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Proper Eighth-Order Vacuum-Polarization Function and its Contribution to the Tenth-Order Lepton g-2
This paper reports the Feynman-parametric representation of the
vacuum-polarization function consisting of 105 Feynman diagrams of the eighth
order, and its contribution to the gauge-invariant set called Set I(i) of the
tenth-order lepton anomalous magnetic moment. Numerical evaluation of this set
is carried out using FORTRAN codes generated by an automatic code generation
system gencodevpN developed specifically for this purpose. The contribution of
diagrams containing electron loop to the electron g-2 is 0.017 47 (11)
(alpha/pi)^5. The contribution of diagrams containing muon loop is 0.000 001 67
(3) (alpha/pi)^5. The contribution of tau-lepton loop is negligible at present.
The sum of all these terms is 0.017 47 (11) (alpha/pi)^5. The contribution of
diagrams containing electron loop to the muon g-2 is 0.087 1 (59) (alpha/pi)^5.
That of tau-lepton loop is 0.000 237 (1) (alpha/pi)^5. The total contribution
to a_mu, the sum of these terms and the mass-independent term, is 0.104 8 (59)
(alpha/pi)^5.Comment: 48 pages, 6 figures. References are correcte
The 10 to the 8th power bit solid state spacecraft data recorder
The results are summarized of a program to demonstrate the feasibility of Bubble Domain Memory Technology as a mass memory medium for spacecraft applications. The design, fabrication and test of a partially populated 10 to the 8th power Bit Data Recorder using 100 Kbit serial bubble memory chips is described. Design tradeoffs, design approach and performance are discussed. This effort resulted in a 10 to the 8th power bit recorder with a volume of 858.6 cu in and a weight of 47.2 pounds. The recorder is plug reconfigurable, having the capability of operating as one, two or four independent serial channel recorders or as a single sixteen bit byte parallel input recorder. Data rates up to 1.2 Mb/s in a serial mode and 2.4 Mb/s in a parallel mode may be supported. Fabrication and test of the recorder demonstrated the basic feasibility of Bubble Domain Memory technology for such applications. Test results indicate the need for improvement in memory element operating temperature range and detector performance
Nonrelativistic ionization energy for the helium ground state
The helium ground state nonrelativistic energy with 24 significant digits is
presented. The calculations are based on variational expansion with randomly
chosen exponents. This data can be used as a benchmark for other approaches for
many electron and/or three-body systems.Comment: 3 pages, 0 figure
COP9 signalosome component JAB1/CSN5 is necessary for T cell signaling through LFA-1 and HIV-1 replication.
To determine critical host factors involved in HIV-1 replication, a dominant effector genetics approach was developed to reveal signaling pathways on which HIV-1 depends for replication. A large library of short peptide aptamers was expressed via retroviral delivery in T cells. Peptides that interfered with T cell activation-dependent processes that might support HIV-1 replication were identified. One of the selected peptides altered signaling, lead to a difference in T cell activation status, and inhibited HIV-1 replication. The target of the peptide was JAB1/CSN5, a component of the signalosome complex. JAB1 expression overcame the inhibition of HIV-1 replication in the presence of peptide and also promoted HIV-1 replication in activated primary CD4(+) T cells. This peptide blocked physiological release of JAB1 from the accessory T cell surface protein LFA-1, downstream AP-1 dependent events, NFAT activation, and HIV-1 replication. Thus, genetic selection for intracellular aptamer inhibitors of host cell processes proximal to signals at the immunological synapse of T cells can define unique mechanisms important to HIV-1 replication
Tenth-Order Lepton Anomalous Magnetic Moment -- Sixth-Order Vertices Containing Vacuum-Polarization Subdiagrams
This paper reports the values of contributions to the electron g-2 from 300
Feynman diagrams of the gauge-invariant Set III(a) and 450 Feynman diagrams of
the gauge-invariant Set III(b). The evaluation is carried out in two versions.
