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High-spin structure of 109 In has been investigated with the 100 Mo( 14 N, 5n) 109 In reaction at a beam energy of 78 MeV using the in-beam γ spectroscopic method. The level scheme of 109 In has been modified considerably and extended by 46 new γ-rays to the highest excited state at 8.979 MeV and J π =(45/2 + ). The new level scheme consists of eight bands, six of which are identified as dipole bands. The configurations have been tentatively assigned with the help of the systematics of neighboring odd-A indium isotopes and the experimental aligned angular momenta. The dipole bands are then compared with the titled axis cranking calculation in the framework of covariant density function theory (TAC-CDFT). The results of theoretical calculation based on the configurations, which involve one proton hole at the g 9/2 orbital and two or four unpaired neutrons at g 7/2 , d 5/2 and h 11/2 orbitals, show that the shape of 109 In undergoes an evolution on both β and γ deformations and possible chirality is suggested in 109 In. ever, chirality in the indium isotopes has not been reported. J Config 1 J core J J x ( ) 0.30 MeV 0.65 MeV J Config 2 J core J J x ( ) 0.20 MeV 0.70 MeV J Config 3 FIG. 9: (Color online) The proton, neutron and core angular momentum vectors (Jπ, Jν and Jcore ) for Config 1-3 in 109 In at both the minimum and the maximum rotational frequencies in the TAC-RMF calculations.

It is well known that plants can grow under space conditions, however, perturbations of many biological phenomena have been highlighted due to the effect of altered gravity and its possible interaction with other factors (e.g., CO2 , ion radiation, etc. Our aim was to test whether elevated CO2 could provide 'protection' to Gynura bicolor against the damaging effects of simulated microgravity (SM) on photosynthesis, ion uptake and antioxidant activity. As compared to G. bicolor grown in ambient CO2 with no SM (ACO2 ), growth and yield of the plants increased under elevated ambient CO2 with no SM (ECO2 ) and decreased under ACO2 +SM, whereas there was no significant effect on ECO2 +SM. Reductions in the content of Chl a, carotenoids and Chl a+b were 17.9%, 20.7% and 17.9% under ACO2 +SM, respectively, but under ECO2 there was a significant effect on all photosynthetic pigments except Chl b, compared to ACO2 . Photosynthesis was improved under ECO2 with SM and such an improvement was associated with improved water use efficiency and instantaneous carboxylation efficiency. Furthermore, SM caused a reduction in ion absorption rate, except for Ca(2+) , while ECO2 increased the uptake rate. Finally, the activity of SOD, POD and the content of MDA and H2 O2 were enhanced under SM treatments and were highest in ACO2 +SM. In contrast, T-AOC activity and GSH content significantly declined in ACO2 +SM compared to other treatments. These results suggest that ACO2 is not sufficient to counteract SM impact, but the increase is usually caused by improvement in CO2 nutrition in ECO2 +SM in comparison with ACO2 +SM.

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