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- Abreu, P., et al.
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Study of dimuon production in photon-photon collisions and measurement of QED photon structure functions at LEP
- 2001
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In: European Physical Journal C. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6044 .- 1434-6052. ; 19:1, s. 15-28
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Muon pair production in the process e+e- → e+e- μ+μ- is studied using the data taken at LEP1 (√s ≃ mz) with the DELPHI detector during the years 1992-1995. The corresponding integrated luminosity is 138.5 pb-1. The QED predictions have been tested over the whole Q2 range accessible at LEP1 (from several GeV2/c4 to several hundred GeV2/c4) by comparing experimental distributions with distributions resulting from Monte Carlo simulations using various generators. Selected events are used to extract the leptonic photon structure function Fγ 2. Azimuthal correlations are used to obtain information on additional structure functions, Fγ A and Fγ B, which originate from interference terms of the scattering amplitudes. The measured ratios Fγ A/Fγ 2 and FγB/Fγ 2 are significantly different from zero and consistent with QED predictions.
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- Asztalos, S. J., et al.
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Isotopic yields of neutron-rich nuclei from deep-inelastic reactions
- 2000
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In: Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics. - 0556-2813 .- 1089-490X. ; 6101:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We follow up on our earlier work involving a light projectile (Ca-48) to populate high spin states in neutron-rich nuclei with results from experiments involving a heavier projectile (Sm-154) fur the purposes of studying isotopic yields. These yields, which in some cases were mensurable down to a level of 0.1 of the total reaction cross section, are presented from three separate reactions. A trend in the isotopic yields towards N/Z equilibration is observed in one experiment having a large disparity in N/Z ratios between the projectile and target. In the two other reactions, where the N/Z driving force is less pronounced, the yields are instead clustered around the projectile and target nuclei. We present correlated projectilelike and targetlike fragment isotopic yields derived from gamma-gamma coincidences, a technique that enables one to partition the yield of an isotope according to the amount of neutron evaporation. Using this method we find that for the zero-neutron evaporation channel transfer occurs predominantly into the light fragment, consistent with the nature of the deep-inelastic mechanism. We further find that multiple-neutron evaporation contributes substantially to the yields of the isotopes.
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- Shakur, Y, et al.
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Membrane localization of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3). Two N-terminal domains are required for the efficient targeting to, and association of, PDE3 with endoplasmic reticulum
- 2000
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In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. - 1083-351X. ; 275:49, s. 38749-38761
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Subcellular localization of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) may be important in compartmentalization of cAMP/cGMP signaling responses. In 3T3-L1 adipocytes, mouse (M) PDE3B was associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as indicated by its immunofluorescent colocalization with the ER protein BiP and subcellular fractionation studies. In transfected NIH 3006 or COS-7 cells, recombinant wild-type PDE3A and PDE3B isoforms were both found almost exclusively in the ER. The N-terminal portion of PDE3 can be arbitrarily divided into region 1 (aa 1-300), which contains a large hydrophobic domain with six predicted transmembrane helices, followed by region 2 (aa 301-500) containing a smaller hydrophobic domain (of approximately 50 aa). To investigate the role of regions 1 and 2 in membrane association, we examined the subcellular localization of a series of catalytically active, Flag-tagged N-terminal-truncated human (H) PDE3A and MPDE3B recombinants, as well as a series of fragments from regions 1 and 2 of MPDE3B synthesized as enhanced green fluorescent (EGFP) fusion proteins in COS-7 cells. In COS-7 cells, the localization of a mutant HPDE3A, lacking the first 189 amino acids (aa) and therefore four of the six predicted transmembrane helices (H3A-Delta189), was virtually identical to that of the wild type. M3B-Delta302 (lacking region 1) and H3A-Delta397 (lacking region 1 as well as part of region 2) retained, to different degrees, the ability to associate with membranes, albeit less efficiently than H3A-Delta189. Proteins that lacked both regions 1 and 2, H3A-Delta510 and M3B-Delta604, did not associate with membranes. Consistent with these findings, region 1 EGFP-MPDE3B fusion proteins colocalized with the ER, whereas region 2 EGFP fusion proteins were diffusely distributed. Thus, some portion of the N-terminal hydrophobic domain in region 1 plus a second domain in region 2 are important for efficient membrane association/targeting of PDE3.
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- Yan, M., et al.
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Honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber with a modified core design
- 2004
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In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1041-1135 .- 1941-0174. ; 16:9, s. 2051-2053
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Air-silica honeycomb fiber with a modified core design is introduced. The core has a concentrated high-index region. Such core design helps defect core mode stay in the cladding's photonic bandgap for a longer wavelength range (>1000 nm) as compared to conventional design. We further point out the importance of our core design in reducing the number of defect modes supported by the fiber structure.
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- Zheng, W.T., et al.
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Chemical bonding, structure, and hardness of carbon nitride thin films
- 2000
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In: Diamond and related materials. - 0925-9635 .- 1879-0062. ; 9:9-10, s. 1790-1794
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Carbon nitride films are deposited on Si(001) substrates by reactive d.c. magnetron sputtering graphite in a pure N2 discharge. The chemical bonding and structure of carbon nitride films were probed using Fourier transformation infrared (FTIR) and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), and the hardness was evaluated using nanoindentation experiments. The structure and hardness for the films are dependent on the substrate temperature (T(s)). FTIR and NEXAFS spectra show that N atoms are bound to sp1, sp2 and sp3 hybridized C atoms, and the intensity of p(*) resonance for C1s NEXAFS spectra is the lowest for the film grown at T(s) = 350°C, having a turbostratic-like structure, high hardness and stress. The correlation between the structure and hardness of carbon nitride films is discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.Carbon nitride films are deposited on Si(001) substrates by reactive d.c. magnetron sputtering graphite in a pure N2 discharge. The chemical bonding and structure of carbon nitride films were probed using Fourier transformation infrared (FTIR) and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), and the hardness was evaluated using nanoindentation experiments. The structure and hardness for the films are dependent on the substrate temperature (Ts). FTIR and NEXAFS spectra show that N atoms are bound to sp1, sp2 and sp3 hybridized C atoms, and the intensity of p* resonance for C1s NEXAFS spectra is the lowest for the film grown at Ts = 350°C, having a turbostratic-like structure, high hardness and stress. The correlation between the structure and hardness of carbon nitride films is discussed.
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