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Adamczak A, Antognini A, Berger N, Cocolios TE, Deokar N, Düllmann CE, Eggenberger A, Eichler R, Heines M, Hess H, Indelicato P, Kirch K, Knecht A, Krauth JJ, Nuber J, Ouf A, Papa A, Pohl R, Rapisarda E, Reiter P, Ritjoho N, Roccia S, Seidlitz M, Severijns N, von Schoeler K, Skawran A, Vogiatzi SM, Warr N, Wauters F. Muonic atom spectroscopy with microgram target material. Eur Phys J A Hadron Nucl 2023; 59:15. [PMID: 36751673 PMCID: PMC9898421 DOI: 10.1140/epja/s10050-023-00930-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Muonic atom spectroscopy-the measurement of the x rays emitted during the formation process of a muonic atom-has a long standing history in probing the shape and size of nuclei. In fact, almost all stable elements have been subject to muonic atom spectroscopy measurements and the absolute charge radii extracted from these measurements typically offer the highest accuracy available. However, so far only targets of at least a few hundred milligram could be used as it required to stop a muon beam directly in the target to form the muonic atom. We have developed a new method relying on repeated transfer reactions taking place inside a 100 bar hydrogen gas cell with an admixture of 0.25% deuterium that allows us to drastically reduce the amount of target material needed while still offering an adequate efficiency. Detailed simulations of the transfer reactions match the measured data, suggesting good understanding of the processes taking place inside the gas mixture. As a proof of principle we demonstrate the method with a measurement of the 2p-1s muonic x rays from a 5 μ g gold target.
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- A. Adamczak
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Chemistry-TRIGA Site, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, Case 74; 4, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, Universitá di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institut für Teilchen- und Astrophysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Müller P, Bagdasarova Y, Hong R, Leredde A, Bailey KG, Fléchard X, García A, Graner B, Knecht A, Naviliat-Cuncic O, O'Connor TP, Sternberg MG, Storm DW, Swanson HE, Wauters F, Zumwalt DW. β-Nuclear-Recoil Correlation from ^{6}He Decay in a Laser Trap. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:182502. [PMID: 36374704 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.182502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We report the first precise measurement of a β-recoil correlation from a radioactive noble gas (^{6}He) confined via a magneto-optical trap. The measurement is motivated by the search for exotic tensor-type contributions to the charged weak current. Interpreted as tensor currents with right-handed neutrinos, the measurements yield |C_{T}/C_{A}|^{2}≤0.022 (90% confidence limit, C.L.). On the other hand, for left-handed neutrinos the limits are 0.007<C_{T}/C_{A}<0.111 (90% C.L.). The sensitivity of the present measurement is mainly limited by experimental uncertainties in determining the time response properties and the distance between the atom cloud and the microchannel plate used for recoil ion detection.
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- P Müller
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen, 14000 Caen, France
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
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Antognini A, Ayres NJ, Belosevic I, Bondar V, Eggenberger A, Hildebrandt M, Iwai R, Kaplan DM, Khaw KS, Kirch K, Knecht A, Papa A, Petitjean C, Phillips TJ, Piegsa FM, Ritjoho N, Stoykov A, Taqqu D, Wichmann G. Demonstration of Muon-Beam Transverse Phase-Space Compression. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:164802. [PMID: 33124843 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.164802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We demonstrate efficient transverse compression of a 12.5 MeV/c muon beam stopped in a helium gas target featuring a vertical density gradient and crossed electric and magnetic fields. The muon stop distribution extending vertically over 14 mm was reduced to a 0.25 mm size (rms) within 3.5 μs. The simulation including cross sections for low-energy μ^{+}-He elastic and charge exchange (μ^{+}↔ muonium) collisions describes the measurements well. By combining the transverse compression stage with a previously demonstrated longitudinal compression stage, we can improve the phase space density of a μ^{+} beam by a factor of 10^{10} with 10^{-3} efficiency.
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- A Antognini
- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa and INFN sez. Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Abel C, Afach S, Ayres NJ, Baker CA, Ban G, Bison G, Bodek K, Bondar V, Burghoff M, Chanel E, Chowdhuri Z, Chiu PJ, Clement B, Crawford CB, Daum M, Emmenegger S, Ferraris-Bouchez L, Fertl M, Flaux P, Franke B, Fratangelo A, Geltenbort P, Green K, Griffith WC, van der Grinten M, Grujić ZD, Harris PG, Hayen L, Heil W, Henneck R, Hélaine V, Hild N, Hodge Z, Horras M, Iaydjiev P, Ivanov SN, Kasprzak M, Kermaidic Y, Kirch K, Knecht A, Knowles P, Koch HC, Koss PA, Komposch S, Kozela A, Kraft A, Krempel J, Kuźniak M, Lauss B, Lefort T, Lemière Y, Leredde A, Mohanmurthy P, Mtchedlishvili A, Musgrave M, Naviliat-Cuncic O, Pais D, Piegsa FM, Pierre E, Pignol G, Plonka-Spehr C, Prashanth PN, Quéméner G, Rawlik M, Rebreyend D, Rienäcker I, Ries D, Roccia S, Rogel G, Rozpedzik D, Schnabel A, Schmidt-Wellenburg P, Severijns N, Shiers D, Tavakoli Dinani R, Thorne JA, Virot R, Voigt J, Weis A, Wursten E, Wyszynski G, Zejma J, Zenner J, Zsigmond G. Measurement of the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:081803. [PMID: 32167372 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.081803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present the result of an experiment to measure the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron at the Paul Scherrer Institute using Ramsey's method of separated oscillating magnetic fields with ultracold neutrons. Our measurement stands in the long history of EDM experiments probing physics violating time-reversal invariance. The salient features of this experiment were the use of a ^{199}Hg comagnetometer and an array of optically pumped cesium vapor magnetometers to cancel and correct for magnetic-field changes. The statistical analysis was performed on blinded datasets by two separate groups, while the estimation of systematic effects profited from an unprecedented knowledge of the magnetic field. The measured value of the neutron EDM is d_{n}=(0.0±1.1_{stat}±0.2_{sys})×10^{-26} e.cm.
