Goodbye to large ΔG? Direct estimate of gluon polarization in the nucleon

2006 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
Marek Karliner
Keyword(s):  
Gluon Polarization ◽  
Direct Estimate

scholarly journals DIRECT ESTIMATE OF THE GLUON POLARIZATION IN THE NUCLEON

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (09) ◽  
pp. 721-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN ELLIS ◽  
MAREK KARLINER
Keyword(s):  
Hadron Production ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Similar Magnitude ◽  
Gluon Polarization ◽  
Direct Estimate ◽  
Central Values ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Asymmetry Data

We make a first crude direct estimate of the net gluon polarization in the proton, ΔG, combining data on the asymmetries in high-pT hadron production from the HERMES, SMC and COMPASS collaborations. Although these data sample a restricted range of x, they provide no hint that ΔG is large. Fixing the normalizations of different theoretical parametrizations using the hadron asymmetry data, we find typical central values of ΔG ~ 0.5, with uncertainties of similar magnitude. Values of ΔG≥2 are disfavored by Δχ2 ~ 9 to 20, depending on the parametrization used.

scholarly journals SLAVNOV–TAYLOR IDENTITY FOR NONEQUILIBRIUM QUARK–GLUON PLASMA

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (08) ◽  
pp. 531-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. OKANO
Keyword(s):  
Quark Gluon Plasma ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Polarization Tensor ◽  
Gluon Polarization ◽  
Time Path

Within the closed-time-path formalism of nonequilibrium QCD, we derive a Slavnov–Taylor (ST) identity for the gluon polarization tensor. The ST identity takes the same form in both Coulomb and covariant gauges. Application to quasi-uniform quark–gluon plasma (QGP) near equilibrium or nonequilibrium quasistationary QGP is made.

scholarly journals Direct Estimate of the Mutation Rate and the Distribution of Fitness Effects in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-452
Author(s):  
Dominika M Wloch ◽  
Krzysztof Szafraniec ◽  
Rhona H Borts ◽  
Ryszard Korona
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Mutation ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Diploid Cell ◽  
Induced Mutations ◽  
Direct Estimate ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Related Trait ◽  
First Time ◽  
Defective Mismatch Repair

Abstract Estimates of the rate and frequency distribution of deleterious effects were obtained for the first time by direct scoring and characterization of individual mutations. This was achieved by applying tetrad analysis to a large number of yeast clones. The genomic rate of spontaneous mutation deleterious to a basic fitness-related trait, that of growth rate, was U = 1.1 × 10−3 per diploid cell division. Extrapolated to the fruit fly and humans, the per generation rate would be 0.074 and 0.92, respectively. This is likely to be an underestimate because single mutations with selection coefficients s < 0.01 could not be detected. The distribution of s ≥ 0.01 was studied both for spontaneous and induced mutations. The latter were induced by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) or resulted from defective mismatch repair. Lethal changes accounted for ~30–40% of the scored mutations. The mean s of nonlethal mutations was fairly high, but most frequently its value was between 0.01 and 0.05. Although the rate and distribution of very small effects could not be determined, the joint share of such mutations in decreasing average fitness was probably no larger than ~1%.

scholarly journals Direct estimate of the internal π-donation to the carbene centre within N-heterocyclic carbenes and related molecules

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 2727-2736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego M Andrada ◽  
Nicole Holzmann ◽  
Thomas Hamadi ◽  
Gernot Frenking
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Heterocyclic Carbenes ◽  
Energy Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Energy Decomposition ◽  
Direct Estimate ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Bonding Analysis

Fifteen cyclic and acylic carbenes have been calculated with density functional theory at the BP86/def2-TZVPP level. The strength of the internal X→p(π) π-donation of heteroatoms and carbon which are bonded to the C(II) atom is estimated with the help of NBO calculations and with an energy decomposition analysis. The investigated molecules include N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), the cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene (cAAC), mesoionic carbenes and ylide-stabilized carbenes. The bonding analysis suggests that the carbene centre in cAAC and in diamidocarbene have the weakest X→p(π) π-donation while mesoionic carbenes possess the strongest π-donation.

