Probing the quark–gluon interaction with hadrons

Probing Dense Matter with Strange Hadrons

The signature of quark-gluon plasma is hard to identify, since the final state observed in the laboratory always consists of the same particles, irrespective of the transitional presence of the deconfined state. What changes is the detailed composition of the observed produced particle abundance. We consider here strangeness , and the pattern of strange hadron production at SPS and RHIC which o...

Probing the helium-graphite interaction

Two separate lines of investigation have recently converged to produce a highly detailed picture of the behavior of helium atoms physisorbed on graphite basal plane surfaces. Atomic beam scattering experiments on single crystals have yielded accurate values for the binding energies of several· states for both 4He and 'He, as well as matrix elements of the largest Fourier component of the period...

Probing midazolam interaction with human serum albumin

The features of midazolam (MDZ) induced structural perturbation of human serum albumin (HSA) has been studied in detail by Fourier transformation infrared spectra (FT-IR),and circular dichroism (CD).The CD spectra was deconvoluted to quantify the changes in α helix, β sheets, β turns and random coils of the protein. UV-Vis absorption studies suggested the static type quenching procedure for thi...

PROBING THE ACTIVE SITE OF RHODANESE WITH DISULFIDE REAGENTS

Probing the interaction of SR141716A with the CB1 receptor.

SR141716A binds selectively to the brain cannabinoid (CB1) receptor and exhibits a potent inverse agonist/antagonist activity. Although SR141716A, also known as rimonabant, has been withdrawn from the market due to severe side effects, there remains interest in some of its many potential medical applications. Consequently, it is imperative to understand the mechanism by which SR141716A exerts i...