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- C Abel
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Cracow, Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory for High Energy Physics and Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- University of Kentucky, 40506 Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for High Energy Physics and Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, CS 20156 F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for High Energy Physics and Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Physics Department, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Physics Department, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Henryk Niedwodniczanski Institute for Nuclear Physics, 31-342 Cracow, Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Cracow, Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for High Energy Physics and Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry - TRIGA site, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry - TRIGA site, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, CS 20156 F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- CSNSM, Université Paris Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91405 Orsay Campus, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, 14000 Caen, France
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Cracow, Poland
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- Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
- Laboratory for High Energy Physics and Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
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- Physics Department, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- ETH Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Cracow, Poland
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Cracow, Poland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry - TRIGA site, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Plaster B, Adamek E, Allgeier B, Anaya J, Back H, Bagdasarova Y, Berguno D, Blatnik M, Boissevain J, Bowles T, Broussard L, Brown MP, Carr R, Clark D, Clayton S, Cude-Woods C, Currie S, Dees E, Ding X, Du S, Filippone B, García A, Geltenbort P, Hasan S, Hawari A, Hickerson K, Hill R, Hino M, Hoagland J, Hoedl S, Hogan G, Hona B, Hong R, Holley A, Ito T, Kawai T, Kirch K, Kitagaki S, Knecht A, Lamoreaux S, Liu CY, Liu J, Makela M, Mammei R, Martin J, Meier N, Melconian D, Mendenhall M, Moore S, Morris C, Mortensen R, Nepal S, Nouri N, Pattie R, Pérez Galván A, Phillips II D, Pichlmaier A, Picker R, Pitt M, Ramsey J, Rios R, Russell R, Sabourov K, Sallaska A, Salvat D, Saunders A, Schmid R, Seestrom S, Servicky C, Sharapov E, Sjue S, Slutsky S, Smith D, Sondheim W, Sun X, Swank C, Swift G, Tatar E, Teasdale W, Terai C, Tipton B, Utsuro M, Vogelaar R, VornDick B, Wang Z, Wehring B, Wexler J, Womack T, Wrede C, Xu Y, Yan H, Young A, Yuan J, Zeck B. Final results for the neutron β-asymmetry parameter A0 from the UCNA experiment. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921904004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The UCNA experiment was designed to measure the neutron β-asymmetry parameter A0 using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN). UCN produced via downscattering in solid deuterium were polarized via transport through a 7 T magnetic field, and then directed to a 1 T solenoidal electron spectrometer, where the decay electrons were detected in electron detector packages located on the two ends of the spectrometer. A value for A0 was then extracted from the asymmetry in the numbers of counts in the two detector packages. We summarize all of the results from the UCNA experiment, obtained during run periods in 2007, 2008–2009, 2010, and 2011–2013, which ultimately culminated in a 0.67% precision result for A0.
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Adamczak A, Antognini A, Berger N, Cocolios T, Dressler R, Eggenberger A, Eichler R, Indelicato P, Jungmann K, Kirch K, Knecht A, Papa A, Pohl R, Pospelov M, Rapisarda E, Reiter P, Ritjoho N, Roccia S, Severijns N, Skawran A, Wauters F, Willmann L. Nuclear structure with radioactive muonic atoms. EPJ Web Conf 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201819304014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Muonic atoms have been used to extract the most accurate nuclear charge radii based on the detection of X-rays from the muonic cascades. Most stable and a few unstable isotopes have been investigated with muonic atom spectroscopy techniques. A new research project recently started at the Paul Scherrer Institut aims to extend the highresolution muonic atom spectroscopy for the precise determination of nuclear charge radii and other nuclear structure properties of radioactive isotopes. The challenge to combine the high-energy muon beam with small quantity of stopping mass is being addressed by developing the concept of stopping the muon in a high-density, a high-pressure hydrogen cell and subsequent transfer of the muon to the element of interest. Status and perspectives of the project will be presented.
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Aalseth CE, Abgrall N, Aguayo E, Alvis SI, Amman M, Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Back HO, Barabash AS, Barbeau PS, Barton CJ, Barton PJ, Bertrand FE, Bode T, Bos B, Boswell M, Bradley AW, Brodzinski RL, Brudanin V, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell AS, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Collar JI, Combs DC, Cooper RJ, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Doe PJ, Dunmore JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Fast JE, Finnerty P, Fraenkle FM, Fu Z, Fujikawa BK, Fuller E, Galindo-Uribarri A, Gehman VM, Gilliss T, Giovanetti GK, Goett J, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Hallin AL, Haufe CR, Hehn L, Henning R, Hoppe EW, Hossbach TW, Howe MA, Jasinski BR, Johnson RA, Keeter KJ, Kephart JD, Kidd MF, Knecht A, Konovalov SI, Kouzes RT, LaFerriere BD, Leon J, Lesko KT, Leviner LE, Loach JC, Lopez AM, Luke PN, MacMullin J, MacMullin S, Marino MG, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, McDonald AB, Mei DM, Meijer SJ, Merriman JH, Mertens S, Miley HS, Miller ML, Myslik J, Orrell JL, O'Shaughnessy C, Othman G, Overman NR, Perumpilly G, Pettus W, Phillips DG, Poon AWP, Pushkin K, Radford DC, Rager J, Reeves JH, Reine AL, Rielage K, Robertson RGH, Ronquest MC, Ruof NW, Schubert AG, Shanks B, Shirchenko M, Snavely KJ, Snyder N, Steele D, Suriano AM, Tedeschi D, Tornow W, Trimble JE, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Vetter K, Vorren K, White BR, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yakushev E, Yaver H, Young AR, Yu CH, Yumatov V, Zhitnikov I, Zhu BX, Zimmermann S. Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in ^{76}Ge with the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:132502. [PMID: 29694188 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.132502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Majorana Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-β decay in ^{76}Ge. The Majorana Demonstrator comprises 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched in ^{76}Ge) split between two modules contained in a low background shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. Here we present results from data taken during construction, commissioning, and the start of full operations. We achieve unprecedented energy resolution of 2.5 keV FWHM at Q_{ββ} and a very low background with no observed candidate events in 9.95 kg yr of enriched Ge exposure, resulting in a lower limit on the half-life of 1.9×10^{25} yr (90% C.L.). This result constrains the effective Majorana neutrino mass to below 240-520 meV, depending on the matrix elements used. In our experimental configuration with the lowest background, the background is 4.0_{-2.5}^{+3.1} counts/(FWHM t yr).
