Transverse Λ0\Lambda^0 polarization in inclusive quasi-real photoproduction at the current fragmentation

It is shown that the recent HERMES data on the transverse $\Lambda^0$ polarization in the inclusive quasi-real photoproduction at $x_F>0$ can be accommodated by the strange quark scattering model. Relations with the quark recombination approach are discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Eur. Phys. J.

Bovine mitochondrial peroxiredoxin III forms a two-ring catenane

SummaryA crystal structure is reported for the C168S mutant of a typical 2-Cys peroxiredoxin III (Prx III) from bovine mitochondria at a resolution of 3.3 Å. Prx III is present as a two-ring catenane comprising two interlocking dodecameric toroids that are assembled from basic dimeric units. Each ring has an external diameter of 150 Å and encompasses a central cavity that is 70 Å in width. The concatenated dodecamers are inclined at an angle of 55°, which provides a large contact surface between the rings. Dimer-dimer contacts involved in toroid formation are hydrophobic in nature, whereas the 12 areas of contact between interlocked rings arise from polar interactions. These two major modes of subunit interaction provide important insights into possible mechanisms of catenane formation

The ROSAT Wide Field Camera all-sky survey of extreme-ultraviolet sources. I - The Bright Source Catalogue

The first all-sky survey for cosmic sources of extreme-ultraviolet radiation has been carried out with the UK Wide Field Camera on ROSAT. A first reduction of the survey data has yielded a catalogue of 383 relatively bright EUV sources, forming the WFC Bright Source Catalogue. This represents a 30-fold increase in the number of astrophysical objects detected in the ~ 60–200 eV energy band and covers a flux range, in each of the two survey bands, of more than 2000. A search of the (typically ~ 1-arcmin) error circles of the WFC sources, using a variety of catalogues and the SIMBAD data base, has identified probable optical counterparts of ~ 73 per cent, including many active stars, white dwarf stars and a variety of other galactic and extragalactic objects. A follow-up programme of optical spectroscopy has since added further identifications, but some 13 per cent of the EUV sources remain unidentified