614 research outputs found

    Does the shape of inflow velocity profiles affect hemodynamics in computational coronary artery models?

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    In this study, the impact of velocity inflow profiles shape on computational hemodynamic models of coronary arteries was investigated. To this purpose, 3D realistic velocity profiles were generated analytically and prescribed as inflow boundary condition and the impact on near-wall and intravascular flow was assessed. The results suggest that the impact of the shape of inflow velocity profiles on simulated coronary hemodynamics is limited to the proximal segment, while the global hemodynamics is poorly affected

    Experimental evidence of antiproton reflection by a solid surface

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    We report here experimental evidence of the reflection of a large fraction of a beam of low energy antiprotons by an aluminum wall. This derives from the analysis of a set of annihilations of antiprotons that come to rest in rarefied helium gas after hitting the end wall of the apparatus. A Monte Carlo simulation of the antiproton path in aluminum indicates that the observed reflection occurs primarily via a multiple Rutherford-style scattering on Al nuclei, at least in the energy range 1-10 keV where the phenomenon is most visible in the analyzed data. These results contradict the common belief according to which the interactions between matter and antimatter are dominated by the reciprocally destructive phenomenon of annihilation.Comment: 5 pages with 5 figure

    Antiparticle cloud temperatures for antihydrogen experiments

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    An analysis of positron and antiproton cloud temperatures under condition similar to those found in antihydrogen experiments.Some simple general trends are brought out in the analysis, which includes the effects of cloud expansion for the first time

    Limits on the low energy antinucleon-nucleus annihilations from the Heisenberg principle

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    We show that the quantum uncertainty principle puts some limits on the effectiveness of the antinucleon-nucleus annihilation at very low energies. This is caused by the fact that the realization a very effective short-distance reaction process implies information on the relative distance of the reacting particles. Some quantitative predictions are possible on this ground, including the approximate A-independence of antinucleon-nucleus annihilation rates.Comment: 10 pages, no figure

    Exploring novel arterio-venous graft designs to reduce vascular access failure risk

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    Although arterio-venous grafts (AVGs) are the second best option as permanent vascular access for hemodialysis, this solution is still affected by a relevant failure rate associated with neointimal hyperplasia (IH), mainly located at the venous anastomosis, where abnormal hemodynamics occurs. In this study we use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to investigate the impact of six innovative AVG designs on reducing the IH risk at the distal anastomosis in AVGs. Findings from simulations clearly show that using a helical shaped flow divider located in the venous side of the graft could assure a reduced hemodynamic risk of failure at the distal anastomosis, with a clinically irrelevant increase in pressure drop over the graft

    Coulomb corrections to low energy antiproton annihilation cross sections on protons and nuclei

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    We calculate, in a systematic way, the enhancement effect on antiproton-proton and antiproton-nucleus annihilation cross sections at low energy due to the initial state electrostatic interaction between the projectile and the target nucleus. This calculation is aimed at future comparisons between antineutron and antiproton annihilation rates on different targets, for the extraction of pure isospin channels.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures (latex format
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