DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TAG SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR DAQ FOR SACLA USER EXPERIMENTS

Abstract This paper presents development of a new tag supply system for the data-acquisition (DAQ) system for SACLA user experiments. The X-ray Free-Electron Laser facility in SPring-8, SACLA, has delivered X-ray laser beams to users since March 2012. For the user experiments at SACLA, a dedicated DAQ system has been developed. The DAQ system is currently capable to operate with maximum twelve sensors of multiport charge-coupled device (MPCCD) for X-ray detection. The data of twelve sensors are read out with individual readout modules. We implement a new tag supply system to ensure the reconstruction of the diffraction image of the user experiments. The tag data are used to synchronize the data obtained by SACLA user experiments. One master server receives a signal given by accelerator and the delivery of the tag data follows to five experimental halls at SACLA and some of monitors at SACLA accelerator. We employ dedicated communication lines to deliver the tag data. The longest distance to deliver the tag data is about one kilometre. The new tag supply system has been operating stably since April, 2014

Search for the decay KL0→3γK_L^0 \rightarrow 3\gamma

We performed a search for the decay $K_L^0 \rightarrow 3\gamma$ with the E391a detector at KEK. In the data accumulated in 2005, no event was observed in the signal region. Based on the assumption of $K_L^0 \rightarrow 3\gamma$ proceeding via parity-violation, we obtained the single event sensitivity to be $(3.23\pm0.14)\times10^{-8}$, and set an upper limit on the branching ratio to be $7.4\times10^{-8}$ at the 90% confidence level. This is a factor of 3.2 improvement compared to the previous results. The results of $K_L^0 \rightarrow 3\gamma$ proceeding via parity-conservation were also presented in this paper

Experimental study of the decay KL0→π0ννˉK_L^0\to\pi^0\nu\bar{\nu}

The first dedicated search for the rare neutral-kaon decay $K_L^0\to\pi^0\nu\bar{\nu}$ has been carried out in the E391a experiment at the KEK 12-GeV proton synchrotron. The final upper limit of 2.6 $\times 10^{-8}$ at the 90% confidence level was set on the branching ratio for the decay.Comment: 23 pages, 27 figures, accepted for publication as a regular article in Physical Review

The effect of silver fluoride and potassium iodide on the bond strength of auto cure glass ionomer cement to dentine

The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Background: Diamine silver fluoride (Ag(NH3)2F), referred to as AgF, has been shown to reduce the incidence of caries in primary dentitions. The clinical application of this material has been limited by staining associated with both teeth and restorative materials. The application of potassium iodide (KI) after AgF eliminates stain formation. There is a lack of information as to how the addition of AgF followed by KI may affect the bond strength to dentine. The purpose of this study was to compare the bond strengths of auto cure glass ionomer cement to dentine surfaces that had been treated with AgF and KI and without treatment. Methods: Ten recently extracted human third molars were embedded into methyl methacrylate resin and sliced to form a square block of exposed dentine surfaces. Each of the four surfaces were treated by one of the following procedures: (a) etching with 37 per cent phosphoric acid; (b) applying GC dentine conditioner; (c) etching, followed by application of AgF/KI then washing off the precipitate and air drying; and (d) etching, applying AgF/KI and air drying the reaction products on the surface. Fuji VII auto cure glass ionomer cement was bonded onto each sample and fracture tested. Results: The dentine samples treated with AgF/KI followed by washing away the precipitate and air drying had bond strengths (2.83MPa) not significantly different from samples that had been conditioned (2.40MPa). Samples where the AgF/KI precipitate had been air dried onto the dentine surface had significantly lower bond strengths (1.49MPa) than the washed samples. Samples that were etched had significantly lower bond strengths (1.91MPa) than the conditioned samples. Conclusions: This study found that the application of AgF/KI to etched dentine samples followed by washing off the precipitate, created bond strengths that were not significantly different to conditioned samples. Leaving the AgF/KI precipitate on the dentine surface significantly reduced the bond strength of auto cured glass ionomer cement to dentine. Washing away the reaction products and air drying is recommended as the clinical protocol for using AgF and KI on dentine surfaces prior to application of an auto cure glass ionomer cement.GM Knight, JM McIntyre, Mulyan

Modulation of glycinergic transmission in the rat spinal dorsal commissural nucleus by ginkgolide B

