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Lühmann JL, Zimmermann M, Hofmann W, Bergmann AK, Möricke A, Cario G, Schrappe M, Schlegelberger B, Stanulla M, Steinemann D. Deciphering the molecular complexity of the IKZF1 plus genomic profile using Optical Genome Mapping. Haematologica 2024; 109:1582-1587. [PMID: 38031808 PMCID: PMC11063842 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
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- Department of Pediatrics I, ALL-BFM Study Group, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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- Department of Pediatrics I, ALL-BFM Study Group, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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- Department of Pediatrics I, ALL-BFM Study Group, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover.
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Hofmann W, Kötter I, Winterhalter S, Krupp S. [Polymyalgia rheumatica-A challenge in geriatrics : Interdisciplinary presentation of diagnostics and treatment]. Z Rheumatol 2024; 83:112-121. [PMID: 38285216 DOI: 10.1007/s00393-024-01484-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Polymyalgia rheumatica is the second most frequent inflammatory rheumatic disease in people aged over 50 years, after rheumatoid arthritis. It is characterized by pain and morning stiffness in the region of the shoulders, hip girdle and neck. It can be associated with giant cell arteritis (CGA). Treatment with glucocorticoids is indispensable. The duration of treatment varies and often exceeds 1 year. The additive administration of methotrexate is an option for saving glucocorticoids. The biologicals tocilizumab or secukinumab are very promising alternatives. The course of treatment should be closely monitored for inflammation parameters, glucocorticoid side effects, pain, visual acuity, depression, activities of daily living and especially related to functions of the upper extremities. The geriatric assessment plays an important role in the management of this condition.
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- W Hofmann
- , An den Uferwiesen 6, 17248, Rechlin/Müritz, Deutschland.
- ehem. Geriatrisches Zentrum, Neumünster und Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland
- Sektion Rheumatologie und entzündliche Systemerkrankungen, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie Lübeck, Krankenhaus Rotes Kreuz Lübeck - Geriatriezentrum, Lübeck, Deutschland
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Froese N, Szaroszyk M, Galuppo P, Visker JR, Werlein C, Korf‐Klingebiel M, Berliner D, Reboll MR, Hamouche R, Gegel S, Wang Y, Hofmann W, Tang M, Geffers R, Wende AR, Kühnel MP, Jonigk DD, Hansmann G, Wollert KC, Abel ED, Drakos SG, Bauersachs J, Riehle C. Hypoxia Attenuates Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e033553. [PMID: 38293923 PMCID: PMC11056135 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Alveolar hypoxia is protective in the context of cardiovascular and ischemic heart disease; however, the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. The present study sought to test the hypothesis that hypoxia is cardioprotective in left ventricular pressure overload (LVPO)-induced heart failure. We furthermore aimed to test that overlapping mechanisms promote cardiac recovery in heart failure patients following left ventricular assist device-mediated mechanical unloading and circulatory support. METHODS AND RESULTS We established a novel murine model of combined chronic alveolar hypoxia and LVPO following transverse aortic constriction (HxTAC). The HxTAC model is resistant to cardiac hypertrophy and the development of heart failure. The cardioprotective mechanisms identified in our HxTAC model include increased activation of HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor)-1α-mediated angiogenesis, attenuated induction of genes associated with pathological remodeling, and preserved metabolic gene expression as identified by RNA sequencing. Furthermore, LVPO decreased Tbx5 and increased Hsd11b1 mRNA expression under normoxic conditions, which was attenuated under hypoxic conditions and may induce additional hypoxia-mediated cardioprotective effects. Analysis of samples from patients with advanced heart failure that demonstrated left ventricular assist device-mediated myocardial recovery revealed a similar expression pattern for TBX5 and HSD11B1 as observed in HxTAC hearts. CONCLUSIONS Hypoxia attenuates LVPO-induced heart failure. Cardioprotective pathways identified in the HxTAC model might also contribute to cardiac recovery following left ventricular assist device support. These data highlight the potential of our novel HxTAC model to identify hypoxia-mediated cardioprotective mechanisms and therapeutic targets that attenuate LVPO-induced heart failure and mediate cardiac recovery following mechanical circulatory support.
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- Natali Froese
- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and Division of Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Utah School of MedicineSalt Lake CityUTUSA
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and Division of Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Utah School of MedicineSalt Lake CityUTUSA
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of Human GeneticsHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of Human GeneticsHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
- L3S Research CenterLeibniz UniversityHannoverGermany
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection ResearchResearch Group Genome AnalyticsBraunschweigGermany
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of PathologyUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamALUSA
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- Institute of PathologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
- Biomedical Research in End‐stage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH)German Lung Research Center (DZL)HannoverGermany
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- Institute of PathologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
- Biomedical Research in End‐stage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH)German Lung Research Center (DZL)HannoverGermany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Critical CareHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
- Department of Pediatric CardiologyUniversity Medical Center Erlangen, Friedrich‐Alexander University Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of MedicineDavid Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA HealthLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and Division of Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Utah School of MedicineSalt Lake CityUTUSA
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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- Department of Cardiology and AngiologyHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany
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Aharonian F, Benkhali FA, Aschersleben J, Ashkar H, Backes M, Martins VB, Batzofin R, Becherini Y, Berge D, Bernlöhr K, Bi B, Böttcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, de Lavergne MDB, Borowska J, Bouyahiaoui M, Breuhaus M, Brose R, Brown AM, Brun F, Bruno B, Bulik T, Burger-Scheidlin C, Caroff S, Casanova S, Cecil R, Celic J, Cerruti M, Chand T, Chandra S, Chen A, Chibueze J, Chibueze O, Cotter G, Dai S, Mbarubucyeye JD, Djannati-Ataï A, Dmytriiev A, Doroshenko V, Egberts K, Einecke S, Ernenwein JP, Filipovic M, Fontaine G, Füßling M, Funk S, Gabici S, Ghafourizadeh S, Giavitto G, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Grolleron G, Haerer L, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Holch TL, Holler M, Horns D, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky F, Jardin-Blicq A, Joshi V, Jung-Richardt I, Kasai E, Katarzyński K, Khatoon R, Khélifi B, Klepser S, Kluźniak W, Komin N, Kosack K, Kostunin D, Kundu A, Lang RG, Le Stum S, Leitl F, Lemière A, Lenain JP, Leuschner F, Lohse T, Luashvili A, Lypova I, Mackey J, Malyshev D, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marchegiani P, Marcowith A, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Mehta A, Mitchell A, Moderski R, Mohrmann L, Montanari A, Moulin E, Murach T, Nakashima K, de Naurois M, Niemiec J, Noel AP, Ohm S, Olivera-Nieto L, de Ona Wilhelmi E, Ostrowski M, Panny S, Panter M, Parsons RD, Peron G, Prokhorov DA, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Reichherzer P, Reimer A, Reimer O, Ren H, Renaud M, Reville B, Rieger F, Rowell G, Rudak B, Ricarte HR, Ruiz-Velasco E, Sahakian V, Salzmann H, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schäfer J, Schüssler F, Schwanke U, Shapopi JNS, Sol H, Specovius A, Spencer S, Stawarz L, Steenkamp R, Steinmassl S, Steppa C, Streil K, Sushch I, Suzuki H, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Taylor AM, Terrier R, Tsirou M, Tsuji N, Unbehaun T, van Eldik C, Vecchi M, Veh J, Venter C, Vink J, Wach T, Wagner SJ, Werner F, White R, Wierzcholska A, Wong YW, Zacharias M, Zargaryan D, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zouari S, Żywucka N. Acceleration and transport of relativistic electrons in the jets of the microquasar SS 433. Science 2024; 383:402-406. [PMID: 38271522 DOI: 10.1126/science.adi2048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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SS 433 is a microquasar, a stellar binary system that launches collimated relativistic jets. We observed SS 433 in gamma rays using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) and found an energy-dependent shift in the apparent position of the gamma-ray emission from the parsec-scale jets. These observations trace the energetic electron population and indicate that inverse Compton scattering is the emission mechanism of the gamma rays. Our modeling of the energy-dependent gamma-ray morphology constrains the location of particle acceleration and requires an abrupt deceleration of the jet flow. We infer the presence of shocks on either side of the binary system, at distances of 25 to 30 parsecs, and that self-collimation of the precessing jets forms the shocks, which then efficiently accelerate electrons.
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- F Aharonian
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AD, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau F-91128, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Namibia, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, Växjö 351 95, Sweden
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CNRS, Université de Paris, Meudon 92190, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris Cité, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75252, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Annecy 74000, France
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Astronomical Observatory, The University of Warsaw, Warsaw 00-478, Poland
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Annecy 74000, France
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej, Polska Akademia Nauk, Kraków 31-342, Poland
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg D-22761, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Marseille 13288, France
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau F-91128, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris Cité, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75252, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 30-244, Poland
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Laboratoir de de Physique des deux Infinis, Université Bordeaux, CNRS, Gradignan F-33170, France
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Namibia, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun 87-100, Poland
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-716, Poland
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Marseille 13288, France
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris Cité, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75252, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CNRS, Université de Paris, Meudon 92190, France
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Montpellier F-34095, France
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-716, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau F-91128, France
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej, Polska Akademia Nauk, Kraków 31-342, Poland
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 30-244, Poland
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 30-244, Poland
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, Netherlands
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Montpellier F-34095, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-716, Poland
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Namibia, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CNRS, Université de Paris, Meudon 92190, France
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 30-244, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Namibia, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, Konan University, Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-8501, Japan, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Konan University, Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-8501, Japan, Japan
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany
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- The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AD, Netherlands
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, Netherlands
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej, Polska Akademia Nauk, Kraków 31-342, Poland
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-716, Poland
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland
- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AD, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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Agostini M, Alexander A, Araujo GR, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Marco ND, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Csáthy JJ, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kilgus K, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Korošec M, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Marshall G, Misiaszek M, Morella M, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Redchuk M, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, Sturm KV, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. An improved limit on the neutrinoless double-electron capture of 36Ar with GERDA. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2024; 84:34. [PMID: 38229675 PMCID: PMC10788323 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12280-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of 36 Ar, a candidate isotope for the two-neutrino double-electron capture (2ν ECEC) and therefore for the neutrinoless double-electron capture (0ν ECEC). If detected, this process would give evidence of lepton number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In the radiative 0ν ECEC of 36 Ar, a monochromatic photon is emitted with an energy of 429.88 keV, which may be detected by the Gerda germanium detectors. We searched for the 36 Ar 0ν ECEC with Gerda data, with a total live time of 4.34 year (3.08 year accumulated during Gerda Phase II and 1.26 year during Gerda Phase I). No signal was found and a 90% CL lower limit on the half-life of this process was established T 1 / 2 > 1.5 · 10 22 year. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12280-6.
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Agostini M, Alexander A, Araujo GR, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Calgaro S, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Chiu PJ, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Giacinto A, Di Marco N, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hackenmüller S, Hemmer S, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kilgus K, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Marshall G, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Morella M, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Neuberger M, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Redchuk M, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Sailer S, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Sullivan S, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Final Results of GERDA on the Two-Neutrino Double-β Decay Half-Life of ^{76}Ge. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:142501. [PMID: 37862664 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.142501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
Abstract
We present the measurement of the two-neutrino double-β decay rate of ^{76}Ge performed with the GERDA Phase II experiment. With a subset of the entire GERDA exposure, 11.8 kg yr, the half-life of the process has been determined: T_{1/2}^{2ν}=(2.022±0.018_{stat}±0.038_{syst})×10^{21} yr. This is the most precise determination of the ^{76}Ge two-neutrino double-β decay half-life and one of the most precise measurements of a double-β decay process. The relevant nuclear matrix element can be extracted: M_{eff}^{2ν}=(0.101±0.001).
