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The Broad-band Optical Properties of Galaxies with Redshifts 0.0 < z < 0.2
Using photometry and spectroscopy of 144,609 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we present bivariate distributions of pairs of seven galaxy properties: four optical colors, surface brightness, radial profile shape as measured by the Sersic index, and absolute magnitude. In addition, we present the dependence of local galaxy density (smoothed on 8 h^{-1} Mpc scales) on all of these properties. Several classic, well-known relations among galaxy properties are evident at extremely high signal-to-noise ratio: the color-color relations of galaxies, the color-magnitude relations, the magnitude-surface brightness relation, and the dependence of density on color and absolute magnitude. We show that most of the i-band luminosity density in the universe is in the absolute magnitude and surface brightness ranges used. Some of the relationships between parameters, in particular the color--magnitude relations, show stronger correlations for exponential galaxies and concentrated galaxies taken separately than for all galaxies taken together. We provide a simple set of fits of the dependence of galaxy properties on luminosity for these two sets of galaxies
Classical Cepheids, what else?
We present new and independent estimates of the distances to the Magellanic
Clouds (MCs) using near-infrared (NIR) and optical--NIR period--Wesenheit (PW)
relations. The slopes of the PW relations are, within the dispersion, linear
over the entire period range and independent of metal content. The absolute
zero points were fixed using Galactic Cepheids with distances based on the
infrared surface-brightness method. The true distance modulus we found for the
Large Magellanic Cloud--- mag---and the
Small Magellanic Cloud--- mag---agree quite
well with similar distance determinations based on robust distance indicators.
We also briefly discuss the evolutionary and pulsation properties of MC
Cepheids
The broadband optical properties of galaxies with redshifts 0.02 z 0.22
Using photometry and spectroscopy of 183,487 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we present bivariate distributions of pairs of seven galaxy properties: four optical colors, surface brightness, radial profile shape as measured by the Sersic index, and absolute magnitude. In addition, we present the dependence of local galaxy density (smoothed on 8 h(-1) Mpc scales) on all of these properties. Several classic, well-known relations among galaxy properties are evident at extremely high signal-to-noise ratio: the color-color relations of galaxies, the color-magnitude relations, the magnitude-surface brightness relation, and the dependence of density on color and absolute magnitude. We show that most of the i-band luminosity density in the universe is in the absolute magnitude and surface brightness ranges used: - 23.5 < M-0,M-1i < - 17.0 mag and 17 < mu(0.1i) < 24 mag in 1 arcsec(2) [ the notation (z)b represents the b band shifted blueward by a factor (1 + z)]. Some of the relationships between parameters, in particular the color-magnitude relations, show stronger correlations for exponential galaxies and concentrated galaxies taken separately than for all galaxies taken together. We provide a simple set of fits of the dependence of galaxy properties on luminosity for these two sets of galaxies and other quantitative details of our results
The lag and duration-luminosity relations of gamma-ray burst pulses
Relations linking the temporal or/and spectral properties of the prompt
emission of gamma-ray bursts (hereafter GRBs) to the absolute luminosity are of
great importance as they both constrain the radiation mechanisms and represent
potential distance indicators. Here we discuss two such relations: the
lag-luminosity relation and the newly discovered duration-luminosity relation
of GRB pulses. We aim to extend our previous work on the origin of spectral
lags, using the duration-luminosity relation recently discovered by Hakkila et
al. to connect lags and luminosity. We also present a way to test this relation
which has originally been established with a limited sample of only 12 pulses.
We relate lags to the spectral evolution and shape of the pulses with a linear
expansion of the pulse properties around maximum. We then couple this first
result to the duration-luminosity relation to obtain the lag-luminosity and
lag-duration relations. We finally use a Monte-Carlo method to generate a
population of synthetic GRB pulses which is then used to check the validity of
the duration-luminosity relation. Our theoretical results for the lag and
duration-luminosity relations are in good agreement with the data. They are
rather insensitive to the assumptions regarding the burst spectral parameters.
Our Monte Carlo analysis of a population of synthetic pulses confirms that the
duration-luminosity relation must be satisfied to reproduce the observational
duration-peak flux diagram of BATSE GRB pulses. The newly discovered
duration-luminosity relation offers the possibility to link all three
quantities: lag, duration and luminosity of GRB pulses in a consistent way.
Some evidence for its validity have been presented but its origin is not easy
to explain in the context of the internal shock model.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
Comparing galaxy populations in compact and loose groups of galaxies
We perform a comparison of the properties of galaxies in compact groups,
loose groups and in the field to deepen our understanding of the physical
mechanisms acting upon galaxy evolution in different environments. We select
samples of galaxies in compact groups identified by McConnachie et al., loose
groups identified by Zandivarez and Martinez, and field galaxies from the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey. We compare properties of the galaxy populations in these
different environments: absolute magnitude, colour, size, surface brightness,
stellar mass and concentration. We also study the fraction of red and early
type galaxies, the luminosity function, the colour-luminosity and
luminosity-size relations. The population of galaxies in compact groups differ
from that of loose groups and the field. The fraction of read and early type
galaxies is higher in compact groups. On average, galaxies in compact groups
are systematically smaller, more concentrated and have higher surface
brightness than galaxies in the field and in loose groups. For fixed absolute
magnitude, or fixed surface brightness, galaxies in compact groups are smaller.
The physical mechanisms that transform galaxies into earlier types could be
more effective within compact groups given the high densities and low velocity
dispersion that characterise that particular environment, this could explain
the large fraction of red and early type galaxies we found in compact groups.
Galaxies inhabiting compact groups have undergone a major transformation
compared to galaxies that inhabit loose groups.Comment: 12 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy &
Astrophysics (A&A
Superconductive properties of thin dirty SN bilayers
The theory of superconductivity in thin SN sandwiches (bilayers) in the
diffusive limit is developed within the standard Usadel equation method, with
particular emphasis on the case of very thin superconductive layers, d_S <<
d_N. The proximity effect in the system is governed by the interlayer interface
resistance (per channel) \rho_{int}. The case of relatively low resistance
(which can still have large absolute values) can be completely studied
analytically. The theory describing the bilayer in this limit is of BCS type
but with the minigap (in the single-particle density of states) E_g << \Delta
substituting the order parameter \Delta in the standard BCS relations; the
original relations are thus severely violated. In the opposite limit of an
opaque interface, the behavior of the system is in many respects close to the
BCS predictions. Over the entire range of \rho_{int}, the properties of the
bilayer are found numerically. Finally, it is shown that the results obtained
for the bilayer also apply to more complicated structures such as SNS and NSN
trilayers, SNINS and NSISN systems, and SN superlattices.Comment: 15 pages (including 10 EPS figures), REVTeX. Version 2: minor
changes; added references, a note is added concerning applicability of our
results to SNINS and NSISN systems. To appear in Phys. Rev. B on March 1,
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