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Comparative Theoretical Study of Hyperfine Interactions of Muonium in A- and B-Form DNA

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Muon Spin Relaxation (μSR) experiments in A- and B-form DNA have shown evidence for an enhanced electron mobility in the more closely-packed A-form. Besides dynamic effects (electronic diffusion) that could cause the observed difference in muon spin relaxation, one should also carefully examine the difference in the strengths of the hyperfine interactions of the muon (μ +) with the moving electron in the two forms of DNA, since this could contribute to the observed difference in the muon spin relaxation rates as well. We have therefore investigated the (static) trapping properties of muon and muonium (μ + e −) in A-form and B-form DNA from first-principles with the aim to understand how the different structural geometries of A- and B-form DNA can influence the hyperfine interaction of trapped muonium.

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  1. R. H. Scheicher

    Present address: Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Box 530, 751 21, Uppsala, Sweden

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  1. Department of Physics, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, 12222, USA

    R. H. Scheicher & T. P. Das

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Japan

    E. Torikai

  3. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK

    F. L. Pratt

  4. KEK-MSL, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

    K. Nagamine

  5. Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    T. P. Das

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Scheicher, R.H., Torikai, E., Pratt, F.L. et al. Comparative Theoretical Study of Hyperfine Interactions of Muonium in A- and B-Form DNA. Hyperfine Interact 158, 53–57 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-005-9007-5

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