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- M Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Agostini M, Alexander A, Araujo G, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Calgaro S, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Chiu PJ, Comellato T, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Giacinto A, Di Marco N, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kilgus K, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Marshall G, Misiaszek M, Morella M, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Neuberger M, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Rauscher L, Redchuk M, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Sailer S, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Sullivan S, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Search for tri-nucleon decays of 76Ge in GERDA. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2023; 83:778. [PMID: 37674593 PMCID: PMC10477131 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11862-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Abstract
We search for tri-nucleon decays of 76 Ge in the dataset from the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment. Decays that populate excited levels of the daughter nucleus above the threshold for particle emission lead to disintegration and are not considered. The ppp-, ppn-, and pnn-decays lead to 73 Cu, 73 Zn, and 73 Ga nuclei, respectively. These nuclei are unstable and eventually proceed by the beta decay of 73 Ga to 73 Ge (stable). We search for the 73 Ga decay exploiting the fact that it dominantly populates the 66.7 keV 73 m Ga state with half-life of 0.5 s. The nnn-decays of 76 Ge that proceed via 73 m Ge are also included in our analysis. We find no signal candidate and place a limit on the sum of the decay widths of the inclusive tri-nucleon decays that corresponds to a lower lifetime limit of 1.2× 1026 yr (90% credible interval). This result improves previous limits for tri-nucleon decays by one to three orders of magnitude.
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- M. Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Present Address: Duke University, Durham, NC USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Hofmann W, Kötter I, Winterhalter S, Krupp S. [Polymyalgia rheumatica-A challenge in geriatrics : Interdisciplinary presentation of diagnostics and treatment]. Z Gerontol Geriatr 2023:10.1007/s00391-023-02211-1. [PMID: 37522895 DOI: 10.1007/s00391-023-02211-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
Abstract
Polymyalgia rheumatica is the second most frequent inflammatory rheumatic disease in people aged over 50 years, after rheumatoid arthritis. It is characterized by pain and morning stiffness in the region of the shoulders, hip girdle and neck. It can be associated with giant cell arteritis (CGA). Treatment with glucocorticoids is indispensable. The duration of treatment varies and often exceeds 1 year. The additive administration of methotrexate is an option for saving glucocorticoids. The biologicals tocilizumab or secukinumab are very promising alternatives. The course of treatment should be closely monitored for inflammation parameters, glucocorticoid side effects, pain, visual acuity, depression, activities of daily living and especially related to functions of the upper extremities. The geriatric assessment plays an important role in the management of this condition.
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- W Hofmann
- , An den Uferwiesen 6, 17248, Rechlin/Müritz, Deutschland.
- ehem. Geriatrisches Zentrum, Neumünster und Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland
- Sektion Rheumatologie und entzündliche Systemerkrankungen, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie Lübeck, Krankenhaus Rotes Kreuz Lübeck - Geriatriezentrum, Lübeck, Deutschland
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Agostini M, Alexander A, Araujo GR, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Calgaro S, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Chiu PJ, Comellato T, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Giacinto A, Di Marco N, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Csáthy JJ, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kilgus K, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Marshall G, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Morella M, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Neuberger M, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Rauscher L, Redchuk M, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Sailer S, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Sullivan S, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wegmann A, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Liquid argon light collection and veto modeling in GERDA Phase II. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2023; 83:319. [PMID: 37122826 PMCID: PMC10126063 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11354-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
The ability to detect liquid argon scintillation light from within a densely packed high-purity germanium detector array allowed the Gerda experiment to reach an exceptionally low background rate in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of76 Ge. Proper modeling of the light propagation throughout the experimental setup, from any origin in the liquid argon volume to its eventual detection by the novel light read-out system, provides insight into the rejection capability and is a necessary ingredient to obtain robust background predictions. In this paper, we present a model of the Gerda liquid argon veto, as obtained by Monte Carlo simulations and constrained by calibration data, and highlight its application for background decomposition.
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- M. Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Present Address: Duke University, Durham, NC USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Present Address: Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Present Address: Nuclear Science Division, Berkeley, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Present Address: Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
- INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Present Address: Duke University, Durham, NC USA
- Present Address: Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Berlin, Germany
- Present Address: Nuclear Science Division, Berkeley, USA
- Present Address: Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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Klein J, Allister AB, Schmidt G, Otto A, Heinecke K, Bax-Knoche J, Beger C, Becker S, Bartels S, Ripperger T, Bohne J, Dörk T, Schlegelberger B, Hofmann W, Steinemann D. A Novel Alu Element Insertion in ATM Induces Exon Skipping in Suspected HBOC Patients. Hum Mutat 2023. [DOI: 10.1155/2023/6623515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
Abstract
The vast majority of patients at risk of hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome remain without a molecular diagnosis after routine genetic testing. One type of genomic alteration that is commonly missed by diagnostic pipelines is mobile element insertions (MEIs). Here, we reanalyzed multigene panel data from suspected HBOC patients using the MEI detection tool Mobster. A novel Alu element insertion in ATM intron 54 (ATM:c.8010+30_8010+31insAluYa5) was identified as a potential contributing factor in seven patients. Transcript analysis of patient-derived RNA from three heterozygous carriers revealed exon 54 skipping in 38% of total ATM transcripts. To manifest the direct association between the Alu element insertion and the aberrant splice pattern, HEK293T and MCF7 cells were transfected with wild-type or Alu element-carrying minigene constructs. On average, 77% of plasmid-derived transcripts lacked exon 54 in the presence of the Alu element insertion compared to only 4.7% of transcripts expressed by the wild-type minigene. These results strongly suggest ATM:c.8010+30_8010+31insAluYa5 as the main driver of ATM exon 54 skipping. Since this exon loss is predicted to cause a frameshift and a premature stop codon, mutant transcripts are unlikely to translate into functional proteins. Based on its estimated frequency of up to 0.05% in control populations, we propose to consider ATM:c.8010+30_8010+31insAluYa5 in suspected HBOC patients and to clarify its role in carcinogenesis through future epidemiological and functional analyses. Generally, the implementation of MEI detection tools in diagnostic sequencing pipelines could increase the diagnostic yield, as MEIs are likely underestimated contributors to genetic diseases.
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- Janin Klein
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- MVZ Labor Krone GbR, Bad Salzuflen, Bielefeld, Germany
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- MVZ Labor Krone GbR, Bad Salzuflen, Bielefeld, Germany
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- MVZ Labor Krone GbR, Bad Salzuflen, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Poker Y, von Hardenberg S, Hofmann W, Tang M, Baumann U, Schwerk N, Wetzke M, Lindenthal V, Auber B, Schlegelberger B, Ott H, von Bismarck P, Viemann D, Dressler F, Klemann C, Bergmann AK. Systematic genetic analysis of pediatric patients with autoinflammatory diseases. Front Genet 2023; 14:1065907. [PMID: 36777733 PMCID: PMC9911692 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1065907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (AID) encompass a growing group of inborn errors of the innate immune system causing unprovoked or exaggerated systemic inflammation. Diagnosis of monogenic AID requires an accurate description of the patients' phenotype, and the identification of highly penetrant genetic variants in single genes is pivotal. We performed whole exome sequencing (WES) of 125 pediatric patients with suspected monogenic AID in a routine genetic diagnostic setting. Datasets were analyzed in a step-wise approach to identify the most feasible diagnostic strategy. First, we analyzed a virtual gene panel including 13 genes associated with known AID and, if no genetic diagnosis was established, we then analyzed a virtual panel including 542 genes published by the International Union of Immunological Societies associated including all known inborn error of immunity (IEI). Subsequently, WES data was analyzed without pre-filtering for known AID/IEI genes. Analyzing 13 genes yielded a definite diagnosis in 16.0% (n = 20). The diagnostic yield was increased by analyzing 542 genes to 20.8% (n = 26). Importantly, expanding the analysis to WES data did not increase the diagnostic yield in our cohort, neither in single WES analysis, nor in trio-WES analysis. The study highlights that the cost- and time-saving analysis of virtual gene panels is sufficient to rapidly confirm the differential diagnosis in pediatric patients with AID. WES data or trio-WES data analysis as a first-tier diagnostic analysis in patients with suspected monogenic AID is of limited benefit.
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- Yvonne Poker
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,*Correspondence: Sandra von Hardenberg,
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Children’s Hospital, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Children’s Hospital Auf der Bult, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Schleswig‐Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,Translational Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Naasner L, Froese N, Hofmann W, Galuppo P, Werlein C, Shymotiuk I, Szaroszyk M, Erschow S, Amanakis G, Bähre H, Kühnel MP, Jonigk DD, Geffers R, Seifert R, Ricke-Hoch M, Wende AR, Blaner WS, Abel ED, Bauersachs J, Riehle C. Vitamin A preserves cardiac energetic gene expression in a murine model of diet-induced obesity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 323:H1352-H1364. [PMID: 36399384 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00514.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Perturbed vitamin-A metabolism is associated with type 2 diabetes and mitochondrial dysfunction that are pathophysiologically linked to the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, the mechanism, by which vitamin A might regulate mitochondrial energetics in DCM has previously not been explored. To test the hypothesis that vitamin-A deficiency accelerates the onset of cardiomyopathy in diet-induced obesity (DIO), we subjected mice with lecithin retinol acyltransferase (Lrat) germline deletion, which exhibit impaired vitamin-A stores, to vitamin A-deficient high-fat diet (HFD) feeding. Wild-type mice fed with a vitamin A-sufficient HFD served as controls. Cardiac structure, contractile function, and mitochondrial respiratory capacity were preserved despite vitamin-A deficiency following 20 wk of HFD feeding. Gene profiling by RNA sequencing revealed that vitamin A is required for the expression of genes involved in cardiac fatty acid oxidation, glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in DIO as expression of these genes was relatively preserved under vitamin A-sufficient HFD conditions. Together, these data identify a transcriptional program, by which vitamin A preserves cardiac energetic gene expression in DIO that might attenuate subsequent onset of mitochondrial and contractile dysfunction.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The relationship between vitamin-A status and the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy has not been studied in detail. We assessed cardiac mitochondrial respiratory capacity, contractile function, and gene expression by RNA sequencing in a murine model of combined vitamin-A deficiency and diet-induced obesity. Our study identifies a role for vitamin A in preserving cardiac energetic gene expression that might attenuate subsequent development of mitochondrial and contractile dysfunction in diet-induced obesity.
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- Lea Naasner
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in End-stage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Lung Research Centre (DZL), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in End-stage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Lung Research Centre (DZL), Hannover, Germany
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- Research Group Genome Analytics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Söhner F, Rolfes V, Hofmann W, Zerres K, Fangerau H, Krischel M. Nicht-Direktivität als Leitkategorie in der humangenetischen Beratung in zeithistorischer Betrachtung. MED GENET-BERLIN 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2022-2148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zusammenfassung
In diesem Beitrag beschreiben und analysieren wir auf der Basis von gedruckten Quellen und Oral History Interviews die Frage der Nicht-Direktivität in der humangenetischen Beratung in Deutschland im Zeitraum von 1970 bis 2010. Dabei steht insbesondere die Frage im Fokus, inwieweit die fachwissenschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Diskurse zu ethischen Fragen in der genetischen Beratung von Fachkundigen wahrgenommen und inwieweit Aspekte der nicht-direktiven Beratung diskutiert wurden. Wie die Ergebnisse zeigen, maßen Fachkundige nicht nur rückblickend der Autonomie von Ratsuchenden einen hohen Stellenwert bei und lehnten „direktive“ Beratungen zumindest in öffentlichen Positionierungen ab. Ethische Begründungsansätze betrachteten sie hier als zentral.
