259 research outputs found
Energy dependence of -"" effective potential derived from coupled-channel Green's function
We investigate the energy dependence of a single-channel effective potential
between the and the ""-core nucleus, which can be obtained as an
-"" equivalent local potential from a coupled-channel model for
- systems. It turns out that the imaginary part of
the resultant potential near the decay threshold can well
approximate the phase space suppression factor of
decay modes. The effects on the pole position of the state in
the channel are also discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the International Conference on
Exotic Atoms and Related Topics (EXA2011), September 5-9, 2011, Wien,
Austria, to appear in Hyperfine Interaction
Detection of circulating superantigens in an intensive care unit population
AbstractObjective: Plasma concentrations of superantigens were measured in an intensive care unit (ICU) population and the relationship of superantigen positive rates with the presence of sepsis was investigated.Methods: Plasma samples were collected at least twice a week from 78 patients whose primary diagnoses were abdominal disorders (n = 27), respiratory disorders (n = 11), trauma (n = 10), burns (n = 10), cardiovascular disorders (n = 4), neurological disorders (n = 2), and others (n = 14). Five different species of superantigens, i.e., staphylococcal enterotoxins A, B, and C (SEA, SEB, and SEC), toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), and streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SPEA), were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results: Significant levels of plasma superantigens were detected in 16 patients. SEA was found in seven patients, SEB in four patients, SEC in two patients, TSST-1 in six patients, and SPEA in five patients. Superantigen detection rates were 6% (1/17) in patients without systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), 0% (0/21) in SIRS patients without infection, 31% (5/16) in septic patients without shock, and 42% (10/24) in septic shock patients.Conclusions: The presence of superantigens was confirmed in part of the ICU population. The role of superantigens in the pathogenesis of sepsis remains to be determined
Baseline tumour necrosis factor alpha levels predict the necessity for dose escalation of infliximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives: To investigate the possible role of baseline plasma tumour necrosis factor alpha levels (baseline-TNF) on the clinical response to infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Patients with RA refractory to methotrexate received 3, 6, or 10 mg/kg of infliximab every 8 weeks, in a randomised, double-blind manner: the RISING study. Clinical response (disease activity score in 28 joints based on C-reactive protein or American College of Rheumatology core set) at week 54 and serum infliximab levels were compared in three patient groups with low, intermediate, or high baseline-TNF (TNF-low, TNF-int, or TNF-high). Results: In TNF-low patients, the clinical response to different doses of infliximab was comparable, whereas TNF-int patients exhibited a dose-dependent trend. In contrast, TNF-high patients (approximately 13% of the total patients) had a clinical response to 10 mg/kg significantly better than the response to 3 and 6 mg/kg of infliximab. In TNF-high patients, the median trough serum levels of infliximab were below the detection limit (<0.1 μg/ml) at 3 and 6 mg/kg but were greater than 2 μg/ml at 10 mg/kg, whereas the levels were approximately 1 μg/ml for each dosage group in TNF-low patients. Conclusion: In patients with RA, baseline-TNF is significantly associated with the clinical response to infliximab in patients with a high baseline-TNF. A higher dose of infliximab may be necessary in these patients, whereas lower doses of infliximab are sufficient for those with a low baseline-TNF. Baseline-TNF may be a useful measure for personalising the treatment of RA using infliximab
Signature of strange dibaryon in kaon-induced reaction
We examine how the signature of the strange-dibaryon resonances in the
barKNN-piSigmaN system shows up in the scattering amplitude on the physical
real energy axis within the framework of Alt-Grassberger-Sandhas (AGS)
equations. The so-called point method is applied to handle the three-body
unitarity cut in the amplitudes. We also discuss the possibility that the
strange-dibaryon production reactions can be used for discriminating between
