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ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aikot, A.; Amos, K.R.; Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Bouchhar, N.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cantero, J.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Chitishvili, M.; Costa, M.J.; Didenko, M.; Escobar, C.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gomez Delegido, A.J.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Lacasta, C.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Miralles Lopez, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Monsonis Romero, L.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Munoz Perez, D.; Navarro-Gonzalez, J.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rubio Jimenez, A.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Sebastian, V.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Senthilkumar, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valiente Moreno, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Varriale, L.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M. |
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Measurement of the Higgs boson mass with H → γγ decays in 140 fb-1 of √s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector |
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2023 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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847 |
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138315 - 23pp |
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The mass of the Higgs boson is measured in the H -> gamma gamma decay channel, exploiting the high resolution of the invariant mass of photon pairs reconstructed from the decays of Higgs bosons produced in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy root s = 13 TeV. The dataset was collected between 2015 and 2018 by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb(-1). The measured value of the Higgs boson mass is 125.17 +/- 0.11 (stat.) +/- 0.09 (syst.) GeV and is based on an improved energy scale calibration for photons, whose impact on the measurement is about four times smaller than in the previous publication. A combination with the corresponding measurement using 7 and 8 TeV pp collision ATLAS data results in a Higgs boson mass measurement of 125.22 +/- 0.11 (stat.) +/- 0.09 (syst.) GeV. With an uncertainty of 1.1 per mille, this is currently the most precise measurement of the mass of the Higgs boson from a single decay channel. |
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[Filmer, E. K.; Grant, C. M.; Jackson, P.; Kong, A. X. Y.; Pandya, H. D.; Potti, H.; Ruggeri, T. A.; Ting, E. X. L.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
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Yaneva, A. et al; Algora, A. |
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The shape of the Tz =+1 nucleus 94Pd and the role of proton-neutron interactions on the structure of its excited states |
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2024 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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855 |
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138805 - 7pp |
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gamma spectroscopy; Fast-timing gamma-ray coincidences; pn interaction; Isovector vs. isoscalar pairing; Shell model |
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Reduced transition probabilities have been extracted between excited, yrast states in the N = Z + 2 nucleus Pd-94. The transitions of interest were observed following decays of the I-pi = 14(+), E-x = 2129-keV isomeric state, which was populated following the projectile fragmentation of a Xe-124 primary beam at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung accelerator facility as part of FAIR Phase-0. Experimental information regarding the reduced E2 transition strengths for the decays of the yrast 8(+) and 6(+) states was determined following isomer-delayed E-gamma 1 – E-gamma 2 – Delta T-2,T-1 coincidence method, using the LaBr3(Ce)-based FATIMA fast-timing coincidence gamma-ray array, which allowed direct determination of lifetimes of states in Pd-94 using the Generalized Centroid Difference (GCD) method. The experimental value for the half-life of the yrast 8(+) state of 755(106) ps results in a reduced transition probability of B(E2:8(+)-> 6(+)) = 205(-25)(+34) e(2) fm(4), which enables a precise verification of shell-model calculations for this unique system, lying directly between the N = Z line and the N = 50 neutron shell closure. The determined B(E2) value provides an insight into the purity of (g(9/2))(n) configurations in competition with admixtures from excitations between the (lower) N = 3pf and (higher) N = 4gds orbitals for the first time. The results indicate weak collectivity expected for near-zero quadrupole deformation and an increasing importance of the T = 0 proton-neutron interaction at N = 48. |
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[Yaneva, A.; Jolie, J.; Armstrong, M.; Blazhev, A.; Esmaylzadeh, A.; Karayonchev, V.; Regis, J. -m.] Univ Cologne, Inst Kernphys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany, Email: a.yaneva@gsi.de |
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Molina, R.; Liang, W.H.; Xiao, C.W.; Sun, Z.F.; Oset, E. |
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Two states for the Ξ(1820) resonance |
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2024 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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856 |
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138872 - 4pp |
