Possible molecular states from interactions of charmed baryons

In this work, we perform a systematic study of possible molecular states composed of two charmed baryons including hidden-charm systems $\Lambda_c\bar{\Lambda}_c$, $\Sigma_c^{(*)}\bar{\Sigma}_c^{(*)}$, and $\Lambda_c\bar{\Sigma}_c^{(*)}$, and corresponding double-charm systems $\Lambda_c\Lambda_c$, $\Sigma_c^{(*)}\Sigma_c^{(*)}$, and $\Lambda_c\Sigma_c^{(*)}$. With the help of the heavy quark chiral effective Lagrangians, the interactions are described with $\pi$, $\rho$, $\eta$, $\omega$, $\phi$, and $\sigma$ exchanges. The potential kernels are constructed, and inserted into the quasipotential Bethe-Salpeter equation. The bound states from the interactions considered is studied by searching for the poles of the scattering amplitude. The results suggest that strong attractions exist in both hidden-charm and double-charm systems considered in the current work, and bound states can be produced in most of the systems. More experiment studies about these molecular states are suggested though the nucleon-nucleon collison at LHC and nucleon-antinucleon collison at $\rm \bar{P}ANDA$.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure

Note On Certain Inequalities for Neuman Means

In this paper, we give the explicit formulas for the Neuman means $N_{AH}$, $N_{HA}$, $N_{AC}$ and $N_{CA}$, and present the best possible upper and lower bounds for theses means in terms of the combinations of harmonic mean $H$, arithmetic mean $A$ and contraharmonic mean $C$.Comment: 9 page

DNA methylation and regulatory elements during chicken germline stem cell differentiation

Funding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries' Open Access Publishing Fund.The production of germ cells in vitro would open important new avenues for stem biology and human medicine, but the mechanisms of germ cell differentiation are not well understood. The chicken, as a great model for embryology and development, was used in this study to help us explore its regulatory mechanisms. In this study, we reported a comprehensive genome-wide DNA methylation landscape in chicken germ cells, and transcriptomic dynamics was also presented. By uncovering DNA methylation patterns on individual genes, some genes accurately modulated by DNA methylation were found to be associated with cancers and virus infection, e.g., AKT1 and CTNNB1. Chicken-unique markers were also discovered for identifying male germ cells. Importantly, integrated epigenetic mechanisms were explored during male germ cell differentiation, which provides deep insight into the epigenetic processes associated with male germ cell differentiation and possibly improves treatment options to male infertility in animals and humans