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Quasi-Dirac neutrinos and solar neutrino data
We present an analysis of the solar neutrino data in the context of a
quasi-Dirac neutrino model in which the lepton mixing matrix is given at tree
level by the tribimaximal matrix. When radiative corrections are taken into
account, new effects in neutrino oscillations, as , appear.
This oscillation is constrained by the solar neutrino data. In our analysis, we
have found an allowed region for our two free parameters and .
The radiative correction, , can vary approximately from to and the calculated fourth mass eigenstate, , 0.01 eV
to 0.2 eV at 2 level. These results are very similar to the ones
presented in the literature.Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures and 2 tables. Results and conclusion unchanged.
Version published in EPJC. Figures improve
Electron beam transfer line design for plasma driven Free Electron Lasers
Plasma driven particle accelerators represent the future of compact
accelerating machines and Free Electron Lasers are going to benefit from these
new technologies. One of the main issue of this new approach to FEL machines is
the design of the transfer line needed to match of the electron-beam with the
magnetic undulators. Despite the reduction of the chromaticity of plasma beams
is one of the main goals, the target of this line is to be effective even in
cases of beams with a considerable value of chromaticity. The method here
explained is based on the code GIOTTO [1] that works using a homemade genetic
algorithm and that is capable of finding optimal matching line layouts directly
using a full 3D tracking code.Comment: 9 Pages, 4 Figures. A related poster was presented at EAAC 201
Deuteron photodisintegration within the Quark-Gluon Strings Model and QCD motivated nonlinear Regge trajectories
We investigate deuteron two-body photodisintegration within the framework of
the Quark-Gluon Strings Model with nonlinear baryon Regge trajectories. Special
attention is paid to the use of QCD motivated Regge trajectories of the
logarithmic and square-root form which have been suggested recently by
Brisudov\'{a}, Burakovsky and Goldman. We find that the recent experimental
data from TJNAF in the few GeV region can reasonably be described by the model.
Angular distributions at different -energies are presented and the
effect of a forward-backward asymmetry is discussed. Predictions for the energy
dependence of at higher energies and different are
presented, too.Comment: 21 pages, LaTeX, including 6 postscript figures; submitted to Phys.
Rev.
Maurizio Tosi (1944–2017)
Obituary for Maurizio Tosi the friend, the colleague, the scholar
inextricably linked. Complex and contradictory his life, in which existential
aspects have always mixed with academic, professional and political ones. His
friendship, often awkward, but always loyal, has been an essential reference
point for many of us, and for the colleagues of all the Universities where he
taught, including Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale"
Interminiband Rabi oscillations in biased semiconductor superlattices
Carrier dynamics at energy level anticrossings in biased semiconductor
superlattices, was studied in the time domain by solving the time-dependent
Schroedinger equation. The resonant nature of interminiband Rabi oscillations
has been explicitly demonstrated to arise from interference of intrawell and
Bloch oscillations. We also report a simulation of direct Rabi oscillations
across three minibands, in the high field regime, due to interaction between
three strongly coupled minibands.Comment: 13 pages, 16 figure
MiR-205-5p inhibition by locked nucleic acids impairs metastatic potential of breast cancer cells
Mir-205 plays an important role in epithelial biogenesis and in mammary gland development but its role in cancer still remains controversial depending on the specific cellular context and target genes. We have previously reported that miR-205-5p is upregulated in breast cancer stem cells targeting ERBB pathway and leading to targeted therapy resistance. Here we show that miR-205-5p regulates tumorigenic properties of breast cancer cells, as well as epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Silencing this miRNA in breast cancer results in reduced tumor growth and metastatic spreading in mouse models. Moreover, we show that miR-205-5p knock-down can be obtained with the use of specific locked nucleic acids oligonucleotides in vivo suggesting a future potential use of this approach in therapy
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