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We recall that the chiral unitary approach for the interaction of pseudoscalar mesons with the baryons of the decuplet predicts two states for the Xi(1820) resonance, one with a narrow width and the other one with a large width. We contrast this fact with the recent BESIII measurement of the K- Lambda mass distribution in the psi(3686) decay to K- Lambda Xi(+), which demands a width much larger than the average of the PDG, and show how the consideration of the two Xi(1820) states provides a natural explanation to the experimental data. |
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[Molina, R.; Liang, Wei-Hong; Xiao, Chu-Wen; Oset, E.] Guangxi Normal Univ, Dept Phys, Guilin 541004, Peoples R China, Email: raquel.molina@ific.uv.es; |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Araujo Filho, A.A.; Jusufi, K.; Cuadros-Melgar, B.; Leon, G. |
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Dark matter signatures of black holes with Yukawa potential |
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2024 |
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Physics of the Dark Universe |
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Phys. Dark Universe |
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44 |
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101500 - 20pp |
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Quantum-corrected Yukawa-like gravitational potential; Dark matter; Quasinormal frequencies; Black Holes shadows |
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This study uses a nonsingular Yukawa-modified potential to obtain a static and spherically symmetric black hole solution with a cosmological constant. Such Yukawa-like corrections are encoded in two parameters, alpha and lambda, that modify Newton's law of gravity in large distances, and a deformation parameter l(0), which plays an essential role in short distances. The most significant effect is encoded in alpha, which modifies the total black hole mass with an extra mass proportional to alpha M, mimicking the dark matter effects at large distances from the black hole. On the other hand, the effect due to lambda is small for astrophysical values. We scrutinize the quasinormal frequencies and shadows associated with a spherically symmetric black hole and the thermodynamical behavior influenced by the Yukawa potential. In particular, the thermodynamics of this black hole displays a rich behavior, including possible phase transitions. We use the WKB method to probe the quasinormal modes of massless scalar, electromagnetic, and gravitational field perturbations. In order to check the influence of the parameters on the shadow radius, we consider astrophysical data to determine their values, incorporating information on an optically thin radiating and infalling gas surrounding a black hole to model the black hole shadow image. In particular, we consider Sgr A* black hole as an example and we find that its shadow radius changes by order of 10(-9), meaning that the shadow radius of a black hole with Yukawa potential practically gives rise to the same result encountered in the Schwarzschild black hole. Also, in the eikonal regime, using astrophysical data for Yukawa parameters, we show that the value of the real part of the QNMs frequencies changes by 10(-18). Such Yukawa-like corrections are, therefore, difficult to measure by observations of gravitational waves using the current technology. |
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[Filhoa, A. A. Araujo] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Burjassot 46100, Valencia, Spain, Email: dilto@fisica.ufc.br; |
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Nascimento, J.R.; Olmo, G.J.; Petrov, A.Y.; Porfirio, P.J. |
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On metric-affine bumblebee model coupled to scalar matter |
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2024 |
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Nuclear Physics B |
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Nucl. Phys. B |
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1004 |
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We consider the coupling of the metric-affine bumblebee gravity model to scalar matter and calculate the lower -order contributions to two -point functions of bumblebee and scalar fields in the weak gravity approximation. We also obtain the one -loop effective potentials for both scalar and vector fields. |
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[Nascimento, J. R.; Petrov, A. Yu.; Porfirio, P. J.] Univ Fed Paraiba, Dept Fis, Caixa Postal 5008, BR-58051970 Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil, Email: jroberto@fisica.ufpb.br; |
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WOS:001248177100001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Miyagawa, P.S. et al; Bernabeu, P.; Lacasta, C.; Solaz, C.; Soldevila, U. |
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Analysis of the results from Quality Control tests performed on ATLAS18 Strip Sensors during on-going production |
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Journal Article |
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2024 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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1064 |
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169457 - 9pp |
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HL-LHC; ATLAS; ITk; Strip sensors |
