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Electrical properties and strain gauge factor of Cr/SiOx cermet films with compositions 50/50 and 70/30 wt% were investigated in order to evaluate their use in strain gauge devices. The films were deposited by flash evaporation. The microstructures and resulting phases were characterized by electron diffraction and electron microscopy. The influence of the thickness and deposition rate on the sheet resistance, the temperature coefficient of resistance and the gauge factor were investigated. The results are consistent with a mixed conduction mechanism with metallic and a thermally activated tunneling components, between interconnected and discrete conductive phases, respectively.Se investigaron las propiedades eléctricas y el factor extensométrico de películas del cermet- Cr/SiOx en composiciones 50/50 y 70/30 % en peso, para evaluar su uso en dispositivos "strain gauge". Las películas fueron depositadas por evaporación "flash". Las estructuras y fases resultantes fueron caracterizadas por microscopía y difracción de electrones. Se estudió la influencia del espesor y la velocidad del depósito sobre la resistencia laminar, el coeficiente térmico de resistencia y el factor extensométrico. Los resultados son consistentes con un mecanismo de conducción mixto, con una componente metálica y otra por efecto túnel térmicamente activado, entre fases conductoras interconectadas y discretas, respectivamente
LGBTQ Employee Groups: Who Are They Good For? How Are They Organized?
LGBTQ employees seek workplace change through formal and informal groups. Some groups emphasize broader social change and others focus on organizational performance. We provide the social and historical background of these groups and provide a framework for understanding their goals and aims
Clustering of red Galaxies near the Radio-loud Quasar 1335.8+2834 at z=1.1
We have obtained new deep optical and near-infrared images of the field of
the radio-loud quasar 1335.8+2834 at where an excess in the surface
number density of galaxies was reported by Hutchings et al. [AJ, 106, 1324]
from optical data. We found a significant clustering of objects with very red
optical-near infrared colors, and near the quasar. The colors and magnitudes of the reddest objects
are consistent with those of old (12 Gyr old at z=0) passively-evolving
elliptical galaxies seen at , clearly defining a `red envelope' like
that found in galaxy clusters at similar or lower redshifts. This evidence
strongly suggests that the quasar resides in a moderately-rich cluster of
galaxies (richness-class ). There is also a relatively large fraction
of objects with moderately red colors () which have a
distribution on the sky similar to that of the reddest objects. They may be
interpreted as cluster galaxies with some recent or on-going star formation.Comment: 14 pages text, 5 PostScript figures, 1 GIF figure, and 1 combined PS
file. Accepted for ApJ, Letter
The Deficit of Distant Galaxy Clusters in the RIXOS X-ray Survey
Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally bound systems and
therefore provide an important way of studying the formation and evolution of
the large scale structure of the Universe. Cluster evolution can be inferred
from observations of the X-ray emission of the gas in distant clusters, but
interpreting these data is not straightforward. In a simplified view, clusters
grow from perturbations in the matter distribution: their intracluster gas is
compressed and shock-heated by the gravitational collapse. The resulting
X-ray emission is determined by the hydrostatic equilibrium of the gas in the
changing gravitational potential. However, if processes such as radiative
cooling or pre-collapse heating of the gas are important, then the X-ray
evolution will be strongly influenced by the thermal history of the gas. Here
we present the first results from a faint flux-limited sample of X-ray selected
clusters compiled as part of the ROSAT International X-ray and Optical Survey
(RIXOS). Very few distant clusters have been identified. Most importantly,
their redshift distribution appears to be inconsistent with simple models based
on the evolution of the gravitational potential. Our results suggest that
radiative cooling or non-gravitational heating of the intracluster gas must
play an important role in the evolution of clusters.Comment: uuencoded compressed postscript. The preprint is also available at
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/preprint/PrePrint.htm
Cooling Flow Star Formation and the Apparent Stellar Ages of Elliptical Galaxies
Observational constraints and theoretical arguments indicate that cooled
interstellar gas in bright elliptical galaxies forms into a young stellar
population throughout the region within the half-light radius. The young
population has a bottom-heavy, but optically luminous IMF extending to 1 - 2
M_sun. When the colors and spectral features of this young population are
combined with those of the underlying old stellar population, the apparent ages
are significantly reduced, similar to the relatively young apparent ages
