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A Toy Model Approach to the Canonical Non-perturbative Quantization of the Spatially Flat Robertson-Walker Spacetimes with Cosmological Constant
We present a toy model approach to the canonical non-perturbative
quantization of the spatially-flat Robertson-Walker Universes with cosmological
constant, based on the fact that such models are exactly solvable within the
framework of a simple Lagrangian formulation. The essential quantum dynamical
metric-field and the corresponding Hamiltonian, explicitly derived in terms of
annihilation and creation operators, point out that the Wheeler - DeWitt
equation is a natural (quantum) generalization of the - Einstein
equation for the classical De Sitter spacetime and selects the physical states
of the quantum De Sitter Universe. As a result of the exponential universal
expansion, the usual Fock states (defined as the eigenstates of the
number-operator) are no longer invariant under the derived Hamiltonian. They
exhibit quantum fluctuation of the energy and of the metric field which lead to
a (geometrical) volume quantization.Comment: 22 pages, LaTe
A microscopic investigation of the transition form factor in the region of collective multipole excitations of stable and unstable nuclei
We have used a self-consistent Skyrme-Hartree-Fock plus Continuum-RPA model
to study the low-multipole response of stable and neutron/proton-rich Ni and Sn
isotopes. We focus on the momentum-transfer dependence of the strength
distribution, as it provides information on the structure of excited nuclear
states and in particular on the variations of the transition form factor (TFF)
with the energy. Our results show, among other things, that the TFF may show
significant energy dependence in the region of the isoscalar giant monopole
resonance and that the TFF corresponding to the threshold strength in the case
of neutron-rich nuclei is different compared to the one corresponding to the
respective giant resonance. Perspectives are given for more detailed future
investigations.Comment: 13 pages, incl. 9 figures; to appear in J.Phys.G,
http://www.iop.org/EJ/jphys
Phytohaemagglutinin on maternal and umbilical leukocytes
Almost all the umbilical lymphocytes showed more extensive blast cell formation
than that of their mother's lymphocytes with PHA. Pathological conditions of mother in pregnancy and labor such as anemia, gestational toxicosis,
difficult labor and asphyxia of babies, inhibited the normal response of both maternal and umbilical lymphocytes to PHA.</p
Rotations of nuclei with reflection asymmetry correlations
We propose a collective Hamiltonian which incorporates interactions capable
to generate rotations in nuclei with simultaneous presence of octupole and
quadrupole deformations. It is demonstrated that the model formalism could be
applied to reproduce the staggering effects observed in nuclear octupole bands.
On this basis we propose that the interactions involved would provide a
relevant handle in the study of collective phenomena in nuclei and other
quantum mechanical systems with reflection asymmetry correlations.Comment: LaTeX, 9 pages plus 3 figures given in separate .ps files. To appear
in the proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Structure and
Related Topics (Dubna, Russia, 6-10/6/2000), ed. R. Jolos, V. Voronov, et a
Superconformal Symmetry, The Supercurrent And Non-BPS Brane Dynamics
The Noether currents associated with the non-linearly realized
super-Poincare' symmetries of the Green-Schwarz (Nambu-Goto-Akulov-Volkov)
action for a non-BPS p=2 brane embedded in a N=1, D=4 target superspace are
constructed. The R symmetry current, the supersymmetry currents, the
energy-momentum tensor and the scalar central charge current are shown to be
components of a world volume supercurrent. The centrally extended
superconformal transformations are realized on the Nambu-Goldstone boson and
fermion fields of the non-BPS brane. The superconformal currents form
supersymmetry multiplets with the world volume conformal central charge current
and special conformal current being the primary components of the supersymmetry
multiplets containing all the currents. Correspondingly the superconformal
symmetry breaking terms form supersymmetry multiplets the components of which
are obtainable as supersymmetry transformations of the primary currents'
symmetry breaking terms.Comment: 27 pages, LaTeX, Summary Tables Adde
Can adenine nucleotides predict primary nonfunction of the human liver homograft?
Sixty-eight primary liver grafts were analyzed to see whether adenine nucleotides (AN: ATP, ADP, and AMP) or purine catabolites (PC: adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine, and xanthine) of tissue or effluent can predict primary graft nonfunction. AN, PC, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, oxidized form (NAD+) of the tissue before (pretransplant) and after graft reperfusion (post-transplant) and of the effluent were analyzed. The graft outcome was classified into two groups (group A: successful, n = 64; group B: primary nonfunctioning, n = 4). No significant differences were observed in pretransplant measurements between groups A and B, whereas ATP, ADP, total AN, total AN + total PC (T) and NAD+, in post-transplant tissues, were significantly higher in group A. Xanthine in the effluent was significantly higher in group B than in group A. ATP, ADP, total AN, T, and NAD+ in post-transplant tissue were significantly associated with primary graft nonfunction by logistic regression analysis
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