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- C E Aalseth
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, 80805 Germany
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Centre for Particle Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, 80805 Germany
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität, München, 85748 Germany
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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McNeal N, Appleton KM, Johnson AK, Scotti MAL, Wardwell J, Murphy R, Bishop C, Knecht A, Grippo AJ. The protective effects of social bonding on behavioral and pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity to chronic mild stress in prairie voles. Stress 2017; 20:175-182. [PMID: 28276805 PMCID: PMC5612411 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2017.1295444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Positive social interactions may protect against stress. This study investigated the beneficial effects of pairing with a social partner on behaviors and neuroendocrine function in response to chronic mild stress (CMS) in 13 prairie vole pairs. Following 5 days of social bonding, male and female prairie voles were exposed to 10 days of CMS (mild, unpredictable stressors of varying durations, for instance, strobe light, white noise, and damp bedding), housed with either the social partner (paired group) or individually (isolated group). Active and passive behavioral responses to the forced swim test (FST) and tail-suspension test (TST), and plasma concentrations of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone, were measured in all prairie voles following the CMS period. Both female and male prairie voles housed with a social partner displayed lower durations of passive behavioral responses (immobility, a maladaptive behavioral response) in the FST (mean ± SEM; females: 17.3 ± 5.4 s; males: 9.3 ± 4.6 s) and TST (females: 56.8 ± 16.4 s; males: 40.2 ± 11.3 s), versus both sexes housed individually (females, FST: 98.6 ± 12.9 s; females, TST: 155.1 ± 19.3 s; males, FST: 92.4 ± 14.1 s; males, TST: 158.9 ± 22.0 s). Female (but not male) prairie voles displayed attenuated plasma stress hormones when housed with a male partner (ACTH: 945 ± 24.7 pg/ml; corticosterone: 624 ± 139.5 ng/ml), versus females housed individually (ACTH: 1100 ± 23.2 pg/ml; corticosterone: 1064 ± 121.7 ng/ml). These results may inform understanding of the benefits of social interactions on stress resilience. Lay Summary: Social stress can lead to depression. The study of social bonding and stress using an animal model will inform understanding of the protective effects of social bonds. This study showed that social bonding in a rodent model can protect against behavioral responses to stress, and may also be protective against the elevation of stress hormones. This study provides evidence that bonding and social support are valuable for protecting against stress in humans.
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- Neal McNeal
- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
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- Departments of Psychology and Pharmacology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Brain-Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
- Corresponding Author: Angela J. Grippo, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, PM 357, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA, , Phone: 815-753-0372, Fax: 815-753-7088
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Antognini A, Schuhmann K, Amaro FD, Amaro P, Abdou-Ahmed M, Biraben F, Chen TL, Covita DS, Dax AJ, Diepold M, Fernandes LMP, Franke B, Galtier S, Gouvea AL, Götzfried J, Graf T, Hänsch TW, Hildebrandt M, Indelicato P, Julien L, Kirch K, Knecht A, Kottmann F, Krauth JJ, Liu YW, Machado J, Monteiro CMB, Mulhauser F, Nez F, Santos JP, dos Santos JMF, Szabo CI, Taqqu D, Veloso JFCA, Voss A, Weichelt B, Pohl R. Experiments towards resolving the proton charge radius puzzle. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611301006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Burzynska AZ, Wong CN, Chaddock-Heyman L, Olson EA, Gothe NP, Knecht A, Voss MW, McAuley E, Kramer AF. White matter integrity, hippocampal volume, and cognitive performance of a world-famous nonagenarian track-and-field athlete. Neurocase 2016; 22:135-44. [PMID: 26237526 PMCID: PMC6029702 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2015.1074709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are associated with successful brain and cognitive aging. However, little is known about the effects of PA, CRF, and exercise on the brain in the oldest-old. Here we examined white matter (WM) integrity, measured as fractional anisotropy (FA) and WM hyperintensity (WMH) burden, and hippocampal (HIPP) volume of Olga Kotelko (1919-2014). Olga began training for competitions at age of 77 and as of June 2014 held over 30 world records in her age category in track-and-field. We found that Olga's WMH burden was larger and the HIPP was smaller than in the reference sample (58 healthy low-active women 60-78 years old), and her FA was consistently lower in the regions overlapping with WMH. Olga's FA in many normal-appearing WM regions, however, did not differ or was greater than in the reference sample. In particular, FA in her genu corpus callosum was higher than any FA value observed in the reference sample. We speculate that her relatively high FA may be related to both successful aging and the beneficial effects of exercise in old age. In addition, Olga had lower scores on memory, reasoning and speed tasks than the younger reference sample, but outperformed typical adults of age 90-95 on speed and memory. Together, our findings open the possibility of old-age benefits of increasing PA on WM microstructure and cognition despite age-related increase in WMH burden and HIPP shrinkage, and add to the still scarce neuroimaging data of the healthy oldest-old (>90 years) adults.
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- A Z Burzynska
- a The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- a The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- a The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- b Department of Kinesiology and Community Health , University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- b Department of Kinesiology and Community Health , University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- a The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- c Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA 52242-1407 , USA
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- a The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA.,b Department of Kinesiology and Community Health , University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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- a The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois , Urbana , IL 61801 , USA
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Kunin M, Knecht A, Holtzman EJ. Mycobacterium chelonae peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis. Literature review. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 33:1267-71. [PMID: 24569948 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2079-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are a rare but serious cause of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. There are no clear guidelines for treating non-tuberculous mycobacteria peritoneal dialysis-associated infections. It has been recommended that at least two antibiotics be given for a prolonged period and peritoneal catheter should be removed. This paper describes the clinical course and treatment of a patient with M. chelonae peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis and reviews the previously published cases.
