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Crossover from normal to anomalous diffusion in field-aligned dipolar systems
Using molecular dynamics simulations we investigate the translational
dynamics of particles with dipolar interactions in homogenous external fields.
For a broad range of concentrations, we find that the anisotropic, yet normal
diffusive behavior characterizing weakly coupled systems becomes anomalous both
parallel and perpendicular to the field at sufficiently high dipolar coupling
and field strength. After the ballistic regime, chain formation first yields
cage-like motion in all directions, followed by transient, mixed
diffusive-superdiffusive behavior resulting from cooperative motion of the
chains. The enhanced dynamics disappears only at higher densities close to
crystallization
Non-equilibrium condensation and coarsening of field-driven dipolar colloids
In colloidal suspensions, self-organization processes can be easily fueled by
external fields. One particularly interesting class of phenomena occurs in
monolayers of dipolar particles that are driven by rotating external fields.
Here we report results from a computer simulation study of such systems
focusing on the clustering behavior also observed in recent experiments. The
key result of this paper is a novel interpretation of this pattern formation
phenomenon: We show the clustering to be a by-product of a vapor-liquid first
order phase transition. In fact, the observed dynamic coarsening process
corresponds to the spindodal demixing that occurs during such a transitionComment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Formation of PAHs and Carbonaceous Solids in Gas-Phase Condensation Experiments
Carbonaceous grains represent a major component of cosmic dust. In order to
understand their formation pathways, they have been prepared in the laboratory
by gas-phase condensation reactions such as laser pyrolysis and laser ablation.
Our studies demonstrate that the temperature in the condensation zone
determines the formation pathway of carbonaceous particles. At temperatures
lower than 1700 K, the condensation by-products are mainly polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), that are also the precursors or building blocks for the
condensing soot grains. The low-temperature condensates contain PAH mixtures
that are mainly composed of volatile 3-5 ring systems. At condensation
temperatures higher than 3500 K, fullerene-like carbon grains and fullerene
compounds are formed. Fullerene fragments or complete fullerenes equip the
nucleating particles. Fullerenes can be identified as soluble components.
Consequently, condensation products in cool and hot astrophysical environments
such as cool and hot AGB stars or Wolf Rayet stars should be different and
should have distinct spectral properties.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
The supersymmetric Higgs sector and B-Bbar mixing for large tan beta
We match the Higgs sector of the most general flavour breaking and CP
violating minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) onto a generic
two-Higgs-doublet model, paying special attention to the definition of tan beta
in the effective theory. In particular no tan beta-enhanced loop corrections
appear in the relation to tan beta defined in the DRbar scheme in the MSSM. The
corrections to the Higgs-mediated flavour-changing amplitudes which result from
this matching are especially relevant for the B_d and B_s mass differences
dM_s,d for minimal flavour violation, where the superficially leading
contribution vanishes. We give a symmetry argument to explain this cancellation
and perform a systematic study of all Higgs-mediated effects, including Higgs
loops. The corrections to dM_s are at most 7% for mu>0 and M_A < 600 if
constraints from other observables are taken into account. For mu<0 they can be
larger, but are always less than about 20%. Contrary to recent claims we do not
find numerically large contributions here, nor do we find any tan beta-enhanced
contributions from loop corrections to the Higgs potential in B^+ -> tau^+ nu
or B -> X_s gamma. We further update supersymmetric loop corrections to the
Yukawa couplings, where we include all possible CP-violating phases and correct
errors in the literature. The possible presence of CP-violating phases
generated by Higgs exchange diagrams is briefly discussed as well. Finally we
provide improved values for the bag factors P^VLL_1, P^LR_2, and P^SLL_1 at the
electroweak scale.Comment: 61 page
Atypical CD3+ CD4(low) cell population in a boy with fatal EBV-infection
A previously healthy 10-year-old Greek boy born to nonconsanguineous healthy parents developed progressive liver disease after acute infectious mononucleosis. EBV-induced autoimmune hepatitis was suspected and treatment was started with high-dose prednisolone, acyclovir and intravenous immunoglobulins. Despite therapy his liver function continuously deteriorated and the child died 9 months later in profound immune deficiency from candida septicemia. Flow cytometric analysis of his lymphocytes revealed a major subpopulation of atypical cells (20.3%) which were CD3+, fitted into the lymphocyte gate bur showed a very low level of CD4 expression, comparable to that of monocytes. After short-time cell culture, the cells became adherent and developed granules and dendrites; We conclude that these cells may represent strongly activated CD4+ T lymphocytes with downregulated CD4 expression or a subtype of dendritic cells
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