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Chemical Abundance Study of One Red Giant Star in NGC 5694 : A Globular Cluster with Dwarf Spheroidals' Chemical Signature?
We report the abundance analysis of one red giant branch star in the
metal-poor outer halo globular cluster NGC 5694. We obtain [Fe/H] = -1.93,
based on the ionized lines, and our metallicity measurement is in good
agreement with previous estimates. We find that [Ca+Ti/2Fe] and [Cu/Fe] of NGC
5694 are about 0.3 -- 0.4 dex lower than other globular clusters with similar
metallicities, but similar to some LMC clusters and stars in some dwarf
spheroidal galaxies. Differences persist, however, in the abundances of neutron
capture elements. The unique chemical abundance pattern and the large
Galactocentric distance (30 kpc) and radial velocity (-138.6 +/- 1.0 km/sec)
indicate that NGC 5694 had an extragalactic origin.Comment: ApJL accepte
Spin relaxation in mesoscopic superconducting Al wires
We studied the diffusion and the relaxation of the polarized quasiparticle
spins in superconductors. To that end, quasiparticles of polarized spins were
injected through an interface of a mesoscopic superconducting Al wire in
proximity contact with an overlaid ferromagnetic Co wire in the single-domain
state. The superconductivity was observed to be suppressed near the
spin-injecting interface, as evidenced by the occurrence of a finite voltage
for a bias current below the onset of the superconducting transition. The spin
diffusion length, estimated from finite voltages over a certain length of Al
wire near the interface, was almost temperature independent in the temperature
range sufficiently below the superconducting transition but grew as the
transition temperature was approached. This temperature dependence suggests
that the relaxation of the spin polarization in the superconducting state is
governed by the condensation of quasiparticles to the paired state. The spin
relaxation in the superconducting state turned out to be more effective than in
the normal state.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
Influence of FK 506 (tacrolimus) on circulating CD4 <sup>+</sup> t cells expressing cd25 and cd45ra antigens in 19 patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis participating in an open label drug safety trial
We have taken the opportunity of a clinical trial of the potential efficacy and safety of FK 506 (tacrolimus) in chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) to examine the influence of this potent new immunosuppressant on circulating T-lymphocytes in an otherwise healthy non-transplant population. Peripheral blood levels of subsets of CD4+ T lymphocytes expressing the activation molecule interleukin-2 receptor (p55 α chain; CD25) or the CD45RA isoform were determined sequentially in 19 patients that were treated continuously with oral FK 506 (starting dose 0.15 mg/kg/day) for 12 months. No significant change in the proportion of circulating CD25 + CD4+ cells was observed over the study period in which the mean trough plasma FK 506 level rose from 0.3 ±0.2 to 0.5 ±0.4 ng/ml. There was also no significant effect of FK 506 on the percentage of CD45RA + CD4 + cells in the peripheral blood at 12 months compared with pretreatment values. Analysis of a subgroup of 7 patients, who showed a sustained reduction in CD25 + CD4+ cells and a reciprocal increase in CD45RA* CD4 * cells for at least 6 months after start of treatment, did not reveal any difference in disability at one year compared with the treatment group as a whole. The side effects of FK 506 were mild and the overall degree of disability estimated by the mean Kurtzke expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score or the ambulation index did not deteriorate significantly in the 19 patients studied over the 12 months of FK 506 administration. © 1994 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted
Identification of the Beutler-Fano formula in eigenphase shifts and eigentime delays near a resonance
Eigenphase shifts and eigentime delays near a resonance for a system of one
discrete state and two continua are shown to be functionals of the Beutler-
Fano formulas using appropriate dimensionless energy units and line profile
indices. Parameters responsible for the avoided crossing of eigenphase shifts
and eigentime delays are identified. Similarly, parameters responsible for the
eigentime delays due to a frame change are identified. With the help of new
parameters, an analogy with the spin model is pursued for the S matrix and time
delay matrix. The time delay matrix is shown to comprise three terms, one due
to resonance, one due to a avoided crossing interaction, and one due to a frame
change. It is found that the squared sum of time delays due to the avoided
crossing interaction and frame change is unity.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures, RevTe