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- M Kunin
- Nephrology and Hypertension Institute, Sheba Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Hashomer, Israel,
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Subieta Vasquez MA, Aghion S, Ahlén O, Amsler C, Ariga A, Ariga T, Belov AS, Bonomi G, Bräunig P, Bremer J, Brusa RS, Cabaret L, Caccia M, Canali C, Caravita R, Castelli F, Cerchiari G, Cialdi S, Comparat D, Consolati G, Dassa L, Derking JH, Di Domizio S, Di Noto L, Doser M, Dudarev A, Ereditato A, Ferragut R, Fontana A, Genova P, Giammarchi M, Gligorova A, Gninenko SN, Heider S, Hogan SD, Huse T, Jordan E, Jørgensen LV, Kaltenbacher T, Kawada J, Kellerbauer A, Kimura M, Knecht A, Krasnický D, Lagomarsino V, Mariazzi S, Matveev VA, Merkt F, Moia F, Nebbia G, Nédélec P, Oberthaler MK, Pacifico N, Petráček V, Pistilo C, Prelz F, Prevedelli M, Regenfus C, Ricardi C, Røhne O, Rotondi A, Sandaker H, Scampoli P, Storey J, Špaček M, Testera G, Trezzi D, Vaccarone R, Villa F, Zavatarelli S. AE$\overline {\rm{g}}$IS Experiment: Measuring the acceleration gof the earth’s gravitational field on antihydrogen beam. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20147100128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Knecht A, Schwerdt G, Gekle M, Humpf HU. Combinatory effects of citrinin and ochratoxin A in immortalized human proximal tubule cells. Mycotoxin Res 2013; 21:176-81. [PMID: 23605336 DOI: 10.1007/bf02959258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ochratoxin A (OTA) and citrinin (CIT) are two mycotoxins often occurring together in grains and cereals. Although both are nephrotoxic and can induce apoptosis, combination effects have not been examined up to now. Therefore, the aim of this study was to take a close look at the interactions of citrinin and OTA in cultured human proximal tubule-derived cells (IHKE cells). The cytotoxicity of both mycotoxins was studied, measuring the metabolic activity and the cell number. Furthermore, caspase 3-activation as a marker for apoptosis was examined for both mycotoxin alone and in combination. The results show that citrinin had an antagonistic effect on ochratoxin A induced caspase 3-activation in concentrations of 2.5 and 5 μmol/l. Higher concentrations (7.5 and 15 μmol/l) lead to additive effects, lower citrinin concentrations (0.25 and 1 μmol/l) did not show any effect at all. The observed decrease in caspase 3-activity was specific for the combination with OTA, since the combination of citrinin with cisplatin did not show any effect. Citrinin did not influence of the OTA-induced apoptosis when added two hours after applying ochratoxin A. Also the combination of both toxins decreased the uptake of OTA into the cells which might be an explanation for the antagonistic effect of citrinin in certain concentrations. However, the transport into cells can not be the only explanation. so further examinations are necessary.
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- A Knecht
- Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 45, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Knecht A, Hong R, Zumwalt DW, Delbridge BG, García A, Müller P, Swanson HE, Towner IS, Utsuno S, Williams W, Wrede C. Precision measurement of the 6He half-life and the weak axial current in nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:122502. [PMID: 22540577 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.122502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Studies of 6He beta decay along with tritium can play an important role in testing ab initio nuclear wave-function calculations and may allow for fixing low-energy constants in effective-field theories. Here, we present an improved determination of the 6He half-life to a relative precision of 3×10(-4). Our value of 806.89±0.11(stat)(-0.19syst)(+0.23) ms resolves a major discrepancy between previous measurements. Calculating the statistical rate function we determined the ft value to be 803.04(-0.23)(+0.26) s. The extracted Gamow-Teller matrix element agrees within a few percent with ab initio calculations.
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- A Knecht
- Department of Physics and Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Leon JD, Jaffe DA, Kaspar J, Knecht A, Miller ML, Robertson RGH, Schubert AG. Arrival time and magnitude of airborne fission products from the Fukushima, Japan, reactor incident as measured in Seattle, WA, USA. J Environ Radioact 2011; 102:1032-1038. [PMID: 21719167 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report results of air monitoring started due to the recent natural catastrophe on 11 March 2011 in Japan and the severe ensuing damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactor complex. On 17-18 March 2011, we registered the first arrival of the airborne fission products (131)I, (132)I, (132)Te, (134)Cs, and (137)Cs in Seattle, WA, USA, by identifying their characteristic gamma rays using a germanium detector. We measured the evolution of the activities over a period of 23 days at the end of which the activities had mostly fallen below our detection limit. The highest detected activity from radionuclides attached to particulate matter amounted to 4.4 ± 1.3 mBq m(-3) of (131)I on 19-20 March.
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- J Diaz Leon
- Department of Physics and Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Aalseth CE, Barbeau PS, Colaresi J, Collar JI, Diaz Leon J, Fast JE, Fields N, Hossbach TW, Keillor ME, Kephart JD, Knecht A, Marino MG, Miley HS, Miller ML, Orrell JL, Radford DC, Wilkerson JF, Yocum KM. Search for an annual modulation in a p-type Point Contact germanium dark matter detector. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:141301. [PMID: 22107183 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.141301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Fifteen months of cumulative CoGeNT data are examined for indications of an annual modulation, a predicted signature of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) interactions. Presently available data support the presence of a modulated component of unknown origin, with parameters prima facie compatible with a galactic halo composed of light-mass WIMPs. Unoptimized estimators yield a statistical significance for a modulation of ∼2.8σ, limited by the short exposure.
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- C E Aalseth
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Baker C, Ban G, Bodek K, Burghoff M, Chowdhuri Z, Daum M, Fertl M, Franke B, Geltenbort P, Green K, van der Grinten M, Gutsmiedl E, Harris P, Henneck R, Iaydjiev P, Ivanov S, Khomutov N, Kasprzak M, Kirch K, Kistryn S, Knappe-Gr̈uneberg S, Knecht A, Knowles P, Kozela A, Lauss B, Lefort T, Lemi‘ere Y, Naviliat-Cuncic O, Pendlebury J, Pierre E, Piegsa F, Pignol G, Qúeḿener G, Roccia S, Schmidt-Wellenburg P, Shiers D, Smith K, Schnabel A, Trahms L, Weis A, Zejma J, Zenner J, Zsigmond G. The search for the neutron electric dipole moment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2011.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dinour D, Bahn A, Ganon L, Ron R, Geifman-Holtzman O, Knecht A, Gafter U, Rachamimov R, Sela BA, Burckhardt G, Holtzman EJ. URAT1 mutations cause renal hypouricemia type 1 in Iraqi Jews. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 26:2175-81. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Altarev I, Baker CA, Ban G, Bison G, Bodek K, Daum M, Fierlinger P, Geltenbort P, Green K, van der Grinten MGD, Gutsmiedl E, Harris PG, Heil W, Henneck R, Horras M, Iaydjiev P, Ivanov SN, Khomutov N, Kirch K, Kistryn S, Knecht A, Knowles P, Kozela A, Kuchler F, Kuźniak M, Lauer T, Lauss B, Lefort T, Mtchedlishvili A, Naviliat-Cuncic O, Pazgalev A, Pendlebury JM, Petzoldt G, Pierre E, Pignol G, Quéméner G, Rebetez M, Rebreyend D, Roccia S, Rogel G, Severijns N, Shiers D, Sobolev Y, Weis A, Zejma J, Zsigmond G. Test of Lorentz invariance with spin precession of ultracold neutrons. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 103:081602. [PMID: 19792714 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.081602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A clock comparison experiment, analyzing the ratio of spin precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and 199Hg atoms, is reported. No daily variation of this ratio could be found, from which is set an upper limit on the Lorentz invariance violating cosmic anisotropy field b perpendicular < 2 x 10(-20) eV (95% C.L.). This is the first limit for the free neutron. This result is also interpreted as a direct limit on the gravitational dipole moment of the neutron |gn| < 0.3 eV/c2 m from a spin-dependent interaction with the Sun. Analyzing the gravitational interaction with the Earth, based on previous data, yields a more stringent limit |gn| < 3 x 10(-4) eV/c2 m.
