790 research outputs found
Note on totally odd multiple zeta values
A partial answer to a conjecture about the rank of the ma- trix CN,r introduced by Francis Brown in the study of totally odd mul- tiple zeta values is given
Relationships between multiple zeta values of depths 2 and 3 and period polynomials
Some combinatorial aspects of relations between multiple zeta values of depths 2 and 3 and period polynomials are discussed
On Ecalle's and Brown's polar solutions to the double shuffle equations modulo products
Two explicit sets of solutions to the double shuffle equations modulo products were introduced by Ecalle and Brown respectively. We place the two solutions into the same algebraic framework and compare them. We find that they agree up to and including depth four but differ in depth five by an explicit solution to the linearized double shuffle equations with an exotic pole structure
CD25+ T-lymphocytes induce CD11b on eosinophils in allergic nasal mucosa
In the allergic mucosa, there is a significant increase in numbers of CD25+ cells and activated eosinophils. To determine whether a link exists between the activated T-lymphocytes and tissue eosinophils in nasal allergy, we studied CD25+ cells in the nasal mucosa and compared the levels of soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) both in the serum and the nasal secretions, and further investigated expression of CD11b on eosinophils in the nasal lavage fluids and peripheral blood of patients with nasal allergy. We also examined the effects of the culture supernatant of Con A- and IL-2-activated T-lymphocytes on CD11b expression on eosinophils in the present study. The concentration of sIL-2R in the nasal secretions from patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCP) was significantly higher than that from normal subjects (p < 0.01). The sIL-2R level was significantly higher in the nasal secretions than in the sera in patients (p < 0.01), and CD11b expression on eosinophils from nasal hvage fluid was significandy higher than that of eosinophils from peripheral blood of the same individuals (p < 0.01). The activated T-lymphocytes promoted eosinophil activation with upregulation of CD11b in vitro, and eosinophils in the nasal secretions from patients significantly expressed more CD11b in vivo. These results indicate that activation of T-lymphocytes is linked to eosinophil activation in nasal allergy
Special values of finite multiple harmonic q-series at roots of unity
We study special values of finite multiple harmonic q-series at roots of unity. These objects were recently introduced by the authors and it was shown that they have connections to finite and symmetric multiple zeta values and the Kaneko-Zagier conjecture. In this note we give new explicit evaluations for finite multiple harmonic q-series at roots of unity and prove Ohno-Zagier-type relations for them
Search for two-neutrino double electron capture on Xe with the XMASS-I detector
Double electron capture is a rare nuclear decay process in which two orbital
electrons are captured simultaneously in the same nucleus. Measurement of its
two-neutrino mode would provide a new reference for the calculation of nuclear
matrix elements whereas observation of its neutrinoless mode would demonstrate
lepton number violation. A search for two-neutrino double electron capture on
Xe is performed using 165.9 days of data collected with the XMASS-I
liquid xenon detector. No significant excess above background was observed and
we set a lower limit on the half-life as years at 90%
confidence level. The obtained limit has ruled out parts of some theoretical
expectations. We obtain a lower limit on the Xe two-neutrino double
electron capture half-life of years at 90% confidence
level as well.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Letters
Search for exotic neutrino-electron interactions using solar neutrinos in XMASS-I
We have searched for exotic neutrino-electron interactions that could be
produced by a neutrino millicharge, by a neutrino magnetic moment, or by dark
photons using solar neutrinos in the XMASS-I liquid xenon detector. We observed
no significant signals in 711 days of data. We obtain an upper limit for
neutrino millicharge of 5.410 at 90\% confidence level
assuming all three species of neutrino have common millicharge. We also set
flavor dependent limits assuming the respective neutrino flavor is the only one
carrying a millicharge, for , for , and for .
These limits are the most stringent yet obtained from direct measurements. We
also obtain an upper limit for the neutrino magnetic moment of
1.810 Bohr magnetons. In addition, we obtain upper limits for
the coupling constant of dark photons in the model of
1.310 if the dark photon mass is 1 MeV,
and 8.810 if it is 10 MeV
Direct dark matter search by annual modulation in XMASS-I
A search for dark matter was conducted by looking for an annual modulation
signal due to the Earth's rotation around the Sun using XMASS, a single phase
liquid xenon detector. The data used for this analysis was 359.2 live days
times 832 kg of exposure accumulated between November 2013 and March 2015. When
we assume Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter elastically
scattering on the target nuclei, the exclusion upper limit of the WIMP-nucleon
cross section 4.310cm at 8 GeV/c was obtained and we
exclude almost all the DAMA/LIBRA allowed region in the 6 to 16 GeV/c range
at 10cm. The result of a simple modulation analysis, without
assuming any specific dark matter model but including electron/ events,
showed a slight negative amplitude. The -values obtained with two
independent analyses are 0.014 and 0.068 for null hypothesis, respectively. we
obtained 90\% C.L. upper bounds that can be used to test various models. This
is the first extensive annual modulation search probing this region with an
exposure comparable to DAMA/LIBRA.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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