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- F. Söhner
- Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin Centre for Health and Society , Medizinische Fakultät Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Moorenstraße 5 , Düsseldorf , Deutschland
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- Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin Centre for Health and Society , Medizinische Fakultät Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Moorenstraße 5 , Düsseldorf , Deutschland
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- MVZ genetikum® GmbH. Genetische Beratung & Diagnostik , Lautenschlagerstr. 23 , Stuttgart , Deutschland
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- Institut für Humangenetik und Genommedizin , Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen , Pauwelstr. 30 , Aachen , Deutschland
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- Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin Centre for Health and Society , Medizinische Fakultät Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Moorenstraße 5 , Düsseldorf , Deutschland
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- Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin Centre for Health and Society , Medizinische Fakultät Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Moorenstraße 5 , Düsseldorf , Deutschland
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Olfe L, von Hardenberg S, Hofmann W, Auber B, Baumann U, Beier R, Adriawan IR, Atschekzei F, Witte T, Sogkas G. CTLA-4 Insufficiency due to a Novel CTLA-4 Deletion, Identified through Copy Number Variation Analysis. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2022; 184:76-84. [PMID: 36273440 PMCID: PMC9808738 DOI: 10.1159/000527051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The diagnostic yield of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies in the diagnosis of monogenic inborn errors of immunity (IEI) remains limited, rarely exceeding 30%. Monoallelic pathogenic germline variants in cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) result in variable immunodeficiency and immune dysregulation. The genetic diagnosis of CTLA-4 insufficiency can affect follow-up procedures and may lead to consideration of treatment with CTLA-4-Ig. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to identify the genetic cause of familial immunodeficiency and immune dysregulation in cases where single nucleotide variant analysis of short-read NGS data yielded no diagnostic result. METHODS Analysis of copy number variants (CNVs) was applied on short-read NGS data. RESULTS We identified a novel monoallelic deletion-insertion variant in CTLA-4 (c.445_568-544delinsTTTGCGATTG) resulting in familial autoimmunity. This is the second larger scale variant in CTLA-4, which despite consistently reduced expression of CTLA-4 displayed variable expressivity, ranging from typical juvenile idiopathic arthritis to common variable immunodeficiency-like immunodeficiency. CONCLUSIONS Our report suggests the significance of integration of CNV analysis in routine evaluation of NGS, which may increase its diagnostic yield in IEI.
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- Lisa Olfe
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,Hannover Medical School, Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,Hannover Medical School, Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover, Germany,Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover, Germany,Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover, Germany,Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,*Georgios Sogkas,
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Varzari A, Deyneko IV, Bruun GH, Dembic M, Hofmann W, Cebotari VM, Ginda SS, Andresen BS, Illig T. Candidate genes and sequence variants for susceptibility to mycobacterial infection identified by whole-exome sequencing. Front Genet 2022; 13:969895. [PMID: 36338958 PMCID: PMC9632272 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.969895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Inborn errors of immunity are known to influence susceptibility to mycobacterial infections. The aim of this study was to characterize the genetic profile of nine patients with mycobacterial infections (eight with BCGitis and one with disseminated tuberculosis) from the Republic of Moldova using whole-exome sequencing. In total, 12 variants in eight genes known to be associated with Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease (MSMD) were detected in six out of nine patients examined. In particular, a novel splice site mutation c.373–2A>C in STAT1 gene was found and functionally confirmed in a patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Trio analysis was possible for seven out of nine patients, and resulted in 23 candidate variants in 15 novel genes. Four of these genes - GBP2, HEATR3, PPP1R9B and KDM6A were further prioritized, considering their elevated expression in immune-related tissues. Compound heterozygosity was found in GBP2 in a single patient, comprising a maternally inherited missense variant c.412G>A/p.(Ala138Thr) predicted to be deleterious and a paternally inherited intronic mutation c.1149+14T>C. Functional studies demonstrated that the intronic mutation affects splicing and the level of transcript. Finally, we analyzed pathogenicity of variant combinations in gene pairs and identified five patients with putative oligogenic inheritance. In summary, our study expands the spectrum of genetic variation contributing to susceptibility to mycobacterial infections in children and provides insight into the complex/oligogenic disease-causing mode.
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- Alexander Varzari
- Laboratory of Human Genetics, Chiril Draganiuc Institute of Phthisiopneumology, Kishinev, Moldova
- Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- *Correspondence: Alexander Varzari,
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- The Villum Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- The Villum Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Municipal Hospital of Phthisiopneumology, Department of Pediatrics, Kishinev, Moldova
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Allergology, Chiril Draganiuc Institute of Phthisiopneumology, Kishinev, Moldova
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- The Villum Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Benkhali FA, Angüner EO, Armand C, Ashkar H, Backes M, Baghmanyan V, Martins VB, Batzofin R, Becherini Y, Berge D, Bernlöhr K, Bi B, Böttcher M, Bolmont J, de Lavergne MDB, Brose R, Brun F, Cangemi F, Caroff S, Cerruti M, Chand T, Chen A, Cotter G, Mbarubucyeye JD, Devin J, Djannati-Ataï A, Dmytriiev A, Doroshenko V, Egberts K, Fiasson A, de Clairfontaine GF, Fontaine G, Funk S, Gabici S, Giavitto G, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Grondin MH, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Holch TL, Holler M, Horns D, Huang Z, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky F, Kasai E, Katarzyński K, Katz U, Khélifi B, Kluźniak W, Komin N, Kosack K, Kostunin D, Lamanna G, Lemoine-Goumard M, Lenain JP, Leuschner F, Lohse T, Luashvili A, Lypova I, Mackey J, Malyshev D, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marchegiani P, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Maurin G, Meyer M, Mitchell A, Moderski R, Montanari A, Moulin E, Muller J, de Naurois M, Niemiec J, Noel AP, Ohm S, Olivera-Nieto L, Wilhelmi EDO, Ostrowski M, Panny S, Panter M, Parsons RD, Peron G, Poireau V, Prokoph H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Reichherzer P, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, Rieger F, Rowell G, Rudak B, Ricarte HR, Ruiz-Velasco E, Sahakian V, Salzmann H, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schüssler F, Schutte HM, Schwanke U, Senniappan M, Shapopi JNS, Sol H, Specovius A, Spencer S, Stawarz Ł, Stegmann C, Steinmassl S, Steppa C, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Terrier R, Thorpe-Morgan C, Tluczykont M, Tsirou M, Tsuji N, Uchiyama Y, van Eldik C, Veh J, Vink J, Wagner SJ, White R, Wierzcholska A, Wong YW, Zacharias M, Zargaryan D, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zhu SJ, Zouari S, Żywucka N. Search for Dark Matter Annihilation Signals in the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:111101. [PMID: 36154418 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.111101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The central region of the Milky Way is one of the foremost locations to look for dark matter (DM) signatures. We report the first results on a search for DM particle annihilation signals using new observations from an unprecedented γ-ray survey of the Galactic Center (GC) region, i.e., the Inner Galaxy Survey, at very high energies (≳100 GeV) performed with the H.E.S.S. array of five ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. No significant γ-ray excess is found in the search region of the 2014-2020 dataset and a profile likelihood ratio analysis is carried out to set exclusion limits on the annihilation cross section ⟨σv⟩. Assuming Einasto and Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) DM density profiles at the GC, these constraints are the strongest obtained so far in the TeV DM mass range. For the Einasto profile, the constraints reach ⟨σv⟩ values of 3.7×10^{-26} cm^{3} s^{-1} for 1.5 TeV DM mass in the W^{+}W^{-} annihilation channel, and 1.2×10^{-26} cm^{3} s^{-1} for 0.7 TeV DM mass in the τ^{+}τ^{-} annihilation channel. With the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey, ground-based γ-ray observations thus probe ⟨σv⟩ values expected from thermal-relic annihilating TeV DM particles.
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- H Abdalla
- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, D02 XF86 Dublin 2, Ireland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
- High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, RAU, 123 Hovsep Emin St Yerevan 0051, Armenia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules-IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Instytut Fizyki Jádrowej PAN, ulica Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, LPNHE, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules-IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, D02 XF86 Dublin 2, Ireland
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, LPNHE, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, LPNHE, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules-IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ulica Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, D02 XF86 Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo 658-8501, Japan
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.011801.
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Krupp S, Freiberger E, Renner C, Hofmann W. [Assessment of mobility/motor skills in old age : Based on the S1 guideline "Geriatric assessment level 2, living guideline"]. Z Gerontol Geriatr 2022; 55:239-248. [PMID: 35441870 DOI: 10.1007/s00391-022-02060-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In addition to locomotion, mobility also includes any motor performance that serves other purposes and movements that are unplanned. This article presents the instruments mentioned in the S1 guideline "Geriatric assessment level 2, living guideline", as well as additional ones that are less known. The classification is into three categories: instruments that focus on the upper extremities, instruments without performance, which mainly focus on the functions and capabilities of the lower extremities, and those that do this using performance tests.
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- S Krupp
- Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie Lübeck, Krankenhaus Rotes Kreuz Lübeck - Geriatriezentrum, Marlistr. 10, 23566, Lübeck, Deutschland.
