AIM: To detect whether patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy have duodenal-biliary reflux by measuring the radioactivity of Tc99m-labeled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (DTPA) in the b...AIM: To detect whether patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy have duodenal-biliary reflux by measuring the radioactivity of Tc99m-labeled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (DTPA) in the bile and whether the patients with duodenal-biliary reflux have sphincter of Oddi hypomotility, by mea-suring the level of plasma and serum gastrin of the patients. Finally to if there is close relationship among sphincter of Oddi hypomotility, duodenal-biliary reflux and gastrointestinal peptides. METHODS: Forty-five patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy were divided into reflux group and control group. The level of plasma and serum gastrin of the patients and of 12 healthy volunteers were measured by radioimmunoas-say. Thirty-four were selected randomly to undergo choledochoscope manometry. Sphincter of Oddi basal pressure (SOBP), amplitude (SOCA), frequency of con-tractions (SOF), duration of contractions (SOD), duo-denal pressure (DP) and common bile duct pressure (CBDP) were scored and analyzed. RESULTS: Sixteen (35.6%) patients were detected to have duodenal-biliary reflux. SOBP, SOCA and CBDP in the reflux group were much lower than the controlgroup (t = 5.254, 3.438 and 3.527, P < 0.001). SOD of the reflux group was shorter than the control group (t = 2.049, P < 0.05). The level of serum gastrin and plasma motilin of the reflux group was much lower than the control group (t = -2.230 and -2.235, P < 0.05). There was positive correlation between the level of plasma motilin and SOBP and between the level of serum gastrin and SOBP and CBDP. CONCLUSION: About 35.9% of the patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy have duodenal-biliary reflux. Most of them have sphincter of Oddi hypomotility and the decreased level of plasma motilin and serum gastrin. The disorder of gastroin-testinal hormone secretion may result in sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. There is a close relationship between sphincter of Oddi hypomotility and duodenal-biliary re-flux.展开更多
We continue our endeavor to investigate lepton number violating(LNV)processes at low energies in the framework of effective field theory(EFT).In this work we study the LNV tau decaysτ^(+)→lP_(i)^(+)P_(J)^(+),where L...We continue our endeavor to investigate lepton number violating(LNV)processes at low energies in the framework of effective field theory(EFT).In this work we study the LNV tau decaysτ^(+)→lP_(i)^(+)P_(J)^(+),where L=e.μand P_(i,j)^(+)denote the lowest-lying charged pseudoscalarsπ^(+),K^(+).We analyze the dominant contributions in a series of EFTs from high to low energy scales,namely the standard model EFT(SMEFT),the low-energy EFT(LEFT),and the chiral perturbation theory(χPT).The decay branching ratios are expressed in terms of the Wilson coefficients of dimension-five and-seven operators in SMEFT and the hadronic low-energy constants.These Wilson coefficients involve the first and second generations of quarks and all generations of leptons;thus,they cannot be explored in low-energy processes such as nuclear neutrinoless double beta decay or LNV kaon decays.Unfortunately,the current experimental upper bounds on the branching ratios are too weak to set useful constraints on these coefficients.Alternatively,if we assume the new physics scale is larger than 1 TeV,the branching ratios are well below the current experimental bounds.We also estimate the hadronic uncertainties incurred in applyingχPT toτdecays by computing one-loop chiral logarithms and attempt to improve the convergence of chiral perturbation by employing dispersion relations in the short-distance part of the decay amplitudes.展开更多
Effective field theory(EFT)provides a model-independent framework for interpreting the results of dark matter(DM)direct detection experiments.In this study,we demonstrate that the two fermionic DM-quark tensor operato...Effective field theory(EFT)provides a model-independent framework for interpreting the results of dark matter(DM)direct detection experiments.In this study,we demonstrate that the two fermionic DM-quark tensor operators(χiσ^(μν)γ^(5)χ)(qσ_(μν)q)and(χσ_(μν)χ)(qσ_(μν)q)can contribute to the DM electric and magnetic dipole moments via nonperturbative QCD effects,in addition to the well-studied contact DM-nucleon operators.We then investigate the constraints on these two operators by considering both the contact and dipole contributions using the XENON1T nuclear recoil and Migdal effect data.We also recast other existing bounds on the DM dipole operators,derived from electron and nuclear recoil measurements in various direct detection experiments,as constraints on the two tensor operators.For m_(χ)■1GeV,our results significantly extend the reach of constraints on the DM-quark tensor operators to masses as low as 5MeV,with the bound exceeding that obtained by the Migdal effect with only contact interactions by approximately an order of magnitude.In particular,for the operator(χσ^(μν)iγ5χ)(qσ_(μν)q)with DM mass m_(χ)■10GeV,the latest PandaX constraint on the DM electric dipole moment puts more stringent bounds than the previous direct detection limit.We also briefly discuss the constraints obtained from experiments other than direct detection.展开更多
