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Squeezed correlations of strange particle-antiparticles
Squeezed correlations of hadron-antihadron pairs are predicted to appear if
their masses are modified in the hot and dense medium formed in high energy
heavy ion collisions. If discovered experimentally, they would be an
unequivocal evidence of in-medium mass shift found by means of hadronic probes.
We discuss a method proposed to search for this novel type of correlation,
illustrating it by means of D_s-mesons with in-medium shifted masses. These
particles are expected to be more easily detected and identified in future
upgrades at RHIC.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures with parts a) and b), SQM 2009 contribution; added
acknowledgmen
The Shears Mechanism in 142Gd in the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock Method with the Tilted-Axis Cranking
We report on the first Skyrme-Hartree-Fock calculations with the tilted-axis
cranking in the context of magnetic rotation. The mean field symmetries,
differences between phenomenological and self-consistent methods and the
generation of shears-like structures in the mean field are discussed.
Significant role of the time-odd spin-spin effective interaction is pointed
out. We reproduce the shears mechanism, but quantitative agreement with
experiment is rather poor. It may have to do with too large core polarization,
lack of pairing correlations or properties of the Skyrme force.Comment: Presented at the XXVII Mazurian Lakes School of Physics, September
2-9 2001, Krzyze, Poland, Submitted to Acta Physica Polonic
Representations of Menger -semigroups by multiplace functions
Investigation of partial multiplace functions by algebraic methods plays an
important role in modern mathematics were we consider various operations on
sets of functions, which are naturally defined. The basic operation for
-place functions is an -ary superposition , but there are some
other naturally defined operations, which are also worth of consideration. In
this paper we consider binary Mann's compositions \op{1},...,\op{n} for
partial -place functions, which have many important applications for the
study of binary and -ary operations. We present methods of representations
of such algebras by -place functions and find an abstract characterization
of the set of -place functions closed with respect to the set-theoretic
inclusion
Representations of -semigroups by multiplace functions
We describe the representations of -semigroups, i.e. groupoids with
binary associative operations, by partial -place functions and prove
that any such representation is a union of some family of representations
induced by Schein's determining pairs.Comment: 17 page
Squeezed K^+ K^- correlations in high energy heavy ion collisions
The hot and dense medium formed in high energy heavy ion collisions may
modify some hadronic properties. In particular, if hadron masses are shifted
in-medium, it was demonstrated that this could lead to back-to-back squeezed
correlations (BBC) of particle-antiparticle pairs. Although well-established
theoretically, the squeezed correlations have not yet been discovered
experimentally. A method has been suggested for the empirical search of this
effect, which was previously illustrated for phi-phi pairs. We apply here the
formalism and the suggested method to the case of K^+ K^- pairs, since they may
be easier to identify experimentally. The time distribution of the emission
process plays a crucial role in the survival of the BBC's. We analyze the cases
where the emission is supposed to occur suddenly or via a Lorentzian
distribution, and compare with the case of a Levy distribution in time. Effects
of squeezing on the correlation function of identical particles are also
analyzed.Comment: 9 pages and 6 figures (figures 2 to 6 contain 4 plots each).
Paragraph added to text, figures 2 to 6 revised for improving visualizatio
Asymptotic directional structure of radiation for fields of algebraic type D
The directional behavior of dominant components of algebraically special
spin-s fields near a spacelike, timelike or null conformal infinity is studied.
By extending our previous general investigations we concentrate on fields which
admit a pair of equivalent algebraically special null directions, such as the
Petrov type D gravitational fields or algebraically general electromagnetic
fields. We introduce and discuss a canonical choice of the reference tetrad
near infinity in all possible situations, and we present the corresponding
asymptotic directional structures using the most natural parametrizations.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figure
Redox signals at the ER-mitochondria interface control melanoma progression.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are emerging as important regulators of cancer growth and metastatic spread. However, how cells integrate redox signals to affect cancer progression is not fully understood. Mitochondria are cellular redox hubs, which are highly regulated by interactions with neighboring organelles. Here, we investigated how ROS at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondria interface are generated and translated to affect melanoma outcome. We show that TMX1 and TMX3 oxidoreductases, which promote ER-mitochondria communication, are upregulated in melanoma cells and patient samples. TMX knockdown altered mitochondrial organization, enhanced bioenergetics, and elevated mitochondrial- and NOX4-derived ROS. The TMX-knockdown-induced oxidative stress suppressed melanoma proliferation, migration, and xenograft tumor growth by inhibiting NFAT1. Furthermore, we identified NFAT1-positive and NFAT1-negative melanoma subgroups, wherein NFAT1 expression correlates with melanoma stage and metastatic potential. Integrative bioinformatics revealed that genes coding for mitochondrial- and redox-related proteins are under NFAT1 control and indicated that TMX1, TMX3, and NFAT1 are associated with poor disease outcome. Our study unravels a novel redox-controlled ER-mitochondria-NFAT1 signaling loop that regulates melanoma pathobiology and provides biomarkers indicative of aggressive disease
Shell Corrections for Finite-Depth Deformed Potentials: Green's Function Oscillator Expansion Method
Shell corrections of the finite deformed Woods-Saxon potential are calculated
using the Green's function method and the generalized Strutinsky smoothing
procedure. They are compared with the results of the standard prescription
which are affected by the spurious contribution from the unphysical particle
gas. In the new method, the shell correction approaches the exact limit
provided that the dimension of the single-particle (harmonic oscillator) basis
is sufficiently large. For spherical potentials, the present method is faster
than the exact one in which the contribution from the particle continuum states
is explicitly calculated. For deformed potentials, the Green's function method
offers a practical and reliable way of calculating shell corrections for weakly
bound nuclei.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev. C, 12 pages, 7 figure
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