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Decays of Non-strange Negative Parity Baryons in the 1/Nc Expansion
The decays of non-strange negative parity baryons via the emission of single
and mesons are analyzed in the framework of the expansion.
A basis of spin-flavor operators for the partial wave amplitudes is established
to order and the unknown effective coefficients are determined by
fitting to the S- and D-wave partial widths as provided by the Particle Data
Group. A set of relations between widths that result at the leading order, i.e.
order , is given and tested with the available data. Up to a few
exceptions, a good description of the partial decays widths is already obtained
at that order. Because of the rather large errors in the empirical input data
the next to leading order fit fails to pin down with satisfactory accuracy the
subleading effective coefficients. The hierarchy expected from the
expansion is reflected in the results.Comment: 24 pages, 8 table
Characterization of natural variation for zinc, iron and manganese accumulation and zinc exposure response in Brassica rapa L.
Helicity amplitudes and electromagnetic decays of hyperon resonances
We present results for the helicity amplitudes of the lowest-lying hyperon
resonances Y*, computed within the framework of the Bonn constituent-quark
model, which is based on the Bethe-Salpeter approach. The seven parameters
entering the model were fitted to the best known baryon masses. Accordingly,
the results for the helicity amplitudes are genuine predictions. Some hyperon
resonances are seen to couple more strongly to a virtual photon with finite Q^2
than to a real photon. Other Y*'s, such as the S_{01}(1670) Lambda resonance or
the S_{11}(1620) Sigma resonance, couple very strongly to real photons. We
present a qualitative argument for predicting the behaviour of the helicity
asymmetries of baryon resonances at high Q^2.Comment: 20 pages, 26 figures, uses svjour.cls style, submitted to the
European Physical Journal
Glutathione Depletion Due to Copper-Induced Phytochelatin Synthesis Causes Oxidative Stress in Silene cucubalus
Multibaryons in the collective coordinate approach to the SU(3) Skyrme model
We obtain the rotational spectrum of strange multibaryon states by performing
the SU(3) collective coordinate quantization of the static multi-Skyrmions.
These background configurations are given in terms of rational maps, which are
very good approximations and share the same symmetries as the exact solutions.
Thus, the allowed quantum numbers in the spectra and the structure of the
collective Hamiltonians we obtain are also valid in the exact case. We find
that the predicted spectra are in overall agreement with those corresponding to
the alternative bound state soliton model.Comment: 16 pages, 1 figur
Identification and functional analysis of two ZIP metal transporters of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens
Abstract The heavy metal hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens expresses several ZIP-like genes at higher levels than their orthologues in non-hyperaccumulator species, but it is not clear why. To elucidate the function of the T. caerulescens orthologues of the Arabidopsis thaliana ZIP5 and ZIP6 genes, full-length cDNAs of TcZNT5-LC and TcZNT6-LC were cloned, their expression was examined and genes were expressed in A. thaliana. Transcript level analysis revealed the constitutively high expression of these two genes in T. caerulescens compared to AtZIP5 and AtZIP6 genes and differential expression of both genes when comparing two accessions of T. caerulescens with different metal accumulation properties. Expression of TcZNT5-LC in A. thaliana did not modify Cd or Zn tolerance, but mildly affected the root and shoot Zn concentrations towards a hyperaccumulator shoot to root concentration ratio. A. thaliana zip5 knock-out mutants showed increased tolerance to Cd and decreased seed mineral concentrations. Expression of TcZNT6-LC enhanced the Cd sensitivity of A. thaliana, but no phenotype was observed for the zip6 mutant. In conclusion, the changes in expression of TcZNT5-LC and TcZNT6-LC upon changes in Zn or Cd exposure indicate both genes act in metal homeostasis, but their CaMV 35S-mediated expression in A. thaliana does not create T. caerulescens hyperaccumulator phenotype
Positive parity pentaquark towers in large Nc QCD
We construct the complete set of positive parity pentaquarks, which
correspond in the quark model to {\bar s} q^{Nc+1} states with one unit of
orbital angular momentum L=1. In the large Nc limit they fall into the K=1/2
and K=3/2 irreps (towers) of the contracted SU(4)c symmetry. We derive
predictions for the mass spectrum and the axial couplings of these states at
leading order in 1/Nc. The strong decay width of the lowest-lying positive
parity exotic state is of order O(1/Nc), such that this state is narrow in the
large Nc limit. Replacing the antiquark with a heavy antiquark {\bar Q}
q^{Nc+1}, the two towers become degenerate, split only by O(1/mQ) hyperfine
interactions. We obtain predictions for the strong decay widths of heavy
pentaquarks to ordinary baryons and heavy H(*)_{\bar Q} mesons at leading order
in 1/Nc and 1/mQ.Comment: 21 pages, 2 figures, 5 table
Van Kampen's expansion approach in an opinion formation model
We analyze a simple opinion formation model consisting of two parties, A and
B, and a group I, of undecided agents. We assume that the supporters of parties
A and B do not interact among them, but only interact through the group I, and
that there is a nonzero probability of a spontaneous change of opinion (A->I,
B->I). From the master equation, and via van Kampen's Omega-expansion approach,
we have obtained the "macroscopic" evolution equation, as well as the
Fokker-Planck equation governing the fluctuations around the deterministic
behavior. Within the same approach, we have also obtained information about the
typical relaxation behavior of small perturbations.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures, submited to Europ.Phys.J.
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