142 research outputs found
Measuring the translational and rotational velocity of particles in helical motion using structured light
We measure the rotational and translational velocity components of particles
moving in helical motion using the frequency shift they induced to the
structured light beam illuminating them. Under Laguerre-Gaussian mode
illumination, a particle with a helical motion reflects light that acquires an
additional frequency shift proportional to the angular velocity of rotation in
the transverse plane, on top of the usual frequency shift due to the
longitudinal motion. We determined both the translational and rotational
velocities of the particles by switching between two modes: by illuminating
with a Gaussian beam, we can isolate the longitudinal frequency shift; and by
using a Laguerre-Gaussian mode, the frequency shift due to the rotation can be
determined. Our technique can be used to characterize the motility of
microorganisms with a full three-dimensional movement.Comment: 5 pages,5 figure
Direction-sensitive transverse velocity measurement by phase-modulated structured light beams
The use of structured light beams to detect the velocity of targets moving
perpendicularly to the beam's propagation axis opens new avenues for remote
sensing of moving objects. However, determining the direction of motion is
still a challenge since detection is usually done by means of an
interferometric setup which only provides an absolute value of the frequency
shift. Here, we put forward a novel method that addresses this issue. It uses
dynamic control of the phase in the transverse plane of the structured light
beam so that the direction of the particles' movement can be deduced. This is
done by noting the change in the magnitude of the frequency shift as the
transverse phase of the structured light is moved appropriately. We demonstrate
our method with rotating micro-particles that are illuminated by a
Laguerre-Gaussian beam with a rotating phase about its propagation axis. Our
method, which only requires a dynamically configurable optical beam generator,
can easily be used with other types of motion by appropriate engineering and
dynamic modulation of the phase of the light beam.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Searching for the G516T Polymorphism on the CYP2B6 gene in HIV-1Patients
Poster presented at the International Young Researchers in Life Sciences Conference. Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, 26-28 May 2014
Reversed-phase chromatographic separation and downstream precipitation of lupane- and oleanane-type triterpenoids: experiments and modeling based on the method of moments
The reversed-phase chromatographic separation of two triterpenic acids (TTAs), betulinic and oleanolic acids, using a triacontyl (C30) stationary phase was addressed in this work. Methanol, water, acetonitrile, ethanol, isopropanol, ethyl acetate, acetone and mixtures thereof were tested, and the best mobile phase to conduct the separation was found to be methanol/acetonitrile 50/50 (%, v/v) at 23 °C, taking into account parameters like selectivity, resolution and TTAs solubility. The method of moments was used to determine the equilibrium constants of isotherms, the axial dispersion coefficients and the global linear driving force coefficients of pure betulinic and pure oleanolic acids. These parameters were then successfully validated by modeling unary and binary breakthrough curves. Simulated moving bed calculations showed that betulinic and oleanolic acids can be both obtained with purity of 99.2 % and productivity of 56.2 kg/(m3adsorbent day) using the packing material of an Acclaim C30 column with a 1-1-1-1 configuration with columns of 7.5 cm long. Finally, in order to recover the two TTAs from the SMB extract and raffinate streams, water was envisioned as a precipitation agent. Accordingly, the solubility of each TTA was measured in methanol/acetonitrile 70/30, 50/50, and 30/70 (%, v/v) modified with water. The obtained results showed that adding 65 % (%, v/v) of water it is possible to precipitate 98 % of the dissolved TTAs in all the tested methanol/acetonitrile mixtures.publishe
A class of Calogero type reductions of free motion on a simple Lie group
The reductions of the free geodesic motion on a non-compact simple Lie group
G based on the symmetry given by left- and right
multiplications for a maximal compact subgroup are
investigated. At generic values of the momentum map this leads to (new) spin
Calogero type models. At some special values the `spin' degrees of freedom are
absent and we obtain the standard Sutherland model with three
independent coupling constants from SU(n+1,n) and from SU(n,n). This
generalization of the Olshanetsky-Perelomov derivation of the model with
two independent coupling constants from the geodesics on with
G=SU(n+1,n) relies on fixing the right-handed momentum to a non-zero character
of . The reductions considered permit further generalizations and work at
the quantized level, too, for non-compact as well as for compact G.Comment: shortened to 13 pages in v2 on request of Lett. Math. Phys. and
corrected some spelling error
Supersymmetric Many-particle Quantum Systems with Inverse-square Interactions
The development in the study of supersymmetric many-particle quantum systems
with inverse-square interactions is reviewed. The main emphasis is on quantum
systems with dynamical OSp(2|2) supersymmetry. Several results related to
exactly solved supersymmetric rational Calogero model, including shape
invariance, equivalence to a system of free superoscillators and non-uniqueness
in the construction of the Hamiltonian, are presented in some detail. This
review also includes a formulation of pseudo-hermitian supersymmetric quantum
systems with a special emphasis on rational Calogero model. There are quite a
few number of many-particle quantum systems with inverse-square interactions
which are not exactly solved for a complete set of states in spite of the
construction of infinitely many exact eigen functions and eigenvalues. The
Calogero-Marchioro model with dynamical SU(1,1|2) supersymmetry and a quantum
system related to short-range Dyson model belong to this class and certain
aspects of these models are reviewed. Several other related and important
developments are briefly summarized.Comment: LateX, 65 pages, Added Acknowledgment, Discussions and References,
Version to appear in Jouranl of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(Commissioned Topical Review Article
Operator Mixing and the AdS/CFT correspondence
We provide a direct prescription for computing the mixing among gauge
invariant operators in N=4 SYM. Our approach is based on the action of the
superalgebra on the states of the theory and thus it can be also applied to
resolve the mixing in the dual string description. As an example, we focus on
the supermultiplet containing the BMN operators with two impurities. On the
field theory side, we derive the leading planar quantum corrections to the
naive expression of the highest weight state. Then we use the same prescription
in the BMN limit of the AdS5xS5 string theory and derive the form of the
2-impurity highest weight state. The string expression matches nicely the SYM
result and provides a prediction for the mixing due to higher order quantum
corrections in field theory.Comment: 21 pages, 3 figures. Typos correcte
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