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- I Altarev
- Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Witzleb WC, Arnold M, Krummenauer F, Knecht A, Ranisch H, Günther KP. Birmingham Hip Resurfacing arthroplasty: short-term clinical and radiographic outcome. Eur J Med Res 2008; 13:39-46. [PMID: 18226996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcome of the first 300 consecutively implanted Birmingham Hip Resurfacing arthroplasties (BHR) in our department. METHODS 300 BHR arthroplasties were performed in 263 patients until May 2003. Primary clinical endpoints of the investigation were the implant survival and the total Harris hip score, assessed at the last examination. RESULTS At a median follow-up time of 24 months the Kaplan/Meier survivor estimate was 98%. 6 implant revisions were performed due to infection (2), malposition (1), femoral neck fracture (1), primary unstable cup (1) and chronic pain (1), respectively. The median Harris hip score improved from 51 points to 96 points at last follow-up. No hip showed radiographic signs of aseptic implant loosening. CONCLUSIONS The preliminary experience with the BHR for the younger adult requiring hip arthroplasty is encouraging, but has to be reproduced in the long-term.
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- Wolf-Christoph Witzleb
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Altarev I, Atchison F, Daum M, Frei A, Gutsmiedl E, Hampel G, Hartmann FJ, Heil W, Knecht A, Kratz JV, Lauer T, Meier M, Paul S, Sobolev Y, Wiehl N. Direct experimental verification of neutron acceleration by the material optical potential of solid 2H2. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:014801. [PMID: 18232776 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.014801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We have measured the acceleration of neutrons by the material optical potential of solid 2H2. Using a gravitational spectrometer, we find a minimal kinetic energy Ec = (99+/-7) neV of neutrons from a superthermal ultracold neutron (UCN) source with solid 2H2 as an UCN converter. The result is in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions, Ec = 106 neV.
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- I Altarev
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Atchison F, Blau B, Bodek K, van den Brandt B, Bryś T, Daum M, Fierlinger P, Frei A, Geltenbort P, Hautle P, Henneck R, Heule S, Holley A, Kasprzak M, Kirch K, Knecht A, Konter JA, Kuźniak M, Liu CY, Morris CL, Pichlmaier A, Plonka C, Pokotilovski Y, Saunders A, Shin Y, Tortorella D, Wohlmuther M, Young AR, Zejma J, Zsigmond G. Cold neutron energy dependent production of ultracold neutrons in solid deuterium. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:262502. [PMID: 18233572 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.262502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A measurement of the production of ultracold neutrons from velocity-selected cold neutrons on gaseous and solid deuterium targets is reported. The expected energy dependence for two-particle collisions with well defined neutron and Maxwell-Boltzmann distributed molecular velocities is found for the gas target. The solid target data agree in shape with the phonon density-of-states curve and provide strong evidence for the phonon model including multiphonon excitations.
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- F Atchison
- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Ban G, Bodek K, Daum M, Henneck R, Heule S, Kasprzak M, Khomutov N, Kirch K, Kistryn S, Knecht A, Knowles P, Kuźniak M, Lefort T, Mtchedlishvili A, Naviliat-Cuncic O, Plonka C, Quéméner G, Rebetez M, Rebreyend D, Roccia S, Rogel G, Tur M, Weis A, Zejma J, Zsigmond G. Direct experimental limit on neutron-mirror-neutron oscillations. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:161603. [PMID: 17995237 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.161603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In case a mirror world with a copy of our ordinary particle spectrum would exist, the neutron n and its degenerate partner, the mirror neutron n', could potentially mix and undergo nn' oscillations. The interaction of an ordinary magnetic field with the ordinary neutron would lift the degeneracy between the mirror partners, diminish the n' amplitude in the n wave function and, thus, suppress its observability. We report an experimental comparison of ultracold neutron storage in a trap with and without superimposed magnetic field. No influence of the magnetic field is found and, assuming negligible mirror magnetic fields, a limit on the oscillation time taunn' > 103 s (95% C.L.) is derived.
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- G Ban
- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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Currently, an increase in resurfacing arthroplasty in the treatment of hip osteoarthritis--especially in young adults--can be observed. New bearing technologies (mainly metal-on-metal surfaces) show better tribologic results than historical designs (e.g. the Wagner cup). At present, it is unclear whether these modifications and a definitively low dislocation rate--due to the large head diameter--can be supported by further good clinical results. The quantity as well as the quality of the available investigations prevents a definite opinion at the moment. Appropriate clinical studies with documented radiographic follow-up are necessary to compare the outcome of these new implants with standard techniques.
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- A Knecht
- Klinik für Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden.
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In comparison to stemmed total hip replacements, hip resurfacing offers advantages especially in joint stability and amount of femoral bone resection. After the poor results achieved with this concept that were mainly caused by failure of the materials used, reintroduction of the metal-on-metal bearing initiated a renaissance. This bearing, the cementless cup, and the improved surgical technique led to better short- to medium-term results. Revision and complication rates are now comparable to conventional total hip replacements. The functional capacity of the method is higher. Because long-term results are not available, however, questions remain, for instance, the consequences of the higher metal ion serum concentrations or the impossibility of changing the inlay when femoral revision becomes necessary.
