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Study of exclusive one-pion and one-eta production using hadron and dielectron channels in pp reactions at kinetic beam energies of 1.25 GeV and 2.2 GeV with HADES
(2012)
- We present measurements of exclusive ensuremathπ+,0 and η production in pp reactions at 1.25GeV and 2.2GeV beam kinetic energy in hadron and dielectron channels. In the case of π+ and π0 , high-statistics invariant-mass and angular distributions are obtained within the HADES acceptance as well as acceptance-corrected distributions, which are compared to a resonance model. The sensitivity of the data to the yield and production angular distribution of Δ (1232) and higher-lying baryon resonances is shown, and an improved parameterization is proposed. The extracted cross-sections are of special interest in the case of pp → pp η , since controversial data exist at 2.0GeV; we find \ensuremathσ=0.142±0.022 mb. Using the dielectron channels, the π0 and η Dalitz decay signals are reconstructed with yields fully consistent with the hadronic channels. The electron invariant masses and acceptance-corrected helicity angle distributions are found in good agreement with model predictions.
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A versatile method for simulating pp -> ppe+e- and dp -> pne+e-p_spec reactions
(2010)
- We have developed a versatile software package for the simulation of di-electron production in pp and dp collisions at moderate beam kinetic energies (1-2GeV). Particular attention has been paid to incorporate different descriptions of the Dalitz decay Δ rightarrow Ne + e - via a common interface. In addition, suitable parameterizations for the virtual bremsstrahlung process NN rightarrow NNe + e - based on one-boson exchange models have been implemented. Such simulation tools with high flexibility of the framework are important for the interpretation of the di-electron data taken with the HADES spectrometer and demonstrates the wide applicability within the field of nuclear and hadronic physics.
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Degradation und subzelluläre Lokalisation von p21(Cip1/Waf1) in Abhängigkeit von PCNA in Endothelzellen
(2005)
- Das Protein p21 (Cip1/Waf1/Sdi1), ein Mitglied der Familie der Cyclin abhängigen Kinasen-Inhibitoren, ist ein wichtiger Modulator des Zellwachstums und der Reaktion auf DNA-Schädigung. Die Funktion von p21 hängt von der Stabilität des Proteins ab. p21 ist besonders stabil in der Phase G0/G1 des Zellzyklus. Phoshorylierungsvorgänge sowie Interaktionen mit anderen Proteinen spielen in der Stabilität von Proteinen eine wichtige Rolle. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war, herauszufinden, ob die Phosphorylierung von p21 durch die Proteinkinase AKT oder die durch diese Phosphorylierung beeinflusste Interaktion mit dem Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, kurz PCNA, einen Einfluß auf die Stabilität von p21 hat. Mittels Proteinhalbwertszeitbestimmung konnte demonstriert werden, daß die Phosphorylierung am Threonin 145 durch AKT keinen signifikanten Einfluß auf die Stabilität von p21 aufwies. Durch Pulse chase und Westem-Blot Versuche konnte aber nachgewiesen werden, daß die Anwesenheit von PCNA das Protein p21 stabilisierte und die Degradation beeinflusste. Es konnte mittels p21 Mutanten, deren PCNA- Bindung durch Austausch der Aminosäure (M147) inhibiert ist, gezeigt werden, daß nur eine direkte Bindung von PCNA an p21 die Degradation beeinflussen konnte. Die Bestimmung der subzellulären Lokalisation von p21, die zur weiteren Abklärung der erhöhten p21-Stabilität durch PCNA diente, zeigte in Immunopräzipitationsversuchen nach subzellulärer Fraktionierung eine Interaktion von p21 mit PCNA vorwiegend im Zytoplasma. Dies ließ sich auch durch Immunofluoreszenzuntersuchungen bestätigen. Schließlich zeigten die Untersuchungen, daß die subzelluläre Lokalisation von der direkten Bindung an PCNA abhängig war. Zusammenfassend zeigte die Arbeit auf, daß die Stabilität von p21 durch seinen Bindungspartner PCNA beeinflusst werden konnte, und dies vermutlich durch subzelluläre Translokation erfolgt.
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Pluto: a Monte Carlo simulation tool for hadronic physics
(2007)
- Pluto is a Monte-Carlo event generator designed for hadronic interactions from Pion production threshold to intermediate energies of a few GeV per nucleon, as well as for studies of heavy ion reactions. The package is entirely based on ROOT, without the need of additional packages, and uses the embedded C++ interpreter of ROOT to control the event production. The generation of events based on a single reaction chain and the storage of the resulting particle objects can be done with a few lines of a ROOT-macro. However, the complete control of the package can be taken over by the steering macro and user-defined models may be added without a recompilation of the framework. Multi-reaction cocktails can be facilitated as well using either mass-dependent or user-defined static branching ratios. The included physics uses resonance production with mass-dependent Breit-Wigner sampling. The calculation of partial and total widths for resonances producing unstable particles is performed recursively in a coupled-channel approach. Here, particular attention is paid to the electromagnetic decays, motivated by the physics program of HADES. The thermal model supports 2-component thermal distributions, longitudinal broadening, radial blast, direct and elliptic flow, and impact-parameter sampled multiplicities. The interface allows angular distribution models (e.g. for the primary meson emission) to be attached by the user as well as descriptions of multi-particle correlations using decay chain templates. The exchange of mass sampling or momentum generation models is also possible. The first feature allows for consistent coupled-channel calculations, needed for a correct description of hadronic interactions. For elementary reactions, angular distribution models for selected channels are already part of the framework, based on parameterizations of existing data. This report gives an overview of the design of the package, the included models and the user interface.
