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Small deformations of extreme Kerr black hole initial data
We prove the existence of a family of initial data for Einstein equations
which represent small deformations of the extreme Kerr black hole initial data.
The data in this family have the same asymptotic geometry as extreme Kerr. In
particular, the deformations preserve the angular momentum and the area of the
cylindrical end.Comment: 26 pages, 4 figure
Extremal black hole initial data deformations
We study deformations of axially symmetric initial data for Einstein-Maxwell
equations satisfying the time-rotation (-) symmetry and containing one
asymptotically cylindrical end and one asymptotically flat end. We find that
the - symmetry implies the existence of a family of deformed data
having the same horizon structure. This result allows us to measure how close
solutions to Lichnerowicz equation are when arising from nearby free data.Comment: 21 pages, no figures, final versio
Expression and refolding of the protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis: A model for high-throughput screening of antigenic recombinant protein refolding
Bacillus anthracis protective antigen (PA) is a well known and relevant immunogenicprotein that is the basis for both anthrax vaccines and diagnostic methods. Properly foldedantigenic PA is necessary for these applications. In this study a high level of PA was obtained inrecombinant Escherichia coli. The protein was initially accumulated in inclusion bodies, whichfacilitated its efficient purification by simple washing steps; however, it could not be recognizedby specific antibodies. Refolding conditions were subsequently analyzed in a high-throughputmanner that enabled nearly a hundred different conditions to be tested simultaneously. Therecovery of the ability of PA to be recognized by antibodies was screened by dot blot usinga coefficient that provided a measure of properly refolded protein levels with a high degreeof discrimination. The best refolding conditions resulted in a tenfold increase in the intensityof the dot blot compared to the control. The only refolding additive that consistently yieldedgood results was L-arginine. The statistical analysis identified both cooperative and negativeinteractions between the different refolding additives. The high-throughput approach describedin this study that enabled overproduction, purification and refolding of PA in a simple andstraightforward manner, can be potentially useful for the rapid screening of adequate refoldingconditions for other overexpressed antigenic proteins.Fil: Pavan, MarĂa Elisa. Biochemiq; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de QuĂmica BiolĂłgica; ArgentinaFil: Pavan, Esteban E.. Politecnico di Milano; ItaliaFil: Cairo, Fabian Martin. Biochemiq; ArgentinaFil: Pettinari, MarĂa Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de QuĂmica BiolĂłgica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de QuĂmica BiolĂłgica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentin
Non-thermal processes in bowshocks of runaway stars. Application to Zeta Oph
Runaway massive stars are O- and B-type stars with high spatial velocities
with respect to the interstellar medium. These stars can produce bowshocks in
the surrounding gas. Bowshocks develop as arc-shaped structures, with bows
pointing to the same direction as the stellar velocity, while the star moves
supersonically through the interstellar gas. The piled-up shocked matter emits
thermal radiation and a population of locally accelerated relativistic
particles is expected to produce non-thermal emission over a wide range of
energies. We aim to model the non-thermal radiation produced in these sources.
Under some assumptions, we computed the non-thermal emission produced by the
relativistic particles and the thermal radiation caused by free-free
interactions, for O4I and O9I stars. We applied our model to Zeta Oph (HD
149757), an intensively studied massive star seen from the northern hemisphere.
This star has spectral type O9.5V and is a well-known runaway. Spectral energy
distributions of massive runaways are predicted for the whole electromagnetic
spectrum. We conclude that the non-thermal radiation might be detectable at
various energy bands for relatively nearby runaway stars, especially at
high-energy gamma rays. Inverse Compton scattering with photons from the heated
dust gives the most important contribution to the high-energy spectrum. This
emission approaches Fermi sensitivities in the case of Zeta Oph.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures.- Accepted for publication in A&A
The role of pressure on the magnetism of bilayer graphene
We study the effect of pressure on the localized magnetic moments induced by
vacancies in bilayer graphene in the presence of topological defects breaking
the bipartite nature of the lattice. By using a mean-field Hubbard model we
address the two inequivalent types of vacancies that appear in the Bernal
stacking bilayer graphene. We find that by applying pressure in the direction
perpendicular to the layers the critical value of the Hubbard interaction
needed to polarize the system decreases. The effect is particularly enhanced
for one type of vacancies, and admits straightforward generalization to
multilayer graphene in Bernal stacking and graphite. The present results
clearly demonstrate that the magnetic behavior of multilayer graphene can be
affected by mechanical transverse deformation
Horizon area--angular momentum inequality for a class of axially symmetric black holes
We prove an inequality between horizon area and angular momentum for a class
of axially symmetric black holes. This class includes initial conditions with
an isometry which leaves fixed a two-surface. These initial conditions have
been extensively used in the numerical evolution of rotating black holes. They
can describe highly distorted black holes, not necessarily near equilibrium. We
also prove the inequality on extreme throat initial data, extending previous
results.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures. We improved the hypothesis of the main theore
Maximum approximate entropy and r threshold: A new approach for regularity changes detection
Approximate entropy (ApEn) has been widely used as an estimator of regularity
in many scientific fields. It has proved to be a useful tool because of its
ability to distinguish different system's dynamics when there is only available
short-length noisy data. Incorrect parameter selection (embedding dimension
, threshold and data length ) and the presence of noise in the signal
can undermine the ApEn discrimination capacity. In this work we show that
() can also be used as a feature to
discern between dynamics. Moreover, the combined use of and
allows a better discrimination capacity to be accomplished, even in
the presence of noise. We conducted our studies using real physiological time
series and simulated signals corresponding to both low- and high-dimensional
systems. When is incapable of discerning between different
dynamics because of the noise presence, our results suggest that
provides additional information that can be useful for classification purposes.
Based on cross-validation tests, we conclude that, for short length noisy
signals, the joint use of and can significantly decrease
the misclassification rate of a linear classifier in comparison with their
isolated use
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