the Front-Form Hamiltonian dynamics
with a fixed number of constituents is also presented.Comment: 25 pages + 7 figures; axodraw.sty included. To appear in Nucl. Phys.
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