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Fourier Mukai Transforms for Gorenstein Schemes
We extend to singular schemes with Gorenstein singularities or fibered in
schemes of that kind Bondal and Orlov's criterion for an integral functor to be
fully faithful. We also contemplate a criterion for equivalence. We offer a
proof that is new even if we restrict to the smooth case. In addition, we prove
that for locally projective Gorenstein morphisms, a relative integral functor
is fully faithful if and only if its restriction to each fibre also is it.
These results imply the invertibility of the usual relative Fourier-Mukai
transform for an elliptic fibration as a direct corollary.Comment: Final version. To appear in Advances in Mathematic
Detection of Anomalous Microwave Emission in the Pleiades Reflection Nebula with WMAP and the COSMOSOMAS Experiment
We present evidence for anomalous microwave emission (AME) in the Pleiades
reflection nebula, using data from the seven-year release of the Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and from the COSMOSOMAS experiment. The flux
integrated in a 1-degree radius around R.A.=56.24^{\circ}, Dec.=23.78^{\circ}
(J2000) is 2.15 +/- 0.12 Jy at 22.8 GHz, where AME is dominant. COSMOSOMAS data
show no significant emission, but allow to set upper limits of 0.94 and 1.58 Jy
(99.7% C.L.) respectively at 10.9 and 14.7 GHz, which are crucial to pin down
the AME spectrum at these frequencies, and to discard any other emission
mechanisms which could have an important contribution to the signal detected at
22.8 GHz. We estimate the expected level of free-free emission from an
extinction-corrected H-alpha template, while the thermal dust emission is
characterized from infrared DIRBE data and extrapolated to microwave
frequencies. When we deduct the contribution from these two components at 22.8
GHz the residual flux, associated with AME, is 2.12 +/- 0.12 Jy (17.7-sigma).
The spectral energy distribution from 10 to 60 GHz can be accurately fitted
with a model of electric dipole emission from small spinning dust grains
distributed in two separated phases of molecular and atomic gas, respectively.
The dust emissivity, calculated by correlating the 22.8 GHz data with
100-micron data, is found to be 4.36+/-0.17 muK/MJy/sr, a value that is rather
low compared with typical values in dust clouds. The physical properties of the
Pleiades nebula indicate that this is indeed a much less opaque object than
others were AME has usually been detected. This fact, together with the broad
knowledge of the stellar content of this region, provides an excellent testbed
for AME characterization in physical conditions different from those generally
explored up to now.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. 12 pages, 8 figure
The top-quark mass in SU(5)xU(1) supergravity
We show that the currently experimentally preferred values of the top-quark
mass (\ie, 130\lsim m_t\lsim180\GeV) are naturally understood in the context
of string models, where the top-quark Yukawa coupling at the string scale is
generically given by , with the unified gauge
coupling. A detailed study of the Yukawa sector of
supergravity shows that the ratio of the bottom-quark to tau-lepton Yukawa
couplings at the string scale is required to be in the range
0.7\lsim\lambda_b/\lambda_\tau\lsim1, depending on the values of and
. This result is consistent with symmetry, which does
{\em not} require the equality of these Yukawa couplings in the unbroken
symmetry phase of the theory. As a means of possibly predicting the value of
, we propose a procedure whereby the size of the allowed parameter space
is determined as a function of , since all sparticle and Higgs-boson
masses and couplings depend non-trivially on . At present, no significant
preference for particular values of in supergravity is
observed, except that high-precision LEP data requires m_t\lsim180\GeV.Comment: latex, 10 pages, 4 figures (included), CERN-TH.7138/94,
CTP-TAMU-05/9
On the analytical approximation to the GLAP evolution at small x and moderate Q^2
Comparing the numerically evaluated solution to the leading order GLAP
equations with its analytical small-x approximation we have found that in the
domain covered by a large fraction of the HERA data the analytic approximation
has to be augmented by the formally non-leading term which has been usually
neglected. The corrected formula fits the data much better and provides a
natural explanation of some of the deviations from the scaling
observed in the HERA kinematical range.Comment: LaTeX, 13 pages including 6 figures, figure 5 replaced, to appear in
Phys. Lett.
Stereoisomeric semiconducting radical cation salts of chiral bis(2-hydroxypropylthio)ethylenedithioTTF with tetrafluoroborate anions
The new chiral TTF-based donor molecule bis(2-hydroxypropylthio)ethylenedithiotetrathiafulvalene has produced enantiopure R,R and S,S radical cation salts with the tetrafluoroborate anion as well as the nearly isostructural meso/racemate mixture. The enantiopure R,R or S,S salts are both 1:1 semiconducting salts with activation energies of 0.19–0.24 eV, both crystallising in the orthorhombic space group C2221. The semiconducting salt containing both meso and racemic donor cations has a very similar crystal structure but crystallising in the monoclinic space group C2/c (β = 91.39°) with similar S⋯S interactions but a smaller activation energy of 0.15–0.17 eV. This is in contrast to previous families of this type where the disordered racemate has a larger activation energy than its enantiopure salts
Study of the Nature and Location of Silver in Ag-Exchanged Mordenite Catalysts. Characterization by Spectroscopic Techniques
Catalysts based on Na-mordenite (symbolized as M) exchanged with 5, 10, and 15 wt % of Ag were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), extended X-ray absorption fine line structure (EXAFS), X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) to investigate the effect of different treatments on the chemical state and surface concentration of the silver species. The AgxM catalysts were analyzed in oxidizing (O2) or reducing (H2/Ar) atmospheres and also after being used in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx or in successive cycles of toluene adsorption/desorption. In calcined samples, EXAFS profiles showed two types of AgO spheres of coordination, one due to a dispersed phase of silver oxide and the other due to Ag+ ions in interaction with the oxygen of the zeolite framework. The UV-vis DRS spectra showed the coexistence of isolated Ag+, Agn(delta)+ (n < 10) cationic clusters and AgxO particles. In addition, through the modified Auger parameter (alpha), calculated from XPS measurements, it was possible to identify Ag+ ions at exchange sites (alpha = 722 eV) and AgxO ( alpha = 725 eV) highly dispersed on the surface. Both species constitute stable active centers for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx under severe reaction conditions. However, during the adsorption-desorption of toluene, the reduction of silver oxides produces Ag(0) due to thermal hydrocarbon decomposition. Fil: Aspromonte, Soledad Guadalupe. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones En Catálisis y Petroquímica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Mizrahi, Martin Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Schneeberger, Florencia A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones En Catálisis y Petroquímica; ArgentinaFil: Ramallo Lopez, Jose Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Boix, Alicia Viviana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones En Catálisis y Petroquímica; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Argentin
DNA double strand break repair in Escherichia coli perturbs cell division and chromosome dynamics
To prevent the transmission of damaged genomic material between generations, cells require a system for accommodating DNA repair within their cell cycles. We have previously shown that Escherichia coli cells subject to a single, repairable site-specific DNA double-strand break (DSB) per DNA replication cycle reach a new average cell length, with a negligible effect on population growth rate. We show here that this new cell size distribution is caused by a DSB repair-dependent delay in completion of cell division. This delay occurs despite unperturbed cell size regulated initiation of both chromosomal DNA replication and cell division. Furthermore, despite DSB repair altering the profile of DNA replication across the genome, the time required to complete chromosomal duplication is invariant. The delay in completion of cell division is accompanied by a DSB repair-dependent delay in individualization of sister nucleoids. We suggest that DSB repair events create inter-sister connections that persist until those chromosomes are separated by a closing septum
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