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- Institut für Biomedizin des Alterns, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Kobergerstr. 60, 90408, Nürnberg, Deutschland
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- MediClin Waldkrankenhaus Bad Düben, Gustav-Adolf-Str. 15a, 04849, Bad Düben, Deutschland
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- Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Deutschland
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Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Angüner EO, Ashkar H, Backes M, Baghmanyan V, Barbosa Martins V, Batzofin R, Becherini Y, Berge D, Bernlöhr K, Bi B, Böttcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, de Bony de Lavergne M, Breuhaus M, Brose R, Brun F, Caroff S, Casanova S, Cerruti M, Chand T, Chen A, Cotter G, Damascene Mbarubucyeye J, Djannati-Ataï A, Dmytriiev A, Doroshenko V, Duffy C, Egberts K, Ernenwein JP, Fegan S, Feijen K, Fiasson A, Fichet de Clairfontaine G, Fontaine G, Füßling M, Funk S, Gabici S, Gallant YA, Ghafourizadeh S, Giavitto G, Giunti L, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Grondin MH, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Hörbe M, Hofmann W, Hoischen C, Holch TL, Holler M, Horns D, Huang Z, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky F, Jung-Richardt I, Kasai E, Katarzyński K, Katz U, Khangulyan D, Khélifi B, Klepser S, Kluźniak W, Komin N, Konno R, Kosack K, Kostunin D, Le Stum S, Lemière A, Lemoine-Goumard M, Lenain JP, Leuschner F, Lohse T, Luashvili A, Lypova I, Mackey J, Malyshev D, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marchegiani P, Marcowith A, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Maurin G, Meyer M, Mitchell A, Moderski R, Mohrmann L, Montanari A, Moulin E, Muller J, Murach T, Nakashima K, de Naurois M, Nayerhoda A, Niemiec J, Priyana Noel A, O'Brien P, Ohm S, Olivera-Nieto L, de Ona Wilhelmi E, Ostrowski M, Panny S, Panter M, Parsons RD, Peron G, Pita S, Poireau V, Prokhorov DA, Prokoph H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Reichherzer P, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, Reville B, Rieger F, Rowell G, Rudak B, Rueda Ricarte H, Ruiz-Velasco E, Sahakian V, Sailer S, Salzmann H, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schäfer J, Schüssler F, Schutte HM, Schwanke U, Senniappan M, Shapopi JNS, Simoni R, Sinha A, Sol H, Specovius A, Spencer S, Stawarz Ł, Steinmassl S, Steppa C, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Taylor AM, Terrier R, Thorpe-Morgan C, Tsirou M, Tsuji N, Tuffs R, Uchiyama Y, Unbehaun T, van Eldik C, van Soelen B, Veh J, Venter C, Vink J, Wagner SJ, Werner F, White R, Wierzcholska A, Wong YW, Yusafzai A, Zacharias M, Zargaryan D, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zhu SJ, Zouari S, Żywucka N. Time-resolved hadronic particle acceleration in the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi. Science 2022; 376:77-80. [PMID: 35271303 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn0567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Recurrent novae are repeating thermonuclear explosions in the outer layers of white dwarfs, due to the accretion of fresh material from a binary companion. The shock generated when ejected material slams into the companion star's wind can accelerate particles. We report very-high-energy (VHE, [Formula: see text]) gamma rays from the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi, up to a month after its 2021 outburst, observed using the High Energy Stereoscopic System. The VHE emission has a similar temporal profile to lower-energy GeV emission, indicating a common origin, with a two-day delay in peak flux. These observations constrain models of time-dependent particle energization, favoring a hadronic emission scenario over the leptonic alternative. Shocks in dense winds provide favorable environments for efficient acceleration of cosmic-rays to very high energies.
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- F Aharonian
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
- High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, Russian-Armenian University (RAU), 123 Hovsep Emin St Yerevan 0051, Armenia
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Deux Infinis (LP2i), Bordeaux, Joint Research Unit (UMR 5797), F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Marseille, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Deux Infinis (LP2i), Bordeaux, Joint Research Unit (UMR 5797), F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 2 Alikhanian Brothers St., 375036 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commisariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-Ha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8583, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo 658-8501, Japan
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instytut Fizyki J[Formula: see text]drowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
- High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, Russian-Armenian University (RAU), 123 Hovsep Emin St Yerevan 0051, Armenia
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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Agostini M, Araujo G, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Marco ND, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Csáthy JJ, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kilgus K, Kirsch A, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Redchuk M, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, Sturm KV, Wagner V, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Pulse shape analysis in Gerda Phase II. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2022; 82:284. [PMID: 35464994 PMCID: PMC8975797 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10163-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- β decay in 76 Ge using isotopically enriched high purity germanium detectors at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN. After Phase I (2011-2013), the experiment benefited from several upgrades, including an additional active veto based on LAr instrumentation and a significant increase of mass by point-contact germanium detectors that improved the half-life sensitivity of Phase II (2015-2019) by an order of magnitude. At the core of the background mitigation strategy, the analysis of the time profile of individual pulses provides a powerful topological discrimination of signal-like and background-like events. Data from regular 228 Th calibrations and physics data were both considered in the evaluation of the pulse shape discrimination performance. In this work, we describe the various methods applied to the data collected in Gerda Phase II corresponding to an exposure of 103.7 kg year. These methods suppress the background by a factor of about 5 in the region of interest around Q β β = 2039 keV, while preserving ( 81 ± 3 ) % of the signal. In addition, an exhaustive list of parameters is provided which were used in the final data analysis.
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- M. Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Present Address: Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Present Address: Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Present Address: Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Present Address: Nuclear Science Division, Berkeley, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Present Address: Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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Salim M, Heldt F, Thomay K, Lentes J, Behrens YL, Kaune B, Möricke A, Cario G, Schieck M, Hofmann W, Davenport C, Steinemann D, Schrappe M, Schlegelberger B, Göhring G. Cryptic TCF3 fusions in childhood leukemia: Detection by RNA sequencing. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2021; 61:22-26. [PMID: 34460133 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent malignancy in childhood and adolescence. In more than 60% of cases of this heterogeneous disease, a genetic marker is identified via cytogenetic or molecular analyses. TCF3 gene fusions occur in 5%-11% of ALL patients. In < 1%, the TCF3 alteration in ALL leads to a TCF3-HLF fusion gene. Even though this is a very rare event, the detection of a TCF3-HLF fusion gene is associated with a very poor prognosis with incurable relapses in almost all patients. The frequent TCF3-PBX1 fusion gene, which is detectable in 5%-10% of childhood B-cell precursor ALLs and ~3.8% of adult B-cell precursor ALLs, is associated with a rather good prognosis, that is, an observed event-free 5-year survival of approximately 85%. Thus, the distinction of the different partner genes fused to TCF3 is essential for risk assessment. To verify RNA sequencing as a tool for detection of known and unknown fusion genes, we screened 200 cases of pediatric B-cell precursor ALL with "targeted" RNA sequencing in a pilot project in comparison to classical cytogenetic analyses (chromosome R-banding analysis), fluorescence in situ hybridization, and PCR. We observed a TCF3 fusion gene in 6.5% (13/200) of the patients. Ten (5%) patients displayed a TCF3-PBX1 fusion gene, two (1%) patients a TCF3-FLI1 fusion gene, and one (0.5%) patient a TCF3-HLF fusion gene. For the TCF3 fusions, we obtained discrepant results with the different methods, which are described in the article. Taken together, translocations leading to TCF3 fusion genes might appear cryptic and may remain undetected by a single method.
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- Mustafa Salim
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- General Paediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- General Paediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- General Paediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Angüner EO, Arcaro C, Armand C, Armstrong T, Ashkar H, Backes M, Baghmanyan V, Barbosa Martins V, Barnacka A, Barnard M, Becherini Y, Berge D, Bernlöhr K, Bi B, Bissaldi E, Böttcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, de Bony de Lavergne M, Breuhaus M, Brun F, Brun P, Bryan M, Büchele M, Bulik T, Bylund T, Caroff S, Carosi A, Casanova S, Chand T, Chandra S, Chen A, Cotter G, Curyło M, Damascene Mbarubucyeye J, Davids ID, Davies J, Deil C, Devin J, Dirson L, Djannati-Ataï A, Dmytriiev A, Donath A, Doroshenko V, Dreyer L, Duffy C, Dyks J, Egberts K, Eichhorn F, Einecke S, Emery G, Ernenwein JP, Feijen K, Fegan S, Fiasson A, Fichet de Clairfontaine G, Fontaine G, Funk S, Füßling M, Gabici S, Gallant YA, Giavitto G, Giunti L, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Grondin MH, Hahn J, Haupt M, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Hoischen C, Holch TL, Holler M, Hörbe M, Horns D, Huber D, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky D, Jankowsky F, Jardin-Blicq A, Joshi V, Jung-Richardt I, Kasai E, Kastendieck MA, Katarzyński K, Katz U, Khangulyan D, Khélifi B, Klepser S, Kluźniak W, Komin N, Konno R, Kosack K, Kostunin D, Kreter M, Lamanna G, Lemière A, Lemoine-Goumard M, Lenain JP, Leuschner F, Levy C, Lohse T, Lypova I, Mackey J, Majumdar J, Malyshev D, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marchegiani P, Marcowith A, Mares A, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Maurin G, Meintjes PJ, Meyer M, Mitchell A, Moderski R, Mohrmann L, Montanari A, Moore C, Morris P, Moulin E, Muller J, Murach T, Nakashima K, Nayerhoda A, de Naurois M, Ndiyavala H, Niemiec J, Oakes L, O'Brien P, Odaka H, Ohm S, Olivera-Nieto L, de Ona Wilhelmi E, Ostrowski M, Panny S, Panter M, Parsons RD, Peron G, Peyaud B, Piel Q, Pita S, Poireau V, Priyana Noel A, Prokhorov DA, Prokoph H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Raab S, Rauth R, Reichherzer P, Reimer A, Reimer O, Remy Q, Renaud M, Rieger F, Rinchiuso L, Romoli C, Rowell G, Rudak B, Ruiz-Velasco E, Sahakian V, Sailer S, Salzmann H, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Scalici M, Schäfer J, Schüssler F, Schutte HM, Schwanke U, Seglar-Arroyo M, Senniappan M, Seyffert AS, Shafi N, Shapopi JNS, Shiningayamwe K, Simoni R, Sinha A, Sol H, Specovius A, Spencer S, Spir-Jacob M, Stawarz Ł, Sun L, Steenkamp R, Stegmann C, Steinmassl S, Steppa C, Takahashi T, Tam T, Tavernier T, Taylor AM, Terrier R, Thiersen JHE, Tiziani D, Tluczykont M, Tomankova L, Tsirou M, Tuffs R, Uchiyama Y, van der Walt DJ, van Eldik C, van Rensburg C, van Soelen B, Vasileiadis G, Veh J, Venter C, Vincent P, Vink J, Völk HJ, Wadiasingh Z, Wagner SJ, Watson J, Werner F, White R, Wierzcholska A, Wong YW, Yusafzai A, Zacharias M, Zanin R, Zargaryan D, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zhu SJ, Zorn J, Zouari S, Żywucka N, Evans P, Page K. Revealing x-ray and gamma ray temporal and spectral similarities in the GRB 190829A afterglow. Science 2021; 372:1081-1085. [PMID: 34083487 DOI: 10.1126/science.abe8560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are bright flashes of gamma rays from extragalactic sources followed by fading afterglow emission, are associated with stellar core collapse events. We report the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the afterglow of GRB 190829A, between 4 and 56 hours after the trigger, using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The low luminosity and redshift of GRB 190829A reduce both internal and external absorption, allowing determination of its intrinsic energy spectrum. Between energies of 0.18 and 3.3 tera-electron volts, this spectrum is described by a power law with photon index of 2.07 ± 0.09, similar to the x-ray spectrum. The x-ray and VHE gamma-ray light curves also show similar decay profiles. These similar characteristics in the x-ray and gamma-ray bands challenge GRB afterglow emission scenarios.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - H Abdalla
- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
| | - F Aharonian
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland. .,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany.,High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, Russian-Armenian University (RAU), Yerevan 0051, Armenia
| | - F Ait Benkhali
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E O Angüner
- Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Marseille, France
| | - C Arcaro
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - C Armand
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - T Armstrong
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
| | - H Ashkar
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - M Backes
- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia.,Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - V Baghmanyan
- Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), 31-342 Kraków, Poland
| | | | - A Barnacka
- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
| | - M Barnard
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - Y Becherini
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
| | - D Berge
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - K Bernlöhr
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - B Bi
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - E Bissaldi
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Politecnico di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
| | - M Böttcher
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - C Boisson
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
| | - J Bolmont
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M de Bony de Lavergne
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - M Breuhaus
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - F Brun
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - P Brun
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - M Bryan
- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - M Büchele
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory, The University of Warsaw, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Bylund
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
| | - S Caroff
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - A Carosi
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - S Casanova
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany.,Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), 31-342 Kraków, Poland
| | - T Chand
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - S Chandra
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - A Chen
- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
| | - G Cotter
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
| | - M Curyło
- Astronomical Observatory, The University of Warsaw, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - I D Davids
- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
| | - J Davies
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
| | - C Deil
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Devin
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - L Dirson
- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - A Djannati-Ataï
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - A Dmytriiev
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
| | - A Donath
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Doroshenko
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - L Dreyer
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - C Duffy
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
| | - J Dyks
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
| | - K Egberts
- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
| | - F Eichhorn
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - S Einecke
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - G Emery
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), F-75252 Paris, France
| | - J-P Ernenwein
- Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Marseille, France
| | - K Feijen
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - S Fegan
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - A Fiasson
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - G Fichet de Clairfontaine
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
| | - G Fontaine
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - S Funk
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - M Füßling
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - S Gabici
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - Y A Gallant
- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | - G Giavitto
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - L Giunti
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - D Glawion
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - J F Glicenstein
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - M-H Grondin
- Université Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
| | - J Hahn
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Haupt
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - G Hermann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J A Hinton
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - W Hofmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Hoischen
- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
| | - T L Holch
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - M Holler
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
| | - M Hörbe
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
| | - D Horns
- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - D Huber
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
| | - M Jamrozy
- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
| | - D Jankowsky
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - F Jankowsky
- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Jardin-Blicq
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Joshi
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - I Jung-Richardt
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - E Kasai
- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
| | - M A Kastendieck
- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - K Katarzyński
- Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland
| | - U Katz
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - D Khangulyan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
| | - B Khélifi
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - S Klepser
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - W Kluźniak
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Nu Komin
- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
| | - R Konno
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - K Kosack
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - D Kostunin
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - M Kreter
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - G Lamanna
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - A Lemière
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - M Lemoine-Goumard
- Université Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
| | - J-P Lenain
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), F-75252 Paris, France
| | - F Leuschner
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - C Levy
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), F-75252 Paris, France
| | - T Lohse
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - I Lypova
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - J Mackey
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland
| | - J Majumdar
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - D Malyshev
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - D Malyshev
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - V Marandon
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Marchegiani
- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
| | - A Marcowith
- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
| | - A Mares
- Université Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
| | - G Martí-Devesa
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
| | - R Marx
- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - G Maurin
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - P J Meintjes
- Department of Physics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
| | - M Meyer
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - A Mitchell
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - R Moderski
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
| | - L Mohrmann
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - A Montanari
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C Moore
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
| | - P Morris
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
| | - E Moulin
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - J Muller
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - T Murach
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - K Nakashima
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - A Nayerhoda
- Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), 31-342 Kraków, Poland
| | - M de Naurois
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - H Ndiyavala
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
| | - J Niemiec
- Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), 31-342 Kraków, Poland
| | - L Oakes
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - P O'Brien
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
| | - H Odaka
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - S Ohm
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - L Olivera-Nieto
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | - M Ostrowski
- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
| | - S Panny
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
| | - M Panter
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - R D Parsons
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - G Peron
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - B Peyaud
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Q Piel
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - S Pita
- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - V Poireau
- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
| | - A Priyana Noel
- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
| | - D A Prokhorov
- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - H Prokoph
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - G Pühlhofer
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - M Punch
- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden.,Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
| | - A Quirrenbach
- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Raab
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - R Rauth
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
| | - P Reichherzer
- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - A Reimer
- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, 375036 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, 74000 Annecy, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany.,Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8583, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany.