scholarly journals CHIRAL QUARK MODEL (χQM) AND THE NUCLEON SPIN

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (29) ◽  
pp. 5027-5041 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARLEEN DAHIYA ◽  
MANMOHAN GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Gluon Polarization ◽  
Spin Distribution ◽  
Polarization Functions ◽  
Singlet Component ◽  
Configuration Mixing ◽  
The Right ◽  
E866 Data

Using χ QM with configuration mixing, the contribution of the gluon polarization to the flavor singlet component of the total spin has been calculated phenomenologically through the relation [Formula: see text] as defined in the Adler–Bardeen scheme, where ΔΣ on the right-hand side is Q2 independent. For evaluation the contribution of gluon polarization [Formula: see text], ΔΣ is found in the χ QM by fixing the latest E866 data pertaining to [Formula: see text] asymmetry and the spin polarization functions whereas ΔΣ(Q2) is taken to be 0.30±0.06 and αs=0.287±0.020, both at Q2=5 GeV 2. The contribution of gluon polarization Δg' comes out to be 0.33 which leads to an almost perfect fit for spin distribution functions in the χ QM . When its implications for magnetic moments are investigated, we find perfect fit for many of the magnetic moments. If an attempt is made to explain the angular momentum sum rule for proton by using the above value of Δg', one finds the contribution of gluon angular momentum to be as important as that of the [Formula: see text] pairs.

scholarly journals A Direct Estimate of Volume, Heat, and Freshwater Exchange Across the Greenland‐Iceland‐Faroe‐Scotland Ridge

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (10) ◽  
pp. 7139-7153 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Rossby ◽  
C. Flagg ◽  
Leon Chafik ◽  
Ben Harden ◽  
Henrik Søiland
Keyword(s):  
Direct Estimate ◽  
Volume Heat

scholarly journals Direct estimate of the spontaneous mutation rate uncovers the effects of drift and recombination in theChlamydomonas reinhardtiiplastid genome

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob W Ness ◽  
Susanne A Kraemer ◽  
Nick Colegrave ◽  
Peter D Keightley
Keyword(s):  
Mutation Rate ◽  
Genetic Drift ◽  
Plastid Genome ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Spontaneous Mutation ◽  
Genome Structure ◽  
Nuclear Genome ◽  
De Novo Mutation ◽  
Direct Estimate ◽  
Plastid Genomes

Plastids perform crucial cellular functions, including photosynthesis, across a wide variety of eukaryotes. Since endosymbiosis, plastids have maintained independent genomes that now display a wide diversity of gene content, genome structure, gene regulation mechanisms, and transmission modes. The evolution of plastid genomes depends on an input ofde novomutation, but our knowledge of mutation in the plastid is limited to indirect inference from patterns of DNA divergence between species. Here, we use a mutation accumulation experiment, where selection acting on mutations is rendered ineffective, combined with whole-plastid genome sequencing to directly characterize de novo mutation inChlamydomonas reinhardtii. We show that the mutation rates of the plastid and nuclear genomes are similar, but that the base spectra of mutations differ significantly. We integrate our measure of the mutation rate with a population genomic dataset of 20 individuals, and show that the plastid genome is subject to substantially stronger genetic drift than the nuclear genome. We also show that high levels of linkage disequilibrium in the plastid genome are not due to restricted recombination, but are instead a consequence of increased genetic drift. One likely explanation for increased drift in the plastid genome is that there are stronger effects of genetic hitchhiking. The presence of recombination in the plastid is consistent with laboratory studies inC. reinhardtiiand demonstrates that although the plastid genome is thought to be uniparentally inherited, it recombines in nature at a rate similar to the nuclear genome.

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