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- W-C Witzleb
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum "Carl Gustav Carus" Dresden.
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Knecht A, Witzleb WC, Beichler T, Günther KP. Funktionelle Behandlungsergebnisse nach Oberflächenersatz am Hüftgelenk: Vergleich zwischen Dysplasie- und idiopathischer Koxarthrosen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 142:279-85. [PMID: 15249998 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-822698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AIM To determine if there are differences in function after resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip in patients with primary osteoarthritis compared to patients with secondary osteoarthritis due to developmental dysplasia of the hip. METHOD In a controlled prospective study of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) we included all patients with primary osteoarthritis (n = 54, average age 48.4 years) and osteoarthritis due to high grade dysplasia (Eftekhar B, n = 34, average age 55.8 years). Standardized clinical (Harris hip score) and radiographic examinations were performed 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months and then every year after the operation. RESULTS All patients could be followed up to 1.5 years (1-4 years) after surgery. The average Harris hip score improved to 82-95 points in both groups 3 months postoperatively. Statistically significant differences could be found in the subscales "function" and "limp", where patients with dysplastic hips showed somewhat lower results after 6 (function) to 12 weeks (limp) postoperatively. This is probably attributable to extended non-weight-bearing after acetabular reconstruction in these cases, as the difference disappeared with full weight-bearing. Radiographically determined neck-shaft angles are slightly higher in dysplastic hips (142 degrees versus 135 degrees ), but we did not recognize any significant differences in implant positioning. CONCLUSION The short- to mid-term results showed no clinically relevant functional differences after surface replacement in patients with primary osteoarthritis of the hip and patients with secondary osteoarthritis due to higher grade dysplasia. Long-term observation is necessary, however, to determine if these positive functional results are reflected by appropriate radiographic survival.
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- A Knecht
- Klinik für Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Dresden.
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Seefelder W, Knecht A, Goβmann M, Kleta S, Büttner C, Humpf HU. Occurrence of fumonisins in asparagus (asparagus officinalis L.) and garlic (allium sativum L.) from Germany. Mycotoxin Res 2004; 20:29-30. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02946706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Boaz M, Smetana S, Weinstein T, Matas Z, Gafter U, Iaina A, Knecht A, Weissgarten Y, Brunner D, Fainaru M, Green MS. Secondary prevention with antioxidants of cardiovascular disease in endstage renal disease (SPACE): randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2000; 356:1213-8. [PMID: 11072938 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02783-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 658] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Excess cardiovascular mortality has been documented in chronic haemodialysis patients. Oxidative stress is greater in haemodialysis patients with prevalent cardiovascular disease than in those without, suggesting a role for oxidative stress in excess cardiovascular disease in haemodialysis. We investigated the effect of high-dose vitamin E supplementation on cardiovascular disease outcomes in haemodialysis patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. METHODS Haemodialysis patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease (n=196) aged 40-75 years at baseline from six dialysis centres were enrolled and randomised to receive 800 IU/day vitamin E or matching placebo. Patients were followed for a median 519 days. The primary endpoint was a composite variable consisting of: myocardial infarction (fatal and non-fatal), ischaemic stroke, peripheral vascular disease (excluding the arteriovenous fistula), and unstable angina. Secondary outcomes included each of the component outcomes, total mortality, and cardiovascular-disease mortality. FINDINGS A total of 15 (16%) of the 97 patients assigned to vitamin E and 33 (33%) of the 99 patients assigned to placebo had a primary endpoint (relative risk 0.46 [95% CI 0.27-0.78], p=0.014). Five (5.1%) patients assigned to vitamin E and 17 (17.2%) patients assigned to placebo had myocardial infarction (0.3 [0.11-0.78], p=0.016). No significant differences in other secondary endpoints, cardiovascular disease, or total mortality were detected. INTERPRETATION In haemodialysis patients with prevalent cardiovascular disease, supplementation with 800 IU/day vitamin E reduces composite cardiovascular disease endpoints and myocardial infarction.
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- M Boaz
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Rapoport J, Mostoslavski M, Ben-David A, Knecht A, Blau A, Arad J, Zlotnik M, Chaimovitz C. Successful treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in hemodialysis patients with oral pulse 1-alpha-hydroxy-cholecalciferol therapy. Nephron Clin Pract 1996; 72:150-4. [PMID: 8684518 DOI: 10.1159/000188833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We have used high-dose oral pulse therapy with 1 alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (1 alpha-OH-D3) to treat 40 hemodialysis patients suffering form secondary hyperparathyroidism. Forty patients with intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels of > 150 pg/ml were treated with 4 micrograms oral 1 alpha-OH-D3 twice weekly for 1 year. The mean PTH level was 515 +/- 50 pg/ml prior to treatment, which fell to 191 +/- 42 pg/ml after 6 months of treatment (p < 0.00001), and to 164 +/- 39 pg/ml after 12 months of treatment. Patients with very high PTH levels (> 800 pg/ml) suppressed less well than patients with lower levels (150-300 pg/ml). The therapeutic end point of PTH < 100 pg/ml was achieved in 23 patients (58%). The main side effect of the treatment was hypercalcemia, but this was symptomatic in only 3 patients, all above the age of 70 years. In summary, oral high-dose pulse therapy with 1 alpha-OH-D3 was highly effective in suppressing PTH levels in hyperparathyroid hemodialysis patients, and side effects were relatively few.
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- J Rapoport
- Department of Nephrology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Knecht A, Rapoport J. [Mechanisms of interstitial fibrosis in chronic renal failure]. Harefuah 1994; 127:477-481. [PMID: 7806110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Glycerol-induced acute renal failure (ARF) in rats is a model of acute trauma in which intra-muscular injection of 50% glycerol causes rapid myoglobinuria, oliguria, and a rapid reduction in glomerular filtration rate. We found that plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is rapidly induced in glycerol injected rats. It can be detected in some animals as early as 30 minutes post-injection, peaks at one hour (range: 4 to 32 U/ml) with no significant difference between blood from renal vein and vena cava, and decreases by three hours. None was detected in control saline injected rats (P < 0.001). Four out of five rats infused with neutralizing anti-TNF-alpha antiserum (200 microliters/300 g body wt) immediately prior to glycerol injection had significantly protected kidney function (P = 0.001). In these rats, plasma urea (104.8 +/- 58.9 mg%) and creatinine (1.16 +/- 0.38 mg%) were lower and creatinine clearance higher (0.34 +/- 011 ml/min) than in glycerol injected animals pretreated with normal serum (291.8 +/- 41.8 mg%, 3.15 +/- 0.74 mg%, and 0.03 +/- 0.03 ml/min, respectively) or animals injected with glycerol alone (302.6 +/- 76.8 mg%, 3.45 +/- 0.97 mg%, and 0.03 +/- 0.03 ml/min, respectively). These results imply a direct role for TNF-alpha in pathogenesis of glycerol induced ARF in rats.