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
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- Department of Physics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), F-75252 Paris, France
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- Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam (GRAPPA), Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PAN), 31-342 Kraków, Poland.,Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.,Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland.,High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, Russian-Armenian University (RAU), Yerevan 0051, Armenia
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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Agostini M, Araujo G, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Marco ND, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Characterization of inverted coaxial 76 Ge detectors in GERDA for future double- β decay experiments. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2021; 81:505. [PMID: 34720720 PMCID: PMC8549949 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09184-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
Neutrinoless double- β decay of 76 Ge is searched for with germanium detectors where source and detector of the decay are identical. For the success of future experiments it is important to increase the mass of the detectors. We report here on the characterization and testing of five prototype detectors manufactured in inverted coaxial (IC) geometry from material enriched to 88% in 76 Ge. IC detectors combine the large mass of the traditional semi-coaxial Ge detectors with the superior resolution and pulse shape discrimination power of point contact detectors which exhibited so far much lower mass. Their performance has been found to be satisfactory both when operated in vacuum cryostat and bare in liquid argon within the Gerda setup. The measured resolutions at the Q-value for double- β decay of 76 Ge ( Q β β = 2039 keV) are about 2.1 keV full width at half maximum in vacuum cryostat. After 18 months of operation within the ultra-low background environment of the GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment and an accumulated exposure of 8.5 kg · year, the background index after analysis cuts is measured to be 4 . 9 - 3.4 + 7.3 × 10 - 4 counts / ( keV · kg · year ) around Q β β . This work confirms the feasibility of IC detectors for the next-generation experiment Legend.
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- M. Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Agostini M, Araujo G, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Marco ND, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Csáthy JJ, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Calibration of the Gerda experiment. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2021; 81:682. [PMID: 34776783 PMCID: PMC8550656 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09403-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- β decay in 76 Ge with an array of about 40 high-purity isotopically-enriched germanium detectors. The experimental signature of the decay is a monoenergetic signal at Q β β = 2039.061 ( 7 ) keV in the measured summed energy spectrum of the two emitted electrons. Both the energy reconstruction and resolution of the germanium detectors are crucial to separate a potential signal from various backgrounds, such as neutrino-accompanied double- β decays allowed by the Standard Model. The energy resolution and stability were determined and monitored as a function of time using data from regular 228 Th calibrations. In this work, we describe the calibration process and associated data analysis of the full Gerda dataset, tailored to preserve the excellent resolution of the individual germanium detectors when combining data over several years.
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Affiliation(s)
- M. Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, Berlin, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Agostini M, Araujo GR, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Borowicz D, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Marco N, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Final Results of GERDA on the Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:252502. [PMID: 33416389 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.252502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment searched for the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless double-β (0νββ) decay of ^{76}Ge, whose discovery would have far-reaching implications in cosmology and particle physics. By operating bare germanium diodes, enriched in ^{76}Ge, in an active liquid argon shield, GERDA achieved an unprecedently low background index of 5.2×10^{-4} counts/(keV kg yr) in the signal region and met the design goal to collect an exposure of 100 kg yr in a background-free regime. When combined with the result of Phase I, no signal is observed after 127.2 kg yr of total exposure. A limit on the half-life of 0νββ decay in ^{76}Ge is set at T_{1/2}>1.8×10^{26} yr at 90% C.L., which coincides with the sensitivity assuming no signal.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 117259 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, 2442 Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, 2442 Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, 2442 Geel, Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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Kalasova I, Hailstone R, Bublitz J, Bogantes J, Hofmann W, Leal A, Hanzlikova H, Caldecott KW. Pathological mutations in PNKP trigger defects in DNA single-strand break repair but not DNA double-strand break repair. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:6672-6684. [PMID: 32504494 PMCID: PMC7337934 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Hereditary mutations in polynucleotide kinase-phosphatase (PNKP) result in a spectrum of neurological pathologies ranging from neurodevelopmental dysfunction in microcephaly with early onset seizures (MCSZ) to neurodegeneration in ataxia oculomotor apraxia-4 (AOA4) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT2B2). Consistent with this, PNKP is implicated in the repair of both DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) and DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs); lesions that can trigger neurodegeneration and neurodevelopmental dysfunction, respectively. Surprisingly, however, we did not detect a significant defect in DSB repair (DSBR) in primary fibroblasts from PNKP patients spanning the spectrum of PNKP-mutated pathologies. In contrast, the rate of SSB repair (SSBR) is markedly reduced. Moreover, we show that the restoration of SSBR in patient fibroblasts collectively requires both the DNA kinase and DNA phosphatase activities of PNKP, and the fork-head associated (FHA) domain that interacts with the SSBR protein, XRCC1. Notably, however, the two enzymatic activities of PNKP appear to affect different aspects of disease pathology, with reduced DNA phosphatase activity correlating with neurodevelopmental dysfunction and reduced DNA kinase activity correlating with neurodegeneration. In summary, these data implicate reduced rates of SSBR, not DSBR, as the source of both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative pathology in PNKP-mutated disease, and the extent and nature of this reduction as the primary determinant of disease severity.
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- Ilona Kalasova
- Department of Genome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, 142 20, Czech Republic
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Servicio de Cirugía Reconstructiva, Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, San José, Costa Rica
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Section of Genetics and Biotechnology, School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Department of Genome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, 142 20, Czech Republic.,Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Department of Genome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, 142 20, Czech Republic.,Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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Klocker J, Frech A, Gratl A, Thaler M, Khosravi I, Liebensteiner M, Kluckner M, Hofmann W, Assadian A. [Operate, cancel, postpone or select?]. Gefasschirurgie 2020; 25:417-422. [PMID: 32905136 PMCID: PMC7463095 DOI: 10.1007/s00772-020-00686-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gefäßchirurgische Zentren in Österreich (n = 15) wurden Mitte April 2020 mit erklärendem Begleitschreiben des Vorstands der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie (ÖGG) eingeladen, an einer Onlineumfrage über die Implikationen der COVID-19-Pandemie teilzunehmen. Insgesamt 12 Zentren (80 %) haben den Fragebogen ausgefüllt. Alle Zentren waren mit positiv getesteten Patienten und 75 % auch mit positiv getesteten Mitarbeitern konfrontiert. Deutlich seltener war dies jedoch an den gefäßchirurgischen Abteilungen (positiv getestete Patienten in 25 %/Mitarbeiter in 33 %). Elektive Eingriffe wurden an allen Abteilungen entweder gestoppt (abgesagt oder verschoben) oder selektiv eingeschränkt. Dies betraf u. a. auch symptomfreie Patienten mit Karotisstenose, Aortenaneurysma kleiner 7 cm, peripherem Aneurysma, PAVK im Stadium II nach Fontaine oder Varikose. In allen Zentren wurden weiterhin uneingeschränkt gefäßchirurgische Notfälle behandelt. Uneinheitlich war das Vorgehen bei chronischen Ulzera, chronischer Mesenterialinsuffizienz, symptomfreiem Aortenaneurysma größer 7 cm und in der Shuntchirurgie. Insgesamt war v. a. die zum Zeitpunkt der OP-Verschiebungen unklare Befristung der Maßnahmen problematisch, somit war auch das Risiko der abgesagten bzw. hinausgezögerten Behandlung nicht leicht abschätzbar. Für die Indikationen mit uneinheitlichem Vorgehen sollte unizentrisch und multizentrisch das Ergebnis der Patienten analysiert werden, auch hinsichtlich der mit der Verschiebung assoziierten psychologischen Belastung. Zudem bedürfen auch die aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie erfolgten Veränderungen im Alltag einer kritischen Auswertung, auch hinsichtlich demografischer und geografischer Unterschiede. Es ist anzunehmen, dass die Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie langfristig bedeutsam sind.