The action of ginkgolide B (GB), the powerful compound of Ginkgo biloba extract, on glycinemediated spontaneous currents in rat spinal sacral dorsal commissural nucleus (SDCN) neurons was examined. IPSCs evoked in spinal cord slices were inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by the addition of GB to the superfusion solution. The amplitude of eIPSCs was reduced to 61 ± 6.4% by 10 μM GB, with acceleration of the kinetics of the currents indicating the effect of GB on channel pores. Both the amplitude and success ratio (Rsuc) of eIPSC induced by electrical focal stimulation of single glycinergic nerve endings (boutons) also decreased in the presence of 1 μM GB. These data suggest that GB modulates not only post-synaptic glycine receptors but also the pre-synaptic glycine release mac hinery.Вплив гінкголіду В (GB) – діючої сполуки екстракту з гінкго дволопатевого (Ginkgo biloba) на гліцинопосередковані синаптичні струми вивчався на нейронах спінального сакрального дорсального комісурального ядра (SDCN) щурів. Гальмівні постсинаптичні струми (ГПСС), викликані в препаратах зрізів спинного мозку, дозозалежно зменшувалися при аплікації GB. Амплітуда викликаних ГПСС під дією 10 мкМ GB падала до 61 ± 6.4 % з одночасним прискоренням кінетики струмів, що свідчило про наявність впливу на канальні пори. Як амплітуда, так і відносна кількість синаптичних подій (викликаних ГПСС), індукованих електричною фокальною стимуляцією поодиноких гліцинергічних нервових закінчень (бутонів), також зменшувались у присутності 1 мкМ GB. Ці результати свідчать, що GB не тільки модулює постсинаптичні гліцинові рецептори, але й впливає на пре синаптичні механізми вивільнення гліцину

Structure near K−K^-+pp+pp threshold in the in-flight 3^3He(K−,Λp)n(K^-,\Lambda p)n reaction

To search for an S= -1 di-baryonic state which decays to $\Lambda p$, the ${\rm{}^3He}(K^-,\Lambda p)n_{missing}$ reaction was studied at 1.0 GeV/$c$. Unobserved neutrons were kinematically identified from the missing mass $M_X$ of the ${\rm{}^3He}(K^-,\Lambda p)X$ reaction in order to have a large acceptance for the $\Lambda pn$ final state. The observed $\Lambda p n$ events, distributed widely over the kinematically allowed region of the Dalitz plot, establish that the major component comes from a three nucleon absorption process. A concentration of events at a specific neutron kinetic energy was observed in a region of low momentum transfer to the $\Lambda p$. To account for the observed peak structure, the simplest S-wave pole was assumed to exist in the reaction channel, having Breit-Wigner form in energy and with a Gaussian form-factor. A minimum $\chi^2$ method was applied to deduce its mass $M_X\ =$ 2355 $^{+ 6}_{ - 8}$ (stat.) $\pm 12$ (syst.) MeV/c$^2$, and decay-width $\Gamma_X\ =$ 110 $^{+ 19}_{ - 17}$ (stat.) $\pm 27$ (syst.) MeV/c$^2$, respectively. The form factor parameter $Q_X \sim$ 400 MeV/$c$ implies that the range of interaction is about 0.5Comment: 12pages, 8 figure

Measurement of the strong interaction induced shift and width of the 1s state of kaonic deuterium at J-PARC

The antikaon-nucleon interaction close to threshold provides crucial information on the interplay between spontaneous and explicit chiral symmetry breaking in low-energy QCD. In this context the importance of kaonic deuterium X-ray spectroscopy has been well recognized, but no experimental results have yet been obtained due to the difficulty of the measurement. We propose to measure the shift and width of the kaonic deuterium 1s state with an accuracy of 60 eV and 140 eV respectively at J-PARC. These results together with the kaonic hydrogen data (KpX at KEK, DEAR and SIDDHARTA at DAFNE) will then permit the determination of values of both the isospin I=0 and I=1 antikaon-nucleon scattering lengths and will provide the most stringent constraints on the antikaon-nucleon interaction, promising a breakthrough. Refined Monte Carlo studies were performed, including the investigation of background suppression factors for the described setup. These studies have demonstrated the feasibility of determining the shift and width of the kaonic deuterium atom 1s state with the desired accuracy of 60 eV and 140 eV.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure