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Potential energy surfaces of actinide and transfermium nuclei from multi-dimensional constraint covariant density functional theories
Multi-dimensional constrained covariant density functional theories were
developed recently. In these theories, all shape degrees of freedom
\beta_{\lambda\mu} deformations with even \mu are allowed, e.g., \beta_{20},
\beta_{22}, \beta_{30}, \beta_{32}, \beta_{40}, \beta_{42}, \beta_{44}, and so
on and the CDFT functional can be one of the following four forms: the meson
exchange or point-coupling nucleon interactions combined with the non-linear or
density-dependent couplings. In this contribution, some applications of these
theories are presented. The potential energy surfaces of actinide nuclei in the
(\beta_{20}, \beta_{22}, \beta_{30}) deformation space are investigated. It is
found that besides the octupole deformation, the triaxiality also plays an
important role upon the second fission barriers. The non-axial
reflection-asymmetric \beta_{32} shape in some transfermium nuclei with N =
150, namely 246Cm, 248Cf, 250Fm, and 252No are studied.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures; invited talk at the International Conference on
Nuclear Structure and Related Topics, Jul 02-July 7, 2012, Dubn
Multidimensionally-constrained relativistic mean-field study of triple-humped barriers in actinides
Potential energy surfaces (PES's) of actinide nuclei are characterized by a
two-humped barrier structure. At large deformations beyond the second barrier
the occurrence of a third one was predicted by Mic-Mac model calculations in
the 1970s, but contradictory results were later reported. In this paper,
triple-humped barriers in actinide nuclei are investigated with covariant
density functional theory (CDFT). Calculations are performed using the
multidimensionally-constrained relativistic mean field (MDC-RMF) model, with
functionals PC-PK1 and DD-ME2. Pairing correlations are treated in the BCS
approximation with a separable pairing force of finite range. Two-dimensional
PES's of Th and U are mapped and the
third minima on these surfaces are located. Then one-dimensional potential
energy curves along the fission path are analyzed in detail and the energies of
the second barrier, the third minimum, and the third barrier are determined.
DD-ME2 predicts the occurrence of a third barrier in all Th nuclei and
U. The third minima in Th are very shallow, whereas those
in Th and U are quite prominent. With PC-PK1 a third
barrier is found only in Th. Single-nucleon levels around the
Fermi surface are analyzed in Th, and it is found that the formation of
the third minimum is mainly due to the proton energy gap at and . The possible occurrence of a third
barrier in actinide nuclei depends on the effective interaction used in
multidimensional CDFT calculations. More pronounced minima are predicted by the
DD-ME2 functional, as compared to the functional PC-PK1. The depth of the third
well in Th isotopes decreases with increasing neutron number. The origin of the
third minimum is due to the proton shell gap at relevant deformations.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures; Phys. Rev. C, in press; due to the limitation
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A mutation in the interferon regulatory element of HBV may influence the response of interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis B patients
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A functional interferon regulatory element (IRE) has been found in the EnhI/X promoter region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome. The purpose of this study is to compare the gene order of responder and non-responder to interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), so as to evaluate the relationship between IRE mutation and the response to interferon treatment for CHB patients.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Synthetic therapeutic effect is divided into complete response (CR), partial response (PR) and non-response (NR). Among the 62 cases included in this study, 40 cases (64.5%) were in the response group (CR and PR) and 22 (35.5%) cases were in the NR group. Wild type sequence of HBV IRE TTTCACTTTC were found in 35 cases (56.5%), and five different IRE gene sequences. included TTTtACTTTC, TTTCAtTTTC, TTTtAtTTTC, TTTtACTTTt and cTTtACcTTC, were found in 22 cases (35.5%), 1 case (1.6%), 1 case (1.6%), 2 cases (3.2%) and 1 case (1.6%) respectively. There were 41.9%cases (26/62) with forth base C→T mutation, consisted of 32.5% (13/40) cases in response group and 59.1% (13/22) cases in NR group. Among the 35 cases with IRE sequences, there were 67.5% (27/40) cases in response group and 36.4% (8/22) in NR group, and the difference in IRE sequences between two groups was statistic significantly (P = 0.027). The result suggested that there is likely relationship between the forth base mutation (C→T) of IRE region and the response of HBV to Interferon therapy, and this mutation may partially decrease the inhibition effect of interferon on HBV.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The forth base C→T mutation in IRE element of HBV may partially influence the response of Interferon treatment in CHB patients.</p
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