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- J Klocker
- Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Universitätsklinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Österreich
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- Abteilung für Gefäßchirurgie, LKH Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Österreich
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- Abteilung für Gefäßchirurgie, Wilhelminenspital Wien, Wien, Österreich
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Niemann JH, Du C, Morlot S, Schmidt G, Auber B, Kaune B, Göhring G, Ripperger T, Schlegelberger B, Hofmann W, Smol T, Ait-Yahya E, Raimbault A, Lambilliotte A, Petit F, Steinemann D. De novo missense variants in the RAP1B gene identified in two patients with syndromic thrombocytopenia. Clin Genet 2020; 98:374-378. [PMID: 32627184 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We present two independent cases of syndromic thrombocytopenia with multiple malformations, microcephaly, learning difficulties, dysmorphism and other features. Exome sequencing identified two novel de novo heterozygous variants in these patients, c.35G>T p.(Gly12Val) and c.178G>C p.(Gly60Arg), in the RAP1B gene (NM_001010942.2). These variants have not been described previously as germline variants, however functional studies in literature strongly suggest a clinical implication of these two activating hot spot positions. We hypothesize that pathogenic missense variants in the RAP1B gene cause congenital syndromic thrombocytopenia with a spectrum of associated malformations and dysmorphism, possibly through a gain of function mechanism.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- CHU Lille, Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale, Lille, France
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- CHU Lille, Bioinformatics Unit, Molecular Biology Facility, Lille, France
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- Hôpital Saint Louis, Service d'Hématologie Biologique, Paris, France
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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Agostini M, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Borowicz D, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Marco N, Doroshkevich E, Egorov V, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. First Search for Bosonic Superweakly Interacting Massive Particles with Masses up to 1 MeV/c^{2} with GERDA. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:011801. [PMID: 32678643 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.011801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present the first search for bosonic superweakly interacting massive particles (super-WIMPs) as keV-scale dark matter candidates performed with the GERDA experiment. GERDA is a neutrinoless double-β decay experiment which operates high-purity germanium detectors enriched in ^{76}Ge in an ultralow background environment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of INFN in Italy. Searches were performed for pseudoscalar and vector particles in the mass region from 60 keV/c^{2} to 1 MeV/c^{2}. No evidence for a dark matter signal was observed, and the most stringent constraints on the couplings of super-WIMPs with masses above 120 keV/c^{2} have been set. As an example, at a mass of 150 keV/c^{2} the most stringent direct limits on the dimensionless couplings of axionlike particles and dark photons to electrons of g_{ae}<3×10^{-12} and α^{'}/α<6.5×10^{-24} at 90% credible interval, respectively, were obtained.
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- M Agostini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," 117259 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," 123182 Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, 2440 Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, 2440 Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," 117259 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 München, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 31-007 Cracow, Poland
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Jung M, Schieck M, Hofmann W, Tauscher M, Lentes J, Bergmann A, Stelter M, Möricke A, Alten J, Schlegelberger B, Schrappe M, Zimmermann M, Stanulla M, Cario G, Steinemann D. Frequency and prognostic impact of PAX5 p.P80R in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients treated on an AIEOP-BFM acute lymphoblastic leukemia protocol. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2020; 59:667-671. [PMID: 32592278 PMCID: PMC7540392 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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PAX5 is a member of the paired box (PAX) family of transcription factors involved in B‐cell development. PAX5P80R has recently been described as a distinct genetic B‐cell precursor (BCP) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) subtype with a favorable prognosis in adults. In contrast, an unfavorable outcome has been observed in children. Our aim was to determine the frequency of PAX5P80R in childhood BCP‐ALL treated according to the Associazione Italiana Ematologia ed Oncologia Pediatrica‐Berlin‐Frankfurt‐Muenster (AIEOP‐BFM) ALL 2000 protocol and to evaluate its clinical significance within this study cohort. The analyses included 1237 patients with ALL treated in the AIEOP‐BFM ALL 2000 trial with complete information for copy number variations (CNVs) of IKZF1, PAX5, ETV6, RB1, BTG1, EBF1, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, and ERG. A customized TaqMan genotyping assay was used to screen for PAX5P80R. Sanger sequencing was used to confirm PAX5P80R‐positive results as well as to screen for second variants in PAX5. Agilent CGH + SNP arrays (e‐Array design 85 320; Agilent Technologies) were performed in PAX5P80R‐positive patients to verify additional CNVs. Almost 2% (20/1028) of our BCP‐ALL cohort were PAX5P80R‐positive. White blood cell counts higher than 50 000/μl as well as male sex were significantly (P < .05) associated with PAX5P80R. Most of the PAX5P80R‐positive cases were 10 years of age or older. PAX5P80R‐positive samples were enriched for deletions affecting PAX5, IKZF1, CDKN2A, and CDKN2B. Compared to PAX5P80R‐wildtype BCP‐ALL, PAX5P80R‐positive patients showed a significantly reduced 5‐year overall survival (P = .042). Further studies should evaluate the interaction of PAX5P80R with other genetic aberrations to further stratify intermediate risk pediatric BCP‐ALL.
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- Mareike Jung
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Agostini M, Bakalyarov AM, Andreotti E, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Barros N, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Benato G, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Bode T, Borowicz D, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Budjáš D, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, D’Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Marco N, Domula A, Doroshkevich E, Egorov V, Falkenstein R, Freund K, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hegai A, Heisel M, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Csáthy JJ, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Kirsch A, Kish A, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lehnert B, Liao Y, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Marissens G, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pullia A, Ransom C, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Salathe M, Schmitt C, Schneider B, Schönert S, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stanco L, Vanhoefer L, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, von Sturm K, Wagner V, Wegmann A, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Characterization of 30 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2019; 79:978. [PMID: 31885491 PMCID: PMC6892349 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7353-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76 Ge into 76 Se+2e - . Gerda has been conceived in two phases. Phase II, which started in December 2015, features several novelties including 30 new 76Ge enriched detectors. These were manufactured according to the Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector design that has a better background discrimination capability and energy resolution compared to formerly widely-used types. Prior to their installation, the new BEGe detectors were mounted in vacuum cryostats and characterized in detail in the Hades underground laboratory in Belgium. This paper describes the properties and the overall performance of these detectors during operation in vacuum. The characterization campaign provided not only direct input for Gerda Phase II data collection and analyses, but also allowed to study detector phenomena, detector correlations as well as to test the accuracy of pulse shape simulation codes.
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- M. Agostini
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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van Luttikhuizen JL, Bublitz J, Schubert S, Schmidt G, Hofmann W, Morlot S, Buurman R, Auber B, Schlegelberger B, Steinemann D. From a variant of unknown significance to pathogenic: Reclassification of a large novel duplication in BRCA2 by high-throughput sequencing. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2019; 8:e1045. [PMID: 31724318 PMCID: PMC7506983 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Germline mutations in BRCA1/2 significantly contribute to hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer. Here, we report a novel BRCA2 duplication of exons 22–24 in a female patient with bilateral breast cancer at age 35 and 44. The duplicated region was initially detected by gene panel sequencing and multiplex ligation‐dependent probe amplification. However, the location and orientation of the duplicated region was unknown. Therefore, it was initially classified as a variant of unknown significance. Methods The spatial directional characterization of the BRCA2 duplication was achieved by targeted enrichment of the whole‐genomic BRCA2 locus including exons and introns, and subsequent high‐throughput sequencing. Subsequently, bioinformatics tools and a breakpoint‐spanning PCR were used for identification of location and orientation of the duplication. Results The duplicated region was arranged in tandem and direct orientation (Chr13(GRCh37):g.32951579_32960394dup; NM_000059.3 c.8754 + 651_9256+6112dup p.(Ala3088Phefs*3)). It is predicted to result in a frameshift and a premature stop codon likely triggering nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay. Consequently, it is regarded as pathogenic. Conclusion This case study demonstrates that a comprehensive characterization of a structural variant by breakpoint assessment is crucial for its correct classification. Therefore, sequencing strategies including non‐coding regions might be necessary to identify cancer predispositions in affected families.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Hofmann W, Winkler-Heil R, Lettner H, Hubmer A, Gaisberger M. Radon transfer from thermal water to human organs in radon therapy: exhalation measurements and model simulations. Radiat Environ Biophys 2019; 58:513-529. [PMID: 31256227 PMCID: PMC6768894 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-019-00807-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The transfer of radon from thermal water via the skin to different human organs in radon therapy can experimentally be determined by measuring the radon activity concentration in the exhaled air. In this study, six volunteers were exposed to radon-rich thermal water in a bathtub, comprising eleven measurements. Exhaled activity concentrations were measured intermittently during the 20 min bathing and 20 min resting phases. Upon entering the bathtub, the radon activity concentration in the exhaled breath increased almost linearly with time, reaching its maximum value at the end of the exposure, and then decreased exponentially with time in the subsequent resting phase. Although for all individuals the time-dependence of exhaled radon activity was similar during bathing and resting, significant inter-subject variations could be observed, which may be attributed to individual respiratory parameters and body characteristics. The simulation of the transport of radon through the skin, its distribution among the organs, and the subsequent exhalation via the lungs were based on the biokinetic model of Leggett and co-workers, extended by a skin and a subcutaneous fat compartment. The coupled linear differential equations describing the radon activity concentrations in different organs as a function of time were solved numerically with the program package Mathcad. An agreement between model simulations and experimental results could only be achieved by expressing the skin permeability coefficient and the arterial blood flow rates as a function of the water temperature and the swelling of the skin.
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- W Hofmann
- Biological Physics, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
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- Biological Physics, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Biological Physics, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Biological Physics, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Strubergasse 21, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
- Gastein Research Institute, Paracelsus Medical University, Strubergasse 21, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Strubergasse 21, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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Agostini M, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Borowicz D, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Marco N, Domula A, Doroshkevich E, Egorov V, Falkenstein R, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Giordano M, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hegai A, Heisel M, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Kirsch A, Kish A, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Sala E, Salamida F, Schmitt C, Schneider B, Schönert S, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stanco L, Stukov D, Vanhoefer L, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, von Sturm K, Wagner V, Wegmann A, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Probing Majorana neutrinos with double-β decay. Science 2019; 365:1445-1448. [PMID: 31488705 DOI: 10.1126/science.aav8613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
A discovery that neutrinos are Majorana fermions would have profound implications for particle physics and cosmology. The Majorana character of neutrinos would make possible the neutrinoless double-β (0νββ) decay, a matter-creating process without the balancing emission of antimatter. The GERDA Collaboration searches for the 0νββ decay of 76Ge by operating bare germanium detectors in an active liquid argon shield. With a total exposure of 82.4 kg⋅year, we observe no signal and derive a lower half-life limit of T 1/2 > 0.9 × 1026 years (90% C.L.). Our T 1/2 sensitivity, assuming no signal, is 1.1 × 1026 years. Combining the latter with those from other 0νββ decay searches yields a sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass of 0.07 to 0.16 electron volts.
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- M Agostini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy.,INFN Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia.,Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany.,National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, B-2440 Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia.,Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, B-2440 Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
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Bollheimer LC, Bauer JM, Hofmann W. Grammatik der Neurogeriatrie. Z Gerontol Geriatr 2019; 52:307-308. [DOI: 10.1007/s00391-019-01564-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hofmann W, Wille E, Kaminsky S. [Guideline-conform exact diagnosis and coding of dementia]. Z Gerontol Geriatr 2019; 52:179-194. [PMID: 30830315 DOI: 10.1007/s00391-019-01509-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
All of the currently available guidelines specify a two-stage procedure. The first stage entails performing a comprehensive description, diagnosis and confirmation of the dementia syndrome. The second stage involves the precise etiological classification. Alzheimer's disease represents the most common cause followed by vascular dementia and Parkinson's disease dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration and others. Dementia encompasses a variety of underlying conditions. This review gives an overview of the clinically oriented diagnosis according to the updated S3 guidelines in Germany.