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The ATLAS experiment will replace its existing Inner Detector with the new all -silicon Inner Tracker (ITk) to cope with the operating conditions of the forthcoming high -luminosity phase of the LHC (HL-LHC). The outer regions of the ITk will be instrumented with similar to 18000 ATLAS18 strip sensors fabricated by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (HPK). With the launch of full-scale sensor production in 2021, the ITk strip sensor community has undertaken quality control (QC) testing of these sensors to ensure compliance with mechanical and electrical specifications agreed with HPK. The testing is conducted at seven QC sites on each of the monthly deliveries of similar to 500 sensors. This contribution will give an overview of the QC procedures and analysis; the tests most likely to determine pass/fail for a sensor are IV, long-term leakage current stability, full strip test and visual inspection. The contribution will then present trends in the results and properties following completion of similar to 60% of production testing. It will also mention challenges overcome through collaborative efforts with HPK during the early phases of production. With less than 5% of sensors rejected by QC testing, the overall production quality has been very good. |
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[Miyagawa, P. S.; Beck, G. A.; Bevan, A. J.; Chen, Z.; Dawson, I.; Zenz, S. C.] Queen Mary Univ London, Particle Phys Res Ctr, GO Jones Bldg, Mile End Rd, London E14NS, England, Email: paul.miyagawa@cern.ch |
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Bach, E. et al; Bernabeu, J.; Lacasta, C.; Solaz, C.; Soldevila, U. |
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Analysis of the quality assurance results from the initial part of production of the ATLAS18 ITK strip sensors |
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2024 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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1064 |
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Silicon strip sensors; Parameter analysis |
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The production of strip sensors for the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) started in 2021. Since then, a Quality Assurance (QA) program has been carried out continuously, by using specific test structures, in parallel to the Quality Control (QC) inspection of the sensors. The QA program consists of monitoring sensor-specific characteristics and the technological process variability, before and after the irradiation with gammas, neutrons, and protons. After two years, half of the full production volume has been reached and we present an analysis of the parameters measured as part of the QA process. The main devices used for QA purposes are miniature strip sensors, monitor diodes, and the ATLAS test chip, which contains several test structures. Such devices are tested by several sites across the collaboration depending on the type of samples (non-irradiated components or irradiated with protons, neutrons, or gammas). The parameters extracted from the tests are then uploaded to a database and analyzed by Python scripts. These parameters are mainly examined through histograms and timeevolution plots to obtain parameter distributions, production trends, and meaningful parameter-to-parameter correlations. The purpose of this analysis is to identify possible deviations in the fabrication or the sensor quality, changes in the behavior of the test equipment at different test sites, or possible variability in the irradiation processes. The conclusions extracted from the QA program have allowed test optimization, establishment of control limits for the parameters, and a better understanding of device properties and fabrication trends. In addition, any abnormal results prompt immediate feedback to a vendor. |
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[Bach, E.; Bhardwaj, A.; Crick, B.; Ullan, M.] CSIC, Inst Microelect Barcelona IMB CNM, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain, Email: eric.bach@imb-cnm.csic.es |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Sorelli, G.; Gessner, M.; Treps, N.; Walschaers, M. |
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Gaussian quantum metrology for mode-encoded parameters |
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2024 |
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New Journal of Physics |
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New J. Phys. |
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26 |
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7 |
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073022 - 23pp |
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quantum metrology; multimode quantum optics; Gaussian states |
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Quantum optical metrology aims to identify ultimate sensitivity bounds for the estimation of parameters encoded into quantum states of the electromagnetic field. In many practical applications, including imaging, microscopy, and remote sensing, the parameter of interest is not only encoded in the quantum state of the field, but also in its spatio-temporal distribution, i.e. in its mode structure. In this mode-encoded parameter estimation setting, we derive an analytical expression for the quantum Fisher information valid for arbitrary multimode Gaussian fields. To illustrate the power of our approach, we apply our results to the estimation of the transverse displacement of a beam and to the temporal separation between two pulses. For these examples, we show how the estimation sensitivity can be enhanced by adding squeezing into specific modes. |
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[Sorelli, Giacomo; Treps, Nicolas; Walschaers, Mattia] Sorbonne Univ, ENS Univ PSL, CNRS, Lab Kastler Brossel,Coll France, 4 Pl Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France, Email: giacomo.sorelli@iosb-extern.fraunhofer.de |
