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Search for Rare b-hadron Decays at CDF
We report on searches for B^0_s to \mu^+ \mu^-, B^0_d to \mu^+ \mu^- decays
and b to s \mu^+\mu^- transitions in exclusive decays of B mesons.
Using 2 fb^{-1} of data collected by the CDF II detector we find upper limits
on the branching fractions B(B^0_s to \mu^+ \mu^-) < 5.8 x 10^{-8} and B(B^0_d
to \mu^+ \mu^-) < 1.8 x 10^{-8} at 95% confidence level.
Using 924 pb^{-1} of data we measure the branching fractions B(B^+ to \mu^+
\mu^- K^+) = (0.60 \pm 0.15 \pm 0.04) x 10^{-6}, B(B^0_d to \mu^+ \mu^- K^{*0})
= (0.82 \pm 0.31 \pm 0.10) x 10^{-6} and the limit B(B^0_s to \mu^+ \mu^-
phi)/B(B^0_s to J/\psi\phi) < 2.61(2.30) x 10^{-3} at 95(90)% confidence level.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures, conference proceedings to the 2007 Europhysics
Conference on High Energy Physics (Manchester, July 2007
An OSI architecture for the deep space network
The flexibility and robustness of a monitor and control system are a direct result of the underlying inter-processor communications architecture. A new architecture for monitor & Control at the Deep Space Network Communications Complexes has been developed based on the Open System Interconnection (OSI) standards. The suitability of OSI standards for DSN M&C has been proven in the laboratory. The laboratory success has resulted in choosing an OSI-based architecture for DSS-13 M&C. DSS-13 is the DSN experimental station and is not part of the 'operational' DSN; it's role is to provide an environment to test new communications concepts can be tested and conduct unique science experiments. Therefore, DSS-13 must be robust enough to support operational activities, while also being flexible enough to enable experimentation. This paper describes the M&C architecture developed for DSS-13 and the results from system and operational testing
Development of laser test system for the characterization of prototype silicon micro-strip sensors
Design options for radiation tolerant microstrip sensors for the CBM Silicon Tracking System (STS)
Model for Kinetic Effects on Calcium Isotope Fractionation (d44Ca) in Inorganic Aragonite and Cultured Planktonic Foraminifera
CENP-E combines a slow, processive motor and a flexible coiled coil to produce an essential motile kinetochore tether
The mitotic kinesin centromere protein E (CENP-E) is an essential kinetochore component that directly contributes to the capture and stabilization of spindle microtubules by kinetochores. Although reduction in CENP-E leads to high rates of whole chromosome missegregation, neither its properties as a microtubule-dependent motor nor how it contributes to the dynamic linkage between kinetochores and microtubules is known. Using single-molecule assays, we demonstrate that CENP-E is a very slow, highly processive motor that maintains microtubule attachment for long periods. Direct visualization of full-length Xenopus laevis CENP-E reveals a highly flexible 230-nm coiled coil separating its kinetochore-binding and motor domains. We also show that full-length CENP-E is a slow plus end–directed motor whose activity is essential for metaphase chromosome alignment. We propose that the highly processive microtubule-dependent motor activity of CENP-E serves to power chromosome congression and provides a flexible, motile tether linking kinetochores to dynamic spindle microtubules
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