114 research outputs found
Negative-Parity Baryons in Quenched Anisotropic Lattice QCD
We study negative-parity baryon spectra in quenched anisotropic lattice QCD.
The negative-parity baryons are measured as the parity partner of the
ground-state baryons. In addition to the flavor octet and decuplet baryons, we
pay much attention to the flavor-singlet negative-parity baryon as a
three-quark state and compare it with the Lambda(1405) baryon. Numerical
results of the flavor octet and decuplet negative-parity baryon masses are
close to experimental values of lowest-lying negative-parity baryons, while the
flavor-singlet baryon is much heavier than Lambda(1405). This indicates that
the Lambda(1405) would be a multi-quark state such as the N-Kbar molecule
rather than the flavor-singlet 3 quark state.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figs. Talk given at 16th International Conference on
Particles and Nuclei (PANIC 02), Osaka, Japan, 30 Sep - 4 Oct 200
Pion electromagnetic form-factor with domain wall fermions
Motivated by recent measurements at J-Lab, the pion electromagnetic
form-factor is investigated with quenched domain wall fermions and a
renormalization group improved gauge action called DBW2. We see that quark mass
dependence of the form-factor with finite momentum transfers is rather small.Comment: Lattice2003(matrix), 3 pages, 5 figure
Chiral thermodynamics of dense hadronic matter
We discuss phases of hot and dense hadronic matter using chiral Lagrangians.
A two-flavored parity doublet model constrained by the nuclear matter ground
state predicts chiral symmetry restoration. The model thermodynamics is shown
within the mean field approximation. A field-theoretical constraint on possible
phases from the anomaly matching is also discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of 6th International
Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement (CPOD), 23-29 August
2010 at Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russi
cDNA display: a novel screening method for functional disulfide-rich peptides by solid-phase synthesis and stabilization of mRNA–protein fusions
We report a robust display technology for the screening of disulfide-rich peptides, based on cDNA–protein fusions, by developing a novel and versatile puromycin-linker DNA. This linker comprises four major portions: a ‘ligation site’ for T4 RNA ligase, a ‘biotin site’ for solid-phase handling, a ‘reverse transcription primer site’ for the efficient and rapid conversion from an unstable mRNA–protein fusion (mRNA display) to a stable mRNA/cDNA–protein fusion (cDNA display) whose cDNA is covalently linked to its encoded protein and a ‘restriction enzyme site’ for the release of a complex from the solid support. This enables not only stabilizing mRNA–protein fusions but also promoting both protein folding and disulfide shuffling reactions. We evaluated the performance of cDNA display in different model systems and demonstrated an enrichment efficiency of 20-fold per selection round. Selection of a 32-residue random library against interleukin-6 receptor generated novel peptides containing multiple disulfide bonds with a unique linkage for its function. The peptides were found to bind with the target in the low nanomolar range. These results show the suitability of our method for in vitro selections of disulfide-rich proteins and other potential applications
Measurement of radon concentrations at Super-Kamiokande
Radioactivity from radon is a major background for observing solar neutrinos
at Super-Kamiokande. In this paper, we describe the measurement of radon
concentrations at Super-Kamiokande, the method of radon reduction, and the
radon monitoring system. The measurement shows that the current low-energy
event rate between 5.0 MeV and 6.5 MeV implies a radon concentration in the
Super-Kamiokande water of less than 1.4 mBq/m.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Observation of the east-west anisotropy of the atmospheric neutrino flux
The east-west anisotropy, caused by the deflection of primary cosmic rays in
the Earth's magnetic field, is observed for the first time in the flux of
atmospheric neutrinos. Using a 45 kt-year exposure of the
Super-Kamiokande detector, 552 e-like and 633 mu-like horizontally-going
events are selected in the momentum range between 400 and 3000 MeV/c.
The azimuthal distribution of e-like and mu-like events agrees with the
expectation from atmospheric neutrino flux calculations that account for the
geomagnetic field, verifying that the geomagnetic field effects in the
production of atmospheric neutrinos in the GeV energy range are well
understood.Comment: 8 pages,3 figures revtex, submitted to PR
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