Version A is to start from the sixth-order magnetic anomaly M_6 obtained in the
previous work. The mass-independent contributions of Set III(a) and Set III(b)
are 2.1275 (2) and 3.3271 (6) in units of (alpha/pi)^5, respectively. Version B
is based on the recently-developed automatic code generation scheme. This
method yields 2.1271 (3) and 3.3271 (8) in units of (alpha/pi)^5, respectively.
They are in excellent agreement with the results of the first method within the
uncertainties of numerical integration. Combining these results as
statistically independent we obtain the best values, 2.1273 (2), and 3.3271 (5)
times (alpha/pi)^5, for the mass-independent contributions of the Set III(a)
and Set III(b), respectively. We have also evaluated mass-dependent
contributions of diagrams containing muon and/or tau-particle loop. Including
them the total contribution of Set III(a) is 2.1349 (2) and that of Set III(b)
is 3.3299 (5) in units of (alpha/pi)^5. The total contributions to the muon g-2
of various leptonic vacuum-polarization loops of Set III(a) and Set III(b) are
112.418 (32) and 15.407 (5) in units of (alpha/pi)^5, respectively.Comment: 31 pages, 4 figure
Asteroid lightcurves from the Palomar Transient Factory survey: Rotation periods and phase functions from sparse photometry
We fit 54,296 sparsely-sampled asteroid lightcurves in the Palomar Transient
Factory to a combined rotation plus phase-function model. Each lightcurve
consists of 20+ observations acquired in a single opposition. Using 805
asteroids in our sample that have reference periods in the literature, we find
the reliability of our fitted periods is a complicated function of the period,
amplitude, apparent magnitude and other attributes. Using the 805-asteroid
ground-truth sample, we train an automated classifier to estimate (along with
manual inspection) the validity of the remaining 53,000 fitted periods. By this
method we find 9,033 of our lightcurves (of 8,300 unique asteroids) have
reliable periods. Subsequent consideration of asteroids with multiple
lightcurve fits indicate 4% contamination in these reliable periods. For 3,902
lightcurves with sufficient phase-angle coverage and either a reliably-fit
period or low amplitude, we examine the distribution of several phase-function
parameters, none of which are bimodal though all correlate with the bond albedo
and with visible-band colors. Comparing the theoretical maximal spin rate of a
fluid body with our amplitude versus spin-rate distribution suggests that, if
held together only by self-gravity, most asteroids are in general less dense
than 2 g/cm, while C types have a lower limit of between 1 and 2 g/cm,
in agreement with previous density estimates. For 5-20km diameters, S types
rotate faster and have lower amplitudes than C types. If both populations share
the same angular momentum, this may indicate the two types' differing ability
to deform under rotational stress. Lastly, we compare our absolute magnitudes
and apparent-magnitude residuals to those of the Minor Planet Center's nominal
, rotation-neglecting model; our phase-function plus Fourier-series
fitting reduces asteroid photometric RMS scatter by a factor of 3.Comment: 35 pages, 29 figures. Accepted 15-Apr-2015 to The Astronomical
Journal (AJ). Supplementary material including ASCII data tables will be
available through the publishing journal's websit
The Standard Model Prediction of the Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment
This article reviews and updates the Standard Model prediction of the muon
g-2. QED, electroweak and hadronic contributions are presented, and open
questions discussed. The theoretical prediction deviates from the present
experimental value by 2-3 standard deviations, if e+e- annihilation data are
used to evaluate the leading hadronic term.Comment: 30 pages, 8 figures. v2: Updated version to appear in J.Phys.G.
Comments and references added, typo corrected in eq.(17
Double scattering of light from biophotonic nanostructures with short-range order
We investigate the physical mechanism for color production by isotropic
nanostructures with short-range order in bird feather barbs. While the primary
peak in optical scattering spectra results from constructive interference of
singly-scattered light, many species exhibit secondary peaks with distinct
characteristic. Our experimental and numerical studies show that these
secondary peaks result from double scattering of light by the correlated
structures. Without an analog in periodic or random structures, such a
phenomenon is unique for short-range ordered structures, and has been widely
used by nature for non-iridescent structural coloration.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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