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H Takabe

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Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability at short wavelengths observed with moiré interferometry.

One of the most important quantities to be measured for better understanding of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability is the growth rate in the short wavelength region at which the RT instability is significantly reduced. The short wavelength ( 4.7-12 microm) RT growth rates for direct-drive targets were measured for the first time by utilizing the innovated moiré interferometry [M. Matsuoka et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 637 (1999)]. These growth rates were reasonably well reproduced by the simulation that solves the Fokker-Planck equation for nonlocal heat transport.

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Blast-wave-sphere interaction using a laser-produced plasma: an experiment motivated by supernova 1987A.

We present x-ray shadowgraphs from a high Mach number ( approximately 20) laboratory environment that simulate outward flowing ejecta matter from supernovae that interact with ambient cloud matter. Using a laser-plastic foil interaction, we generate a "complex" blast wave (a supersonic flow containing forward and reverse shock waves and a contact discontinuity between them) that interacts with a high-density (100 times ambient) sphere. The experimental results, including vorticity localization, compare favorably with two-dimensional axisymmetric hydrodynamic simulations.

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[Humoral immunity and lymphocyte subsets in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy].

We examined immunological abnormalities in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and reviewed their medical histories, NYHA classifications, electrocardiogram findings and chest X-Ray findings with regard to severity of DCM. Elevated CD4/CD8 ratio as well as decreased number of CD8 cells in lymphocyte subsets was recognized. These abnormalities were particularly noted in patients with past history of myocarditis. NYHA IV class increases in CTR and left ventricular dimension, and a reduced ejection fraction. These findings suggest that lasting of myocardial damage causes immunological abnormalities and the examination of DCM patients' immunological status is useful in anticipating disease process and determining medical treatment.

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