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Inhibition of phospho-MurNAc-pentapeptide translocase (MraY) by nucleoside natural product antibiotics, bacteriophage <phi>X174 lysis protein E, and cationic antibacterial peptides
This review covers recent developments in the inhibition of translocase MraY and related phospho-GlcNAc transferases WecA and TagO, and insight into the inhibition and catalytic mechanism of this class of integral membrane proteins from the structure of Aquifex aeolicus MraY. Recent studies have also identified a protein-protein interaction site in E. coli MraY, that is targeted by bacteriophage X174 lysis protein E, and also by cationic antimicrobial peptides containing Arg-Trp close to their N- or C-termini
Nature of the f_0(600) from its N_c dependence at two loops in unitarized Chiral Perturbation Theory
By using unitarized two-loop Chiral Perturbation Theory partial waves to
describe pion-pion scattering we find that the dominant component of the
lightest scalar meson does not follow the q-qbar dependence on the number of
colors that, in contrast, is obeyed by the lightest vectors. The method
suggests that a subdominant q-qbar component of the f_0(600) possibly
originates around 1 GeV.Comment: 4 pages, 1 Figure. To appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Instanton Effects in the Decay of Scalar Mesons
We show that instanton effects may play a crucial role in the decay of scalar
mesons into two pseudoscalars. Particularly the branching ratios of two meson
decays of the , which is considered as a glue-ball candidate, are
then compatible with an ordinary -structure of this resonance and a
small positive SU(3) mixing angle, close to a result recently calculated with
the same instanton-induced force.Comment: 9 pages, uuencoded latex including two figure
Search for Free Decay of Negative Pions in Water and Light Materials
We report on a search for the free decay component of pi- stopped in water
and light materials. A non-zero value of this would be an indication of
anomalous nu_e contamination to the nu_e and nu_mu_bar production at
stopped-pion neutrino facilities. No free decay component of pi- was observed
in water, Beryllium, and Aluminum, for which upper limits were established at
8.2E-4, 3.2E-3, and 7.7E-3, respectively
The preliminary lattice QCD calculation of meson decay width
We present a direct lattice QCD calculation of the meson decay width
with the s-wave scattering phase shift for the isospin pion-kaon () system. We employ a special finite size formula, which is the extension of
the Rummukainen-Gottlieb formula for the system in the moving frame, to
calculate the scattering phase, which indicates a resonance around
meson mass. Through the effective range formula, we extract the effective
coupling constant GeV and
decay width MeV. Our simulations are done with the MILC
gauge configurations with flavors of the "Asqtad" improved staggered
dynamical sea quarks on a lattice at and lattice spacing fm.Comment: To make it concise. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1110.1422, but much of v1 text overlap with articles by same and other
authors remove
The K^*_0(800) scalar resonance from Roy-Steiner representations of pi K scattering
We discuss the existence of the light scalar meson K^*_0(800) (also called
kappa) in a rigorous way, by showing the presence of a pole in the pi K --> pi
K amplitude on the second Riemann sheet. For this purpose, we study the domain
of validity of two classes of Roy-Steiner representations in the complex energy
plane. We prove that one of them is valid in a region sufficiently broad in the
imaginary direction. From this representation, we compute the l=0 partial wave
in the complex plane with neither additional approximation nor model
dependence, relying only on experimental data. A scalar resonance with
strangeness S=1 is found with the following mass and width: E_kappa = 658 \pm
13 MeV and Gamma_kappa = 557 \pm 24 MeV.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures. Domain of validity of a Roy-Steiner
representation corrected and enlarged, and features of the K^*_0(800) pole
discussed in more details. Conclusions unchange
On the S-wave piD-scattering length in the relativistic field theory model of the deuteron
The S-wave scattering length of the strong pion-deuteron (pi D) scattering is
calculated in the relativistic field theory model of the deuteron suggested in
[1,2].The theoretical result agrees well with the experimental data. The
important role of the Delta-resonance contribution to the elastic pi
D-scattering is confirmed.Comment: 7 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in Z. Phys.
How Resonances can synchronise with Thresholds
The mechanism by which a threshold may capture a resonance is examined. It
involves a threshold cusp interfering constructively with either or both (i) a
resonance produced via confinement, (ii) attractive t- and u-channel exchanges.
The fo(980), X(3872) and Z(4430) are studied in detail. The fo(980) provides a
valuable model of the locking mechanism. The X(3872) is too narrow to be fitted
by a cusp, and requires either a resonance or virtual state. The Z(4430) can be
fitted as a resonance but also can be fitted successfully by a cusp with no
nearby resonant pole.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. Replaces 0709.125
A Uniform Description of the States Recently Observed at B-factories
The newly found states Y(4260), Y(4361), Y(4664) and Z(4430) stir broad
interest in the study of spectroscopy in a typical charmonium scale. The
Y(4260) which was observed earlier has been interpreted as hybrid, molecular
state, and baryonium, etc. In this note we show for the first time that these
new structures, which are hard to be interpreted as charmonium states, can be
systematically embedded into an extended baryonium picture. According to this
assignment, the so far known characters of these states are understandable.
And, in the same framework, we make some predictions for experimenters to
measure in the future.Comment: 6 pages in Latex. to appear in J.Phys.
Meson-Baryon Form Factors in Chiral Colour Dielectric Model
The renormalised form factors for pseudoscalar meson-baryon coupling are
computed in chiral colour dielectric model. This has been done by rearranging
the Lippmann-Schwinger series for the meson baryon scattering matrix so that it
can be expressed as a baryon pole term with renormalized form factors and
baryon masses and the rest of the terms which arise from the crossed diagrams.
Thus we are able to obtain an integral equation for the renormalized
meson-baryon form factors in terms of the bare form factors as well as an
expression for the meson self energy. This integral equation is solved and
renormalized meson baryon form factors and renormalized baryon masses are
computed. The parameters of the model are adjusted to obtain a best fit to the
physical baryon masses. The calculations show that the renormalized form
factors are energy-dependent and differ from the bare form factors primarily at
momentum transfers smaller than 1 GeV. At nucleon mass, the change in the form
factors is about 10% at zero momentum transfer. The computed form factors are
soft with the equivalent monopole cut-off mass of about 500 MeV. The
renormalized coupling constants are obtained by comparing the chiral colour
dielectric model interaction Hamiltonian with the standard form of
meson-nucleon interaction Hamiltonian. The ratio of and
coupling constants is found to be about 2.15. This value is very close to the
experimental value.Comment: 16 pages, 7 postscript figure
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