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New Particle Identification Approach with Convolutional Neural Networks in GAPS
The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a balloon-borne experiment
that aims to measure low-energy cosmic-ray antiparticles. GAPS has developed a
new antiparticle identification technique based on exotic atom formation caused
by incident particles, which is achieved by ten layers of Si(Li) detector
tracker in GAPS. The conventional analysis uses the physical quantities of the
reconstructed incident and secondary particles. In parallel with this, we have
developed a complementary approach based on deep neural networks. This paper
presents a new convolutional neural network (CNN) technique. A
three-dimensional CNN takes energy depositions as three-dimensional inputs and
learns to identify their positional/energy correlations. The combination of the
physical quantities and the CNN technique is also investigated. The findings
show that the new technique outperforms existing machine learning-based methods
in particle identification.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure
Reduction of neurovascular damage resulting from microelectrode insertion into the cerebral cortex using
Penetrating neural probe technologies allow investigators to record electrical signals in the brain. The implantation of probes causes acute tissue damage, partially due to vasculature disruption during probe implantation. This trauma can cause abnormal electrophysiological responses and temporary increases in neurotransmitter levels, and perpetuate chronic immune responses. A significant challenge for investigators is to examine neurovascular features below the surface of the brain in vivo. The objective of this study was to investigate localized bleeding resulting from inserting microscale neural probes into the cortex using two-photon microscopy (TPM) and to explore an approach to minimize blood vessel disruption through insertion methods and probe design. 3D TPM images of cortical neurovasculature were obtained from mice and used to select preferred insertion positions for probe insertion to reduce neurovasculature damage. There was an 82.8 ± 14.3% reduction in neurovascular damage for probes inserted in regions devoid of major (>5 µm) sub-surface vessels. Also, the deviation of surface vessels from the vector normal to the surface as a function of depth and vessel diameter was measured and characterized. 68% of the major vessels were found to deviate less than 49 µm from their surface origin up to a depth of 500 µm. Inserting probes more than 49 µm from major surface vessels can reduce the chances of severing major sub-surface neurovasculature without using TPM.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85401/1/7_4_046011.pd
The GAPS Experiment to Search for Dark Matter using Low-energy Antimatter
The GAPS experiment is designed to carry out a sensitive dark matter search
by measuring low-energy cosmic ray antideuterons and antiprotons. GAPS will
provide a new avenue to access a wide range of dark matter models and masses
that is complementary to direct detection techniques, collider experiments and
other indirect detection techniques. Well-motivated theories beyond the
Standard Model contain viable dark matter candidates which could lead to a
detectable signal of antideuterons resulting from the annihilation or decay of
dark matter particles. The dark matter contribution to the antideuteron flux is
believed to be especially large at low energies (E < 1 GeV), where the
predicted flux from conventional astrophysical sources (i.e. from secondary
interactions of cosmic rays) is very low. The GAPS low-energy antiproton search
will provide stringent constraints on less than 10 GeV dark matter, will
provide the best limits on primordial black hole evaporation on Galactic length
scales, and will explore new discovery space in cosmic ray physics.
Unlike other antimatter search experiments such as BESS and AMS that use
magnetic spectrometers, GAPS detects antideuterons and antiprotons using an
exotic atom technique. This technique, and its unique event topology, will give
GAPS a nearly background-free detection capability that is critical in a
rare-event search. GAPS is designed to carry out its science program using
long-duration balloon flights in Antarctica. A prototype instrument was
successfully flown from Taiki, Japan in 2012. GAPS has now been approved by
NASA to proceed towards the full science instrument, with the possibility of a
first long-duration balloon flight in late 2020. Here we motivate low-energy
cosmic ray antimatter searches and discuss the current status of the GAPS
experiment and the design of the payload.Comment: 8 pags, 3 figures, Proc. 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference
(ICRC 2017), Busan, Kore
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Microbial Impacts on the Migration of Actinides -Effects of Exudates on Adsorption-
The interaction of actinides with microorganisms has been extensively studied to elucidate migration behavior of actinides in the environments. However, the mechanisms of interaction of microorganisms and actinides are poorly understood. They have been conducting basic science on microbial accumulation of actinides in order to elucidate the environmental behavior of actinides under relevant conditions. The effect of exudates from bacteria cells on the sorption of Eu(III) and Cm(III) by Chlorella vulgaris was studied by a batch method. The pH dependence of log K{sub d} of Eu(III) and Cm(III) for cellulose, major component of C. vulgaris cell, differed from that for C. vulgaris. On the contrary, log K{sub d} of Eu(III) and Cm(III) for cellulose in the solution containing exudates from C. vulgaris cells in a 0.5% NaCl solution showed a similar pH dependence to that by C. vulgaris. These results strongly suggested that exudates affect on the sorption of Eu(III) and Cm(III) on C. vulgaris. Effect of desferrioxamine B (DFO), one of exudates to chelate the insoluble Fe(III), on the sorption of Pu(IV), Th(IV) and Eu(III) by Pseudomonas fluorescens was studied. In the presence of DFO the sorption of Pu(IV), Th(IV) and Eu(III) on the cells increased with a decrease in pH from 7 to 4. In contrast, without DFO most of Pu(IV), Th(IV) and Eu(III) were precipitated from solution. Adsorption of DFO on the cells was negligible in the solution with and without metals. Adsorption of Pu(IV), Th(IV) and Eu(III) on P. fluorescens cells decreased in the order Eu(III) > Th(IV) > Pu(IV), which corresponds to increasing stability constant of the DFO complexes. These results indicate that Th(IV), Pu(IV) and Eu(III) dissociate when in contact with cells, after which the metals are adsorbed
Essential role of CCL21 in establishment of central self-tolerance in T cells.
The chemokine receptor CCR7 directs T cell relocation into and within lymphoid organs, including the migration of developing thymocytes into the thymic medulla. However, how three functional CCR7 ligands in mouse, CCL19, CCL21Ser, and CCL21Leu, divide their roles in immune organs is unclear. By producing mice specifically deficient in CCL21Ser, we show that CCL21Ser is essential for the accumulation of positively selected thymocytes in the thymic medulla. CCL21Ser-deficient mice were impaired in the medullary deletion of self-reactive thymocytes and developed autoimmune dacryoadenitis. T cell accumulation in the lymph nodes was also defective. These results indicate a nonredundant role of CCL21Ser in the establishment of self-tolerance in T cells in the thymic medulla, and reveal a functional inequality among CCR7 ligands in vivo
Cardiomyocyte‐Driven Actuation in Biohybrid Microcylinders
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113127/1/adma201501284-sup-0001-S1.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113127/2/adma201501284.pd
Results of the search for inspiraling compact star binaries from TAMA300's observation in 2000-2004
We analyze the data of TAMA300 detector to search for gravitational waves
from inspiraling compact star binaries with masses of the component stars in
the range 1-3Msolar. In this analysis, 2705 hours of data, taken during the
years 2000-2004, are used for the event search. We combine the results of
different observation runs, and obtained a single upper limit on the rate of
the coalescence of compact binaries in our Galaxy of 20 per year at a 90%
confidence level. In this upper limit, the effect of various systematic errors
such like the uncertainty of the background estimation and the calibration of
the detector's sensitivity are included.Comment: 8 pages, 4 Postscript figures, uses revtex4.sty The author list was
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