393 research outputs found
Strong Phase Shifts for CP Violation in Weak Decay
Strong interaction phase shifts relevant for the weak
nonleptonic decay are calculated using baryon
chiral perturbation theory. We find in leading order that the S-wave phase
shift vanishes and the P-wave phase shift is .
The small phase shifts imply that CP violation in this decay will be difficult
to observe. Our results follow from chiral symmetry.Comment: 8 pages, uses phyzzx, 2 figures included as uuencoded file,
CALT-68-1940 and CMU-HEP94-2
Effects of adjunctive eslicarbazepine acetate on serum lipids in patients with partial-onset seizures: Impact of concomitant statins and enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) on lipid metabolism and to determine whether reduced statin exposure during ESL therapy has clinical consequences.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We conducted a post-hoc analysis of pooled data for serum lipids (laboratory values) from three phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of adjunctive ESL therapy (400, 800, or 1200âŻmg once daily) in patients with treatment-refractory partial-onset seizures. Changes from baseline in serum lipid levels were analyzed according to use of statins and/or enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs) during the baseline period.
KEY FINDINGS: In total, 426 and 1021 placebo- and ESL-treated patients, respectively, were included in the analysis. With regard to the changes from baseline in serum concentrations, there were statistically significant differences between the placebo and ESL 1200âŻmg QD groups, for both total cholesterol (TC) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), but the effect sizes were small (+4.1âŻmg/dL and +1.8âŻmg/dL, respectively). A small but significant difference in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C; -5.0âŻmg/dL) was observed between the ESL 400âŻmg QD group and the placebo group. In patients not taking a concomitant EIAED, there were no changes with ESL 400âŻmg QD, but modest and statistically significant increases in cholesterol fractions (TC, LDL-C and HDL-C) with ESL 800âŻmg QD (/dL) and ESL 1200âŻmg QD (/dL). ESL had no consistent effect on lipids in patients taking a concomitant EIAED. In patients taking statins during baseline, there were no clinically relevant changes in serum lipids during use of ESL, although the subgroups were small.
SIGNIFICANCE: These results suggest that ESL does not appear to have clinically significant effects on serum lipids, nor does the pharmacokinetic interaction between ESL and statins have an impact on serum lipid concentrations
Observation of Parity Violation in the Omega-minus -> Lambda + K-minus Decay
The alpha decay parameter in the process Omega-minus -> Lambda + K-minus has
been measured from a sample of 4.50 million unpolarized Omega-minus decays
recorded by the HyperCP (E871) experiment at Fermilab and found to be [1.78 +/-
0.19(stat) +/- 0.16(syst)]{\times}10^{-2}. This is the first unambiguous
evidence for a nonzero alpha decay parameter, and hence parity violation, in
the Omega-minus -> Lambda + K-minus decay.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
Evidence for the Decay Sigma+ -> p mu+ mu-
We report the first evidence for the decay Sigma+ -> p mu+ mu- from data
taken by the HyperCP experiment(E871) at Fermilab. Based on three observed
events, the branching ratio is B(Sigma+ -> p,mu+,mu-) = [8.6 +6.6,-5.4(stat)
+/-5.5(syst)] x 10**-8. The narrow range of dimuon masses may indicate that the
decay proceeds via a neutral intermediate state, Sigma+ -> p P0, P0 -> mu+ mu-,
with a P0 mass of 214.3 +/- 0.5 MeV/c**2 and branching ratio B(Sigma+ -> p P0;
P0 -> mu+ mu-) = [3.1 +2.4,-1.(stat) +/-1.5(syst)] x 10**-8.Comment: As published in PR
HyperCP: A high-rate spectrometer for the study of charged hyperon and kaon decays
The HyperCP experiment (Fermilab E871) was designed to search for rare
phenomena in the decays of charged strange particles, in particular CP
violation in and hyperon decays with a sensitivity of
. Intense charged secondary beams were produced by 800 GeV/c protons
and momentum-selected by a magnetic channel. Decay products were detected in a
large-acceptance, high-rate magnetic spectrometer using multiwire proportional
chambers, trigger hodoscopes, a hadronic calorimeter, and a muon-detection
system. Nearly identical acceptances and efficiencies for hyperons and
antihyperons decaying within an evacuated volume were achieved by reversing the
polarities of the channel and spectrometer magnets. A high-rate
data-acquisition system enabled 231 billion events to be recorded in twelve
months of data-taking.Comment: 107 pages, 45 Postscript figures, 14 tables, Elsevier LaTeX,
submitted to Nucl. Instrum. Meth.
Measurement of the Alpha Asymmetry Parameter for the Omega- to Lambda K- Decay
We have measured the alpha parameter of the Omega- to Lambda K- decay using
data collected with the HyperCP spectrometer during the 1997 fixed-target run
at Fermilab. Analyzing a sample of 0.96 million Omega- to Lambda K^-, Lambda to
p pi- decays, we obtain alpha_Omega*alpha_Lambda =
[1.33+/-0.33(stat)+/-0.52(syst)] x 10^{-2}. With the accepted value of
alpha_Lambda, alpha_Omega is found to be [2.07+/-0.51(stat)+/-0.81(syst)] x
10^{-2}.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to be appeared as a Rapid Communication in Phys.
Rev.
Study of the decay and measurement of masses and widths
From a sample of 848 44 decays, we find
. Using a Dalitz plot analysis of this
three body decay, we find significant contributions from the channels
, , , , and
. We present also the values obtained for masses and widths of
the resonances and .Comment: 10 pages, 3 eps figure
Search for flavor-changing neutral currents and lepton-family-number violation in two-body D0 decays
Results of a search for the three neutral charm decays, D0 -> mu e, D0 -> mu
mu, and D0 -> e e, are presented. This study was based on data collected in
Experiment 789 at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory using 800 GeV/c
proton-Au and proton-Be interactions. No evidence is found for any of the
decays. Upper limits on the branching ratios, at the 90% confidence level, are
obtained.Comment: 28 pages, 18 figures. Submitted to Physical Review
Measurement of αΩ in Ωâ â ÎÎâ Decays
The HyperCP experiment (E871) at Fermilab has collected the largest sample of hyperon decays in the world. With a data set of over a million Ωâ â ÎÎâ decays we have measured the product of αΩαΠfrom which we have extracted αΩ. This preliminary result indicates that αΩ is small, but nonâzero. Prospects for a test of CP symmetry by comparing the α parameters in Ωâ and ΩÌ+ decays will be discussed. © 2003 American Institute of PhysicsPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87682/2/251_1.pd
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