Thermodynamic instability and first-order phase transition in an ideal Bose gas
We conduct a rigorous investigation into the thermodynamic instability of
ideal Bose gas confined in a cubic box, without assuming thermodynamic limit
nor continuous approximation. Based on the exact expression of canonical
partition function, we perform numerical computations up to the number of
particles one million. We report that if the number of particles is equal to or
greater than a certain critical value, which turns out to be 7616, the ideal
Bose gas subject to Dirichlet boundary condition reveals a thermodynamic
instability. Accordingly we demonstrate - for the first time - that, a system
consisting of finite number of particles can exhibit a discontinuous phase
transition featuring a genuine mathematical singularity, provided we keep not
volume but pressure constant. The specific number, 7616 can be regarded as a
characteristic number of 'cube' that is the geometric shape of the box.Comment: 1+21 pages; 3 figures (2 color and 1 B/W); Final version to appear in
Physical Review A. Title changed from the previous one, "7616: Critical
number of ideal Bose gas confined in a cubic box
Self-Attracting Walk on Lattices
We have studied a model of self-attracting walk proposed by Sapozhnikov using
Monte Carlo method. The mean square displacement
and the mean number of visited sites are calculated for
one-, two- and three-dimensional lattice. In one dimension, the walk shows
diffusive behaviour with . However, in two and three dimension, we
observed a non-universal behaviour, i.e., the exponent varies
continuously with the strength of the attracting interaction.Comment: 6 pages, latex, 6 postscript figures, Submitted J.Phys.
Phase diagram of a Disordered Boson Hubbard Model in Two Dimensions
We study the zero-temperature phase transition of a two-dimensional
disordered boson Hubbard model. The phase diagram of this model is constructed
in terms of the disorder strength and the chemical potential. Via quantum Monte
Carlo simulations, we find a multicritical line separating the weak-disorder
regime, where a random potential is irrelevant, from the strong-disorder
regime. In the weak-disorder regime, the Mott-insulator-to-superfluid
transition occurs, while, in the strong-disorder regime, the
Bose-glass-to-superfluid transition occurs. On the multicritical line, the
insulator-to-superfluid transition has the dynamical critical exponent and the correlation length critical exponent ,
that are different from the values for the transitions off the line. We suggest
that the proliferation of the particle-hole pairs screens out the weak disorder
effects.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in PR
Spectral properties of the X-ray binary pulsar LMC X-4 during different intensity states
We present spectral variations of the binary X-ray pulsar LMC X-4 observed
with the RXTE/PCA during different phases of its 30.5 day long third period.
Only out of eclipse data were used for this study. The 3-25 keV spectrum,
modeled with high energy cut-off power-law and iron line emission is found to
show strong dependence on the intensity state. Correlations between the Fe line
emission flux and different parameters of the continuum are presented here.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Field-free deterministic ultra fast creation of skyrmions by spin orbit torques
Magnetic skyrmions are currently the most promising option to realize
current-driven magnetic shift registers. A variety of concepts to create
skyrmions were proposed and demonstrated. However, none of the reported
experiments show controlled creation of single skyrmions using integrated
designs. Here, we demonstrate that skyrmions can be generated deterministically
on subnanosecond timescales in magnetic racetracks at artificial or natural
defects using spin orbit torque (SOT) pulses. The mechanism is largely similar
to SOT-induced switching of uniformly magnetized elements, but due to the
effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), external fields are not
required. Our observations provide a simple and reliable means for skyrmion
writing that can be readily integrated into racetrack devices
A Comparison of Polarization Observables in Electron Scattering from the Proton and Deuteron
Recoil proton polarization observables were measured for both the p(,e) and d(,en reactions at two values of Q using a newly commissioned proton
Focal Plane Polarimeter at the M.I.T.-Bates Linear Accelerator Center. The
hydrogen and deuterium spin-dependent observables and
, the induced polarization and the form factor ratio
were measured under identical kinematics. The deuterium and
hydrogen results are in good agreement with each other and with the plane-wave
impulse approximation (PWIA).Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure; accepted by Phys. Rev. Let
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