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Abnormal Action Potentials Associated with the Shaker Complex Locus of Drosophila
Intracellular recordings of action potentials were made from the cervical giant axon in Shaker (Sh) mutants and normal Drosophila. The mutants showed abnormally long delays in repolarization. The defect is not due to abnormal Ca2+ channels, because it persists in the presence of Co2+, a Ca2+-channel blocker. On the other hand, the K+-channel blocker 4-aminopyridine causes a similar effect in normal animals, suggesting that the Sh mutant may have abnormal K+ conductance. Gene-dosage analysis of Sh shows that the defect is not due to underproduction of an otherwise normal molecule; it may be due to an abnormal molecule produced by the mutated gene. Gel electrophoresis failed to detect an abnormal protein, suggesting that, if Sh codes for a nervous system protein, it is rare. Genetic analysis of the Sh locus indicates three regions. Mutations or chromosome breaks in the two flanking regions cause Sh mutant physiology; the central region shows a "haplolethal effect"--i.e., heterozygous females are lethal
Surface-sensitive NMR in optically pumped semiconductors
We present a scheme of surface-sensitive nuclear magnetic resonance in
optically pumped semiconductors, where an NMR signal from a part of the surface
of a bulk compound semiconductor is detected apart from the bulk signal. It
utilizes optically oriented nuclei with a long spin-lattice relaxation time as
a polarization reservoir for the second (target) nuclei to be detected. It
provides a basis for the nuclear spin polarizer [IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.
14, 1635 (2004)], which is a polarization reservoir at a surface of the
optically pumped semiconductor that polarizes nuclear spins in a target
material in contact through the nanostructured interfaces.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Characteristic polynomials of random matrices at edge singularities
We have discussed earlier the correlation functions of the random variables
\det(\la-X) in which is a random matrix. In particular the moments of the
distribution of these random variables are universal functions, when measured
in the appropriate units of the level spacing. When the \la's, instead of
belonging to the bulk of the spectrum, approach the edge, a cross-over takes
place to an Airy or to a Bessel problem, and we consider here these modified
classes of universality.
Furthermore, when an external matrix source is added to the probability
distribution of , various new phenomenons may occur and one can tune the
spectrum of this source matrix to new critical points. Again there are
remarkably simple formulae for arbitrary source matrices, which allow us to
compute the moments of the characteristic polynomials in these cases as well.Comment: 22 pages, late
Intersection numbers of Riemann surfaces from Gaussian matrix models
We consider a Gaussian random matrix theory in the presence of an external
matrix source. This matrix model, after duality (a simple version of the
closed/open string duality), yields a generalized Kontsevich model through an
appropriate tuning of the external source. The n-point correlation functions of
this theory are shown to provide the intersection numbers of the moduli space
of curves with a p-spin structure, n marked points and top Chern class. This
sheds some light on Witten's conjecture on the relationship with the pth-KdV
equation
The Effects of Resonant Tunneling on Magnetoresistance through a Q uantum Dot
The effect of resonant tunneling on magnetoresistance (MR) is studied
theoretically in a double junction system. We have found that the ratio of the
MR of the resonant peak current is reduced more than that of the single
junction, whereas that of the valley current is enhanced depending on the
change of the discrete energy-level under the change of magnetic field. We also
found that the peak current-valley current (PV) ratio decreases when the
junction conductance increases.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures(mail if you need), use revtex.st
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