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- W Hofmann
- Geriatrisches Zentrum Neumünster & Bad Bramstedt, Friesenstr. 11, 24534, Neumünster, Deutschland. .,Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Campus Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Deutschland.
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- FEK Friedrich-Ebert-Krankenhaus Neumünster GmbH, Neumünster, Deutschland
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- Geriatrisches Zentrum Neumünster & Bad Bramstedt, Friesenstr. 11, 24534, Neumünster, Deutschland
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Kouri T, Fogazzi G, Gant V, Hallander H, Hofmann W, Guder WG. European Urinalysis Guidelines. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00365513.2000.12056993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Schubert S, van Luttikhuizen JL, Auber B, Schmidt G, Hofmann W, Penkert J, Davenport CF, Hille-Betz U, Wendeburg L, Bublitz J, Tauscher M, Hackmann K, Schröck E, Scholz C, Wallaschek H, Schlegelberger B, Illig T, Steinemann D. The identification of pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 negative, high risk, hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer patients: High frequency of FANCM pathogenic variants. Int J Cancer 2019; 144:2683-2694. [PMID: 30426508 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
NGS-based multiple gene panel resequencing in combination with a high resolution CGH-array was used to identify genetic risk factors for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer in 237 high risk patients who were previously tested negative for pathogenic BRCA1/2 variants. All patients were screened for pathogenic variants in 94 different cancer predisposing genes. We identified 32 pathogenic variants in 14 different genes (ATM, BLM, BRCA1, CDH1, CHEK2, FANCG, FANCM, FH, HRAS, PALB2, PMS2, PTEN, RAD51C and NBN) in 30 patients (12.7%). Two pathogenic BRCA1 variants that were previously undetected due to less comprehensive and sensitive methods were found. Five pathogenic variants are novel, three of which occur in genes yet unrelated to hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (FANCG, FH and HRAS). In our cohort we discovered a remarkably high frequency of truncating variants in FANCM (2.1%), which has recently been suggested as a susceptibility gene for hereditary breast cancer. Two patients of our cohort carried two different pathogenic variants each and 10 other patients in whom a pathogenic variant was confirmed also harbored a variant of unknown significance in a breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene. We were able to identify pathogenic variants predisposing for tumor formation in 12.3% of BRCA1/2 negative breast and/or ovarian cancer patients.
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- Stephanie Schubert
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Genomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Feurstein S, Thomay K, Hofmann W, Buesche G, Kreipe H, Thol F, Heuser M, Ganser A, Schlegelberger B, Göhring G. Routes of Clonal Evolution into Complex Karyotypes in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients with 5q Deletion. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19103269. [PMID: 30347879 PMCID: PMC6214088 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19103269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) can easily transform into acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a process which is often associated with clonal evolution and development of complex karyotypes. Deletion of 5q (del(5q)) is the most frequent aberration in complex karyotypes. This prompted us to analyze clonal evolution in MDS patients with del(5q). There were 1684 patients with low and intermediate-risk MDS and del(5q) with or without one additional cytogenetic abnormality, who were investigated cytogenetically in our department, involving standard karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and multicolor FISH. We identified 134 patients (8%) with aspects of clonal evolution. There are two main routes of cytogenetic clonal evolution: a stepwise accumulation of cytogenetic events over time and a catastrophic event, which we defined as the occurrence of two or more aberrations present at the same time, leading to a sudden development of highly complex clones. Of the 134 patients, 61% underwent a stepwise accumulation of events whereas 39% displayed a catastrophic event. Patients with isolated del(5q) showed significantly more often a stepwise accumulation of events rather than a catastrophic event. The most frequent aberrations in the group of stepwise accumulation were trisomy 8 and trisomy 21 which were significantly more frequent in this group compared to the catastrophic event group. In the group with catastrophic events, del(7q)/-7 and del(17p)/-17 were the most common aberrations. A loss of 17p, containing the tumor suppressor gene TP53, was found significantly more frequent in this group compared to the group of stepwise accumulation. This leads to the assumption that the loss of TP53 is the driving force in patients with del(5q) who undergo a sudden catastrophic event and evolve into complex karyotypes.
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- Simone Feurstein
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, 900 E 57th street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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Penkert J, Schmidt G, Hofmann W, Schubert S, Schieck M, Auber B, Ripperger T, Hackmann K, Sturm M, Prokisch H, Hille-Betz U, Mark D, Illig T, Schlegelberger B, Steinemann D. Breast cancer patients suggestive of Li-Fraumeni syndrome: mutational spectrum, candidate genes, and unexplained heredity. Breast Cancer Res 2018; 20:87. [PMID: 30086788 PMCID: PMC6081832 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-018-1011-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Breast cancer is the most prevalent tumor entity in Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Up to 80% of individuals with a Li-Fraumeni-like phenotype do not harbor detectable causative germline TP53 variants. Yet, no systematic panel analyses for a wide range of cancer predisposition genes have been conducted on cohorts of women with breast cancer fulfilling Li-Fraumeni(-like) clinical diagnostic criteria. Methods To specifically help explain the diagnostic gap of TP53 wild-type Li-Fraumeni(-like) breast cancer cases, we performed array-based CGH (comparative genomic hybridization) and panel-based sequencing of 94 cancer predisposition genes on 83 breast cancer patients suggestive of Li-Fraumeni syndrome who had previously had negative test results for causative BRCA1, BRCA2, and TP53 germline variants. Results We identified 13 pathogenic or likely pathogenic germline variants in ten patients and in nine genes, including four copy number aberrations and nine single-nucleotide variants or small indels. Three patients presented as double-mutation carriers involving two different genes each. In five patients (5 of 83; 6% of cohort), we detected causative pathogenic variants in established hereditary breast cancer susceptibility genes (i.e., PALB2, CHEK2, ATM). Five further patients (5 of 83; 6% of cohort) were found to harbor pathogenic variants in genes lacking a firm association with breast cancer susceptibility to date (i.e., Fanconi pathway genes, RECQ family genes, CDKN2A/p14ARF, and RUNX1). Conclusions Our study details the mutational spectrum in breast cancer patients suggestive of Li-Fraumeni syndrome and indicates the need for intensified research on monoallelic variants in Fanconi pathway and RECQ family genes. Notably, this study further reveals a large portion of still unexplained Li-Fraumeni(-like) cases, warranting comprehensive investigation of recently described candidate genes as well as noncoding regions of the TP53 gene in patients with Li-Fraumeni(-like) syndrome lacking TP53 variants in coding regions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13058-018-1011-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Judith Penkert
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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Abdallah H, Abramowski A, Aharonian F, Ait Benkhali F, Angüner EO, Arakawa M, Arrieta M, Aubert P, Backes M, Balzer A, Barnard M, Becherini Y, Becker Tjus J, Berge D, Bernhard S, Bernlöhr K, Blackwell R, Böttcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, Bonnefoy S, Bordas P, Bregeon J, Brun F, Brun P, Bryan M, Büchele M, Bulik T, Capasso M, Caroff S, Carosi A, Carr J, Casanova S, Cerruti M, Chakraborty N, Chaves RCG, Chen A, Chevalier J, Colafrancesco S, Condon B, Conrad J, Davids ID, Decock J, Deil C, Devin J, deWilt P, Dirson L, Djannati-Ataï A, Domainko W, Donath A, Drury LO, Dutson K, Dyks J, Edwards T, Egberts K, Eger P, Emery G, Ernenwein JP, Eschbach S, Farnier C, Fegan S, Fernandes MV, Fiasson A, Fontaine G, Förster A, Funk S, Füßling M, Gabici S, Gallant YA, Garrigoux T, Gaté F, Giavitto G, Giebels B, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Gottschall D, Grondin MH, Hahn J, Haupt M, Hawkes J, Heinzelmann G, Henri G, Hermann G, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Hoischen C, Holch TL, Holler M, Horns D, Ivascenko A, Iwasaki H, Jacholkowska A, Jamrozy M, Janiak M, Jankowsky D, Jankowsky F, Jingo M, Jouvin L, Jung-Richardt I, Kastendieck MA, Katarzyński K, Katsuragawa M, Katz U, Kerszberg D, Khangulyan D, Khélifi B, King J, Klepser S, Klochkov D, Kluźniak W, Komin N, Kosack K, Krakau S, Kraus M, Krüger PP, Laffon H, Lamanna G, Lau J, Lees JP, Lefaucheur J, Lemière A, Lemoine-Goumard M, Lenain JP, Leser E, Liu R, Lohse T, Lorentz M, López-Coto R, Lypova I, Malyshev D, Marandon V, Marcowith A, Mariaud C, Marx R, Maurin G, Maxted N, Mayer M, Meintjes PJ, Meyer M, Mitchell AMW, Moderski R, Mohamed M, Mohrmann L, Morå K, Moulin E, Murach T, Nakashima S, de Naurois M, Ndiyavala H, Niederwanger F, Niemiec J, Oakes L, O'Brien P, Odaka H, Ohm S, Ostrowski M, Oya I, Padovani M, Panter M, Parsons RD, Pekeur NW, Pelletier G, Perennes C, Petrucci PO, Peyaud B, Piel Q, Pita S, Poireau V, Poon H, Prokhorov D, Prokoph H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Raab S, Rauth R, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, de Los Reyes R, Rieger F, Rinchiuso L, Romoli C, Rowell G, Rudak B, Rulten CB, Sahakian V, Saito S, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schandri M, Schlickeiser R, Schüssler F, Schulz A, Schwanke U, Schwemmer S, Seglar-Arroyo M, Settimo M, Seyffert AS, Shafi N, Shilon I, Shiningayamwe K, Simoni R, Sol H, Spanier F, Spir-Jacob M, Stawarz Ł, Steenkamp R, Stegmann C, Steppa C, Sushch I, Takahashi T, Tavernet JP, Tavernier T, Taylor AM, Terrier R, Tibaldo L, Tiziani D, Tluczykont M, Trichard C, Tsirou M, Tsuji N, Tuffs R, Uchiyama Y, van der Walt J, van Eldik C, van Rensburg C, van Soelen B, Vasileiadis G, Veh J, Venter C, Viana A, Vincent P, Vink J, Voisin F, Völk HJ, Vuillaume T, Wadiasingh Z, Wagner SJ, Wagner P, Wagner RM, White R, Wierzcholska A, Willmann P, Wörnlein A, Wouters D, Yang R, Zaborov D, Zacharias M, Zanin R, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zefi F, Ziegler A, Zorn J, Żywucka N. Search for γ-Ray Line Signals from Dark Matter Annihilations in the Inner Galactic Halo from 10 Years of Observations with H.E.S.S. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:201101. [PMID: 29864326 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.201101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Spectral lines are among the most powerful signatures for dark matter (DM) annihilation searches in very-high-energy γ rays. The central region of the Milky Way halo is one of the most promising targets given its large amount of DM and proximity to Earth. We report on a search for a monoenergetic spectral line from self-annihilations of DM particles in the energy range from 300 GeV to 70 TeV using a two-dimensional maximum likelihood method taking advantage of both the spectral and spatial features of the signal versus background. The analysis makes use of Galactic center observations accumulated over ten years (2004-2014) with the H.E.S.S. array of ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. No significant γ-ray excess above the background is found. We derive upper limits on the annihilation cross section ⟨σv⟩ for monoenergetic DM lines at the level of 4×10^{-28} cm^{3} s^{-1} at 1 TeV, assuming an Einasto DM profile for the Milky Way halo. For a DM mass of 1 TeV, they improve over the previous ones by a factor of 6. The present constraints are the strongest obtained so far for DM particles in the mass range 300 GeV-70 TeV. Ground-based γ-ray observations have reached sufficient sensitivity to explore relevant velocity-averaged cross sections for DM annihilation into two γ-ray photons at the level expected from the thermal relic density for TeV DM particles.
