Physics of planetary atmospheres. IV - Gas analysis by photoionization mass spectrometry

Photoionization mass spectrometer with 180 deg magnetic analyzer and use as gas analyze

Improvement and optimization of a mass spectrometer employing a photoionization source

Ultraviolet filter and monochromator for mass spectrometer employing photoionization sourc

Development of a mass spectrometer employing a photoionization source

Mass spectrometer using photoionization for ion productio

Lunar lander mass spectrometer Final report

Sputter ion source for lunar lander mass spectromete

Analytical photoionization mass spectrometer with an argon gas filter between the light source and monochrometer Patent

Analytical photoionization mass spectrometer with argon gas filter between light source and monochromete

Plasma beam calibration mass spectrometer

Mass spectrometer for determining ratio of atomic to molecular ions in plasma bea

Mass spectrometer analysis of solid materials with the ion-microprobe sputter source

Sputter ion source mass spectrometer for analysis of solid material

Towards a fully self-consistent spectral function of the nucleon in nuclear matter

We present a calculation of nuclear matter which goes beyond the usual quasi-particle approximation in that it includes part of the off-shell dependence of the self-energy in the self-consistent solution of the single-particle spectrum. The spectral function is separated in contributions for energies above and below the chemical potential. For holes we approximate the spectral function for energies below the chemical potential by a $\delta$-function at the quasi-particle peak and retain the standard form for energies above the chemical potential. For particles a similar procedure is followed. The approximated spectral function is consistently used at all levels of the calculation. Results for a model calculation are presented, the main conclusion is that although several observables are affected by the inclusion of the continuum contributions the physical consistency of the model does not improve with the improved self-consistency of the solution method. This in contrast to expectations based on the crucial role of self-consistency in the proofs of conservation laws.Comment: 26 pages Revtex with 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.

Left atrial strain parameters derived by echocardiography are impaired in patients with acute myocarditis and preserved systolic left ventricular function

Purpose: Data derived by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) feature tracking suggest that not only left ventricular but also left atrial function is impaired in patients with acute myocarditis. Therefore, we investigated the diagnostic value of speckle tracking echocardiography of the left ventricle and left atrium in patients with acute myocarditis and normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods and results: 30 patients with acute myocarditis confirmed by CMR according to the Lake Louise criteria and 20 healthy controls were analyzed including global longitudinal strain (GLS) and left atrial (LA) strain parameters. Although preserved LVEF was present in both groups, GLS was significantly lower in patients with acute myocarditis (GLS − 19.1 ± 1.8% vs. GLS − 22.1 ± 1.7%, p < 0.001). Further diastolic dysfunction measured by E/e’ mean was significantly deteriorated in the myocarditis group compared to the control group (E/e’ mean 6.4 ± 1.6 vs. 5.5 ± 1.0, p = 0.038). LA reservoir function (47.6 ± 10.4% vs. 55.5 ± 10.8%, p = 0.013) and LA conduit function (-33.0 ± 9.6% vs. -39.4 ± 9.5%, p = 0.024) were significantly reduced in patients with acute myocarditis compared to healthy controls. Also left atrial stiffness index (0.15 ± 0.05 vs. 0.10 ± 0.03, p = 0.003) as well as left atrial filling index (1.67 ± 0.47 vs. 1.29 ± 0.34, p = 0.004) were deteriorated in patients with myocarditis compared to the control group. Conclusion: In patients with acute myocarditis and preserved LVEF not only GLS but also LA reservoir function, LA conduit function and left atrial stiffness index as well as left atrial filling index were impaired compared to healthy controls indicating ventricular diastolic dysfunction and elevated LV filling pressures

In-medium relativistic kinetic theory and nucleon-meson systems

Within the $\sigma-\omega$ model of coupled nucleon-meson systems, a generalized relativistic Lenard--Balescu--equation is presented resulting from a relativistic random phase approximation (RRPA). This provides a systematic derivation of relativistic transport equations in the frame of nonequilibrium Green's function technique including medium effects as well as flucuation effects. It contains all possible processes due to one meson exchange and special attention is kept to the off--shell character of the particles. As a new feature of many particle effects, processes are possible which can be interpreted as particle creation and annihilation due to in-medium one meson exchange. In-medium cross sections are obtained from the generalized derivation of collision integrals, which possess complete crossing symmetries.Comment: See nucl-th/9310032 for revised version which the authors incompetently resubmitted rather than correctly replacing thi