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Barral, D.; Isoard, M.; Sorelli, G.; Gessner, M.; Treps, N.; Walschaers, M. |
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Metrological detection of entanglement generated by non-Gaussian operations |
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2024 |
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New Journal of Physics |
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New J. Phys. |
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26 |
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083012 - 20pp |
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entanglement; Fisher information; non-Gaussian; continuous variables; metrology; homodyne detection |
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Entanglement and non-Gaussianity are physical resources that are essential for a large number of quantum-optics protocols. Non-Gaussian entanglement is indispensable for quantum-computing advantage and outperforms its Gaussian counterparts in a number of quantum-information protocols. The characterization of non-Gaussian entanglement is a critical matter as it is in general highly demanding in terms of resources. We propose a simple protocol based on the Fisher information for witnessing entanglement in an important class of non-Gaussian entangled states: photon-subtracted states. We demonstrate that our protocol is relevant for the detection of non-Gaussian entanglement generated by multiple photon-subtraction and that it is experimentally feasible through homodyne detection. |
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[Barral, David; Isoard, Mathieu; Sorelli, Giacomo; Treps, Nicolas; Walschaers, Mattia] Sorbonne Univ, ENS Univ PSL, CNRS, Lab Kastler Brossel,Coll France, 4 Pl Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France, Email: david.barral@lkb.ens.fr; |
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Di Gregorio, E.; Staelens, M.; Hosseinkhah, N.; Karimpoor, M.; Liburd, J.; Lim, L.; Shankar, K.; Tuszynski, J.A. |
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Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Photobiomodulation-Induced α-Helix to β-Sheet Transition in Tubulins: Potential Implications for Alzheimer's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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2024 |
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Nanomaterials |
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Nanomaterials |
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14 |
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13 |
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proteins; protein dynamics; protein structure; non-invasive therapies; low-level laser therapy; spectroscopy; amide bands; amide I; spectral decomposition |
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In small clinical studies, the application of transcranial photobiomodulation (PBM), which typically delivers low-intensity near-infrared (NIR) to treat the brain, has led to some remarkable results in the treatment of dementia and several neurodegenerative diseases. However, despite the extensive literature detailing the mechanisms of action underlying PBM outcomes, the specific mechanisms affecting neurodegenerative diseases are not entirely clear. While large clinical trials are warranted to validate these findings, evidence of the mechanisms can explain and thus provide credible support for PBM as a potential treatment for these diseases. Tubulin and its polymerized state of microtubules have been known to play important roles in the pathology of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, we investigated the effects of PBM on these cellular structures in the quest for insights into the underlying therapeutic mechanisms. In this study, we employed a Raman spectroscopic analysis of the amide I band of polymerized samples of tubulin exposed to pulsed low-intensity NIR radiation (810 nm, 10 Hz, 22.5 J/cm2 dose). Peaks in the Raman fingerprint region (300-1900 cm-1)-in particular, in the amide I band (1600-1700 cm-1)-were used to quantify the percentage of protein secondary structures. Under this band, hidden signals of C=O stretching, belonging to different structures, are superimposed, producing a complex signal as a result. An accurate decomposition of the amide I band is therefore required for the reliable analysis of the conformation of proteins, which we achieved through a straightforward method employing a Voigt profile. This approach was validated through secondary structure analyses of unexposed control samples, for which comparisons with other values available in the literature could be conducted. Subsequently, using this validated method, we present novel findings of statistically significant alterations in the secondary structures of polymerized NIR-exposed tubulin, characterized by a notable decrease in alpha-helix content and a concurrent increase in beta-sheets compared to the control samples. This PBM-induced alpha-helix to beta-sheet transition connects to reduced microtubule stability and the introduction of dynamism to allow for the remodeling and, consequently, refreshing of microtubule structures. This newly discovered mechanism could have implications for reducing the risks associated with brain aging, including neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease, through the introduction of an intervention following this transition. |
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[Di Gregorio, Elisabetta; Staelens, Michael; Tuszynski, Jack A.] Univ Alberta, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada, Email: michael.staelens@ific.uv.es |
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