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Classicalization of Quantum Fluctuation in Inflationary Universe
We discuss the classicalization of a quantum state induced by an environment
in the inflationary stage of the universe. The classicalization is necessary
for the homogeneous ground sate to become classical non-homogeneous one
accompanied with the statistical fluctuation, which is a plausible candidate
for the seeds of structure formation. Using simple models, we show that i) the
two classicalization criteria, the classical correlation and quantum
decoherence, are simultaneously satisfied by the environment and that ii) the
power spectrum of the resultant statistical fluctuation depends upon the detail
of the classicalization process. Especially, the result ii) means that, taking
account of the classicalization process, the inflationary scenario does not
necessarily predict the unique spectrum which is usually believed.Comment: 24 pages, Latex, 2 Postscript figure
Rad62 protein functionally and physically associates with the Smc5/Smc6 protein complex and is required for chromosome integrity and recombination repair in fission yeast
Smc5 and Smc6 proteins form a heterodimeric SMC (structural maintenance of chromosome) protein complex like SMC1-SMC3 cohesin and SMC2-SMC4 condensin, and they associate with non-SMC proteins Nse1 and Nse2 stably and Rad60 transiently. This multiprotein complex plays an essential role in maintaining chromosome integrity and repairing DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). This study characterizes a Schizosaccharomyces pombe mutant rad62-1, which is hypersensitive to methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and synthetically lethal with rad2 (a feature of recombination mutants). rad62-1 is hypersensitive to UV and gamma rays, epistatic with rhp51, and defective in repair of DSBs. rad62 is essential for viability and genetically interacts with rad60, smc6, and brc1. Rad62 protein physically associates with the Smc5-6 complex. rad62-1 is synthetically lethal with mutations in the genes promoting recovery from stalled replication, such as rqh1, srs2, and mus81, and those involved in nucleotide excision repair like rad13 and rad16. These results suggest that Rad62, like Rad60, in conjunction with the Smc5-6 complex, plays an essential role in maintaining chromosome integrity and recovery from stalled replication by recombination
Liquid phase epitaxy of GaAlAs on GaAs substrates with fine surface corrugations
Liquid phase epitaxy of GaAlAs was performed on GaAs fine surface corrugations. By optimizing the growth conditions, GaAlAs layers were grown successfully with only minimal meltback
Development of hydrogen masers for K-3 VLBI system
Two field operable hydrogen masers were developed for the VLBI joint experiment conducted by the cooperation between RRL and NASA. They are now playing an important role as the time and frequency standard of the K-3 VLBI system, which has also been developed by RRL
Quantum decoherence in the theory of open systems
In the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems, we
determine the degree of quantum decoherence of a harmonic oscillator
interacting with a thermal bath. It is found that the system manifests a
quantum decoherence which is more and more significant in time. We calculate
also the decoherence time scale and analyze the transition from quantum to
classical behaviour of the considered system.Comment: 6 pages; talk at the 3rd International Workshop "Quantum Physics and
Communication" (QPC 2005), Dubna, Russia, 200
Graphitization behavior of iodine-treated Bombyx mori silk fibroin fiber
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.comArticleJOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. 44(16):4235-4240 (2009)journal articl
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