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Feedback-limited Accretion: Luminous Signatures from Growing Planets
Planets form in discs of gas and dust around stars, and keep growing by
accretion of disc material while available. Massive planets clear a gap in that
protoplanetary disc, but still accrete through spiral wakes. On its way to the
planet, the gas will settle on a \emph{circumplanetary} disc around the planet
and slowly accrete on to it. The energy of the accreted gas will be released,
heating the planet surroundings in a feedback process. For high enough
accretion rates the planet should be detectable at infrared wavelengths. We aim
to find whether detectable planet luminosities, , can occur when considering that the planet luminosity is
coupled to the accretion, and also to study which other effects has the
feedback on the dynamics of the circumplanetary and the gap regions. We model a
planet with mass ratio , orbiting at 10 AU from a solar mass star,
using a modified version of the 2D code FARGO-AD, which includes a prescription
for the accretion and feedback luminosity of the planet. We find that the
planetary feedback is able to partially deplete the circumplanetary disc, and
to reduce the accretion rate onto the planet. However, detectable luminosities
of are still produced. The
feedback also contributes to partially refilling the gap, to heat up the
coorbital region, and to perturb the orbital velocity of the gas.Comment: Submitted to MNRA
A refined analysis of the low-mass eclipsing binary system T-Cyg1-12664
The observational mass-radius relation of main sequence stars with masses
between ~0.3 and 1.0 Msun reveals deviations between the stellar radii
predicted by models and the observed radii of stars in detached binaries. We
generate an accurate physical model of the low-mass eclipsing binary
T-Cyg1-12664 in the Kepler mission field to measure the physical parameters of
its components and to compare them with the prediction of theoretical stellar
evolution models. We analyze the Kepler mission light curve of T-Cyg1-12664 to
accurately measure the times and phases of the primary and secondary eclipse.
In addition, we measure the rotational period of the primary component by
analyzing the out-of-eclipse oscillations that are due to spots. We accurately
constrain the effective temperature of the system using ground-based absolute
photometry in B, V, Rc, and Ic. We also obtain and analyze V, Rc, Ic
differential light curves to measure the eccentricity and the orbital
inclination of the system, and a precise Teff ratio. From the joint analysis of
new radial velocities and those in the literature we measure the individual
masses of the stars. Finally, we use the PHOEBE code to generate a physical
model of the system. T-Cyg1-12664 is a low eccentricity system, located
d=360+/-22 pc away from us, with an orbital period of P=4.1287955(4) days, and
an orbital inclination i=86.969+/-0.056 degrees. It is composed of two very
different stars with an active G6 primary with Teff1=5560+/-160 K,
M1=0.680+/-0.045 Msun, R1=0.799+/-0.017 Rsun, and a M3V secondary star with
Teff2=3460+/-210 K, M2=0.376+/-0.017 Msun, and R2=0.3475+/-0.0081 Rsun. The
primary star is an oversized and spotted active star, hotter than the stars in
its mass range. The secondary is a cool star near the mass boundary for fully
convective stars (M~0.35 Msun), whose parameters appear to be in agreement with
low-mass stellar model.Comment: 18 pages, 15 figures, 15 table
Dynamics of zonal flow-like structures in the edge of the TJ-II stellarator
The dynamics of fluctuating electric field structures in the edge of the
TJ-II stellarator, that display zonal flow-like traits, is studied. These
structures have been shown to be global and affect particle transport
dynamically [J.A. Alonso et al., Nucl. Fus. 52 063010 (2012)]. In this article
we discuss possible drive (Reynolds stress) and damping (Neoclassical
viscosity, geodesic transfer) mechanisms for the associated ExB velocity. We
show that: (a) while the observed turbulence-driven forces can provide the
necessary perpendicular acceleration, a causal relation could not be firmly
established, possibly because of the locality of the Reynolds stress
measurements, (b) the calculated neoclassical viscosity and damping times are
comparable to the observed zonal flow relaxation times, and (c) although an
accompanying density modulation is observed to be associated to the zonal flow,
it is not consistent with the excitation of pressure side-bands, like those
present in geodesic acoustic oscillations, caused by the compression of the ExB
flow field
Discovery of multiple Lorentzian components in the X-ray timing properties of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Ark 564
We present a power spectral analysis of a 100 ksec XMM-Newton observation of
the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy Ark~564. When combined with earlier RXTE and
ASCA observations, these data produce a power spectrum covering seven decades
of frequency which is well described by a power law with two very clear breaks.
This shape is unlike the power spectra of almost all other AGN observed so far,
which have only one detected break, and resemble Galactic binary systems in a
soft state. The power spectrum can also be well described by the sum of two
Lorentzian-shaped components, the one at higher frequencies having a hard
spectrum, similar to those seen in Galactic binary systems. Previously we have
demonstrated that the lag of the hard band variations relative to the soft band
in Ark 564 is dependent on variability time-scale, as seen in Galactic binary
sources. Here we show that the time-scale dependence of the lags can be
described well using the same two-Lorentzian model which describes the power
spectrum, assuming that each Lorentzian component has a distinct time lag. Thus
all X-ray timing evidence points strongly to two discrete, localised, regions
as the origin of most of the variability. Similar behaviour is seen in Galactic
X-ray binary systems in most states other than the soft state, i.e. in the
low-hard and intermediate/very high states. Given the very high accretion rate
of Ark 564 the closest analogy is with the very high (intermediate) state
rather than the low-hard state. We therefore strengthen the comparison between
AGN and Galactic binary sources beyond previous studies by extending it to the
previously poorly studied very high accretion rate regime.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
Riesgo moral y contratos: cierta evidencia experimental
This paper shows one type of asymmetric information problems, their theoretical implications, the design of contracts that mitigate them, as well as some experimental evidence. Furthermore, by extrapolating the results, the paper tries to illustrate certain macroeconomic implications obtained under a controlled environment.moral risk, contracts, experimental evidence, asymmetric information
Gaussian tripartite entanglement in the simultaneous measurement of position and momentum
In this work, we prove the generation of genuine tripartite
continuous-variable entanglement in the unitary dynamics of the simultaneous
measurement process of position and momentum observables raised by Arthurs and
Kelly, considering a measurement configuration where the system under
examination is a rotated, displaced, and squeezed vacuum state. Under these
assumptions, the measurement configuration is entirely described by a Gaussian
state. Then, through the positive partial transpose criterion (PPT), we certify
genuine tripartite entanglement by testing the non-separability of the three
-mode bipartitions of the system. This process
allows us to classify the qualitative properties of the entanglement in the
category of fully inseparable Gaussian states according to the classification
exposed in [Giedke et al.,
\href{https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.052303}{Phys. Rev. A
\textbf{64}, 052303 (2001)}]. Besides, we determine the quantitative
entanglement properties of the system using the residual tripartite R{\'e}nyi-2
entanglement as a quantifier measure.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
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