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Absolutely Continuous Spectrum for Random Schroedinger Operators on the Bethe Strip
The Bethe Strip of width is the cartesian product \B\times\{1,...,m\},
where \B is the Bethe lattice (Cayley tree). We prove that Anderson models on
the Bethe strip have "extended states" for small disorder. More precisely, we
consider Anderson-like Hamiltonians \;H_\lambda=\frac12 \Delta \otimes 1 + 1
\otimes A + \lambda \Vv on a Bethe strip with connectivity , where
is an symmetric matrix, \Vv is a random matrix potential, and
is the disorder parameter. Given any closed interval , where
and are the smallest and largest
eigenvalues of the matrix , we prove that for small the random
Schr\"odinger operator has purely absolutely continuous spectrum
in with probability one and its integrated density of states is
continuously differentiable on the interval
An improvement of an inequality of Fiedler leading to a new conjecture on nonnegative matrices
summary:Suppose that is an nonnegative matrix whose eigenvalues are . Fiedler and others have shown that , for all , with equality for any such if and only if is the simple cycle matrix. Let be the signed sum of the determinants of the principal submatrices of of order , . We use similar techniques to Fiedler to show that Fiedler’s inequality can be strengthened to: , for all . We use this inequality to derive the inequality that: . In the spirit of a celebrated conjecture due to Boyle-Handelman, this inequality inspires us to conjecture the following inequality on the nonzero eigenvalues of : If are (all) the nonzero eigenvalues of , then . We prove this conjecture for the case when the spectrum of is real
Chemical abundances for Hf 2-2, a planetary nebula with the strongest known heavy element recombination lines
We present high quality optical spectroscopic observations of the planetary
nebula (PN) Hf 2-2. The spectrum exhibits many prominent optical recombination
lines (ORLs) from heavy element ions. Analysis of the H {\sc i} and He {\sc i}
recombination spectrum yields an electron temperature of K, a factor
of ten lower than given by the collisionally excited [O {\sc iii}] forbidden
lines. The ionic abundances of heavy elements relative to hydrogen derived from
ORLs are about a factor of 70 higher than those deduced from collisionally
excited lines (CELs) from the same ions, the largest abundance discrepancy
factor (adf) ever measured for a PN. By comparing the observed O {\sc ii}
4089/4649 ORL ratio to theoretical value as a function of
electron temperature, we show that the O {\sc ii} ORLs arise from ionized
regions with an electron temperature of only K. The current
observations thus provide the strongest evidence that the nebula contains
another previously unknown component of cold, high metallicity gas, which is
too cool to excite any significant optical or UV CELs and is thus invisible via
such lines. The existence of such a plasma component in PNe provides a natural
solution to the long-standing dichotomy between nebular plasma diagnostics and
abundance determinations using CELs on the one hand and ORLs on the other.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Societ
Spectra of binaries classified as lambda Boo stars
High angular resolution observations have shown that some stars classified as
lambda Boo are binaries with low values of angular separation and magnitude
difference of the components; therefore the observed spectrum of these objects
is a combination of those of the two components. These composite spectra have
been used to define spectroscopic criteria able to detect other binaries among
stars classified as lambda Boo. The application of this method to HD 111786 is
presented: the contribution of 5 components to the observed spectrum is
demonstrated by the shape of the O I 7774 Angstrom feature. This result makes
unreliable any attempt to perform an abundance analysis of this object which
therefore must be definitely rejected from the class of the peculiar lambda Boo
stars. This approach allowed us also to recognize that the SB2 star HD 153808
is in reality a triple system.Comment: Accepted for publication by A&
An Optical Time-Delay for the Lensed BAL Quasar HE2149-2745
We present optical V and i-band light curves of the gravitationally lensed
BAL quasar HE2149-2745. The data, obtained with the 1.5m Danish Telescope
(ESO-La Silla) between October 1998 and December 2000, are the first from a
long-term project aimed at monitoring selected lensed quasars in the Southern
Hemisphere. A time delay of 103+/-12 days is determined from the light curves.
In addition, VLT/FORS1 spectra of HE2149-2745 are deconvolved in order to
obtain the spectrum of the faint lensing galaxy, free of any contamination by
the bright nearby two quasar images. By cross-correlating the spectrum with
galaxy-templates we obtain a tentative redshift estimate of z=0.495+/-0.01.
Adopting this redshift, a Omega=0.3, Lambda=0.7 cosmology, and a chosen
analytical lens model, our time-delay measurement yields a Hubble constant of
H_0=66+/-8 km/s/Mpc with an estimated systematic error of +/-3 km/s/Mpc. Using
non-parametric models yields H_0=65+/-8 km/s/Mpc and confirms that the lens
exhibits a very dense/concentrated mass profile.Comment: 11 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysic
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