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The kinetic studies of the solvent-promoted aggregation of a steroid-porphyrin derivative
The study of the aggregation of a steroid-functionalised porphyrin derivative shows the
formation of chiral suprastuctures. Kinetic studies indicate that the mechanism of the aggregation strongly
depends on both the nature of the media and on the concentration of the tetrapyrrolic macrocycle
Recent growth coherence in long-term oak (Quercus spp.) ring width chronologies in the Czech Republic
Study of in-medium meson properties in Ap, pA and AA collisions
We propose to investigate the in-medium properties of vector mesons
at the normal nuclear density in Ap(pA) collisions and at higher density in AA
collisions at the ITEP accelerator facility TWAC. Using of the inverse Ap
kinematics will permit us to study the meson production in a wide
momentum interval included the not yet explored range of small meson momenta
relative to the projectile nuclei where the mass modification effect in nuclear
matter is expected to be the strongest. Momentum dependence of the in-medium
meson width will be studied in the traditional pA kinematics. We
intend to use the electromagnetic calorimeter for reconstruction of the
meson invariant mass by detecting photons from the decay. The model calculations and simulations with
RQMD generator show feasibility of the proposed experiment. Available now
intensity of the ion beams provides a possibility to collect large statistics
and make decisive conclusion about the meson properties at density of
normal nuclei. At the second stage of the investigation the meson
properties will be studied in AA collisions at higher density. Interpretation
of these measurements will be based on the results obtained in Ap(pA)
interactions. Further investigation of the in-medium properties of light
unflavored and charmed mesons can be performed at ITEP and at GSI(FAIR) where
higher ion energies will be accessible in near future.Comment: 26 pages, 10 figures, 2 table
On different lagrangian formalisms for vector resonances within chiral perturbation theory
We study the relation of vector Proca field formalism and antisymmetric
tensor field formalism for spin-one resonances in the context of the large N_C
inspired chiral resonance Lagrangian systematically up to the order O(p6) and
give a transparent prescription for the transition from vector to antisymmetric
tensor Lagrangian and vice versa. We also discuss the possibility to describe
the spin-one resonances using an alternative "mixed" first order formalism,
which includes both types of fields simultaneously, and compare this one with
the former two. We also briefly comment on the compatibility of the above
lagrangian formalisms with the high-energy constraints for concrete VVP
correlator.Comment: 34 pages, 3 figure
New differential equations for on-shell loop integrals
We present a novel type of differential equations for on-shell loop
integrals. The equations are second-order and importantly, they reduce the loop
level by one, so that they can be solved iteratively in the loop order. We
present several infinite series of integrals satisfying such iterative
differential equations. The differential operators we use are best written
using momentum twistor space. The use of the latter was advocated in recent
papers discussing loop integrals in N=4 super Yang-Mills. One of our
motivations is to provide a tool for deriving analytical results for scattering
amplitudes in this theory. We show that the integrals needed for planar MHV
amplitudes up to two loops can be thought of as deriving from a single master
topology. The master integral satisfies our differential equations, and so do
most of the reduced integrals. A consequence of the differential equations is
that the integrals we discuss are not arbitrarily complicated transcendental
functions. For two specific two-loop integrals we give the full analytic
solution. The simplicity of the integrals appearing in the scattering
amplitudes in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills is strongly suggestive of a relation
to the conjectured underlying integrability of the theory. We expect these
differential equations to be relevant for all planar MHV and non-MHV
amplitudes. We also discuss possible extensions of our method to more general
classes of integrals.Comment: 39 pages, 8 figures; v2: typos corrected, definition of harmonic
polylogarithms adde
Generic multiloop methods and application to N=4 super-Yang-Mills
We review some recent additions to the tool-chest of techniques for finding
compact integrand representations of multiloop gauge-theory amplitudes -
including non-planar contributions - applicable for N=4 super-Yang-Mills in
four and higher dimensions, as well as for theories with less supersymmetry. We
discuss a general organization of amplitudes in terms of purely cubic graphs,
review the method of maximal cuts, as well as some special D-dimensional
recursive cuts, and conclude by describing the efficient organization of
amplitudes resulting from the conjectured duality between color and kinematic
structures on constituent graphs.Comment: 42 pages, 18 figures, invited review for a special issue of Journal
of Physics A devoted to "Scattering Amplitudes in Gauge Theories", v2 minor
corrections, v3 added reference
Four-Quark Condensates in Nucleon QCD Sum Rules
The in-medium behavior of the nucleon spectral density including
self-energies is revisited within the framework of QCD sum rules. Special
emphasis is given to the density dependence of four-quark condensates. A
complete catalog of four-quark condensates is presented and relations among
them are derived. Generic differences of such four-quark condensates occurring
in QCD sum rules for light baryons and light vector mesons are discussed.Comment: Version accepted for publication: corrected typos, minor changes
based on referee comments included, reference adde
Spectroscopic, Morphological and Mechanistic Investigation of the Solvent.Promoted Aggregation of Porphyrins Modified in meso-positions by Glucosylated steroids
Solvent-driven aggregation
of a series of porphyrin derivatives was
studied by UV/Vis and circular dichroism
spectroscopy. The porphyrins are
characterised by the presence in the
meso positions of steroidal moieties
further conjugated with glucosyl
groups. The presence of these groups
makes the investigated macrocycles
amphiphilic and soluble in aqueous solvent,
namely, dimethyl acetamide/
water. Aggregation of the macrocycles
is triggered by a change in bulk solvent
composition leading to formation of
large architectures that express supramolecular
chirality, steered by the presence
of the stereogenic centres on the
periphery of the macrocycles. The aggregation
behaviour and chiroptical
features of the aggregates are strongly
dependent on the number of moieties
decorating the periphery of the porphyrin
framework. In particular, experimental
evidence indicates that the
structure of the steroid linker dictates
the overall chirality of the supramolecular
architectures. Moreover, the porphyrin
concentration strongly affects
the aggregation mechanism and the
CD intensities of the spectra. Notably,
AFM investigations reveal strong differences
in aggregate morphology that
are dependent on the nature of the appended
functional groups, and closely
in line with the changes in aggregation
mechanism. The suprastructures
formed at lower concentration show a
network of long fibrous structures
spanning over tens of micrometres,
whereas the aggregates formed at
higher concentration have smaller rodshaped
structures that can be recognised
as the result of coalescence of
smaller globular structures. The fully
steroid substituted derivative forms
globular structures over the whole concentration
range explored. Finally, a rationale
for the aggregation phenomena
was given by semiempirical calculations
at the PM6 level
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