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Chemical evolution of galaxies. I. A composition-dependent SPH model for chemical evolution and cooling
We describe an SPH model for chemical enrichment and radiative cooling in
cosmological simulations of structure formation. This model includes: i) the
delayed gas restitution from stars by means of a probabilistic approach
designed to reduce the statistical noise and, hence, to allow for the study of
the inner chemical structure of objects with moderately high numbers of
particles; ii) the full dependence of metal production on the detailed chemical
composition of stellar particles by using, for the first time in SPH codes, the
Qij matrix formalism that relates each nucleosynthetic product to its sources;
and iii) the full dependence of radiative cooling on the detailed chemical
composition of gas particles, achieved through a fast algorithm using a new
metallicity parameter zeta(T) that gives the weight of each element on the
total cooling function. The resolution effects and the results obtained from
this SPH chemical model have been tested by comparing its predictions in
different problems with known theoretical solutions. We also present some
preliminary results on the chemical properties of elliptical galaxies found in
self-consistent cosmological simulations. Such simulations show that the above
zeta-cooling method is important to prevent an overestimation of the
metallicity-dependent cooling rate, whereas the Qij formalism is important to
prevent a significant underestimation of the [alpha/Fe] ratio in simulated
galaxy-like objects.Comment: 19 pages, 22 figures, 2 tables; accepted for publication in MNRA
Cross section measurements of 155,157Gd(n, γ) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons
© SIF, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019Neutron capture cross section measurements on 155Gd and 157Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n_TOF facility at CERN on isotopically enriched samples. The measurements were carried out in the n_TOF experimental area EAR1, at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C6D6 liquid scintillation detectors. At a neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV, capture cross sections of 62.2(2.2) and 239.8(8.4) kilobarn have been derived for 155Gd and 157Gd, respectively, with up to 6% deviation relative to values presently reported in nuclear data libraries, but consistent with those values within 1.6 standard deviations. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 181 eV and 307 eV, respectively for 155Gd and 157Gd, where on average, resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies and up to 1 keV, the observed resonance-like structure of the cross section has been analysed and characterised. From a statistical analysis of the observed neutron resonances we deduced: neutron strength function of 2. 01 (28) × 10 - 4 and 2. 17 (41) × 10 - 4; average total radiative width of 106.8(14) meV and 101.1(20) meV and s-wave resonance spacing 1.6(2) eV and 4.8(5) eV for n + 155Gd and n + 157Gd systems, respectively.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio
A Measure of Student Engagement for Serious Games and IoT
Student Engagement has been a strong topic of research for the avoidance of student drop out and the increase in grading. Serious games have highlighted benefits in engaging students, primarily through edutainment, educating via games. This article suggests a Computer Algorithm, purposed at measuring and encouraging student engagement. In addition, the algorithm accounts for sensor networks accessed both directly and through the Internet, extending its application to the Internet of Things (IoT)
Evaluation of satellite evapotranspiration estimates using ground-meteorological data available for the Flumen District into the Ebro Valley of N.E. Spain
Evapotranspiration SEBAL MEBES Meteorological data Ebro valley Water management
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LET-Dependent Intertrack Yields in Proton Irradiation at Ultra-High Dose Rates Relevant for FLASH Therapy
FLASH radiotherapy delivers a high dose (≥10 Gy) at a high rate (≥40 Gy/s). In this way, particles are delivered in pulses as short as a few nanoseconds. At that rate, intertrack reactions between chemical species produced within the same pulse may affect the heterogeneous chemistry stage of water radiolysis. This stochastic process suits the capabilities of the Monte Carlo method, which can model intertrack effects to aid in radiobiology research, including the design and interpretation of experiments. In this work, the TOPAS-nBio Monte Carlo track-structure code was expanded to allow simulations of intertrack effects in the chemical stage of water radiolysis. Simulation of the behavior of radiolytic yields over a long period of time (up to 50 s) was verified by simulating radiolysis in a Fricke dosimeter irradiated by 60Co γ rays. In addition, LET-dependent G values of protons delivered in single squared pulses of widths, 1 ns, 1 µs and 10 µs, were obtained and compared to simulations using no intertrack considerations. The Fricke simulation for the calculated G value of Fe3+ ion at 50 s was within 0.4% of the accepted value from ICRU Report 34. For LET-dependent G values at the end of the chemical stage, intertrack effects were significant at LET values below 2 keV/µm. Above 2 keV/µm the reaction kinetics remained limited locally within each track and thus, effects of intertrack reactions remained low. Therefore, when track structure simulations are used to investigate the biological damage of FLASH irradiation, these intertrack reactions should be considered. The TOPAS-nBio framework with the expansion to intertrack chemistry simulation provides a useful tool to assist in this task