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- L M Shulman
- Nephrology Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Three possibilities exist, in principle, to apply medication by inhalation: (1) Inhalation from Pressurized Metered Dose Inhalers (2) Direct Inhalation of Dry Powder (3) Inhalation of Nebulized Aqueous Solutions. Chlorofluorocarbons that are necessary for pressurized metered dose inhalers have unwanted environmental properties. Therefore, alternative gases are being developed (HFA-134a and HFA 227) on the premise that pressurized metered dose aerosols in airways therapy have distinct advantages which are reflected in the high acceptance and application of these MDIs worldwide. Dry powder inhalation requires sophisticated devices to provide for exact dosing. For nebulizers the major problem was their size and consequently their restricted use. Multi-dose pocket-size systems are on the market for (1) and (2). For nebulization such a system is currently being introduced. A critical comparison of benefits and disadvantages of the existing drug delivery systems to the airways leads to the conclusion that all three modes will remain essential to cover the therapeutic needs for a wide variety of drugs and patient populations.
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- A Knecht
- Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Boehringer Ingelheim KG, Germany
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Rodemann HP, Müller GA, Knecht A, Norman JT, Fine LG. Fibroblasts of rabbit kidney in culture. I. Characterization and identification of cell-specific markers. Am J Physiol 1991; 261:F283-91. [PMID: 1715131 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1991.261.2.f283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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There is currently no information available as to whether different renal fibroblast subpopulation can be identified and whether they show differences in functional properties. We therefore compared the growth characteristics of interstitial fibroblasts derived from the rabbit renal cortex and inner medulla (papilla) and sought cell-specific markers for the two populations of cells. Analyses of the population dynamics revealed that the mitotic lifespan of papillary fibroblasts (PF) is approximately 50% longer than that of cortical fibroblasts (CF), with the former going through 20 cumulative population doublings (CPD) before transition into terminally differentiated postmitotic cells compared with 9 CPD in CF. PF and CF populations contained three types of mitotically active cells (MFI, MFII, MFIII) and three types of postmitotic cells (PMFIV, PMFV, PMFVI) differentiating along a terminal cell lineage from MFI through PMFVI. In both PF and CF cultures the percent of MF-type cells decreased and the percent of postmitotic cells increased with successive doublings. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of uniform clonal populations of MFIII-type cells revealed two specific proteins for PF-MFIII-type cells, pf1 and pf2, and three specific proteins for CF-MFIII-type cells, cf1, cf2, and cf3. Additionally, a monoclonal antibody was raised that does not recognize CF in culture, but reacts strongly with PF. These studies demonstrate that rabbit renal PF have a pattern of growth in vitro that is distinct from that of CF and that they can be positively identified by specific immunological and protein markers in vitro.
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- H P Rodemann
- Developmental Biology Unit, W7-128, University of Bielefeld, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Knecht A, Fine LG, Kleinman KS, Rodemann HP, Müller GA, Woo DD, Norman JT. Fibroblasts of rabbit kidney in culture. II. Paracrine stimulation of papillary fibroblasts by PDGF. Am J Physiol 1991; 261:F292-9. [PMID: 1652205 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1991.261.2.f292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To examine the role of tubulointerstitial cell interaction in the regulation of fibroblast growth, fibroblasts from the rabbit renal cortex (CF) and papilla (PF) were cocultured with epithelial cells from the same tissue location. Inner medullary collecting duct epithelial cells (IMCDE) or IMCDE-conditioned medium stimulated DNA synthesis in PF, whereas proximal tubule epithelium (PTE) had no effect on the proliferation of CF. PF and CF showed a similar mitogenic response to exogenous epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I). Transforming growth factor-beta 1 inhibited growth of both cell types, and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) had no effect on proliferation of either cell type. In contrast, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was a potent mitogen for PF but was only weakly mitogenic for CF. Both CF and PF expressed a similar number of a single-affinity class of PDGF receptors (Kd, 2-4 x 10(-10) M). Assay for growth factor activity in conditioned medium from IMCDE and PTE showed that only IMCDE produced detectable PDGF. IMCDE-stimulated proliferation of PF was partially blocked by an antibody to PDGF, whereas antibodies to IGF-I had no neutralizing effect. The data suggest a role for PDGF in the regulation of interstitial fibroblast proliferation by IMCDE in the renal papilla. This paracrine system may be important in the pathogenesis of some forms of interstitial fibrosis of the kidney.
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- A Knecht
- Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine 90024
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Knecht A, Fine LG. Nutritional factors affecting renal growth and hypertrophy. Semin Nephrol 1990; 10:464-71. [PMID: 2236988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- A Knecht
- Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024
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Rosenthal T, Grossman E, Knecht A, Goldbourt U. Levels and correlates of blood pressure in recent and earlier Ethiopian immigrants to Israel. J Hum Hypertens 1990; 4:425-30. [PMID: 2258889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Blood pressure (BP) and anthropometric data were collected on 483 recent immigrants from Ethiopia to Israel, and on 171 adults and 100 adolescent boarding school students who had immigrated two to three years earlier. Comparison of samples within the Ethiopian groups, and between new and early Ethiopian immigrants with Israel and resident Israelis revealed the following: Systolic and diastolic BP were considerably lower in recent immigrants of both sexes than among counterparts residing in Israel for two to three years. The latter group significantly approached, but did not reach, the BP levels of veteran Israelis. A similar comparison of 100 immigrant Ethiopian boarding school children with an Israeli high school population revealed apparently larger differences among the boys than the girls, whose BP was 'adapted' to a greater degree. Differences in relative weight paralleled those identified for BP, with the Quetelet index (QI) progressively higher when comparing new immigrants with earlier ones, and with persons who have lived in Israel for a longer period. Whether the weight differences provide a complete explanation for BP changes cannot be definitely stated, pending prospective data on weight and BP changes. Correlations of BP with anthropometric parameters and pulse rate indicated that weight rather than QI was the stronger correlate of BP in adults, whereas weight and height, but not QI, correlated with BP in adolescent boys. QI correlated with BP in adolescent, apparently sexually mature girls, but not in boys.
