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Isotope Shift Measurements of Stable and Short-Lived Lithium Isotopes for Nuclear Charge Radii Determination
Changes in the mean-square nuclear charge radii along the lithium isotopic
chain were determined using a combination of precise isotope shift measurements
and theoretical atomic structure calculations. Nuclear charge radii of light
elements are of high interest due to the appearance of the nuclear halo
phenomenon in this region of the nuclear chart. During the past years we have
developed a new laser spectroscopic approach to determine the charge radii of
lithium isotopes which combines high sensitivity, speed, and accuracy to
measure the extremely small field shift of an 8 ms lifetime isotope with
production rates on the order of only 10,000 atoms/s. The method was applied to
all bound isotopes of lithium including the two-neutron halo isotope Li-11 at
the on-line isotope separators at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany and at TRIUMF,
Vancouver, Canada. We describe the laser spectroscopic method in detail,
present updated and improved values from theory and experiment, and discuss the
results.Comment: 34 pages, 24 figures, 14 table
Comment on "Missing Transverse-Doppler Effect in Time-Dilation Experiments with High-Speed Ions"
In an article "Missing Transverse-Doppler Effect in Time-Dilation Experiments
with High-Speed Ions" by S. Devasia [arXiv:1003.2970v1], our recent Doppler
shift experiments on fast ion beams are reanalyzed. Contrary to our analysis,
Devasia concludes that our results provide an "indication of Lorentz
violation". We argue that this conclusion is based on a fundamental
misunderstanding of our experimental scheme and reiterate that our results are
in excellent agreement with Special Relativity
Nuclear Charge Radius of Li-9, Li-11: Halo Neutron: the influence of Halo Neutrons
The nuclear charge radius of Li-11 has been determined for the first time by
high precision laser spectroscopy. On-line measurements at TRIUMF-ISAC yielded
a Li-7 - Li-11 isotope shift (IS) of 25101.23(13) MHz for the Doppler-free 2s -
3s transition. IS precision for all other bound Li isotopes was also improved.
Differences from calculated mass-based IS yield values for change in charge
radius along the isotope chain. The charge radius decreases monotonically from
Li-6 to Li-9, and then increases from 2.217(35) fm to 2.467(37) fm for Li-11.
This is compared to various models, and it is found that a combination of halo
neutron correlation and intrinsic core excitation best reproduces the
experimental results.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Meta-analysis of the diagnostic performance of stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance for detection of coronary artery disease
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Aim</p> <p>Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the diagnosis of significant obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) through meta-analysis of the available data.</p> <p>Methodology</p> <p>Original articles in any language published before July 2009 were selected from available databases (MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and BioMedCentral) using the combined search terms of magnetic resonance, perfusion, and coronary angiography; with the exploded term coronary artery disease. Statistical analysis was only performed on studies that: (1) used a [greater than or equal to] 1.5 Tesla MR scanner; (2) employed invasive coronary angiography as the reference standard for diagnosing significant obstructive CAD, defined as a [greater than or equal to] 50% diameter stenosis; and (3) provided sufficient data to permit analysis.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>From the 263 citations identified, 55 relevant original articles were selected. Only 35 fulfilled all of the inclusion criteria, and of these 26 presented data on patient-based analysis. The overall patient-based analysis demonstrated a sensitivity of 89% (95% CI: 88-91%), and a specificity of 80% (95% CI: 78-83%). Adenosine stress perfusion CMR had better sensitivity than with dipyridamole (90% (88-92%) versus 86% (80-90%), P = 0.022), and a tendency to a better specificity (81% (78-84%) versus 77% (71-82%), P = 0.065).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Stress perfusion CMR is highly sensitive for detection of CAD but its specificity remains moderate.</p
Molecular tools for studying the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus: improving the utility of the genome using a comparative poly(A) and Ribo-Zero RNAseq analysis
A xandarellid artiopodan from Morocco – a middle Cambrian link between soft-bodied euarthropod communities in North Africa and South China
NB. A corrigendum [correction] for this article was published online on 09 May 2017; this has been attached to this article as an additional file. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © The Author(s) 2017. The attached file is the published version of the article
New test of modulated electron capture decay of hydrogen-like 142Pm ions: Precision measurement of purely exponential decay
An experiment addressing electron capture (EC) decay of hydrogen-like 142Pm60+ions has been conducted at the experimental storage ring (ESR) at GSI. The decay appears to be purely exponential and no modulations were observed. Decay times for about 9000 individual EC decays have been measured by applying the single-ion decay spectroscopy method. Both visually and automatically analysed data can be described by a single exponential decay with decay constants of 0.0126(7)s−1for automatic analysis and 0.0141(7)s−1for manual analysis. If a modulation superimposed on the exponential decay curve is assumed, the best fit gives a modulation amplitude of merely 0.019(15), which is compatible with zero and by 4.9 standard deviations smaller than in the original observation which had an amplitude of 0.23(4)
Entwicklung und experimentelle Untersuchung neuer Regeneratorkonzepte für regenerative Gaskreisprozesse am Beispiel einer Vuilleumier-Wärmepumpe
Development and experimental investigation of new concepts for regenerators of regenerative gas cycles-exemplary for Vuilleumier heat pumps
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