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Ground state energy of a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate beyond Bogoliubov
The standard calculations of the ground-state energy of a homogeneous Bose
gas rely on approximations which are physically reasonable but difficult to
control. Lieb and Yngvason [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2504 (1998)] have proved
rigorously that the commonly accepted leading order term of the ground state
energy is correct in the zero-density-limit. Here, strong indications are given
that also the next to leading term is correct. It is shown that the first terms
obtained in a perturbative treatment provide contributions which are lost in
the Bogoliubov approach.Comment: 6 pages, accepted for publication in Europhys. Lett.
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HLA class-I-transgenic mice as model system to study MHC-restricted antigen recognition in man
Polymorphism of the tumor necrosis factor beta gene in systemic lupus erythematosus
We investigated the Nco I restriction fragment
length polymorphism (RFLP) of the tumor necrosis
factor beta (TNFB) gene in 173 patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE), 192 unrelated
healthy controls, and eleven panel families, all of German
origin. The phenotype frequency of the TNFB*I
allele was significantly increased in patients compared
to controls (63.6% vs 47.1%, RR = 1.96, p <0.002).
The results of a two-point haplotype statistical analysis
between TNFB and HLA alleles show that there is linkage
disequilibrium between TNFB*I and HLA-A1,
Cw7, B8, DR3, DQ2, and C4A DE. The frequency of
TNFB*I was compared in SLE patients and controls in
the presence or absence of each of these alleles.
TNFB*I is increased in patients over controls only in
the presence of the mentioned alleles. Therefore, the
whole haplotypeA1, Cw7, B8, TNFB* I, C4A DE, DR3,
DQ2 is increased in patients and it cannot be determined
which of the genes carried by this haplotype is
responsible for the susceptibility to SLE. In addition,
two-locus associations were analyzed in 192 unrelated
healthy controls for TNFB and class I alleles typed by
serology, and for TNFB and class II alleles typed by
polymerase chain reaction/oligonucleotide probes. We
found positive linkage disequilibrium between
TNFB*I and the following alleles: HLA-A24, HLA-B8,
DRBI*0301, DRBI*ll04, DRBI*1302, DQAI*0501, DQBI*0201, DQBI*0604, and DPBI*OIO1. TNFB*2
is associated with HLA-B7, DRBI*1501, and
DQB I *0602
Beam spin asymmetry in deeply virtual production
An interpretation of the beam spin azimuthal asymmetries measured at JLAB in
deep exclusive electroproduction of charged and neutral pions is presented. The
model combines a Regge pole approach with the effect of nucleon resonances. The
- and -channel contributions are described using a dual Bloom-Gilman
connection between the exclusive form factors and inclusive deep inelastic
structure functions. The results are in agreement with data provided the
excitations of nucleon resonances are taken into account.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Talk at the 19th International Spin Physics
Symposium (SPIN2010), Sept.27-Oct.2, 2010, Juelich, German
Effective target arrangement in a deterministic scale-free graph
We study the random walk problem on a deterministic scale-free network, in
the presence of a set of static, identical targets; due to the strong
inhomogeneity of the underlying structure the mean first-passage time (MFPT),
meant as a measure of transport efficiency, is expected to depend sensitively
on the position of targets. We consider several spatial arrangements for
targets and we calculate, mainly rigorously, the related MFPT, where the
average is taken over all possible starting points and over all possible paths.
For all the cases studied, the MFPT asymptotically scales like N^{theta}, being
N the volume of the substrate and theta ranging from (1 - log 2/log3), for
central target(s), to 1, for a single peripheral target.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Reaction of the chick to one atmosphere of oxygen
Experiment to determine chicken reaction to 100 percent oxygen at atmospheric pressur
Embryo development and chick growth in a helium - oxygen atmosphere
Embryo development and chick growth in helium- oxygen atmospher
Significant g-factor values of a two-electron ground state in quantum dots with spin-orbit coupling
The magnetization of semiconductor quantum dots in the presence of spin-orbit
coupling and interactions is investigated numerically. When the dot is occupied
by two electrons we find that a level crossing between the two lowest many-body
eigenstates may occur as a function of the spin-orbit coupling strength. This
level crossing is accompanied by a non-vanishing magnetization of the
ground-state. Using first order perturbation theory as well as exact numerical
diagonalization of small clusters we show that the tendency of interactions to
cause Stoner-like instability is enhanced by the SO coupling. The resulting
g-factor can have a significant value, and thus may influence g-factor
measurements. Finally we propose an experimental method by which the predicted
phenomenon can be observed.Comment: 7+ pages, 7 figure
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