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- H Abdallah
- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
- National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Marshall Baghramian Avenue, 24, 0019 Yerevan, Armenia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia
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- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Lehrstuhl IV: Weltraum und Astrophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- GRAPPA, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy and Institute of High-Energy Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Astronomical Observatory, The University of Warsaw, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM UMR 7346, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
- Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Albanova University Center, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of Namibia, Department of Physics, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM UMR 7346, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
- Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Albanova University Center, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, CNRS/IN2P3, CC 72, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Sand 1, D 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25, D 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, D 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl, D 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2050 South Africa
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Luruper Chaussee 149, D 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Japan Aeropspace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, D 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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Breustedt B, Blanchardon E, Castellani CM, Etherington G, Franck D, Giussani A, Hofmann W, Lebacq AL, Li WB, Noßke D, Lopez MA. EURADOS work on internal dosimetry. Ann ICRP 2018; 47:75-82. [PMID: 29664321 DOI: 10.1177/0146645318756232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) Working Group 7 is a network on internal dosimetry that brings together researchers from more than 60 institutions in 21 countries. The work of the group is organised into task groups that focus on different aspects, such as development and implementation of biokinetic models (e.g. for diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid decorporation therapy), individual monitoring and the dose assessment process, Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry, uncertainties in internal dosimetry, and internal microdosimetry. Several intercomparison exercises and training courses have been organised. The IDEAS guidelines, which describe - based on the International Commission on Radiological Protection's (ICRP) biokinetic models and dose coefficients - a structured approach to the assessment of internal doses from monitoring data, are maintained and updated by the group. In addition, Technical Recommendations for Monitoring Individuals for Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides have been elaborated on behalf of the European Commission, DG-ENER (TECHREC Project, 2014-2016, coordinated by EURADOS). Quality assurance of the ICRP biokinetic models by calculation of retention and excretion functions for different scenarios has been performed and feedback was provided to ICRP. An uncertainty study of the recent caesium biokinetic model quantified the overall uncertainties, and identified the sensitive parameters of the model. A report with guidance on the application of ICRP biokinetic models and dose coefficients is being drafted at present. These and other examples of the group's activities, which complement the work of ICRP, are presented.
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- B Breustedt
- a Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Safety and Environment - Radioanalytical Laboratories, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- b Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, France
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- c ENEA Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Radiation Protection Institute, Italy
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- b Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, France
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- e Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany
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- f University of Salzburg, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Austria
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- g SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Belgium
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- h Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Germany
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- i Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany (retired)
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- j Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Spain
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Agostini M, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biernat J, Bode T, Borowicz D, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Marco N, Domula A, Doroshkevich E, Egorov V, Falkenstein R, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hegai A, Heisel M, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaidic Y, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Kirsch A, Kish A, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Pullia A, Ransom C, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Salamida F, Schmitt C, Schneider B, Schönert S, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stanco L, Vanhoefer L, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, von Sturm K, Wagner V, Wegmann A, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-β Decay of ^{76}Ge from GERDA Phase II. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:132503. [PMID: 29694176 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.132503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The GERDA experiment searches for the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless double-β decay of ^{76}Ge (^{76}Ge→^{76}Se+2e^{-}) operating bare Ge diodes with an enriched ^{76}Ge fraction in liquid argon. The exposure for broad-energy germanium type (BEGe) detectors is increased threefold with respect to our previous data release. The BEGe detectors feature an excellent background suppression from the analysis of the time profile of the detector signals. In the analysis window a background level of 1.0_{-0.4}^{+0.6}×10^{-3} counts/(keV kg yr) has been achieved; if normalized to the energy resolution this is the lowest ever achieved in any 0νββ experiment. No signal is observed and a new 90% C.L. lower limit for the half-life of 8.0×10^{25} yr is placed when combining with our previous data. The expected median sensitivity assuming no signal is 5.8×10^{25} yr.
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- M Agostini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan I-20126, Italy
- INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan I-20126, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow I-117259, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padua I-35121, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 31-007, Poland
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padua I-35121, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich D-80805, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow I-117259, Russia
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow I-117259, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden D-01069, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padua I-35121, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123182, Russia
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel B-2440, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow I-117259, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich D-80805, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow I-117259, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel B-2440, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich D-80805, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 31-007, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 31-007, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania I-95123, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi I-67100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padua I-35121, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milan I-20133, Italy
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- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milan I-20133, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padua I-35121, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden D-01069, Germany
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich D-80805, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich D-80805, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow I-117259, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padua I-35121, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua I-35131, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69029, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden D-01069, Germany
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, München D-85748, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 31-007, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich D-80805, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden D-01069, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 31-007, Poland
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Scholz C, Golas MM, Weber RG, Hartmann C, Lehmann U, Sahm F, Schmidt G, Auber B, Sturm M, Schlegelberger B, Illig T, Steinemann D, Hofmann W. Rare compound heterozygous variants in PNKP identified by whole exome sequencing in a German patient with ataxia-oculomotor apraxia 4 and pilocytic astrocytoma. Clin Genet 2018; 94:185-186. [PMID: 29498415 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia type 4 (AOA4) is a rare autosomal recessive neurologic disorder. The phenotype is characterized by ataxia, oculomotor apraxia, peripheral neuropathy and dystonia. AOA4 is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in the PNKP gene encoding a polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase with an important function in DNA-damage repair. By whole exome sequencing, we identified 2 variants within the PNKP gene in a 27-year-old German woman with a clinical AOA phenotype combined with a cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma diagnosed at 23 years of age. One variant, a duplication in exon 14 resulting in the frameshift c.1253_1269dup p.(Thr424fs*49), has previously been described as pathogenic, for example, in cases of AOA4. The second variant, representing a nonsense mutation in exon 17, c.1545C>G p.(Tyr515*), has not yet been described and is predicted to cause a loss of the 7 C-terminal amino acids. This is the first description of AOA4 in a patient with central European descent. Furthermore, the occurrence of a pilocytic astrocytoma has not been described before in an AOA4 patient. Our data demonstrate compound heterozygous PNKP germline variants in a German patient with AOA4 and provide evidence for a possible link with tumor predisposition. Localization of the 2 variants in human PNKP NP_009185.2. NM_007254.3:c.1253_1269dup p.(Thr424fs*49) is predicted to cause a frameshift within the kinase domain, NM_007254.3:c.1545C>G p.(Tyr515*) is predicted to cause loss of 2 C-terminal amino acids of the kinase domain and 5 additional C-terminal amino acids.
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- C Scholz
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,CCU Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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Abstract:Urine single protein analysis has developed into a routine method for the screening and monitoring of kidney diseases. In order to support clinical decision making by an interpretative report, a urine protein expert system (UPES) has been developed.Based on a database containing more than 500 excretion patterns, a modular knowledge base was extracted in production rules and implemented in a modern expert system shell. The resulting interpretation system has been thoroughly verified and validated. After the need of interpretation of the complex findings had been documented in a survey, its usability in routine and its knowledge representation was evaluated in 11 hospitals. A user conference confirmed a high quality level of the reports proposed by UPES. It revealed that the problem of automatic data transfer as well as the common definition of diagnostic terms by laboratorians and clinicians play a crucial role for the use of knowledge-based systems in laboratory medicine.
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Ripperger T, Hofmann W, Koch JC, Shirneshan K, Haase D, Wulf G, Issing PR, Karnebogen M, Schmidt G, Auber B, Schlegelberger B, Illig T, Zirn B, Steinemann D. MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus (MECOM): a novel candidate gene for hereditary hematological malignancies. Haematologica 2017; 103:e55-e58. [PMID: 29097497 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2017.178723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Tim Ripperger
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head, Neck and Facial Plastic Surgery, Klinikum Bad Hersfeld, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany.,Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Genetic Counseling and Diagnostics, Genetikum, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Göttingen, Germany
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Happach M, de Felipe D, Conradi H, Friedhoff VN, Schwartz E, Kleinert M, Brinker W, Zawadzki C, Keil N, Hofmann W, Schell M. On-chip free beam optics on a polymer-based photonic integration platform. Opt Express 2017; 25:27665-27670. [PMID: 29092237 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.027665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This paper presents on-chip free beam optics on polymer-based photonic components. Due to the circumstance that waveguide-based optics allows no direct beam access we use Gradient index (GRIN) lenses assembled into the chip to collimate the beam from the waveguides. This enables low loss power transmission over a length of 1432 µm. Even though the beam propagates through air it is possible to create a resonator with a wavelength shift of 0.002 nm/°C, hence the allowed deviations from the ITU-T grid (100 GHz) are met for ± 20 °C. In order to guarantee reliable laser stability, it is necessary to implement optical isolators at the output of the laser. This requires the insertion of bulk material into the chip and is realized by a 1050 µm thick coated glass. Due to the large gap of the free-space section, it is possible to combine different resonators together. This demonstrates the feasibility of an integrated wavelength-meter.
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Thomay K, Fedder C, Hofmann W, Kreipe H, Stadler M, Titgemeyer J, Zander I, Schlegelberger B, Göhring G. Telomere shortening, TP53 mutations and deletions in chronic lymphocytic leukemia result in increased chromosomal instability and breakpoint clustering in heterochromatic regions. Ann Hematol 2017; 96:1493-1500. [PMID: 28691153 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-017-3055-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Complex karyotypes are associated with a poor prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Using mFISH, iFISH, and T/C-FISH, we thoroughly characterized 59 CLL patients regarding parameters known to be involved in chromosomal instability: status of the genes ATM and TP53 and telomere length. Interestingly, a deletion of the ATM locus in 11q, independent of the cytogenetic context, was associated with significantly diminished risk (p<0.05) of carrying a mutation in TP53. In patients with loss or mutation of TP53, chromosomal breakage occurred more frequently (p<0.01) in (near-) heterochromatic regions. Median telomere length in patients with complex karyotypes was significantly shorter than that of healthy controls and shorter than in all other cytogenetic cohorts. Furthermore, the median telomere length of patients carrying a TP53 mutation was significantly shorter than without mutation. We conclude that telomere shortening in combination with loss of TP53 induces increased chromosomal instability with preferential involvement of (near-) heterochromatic regions.
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- Kathrin Thomay
- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Onkologische Praxis Celle, Neumarkt 1, 29221, Celle, Germany
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- Onkologie am Raschplatz, Rundestr. 10, 30161, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
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Kranz J, Schmidt S, Lebert C, Schneidewind L, Vahlensieck W, Sester U, Fünfstück R, Helbig S, Hofmann W, Hummers E, Kunze M, Kniehl E, Naber K, Mandraka F, Mündner-Hensen B, Schmiemann G, Wagenlehner FME. Epidemiologie, Diagnostik, Therapie, Prävention und Management unkomplizierter, bakterieller, ambulant erworbener Harnwegsinfektionen bei erwachsenen Patienten. Urologe A 2017; 56:746-758. [DOI: 10.1007/s00120-017-0389-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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