文摘AIM: To detect whether patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy have duodenal-biliary reflux by measuring the radioactivity of Tc99m-labeled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (DTPA) in the bile and whether the patients with duodenal-biliary reflux have sphincter of Oddi hypomotility, by mea-suring the level of plasma and serum gastrin of the patients. Finally to if there is close relationship among sphincter of Oddi hypomotility, duodenal-biliary reflux and gastrointestinal peptides. METHODS: Forty-five patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy were divided into reflux group and control group. The level of plasma and serum gastrin of the patients and of 12 healthy volunteers were measured by radioimmunoas-say. Thirty-four were selected randomly to undergo choledochoscope manometry. Sphincter of Oddi basal pressure (SOBP), amplitude (SOCA), frequency of con-tractions (SOF), duration of contractions (SOD), duo-denal pressure (DP) and common bile duct pressure (CBDP) were scored and analyzed. RESULTS: Sixteen (35.6%) patients were detected to have duodenal-biliary reflux. SOBP, SOCA and CBDP in the reflux group were much lower than the controlgroup (t = 5.254, 3.438 and 3.527, P < 0.001). SOD of the reflux group was shorter than the control group (t = 2.049, P < 0.05). The level of serum gastrin and plasma motilin of the reflux group was much lower than the control group (t = -2.230 and -2.235, P < 0.05). There was positive correlation between the level of plasma motilin and SOBP and between the level of serum gastrin and SOBP and CBDP. CONCLUSION: About 35.9% of the patients with a T tube after cholecystectomy and choledochotomy have duodenal-biliary reflux. Most of them have sphincter of Oddi hypomotility and the decreased level of plasma motilin and serum gastrin. The disorder of gastroin-testinal hormone secretion may result in sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. There is a close relationship between sphincter of Oddi hypomotility and duodenal-biliary re-flux.
基金Supported in part by the Grants No.NSFC-12035008,No.NSFC-11975130by The National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2017YFA0402200by the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics(CCEPP).XDM is supported by the MOST(109-2112-M-002-017-MY3,109-2811-M-002-535)。
文摘We continue our endeavor to investigate lepton number violating(LNV)processes at low energies in the framework of effective field theory(EFT).In this work we study the LNV tau decaysτ^(+)→lP_(i)^(+)P_(J)^(+),where L=e.μand P_(i,j)^(+)denote the lowest-lying charged pseudoscalarsπ^(+),K^(+).We analyze the dominant contributions in a series of EFTs from high to low energy scales,namely the standard model EFT(SMEFT),the low-energy EFT(LEFT),and the chiral perturbation theory(χPT).The decay branching ratios are expressed in terms of the Wilson coefficients of dimension-five and-seven operators in SMEFT and the hadronic low-energy constants.These Wilson coefficients involve the first and second generations of quarks and all generations of leptons;thus,they cannot be explored in low-energy processes such as nuclear neutrinoless double beta decay or LNV kaon decays.Unfortunately,the current experimental upper bounds on the branching ratios are too weak to set useful constraints on these coefficients.Alternatively,if we assume the new physics scale is larger than 1 TeV,the branching ratios are well below the current experimental bounds.We also estimate the hadronic uncertainties incurred in applyingχPT toτdecays by computing one-loop chiral logarithms and attempt to improve the convergence of chiral perturbation by employing dispersion relations in the short-distance part of the decay amplitudes.
基金Supported in part by the Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research of Guangdong Province,China(2020B0301030008)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12035008,12247151,12305110,12347121)。
文摘Effective field theory(EFT)provides a model-independent framework for interpreting the results of dark matter(DM)direct detection experiments.In this study,we demonstrate that the two fermionic DM-quark tensor operators(χiσ^(μν)γ^(5)χ)(qσ_(μν)q)and(χσ_(μν)χ)(qσ_(μν)q)can contribute to the DM electric and magnetic dipole moments via nonperturbative QCD effects,in addition to the well-studied contact DM-nucleon operators.We then investigate the constraints on these two operators by considering both the contact and dipole contributions using the XENON1T nuclear recoil and Migdal effect data.We also recast other existing bounds on the DM dipole operators,derived from electron and nuclear recoil measurements in various direct detection experiments,as constraints on the two tensor operators.For m_(χ)■1GeV,our results significantly extend the reach of constraints on the DM-quark tensor operators to masses as low as 5MeV,with the bound exceeding that obtained by the Migdal effect with only contact interactions by approximately an order of magnitude.In particular,for the operator(χσ^(μν)iγ5χ)(qσ_(μν)q)with DM mass m_(χ)■10GeV,the latest PandaX constraint on the DM electric dipole moment puts more stringent bounds than the previous direct detection limit.We also briefly discuss the constraints obtained from experiments other than direct detection.