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- T Rosenthal
- A.J. Chorley Institute for Hypertension Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Rubinstein I, Knecht A, de Beer FC, Baum GL, Pras M. Serum amyloid-A protein concentrations in sarcoidosis. Isr J Med Sci 1989; 25:461-2. [PMID: 2767953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Blood pressure was examined in 483 Ethiopian immigrants a few weeks after their arrival in Israel. The results were compared with those from a group of 171 Ethiopian immigrants who came to Israel 2-3 years earlier. Mean blood pressure was significantly higher in the veteran immigrants, whose weight was also greater. Both groups had lower blood pressure than the resident Israeli population.
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- T Rosenthal
- Department of Medicine D, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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A case of localized intrathoracic Castleman tumor demonstrated, on CT scan, calcifications in a circumferential distribution. The prevalence of calcifications in Castleman's disease and the differential diagnosis of the above unusual CT findings are discussed.
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- S Meisel
- Department of Internal Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel
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Knecht A, Salomon O, Rosenthal T. Parotitis in Reiter's syndrome. Isr J Med Sci 1988; 24:183-4. [PMID: 2453485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- A Knecht
- Department of Medicine D, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Twelve patients with pheochromocytoma have shown unusual clinical and laboratory presentation. These include three patients with cardiac manifestations (sick sinus syndrome, obstructive cardiomyopathy and ischemic ECG changes). Two patients with gastrointestinal problems (acute abdomen due to ischemic bowel and constipation). One child with sudden blindness and one, non diabetic patient with polyuria. Laboratory findings included four patients with diabetes mellitus, four patients with hypercalcemia two of them with concomitant hyperreninemia and one patient with hypokalemia. Awareness of the illness leads to the discovery of unusual cases and even a most severely sick patient can make a complete recovery.
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Knecht A, Stern N, Rosenthal T, Militeanu J, Many A. Terminal ileitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Isr J Med Sci 1985; 21:67-8. [PMID: 3972560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Enalapril, an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, was given to 12 patients with renovascular hypertension: To five of them as a single drug after discontinuing other medications, and to seven patients as a substitute for one of their previous medications. The drug proved effective in controlling hypertension in all patients. Flushing and palpitations occurred in two of them, one of whom also showed a rise in creatinine and mild hyperkalemia. Two patients who had developed side effects while on captopril (renal deterioration in one, and severe rash in the other) tolerated enalapril well. Enalapril effectively reduced the blood pressure in the one patient with bilateral renal artery stenosis without causing renal failure.
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Bursztyn M, Knecht A, Rosenthal T, Grossman E, Boichis H, Rubinstein Z. Bilateral renal artery stenosis. Arch Intern Med 1984; 144:2282. [PMID: 6093727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Grossman E, Morag B, Nussinovitch N, Boichis H, Knecht A, Rosenthal T. Clinical use of captopril in Takayasu's disease. Arch Intern Med 1984; 144:95-6. [PMID: 6140907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Three patients with Takayasu's disease (TD), initially observed with hypertension and/or congestive heart failure, were treated with captopril, an orally active inhibitor of converting enzyme. As arteritis in this disease is diffuse and extensive, surgical correction of renovascular hypertension is often delayed or impossible. Our experience enables us to recommend captopril for conservative treatment in TD.
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Grossman E, Rubinstein Z, Adar R, Horowitz A, Knecht A, Rosenthal T. Computerized tomography in the diagnosis of congenital hepatic fibrosis. Isr J Med Sci 1984; 20:37-40. [PMID: 6698769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A case of congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF), a relatively rare disease, was diagnosed preoperatively on the basis of clinical and radiological findings. The diagnosis was confirmed by computerized tomography and later proven by a liver biopsy performed during cholecystectomy. Increased awareness of this entity may reveal heretofore unidentified cases of CHF.
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Rosenthal T, Morag B, Holtzman E, Stern N, Knecht A, Grossman E, Rubinstein Z. Use of oral converting enzyme inhibitor, captopril for lateralizing renal venous renin activity. Clin Exp Hypertens A 1983; 5:1629-34. [PMID: 6365362 DOI: 10.3109/10641968309051799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Captopril was administered prior to renal vein renin sampling in an attempt to select patients amenable to surgical treatment for renin dependent hypertension. Renal venous blood for plasma renin activity was taken only after captopril stimulation. Sampling from the antecubital vein before and after this provocation showed a marked rise in renin, thereby confirming the efficacy of the test. Elimination of the initial selective renal vein sampling shortens the catheterization period without affecting the accuracy and dependability of the procedure.
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Holtzman E, Rosenthal T, Stern N, Knecht A, Yaron A. Captopril, an orally active angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor in the treatment of renovascular and essential hypertension. Isr J Med Sci 1982; 18:597-602. [PMID: 6284678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The hypotensive response to captopril is described for 12 hypertensive patients, 7 of whom had renovascular hypertension. The drug was effective in lowering blood pressure. The few reversible adverse reactions that occurred included loss of the sense of taste in one patient and rash and fever in another. Three patients with renal failure showed deterioration of renal function during treatment, suggesting the advisability of treating such cases with lower dosages.
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Sandler SG, Knecht A, Amar A, Davidowitch R. Comparison of radioimmunoassay and counterimmunoelectrophoresis for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen carriers in a high-prevalence region. Isr J Med Sci 1979; 15:579-82. [PMID: 478821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Solid-phase radioimmunoassay (RIA) and counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) were compared for the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers among blood donors in Jerusalem, which is in a region characterized by a high prevalence of HBsAg and a predominance of the ayw subtype. RIA detected 84% more HBsAg carriers than CIE, with the resultant exclusion of 1.8 times as many potentially infective donors. The results provide additional information concerning the specific increases in donor-carrier detection that are associated with the introduction of highly sensitive HBsAg tests in different geographic and epidemiologic circumstances.
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