existing models of the two-body barKN-piSigma system with Lambda(1405).Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, talk given at The Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference
on Few-Body Problems in Physics 2011 (APFB2011), held in Seoul, Korea, August
22-26, 201
Semiconductor Thermal Neutron Detector
The CdTe and GaN detector with a Gd converter have been developed and investigated as a neutron detector for neutron imaging. The fabricated Gd/CdTe detector with the 25 mm thick Gd was designed on the basis of simulation results of thermal neutron detection efficiency and spatial resolution. The Gd/CdTe detector shows the detection of neutron capture gamma ray emission in the 155Gd(n, g)156Gd, 157Gd(n, g)158Gd and 113Cd(n, g)114Cd reactions and characteristic X-ray emissions due to conversion-electrons generated inside the Gd film. The observed efficient thermal neutron detection with the Gd/CdTe detector shows its promise in neutron radiography application. Moreover, a BGaN detector has also investigated to separate neutron signal from gamma-ray clearly. Keywords: detector, neutron, semiconductor, therma
Calculation of the He(in-flight ,) reaction for searching the deeply-bound state
The formation of a deeply-bound state by the He(in-flight
,) reaction is investigated theoretically in the distorted-wave impulse
approximation using the Green's function method. The expected inclusive and
semi-exclusive spectra at = 1.0 GeV/c and are
calculated for the forthcoming J-PARC E15 experiment. We employ optical
potentials between the and ``'' core-nucleus, and demonstrate
systematically the dependence of the spectral shape on and , which
are the real and imaginary parts of the strength for the optical potential,
respectively. The necessary condition to observe a distinct peak of the
bound state with , in the spectrum turns out to be that the
value of is deeper than MeV and shallower than
MeV, of which the strength parameters come up to recent theoretical
predictions.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figures, REVTeX 4, accepted for publication in Physics
Letters
Localization and Quantum Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Systems Under Strong Magnetic Fields(Transport and Fermiology)
Experimental researches of quantum transport properties of semiconductor two-dimensional electron systems in Si-MOSFETs and GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures in high magnetic fields up to 27 T and at low temperatures down to 20 mK are performed. Analysis of the Hall conductivity of Si-MOSFETs based on a mobility edge model shows that the temperature dependence of the mobility edge can not be explained by existing theory of localization. The fractional quantum Hall effect is observed at the filling factor of 1/7 in heterostructures. Sample size dependence and magnetic field dependence of the breakdown of the integral quantum Hall effect in heterostructures reveal that the Hall current is carried not by the edge states but by the extended states in the localization in the bulk of the two-dimensional systems
Production of doubly strange hypernuclei via {\Xi}- doorways in the 16O(K-, K+) reaction at 1.8 GeV/c
We examine theoretically production of doubly strange hypernuclei, 16 {\Xi}-C
and 16 {\Lambda}{\Lambda}C, in doublecharge exchange 16O(K-, K+) reactions
using a distorted-wave impulse approximation. The inclusive K+ spectrum at the
incident momentum pK- = 1.8 GeV/c and scattering angle {\theta}lab = 0^{\circ}
is estimated in a one-step mechanism, K-p \to K+{\Xi}- via {\Xi}- doorways
caused by a {\Xi}-p-{\Lambda}{\Lambda} coupling. The calculated spectrum in the
{\Xi}- bound region indicates that the integrated cross sections are on the
order of 7-12 nb/sr for significant 1- excited states with 14C(0+, 2+) \otimes
s{\Lambda}p{\Lambda} configurations in 16 {\Lambda}{\Lambda}C via the doorway
states of the spin-stretched 15N(1/2-, 3/2-) \otimes s{\Xi}- in 16 {\Xi}-C due
to a high momentum transfer q{\Xi}- \approx 400 MeV/c. The {\Xi}- admixture
probabilities of these states are on the order of 5-9%. However, populations of
the 0+ ground state with 14C(0+) \otimes s2{\Lambda} and the 2+ excited state
with 14C(2+) \otimes s2 {\Lambda} are very small. The sensitivity of the
spectrum on the {\Xi}N-{\Lambda}{\Lambda} coupling strength enables us to
extract the nature of {\Xi}N-{\Lambda}{\Lambda} dynamics in nuclei, and the
nuclear (K-, K+) reaction can extend our knowledge of the S = -2 world.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
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