observed in many ellipticals. Galactic mergers are not required to resupply
young stars. The sensitivity of continuous star formation to L_B and L_x/L_B is
likely to account for the observed spread in apparent ages among elliptical
galaxies. Local star formation is accompanied by enhanced stellar H_beta
equivalent widths, stronger optical emission lines, enhanced thermal X-ray
emission and lower apparent temperatures in the hot gas. The young stars should
cause M/L to vary with galactic radius, perturbing the fundamental plane
occupied by the old stars.Comment: 6 pages with 2 figures; accepted by Astrophysical Journal Letter
Initial Hubble Diagram Results from the Nearby Supernova Factory
The use of Type Ia supernovae as distance indicators led to the discovery of
the accelerating expansion of the universe a decade ago. Now that large second
generation surveys have significantly increased the size and quality of the
high-redshift sample, the cosmological constraints are limited by the currently
available sample of ~50 cosmologically useful nearby supernovae. The Nearby
Supernova Factory addresses this problem by discovering nearby supernovae and
observing their spectrophotometric time development. Our data sample includes
over 2400 spectra from spectral timeseries of 185 supernovae. This talk
presents results from a portion of this sample including a Hubble diagram
(relative distance vs. redshift) and a description of some analyses using this
rich dataset.Comment: Short version of proceedings for ICHEP08, Philadelphia PA, July 2008;
see v1 for full-length versio
Iron as a tracer in galaxy clusters and groups
Available X-ray data are collected and organized concerning the iron and gas
content of galaxy clusters and groups, together with the optical luminosity,
mass and iron abundance of cluster galaxies. Several astrophysical inferences
are then drawn, including the evidence for rich clusters having evolved without
much baryon exchange with their surrondings, and having experienced very
similar star formation histories. Groups are much gas-poor compared to
clusters, and appear instead to have shed a major fraction of their original
cosmic share of baryons, which indicates that galaxy clusters cannot have
formed by assembling groups similar to the present day ones. It is argued that
this favors low- universes, in which the growth of rich clusters is
virtually complete at high redshifts. It is also argued that elemental
abundance ratios in clusters are nearly solar, which is consistent with a
similar proportion of supernovae of Type Ia and Type II having enriched both
the solar neghborhood as well clusters as a whole. Much of the iron in clusters
appears to reside in the intracluster medium rather than inside galaxies. It
appears that the baryon to star conversion in clusters has been nearly as
efficient as currently adopted for the universe as a whole. Yet the metallicity
of the clusters is times higher than the global metallicity adopted
for the nearby universe. It is concluded that the intergalactic medium should
have a metallicity solar if stellar nucleosynthesis has proceeded in
stars within field galaxies with the same efficiency as in stars within
clusters of galaxies.Comment: AASTex Latex, 29 pages, 6 figure
Observing the build-up of the colour-magnitude relation at redshift ~0.8
We analyse the rest-frame (U-V) colour-magnitude relation for 2 clusters at
redshift 0.7 and 0.8, drawn from the ESO Distant Cluster Survey. By comparing
with the population of red galaxies in the Coma cluster, we show that the high
redshift clusters exhibit a deficit of passive faint red galaxies. Our results
show that the red-sequence population cannot be explained in terms of a
monolithic and synchronous formation scenario. A large fraction of faint
passive galaxies in clusters today has moved onto the red sequence relatively
recently as a consequence of the fact that their star formation activity has
come to an end at z<0.8.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Proc. of IAU Colloq. 195: "Outskirts
of Galaxy Clusters: Intense Life in the Suburbs" -- minor typos correcte
The Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies in Distant Clusters
We present results from an optical-IR photometric study of early-type
galaxies in 19 galaxy clusters out to z=0.9. The galaxy sample is selected on
the basis of morphologies determined from HST WFPC2 images, and is
photometrically defined in the K-band to minimize redshift-dependent selection
biases. The optical-IR colors of the early-type cluster galaxies become bluer
with increasing redshift in a manner consistent with the passive evolution of
an old stellar population formed at an early cosmic epoch. The degree of color
evolution is similar for clusters at similar redshift, and does not depend
strongly on the optical richness or X-ray luminosity of the cluster, suggesting
that the history of early-type galaxies is relatively insensitive to
environment. The slope of the color-magnitude relationship shows no significant
change out to z=0.9, providing evidence that it arises from a correlation
between galaxy mass and metallicity, not age. Finally, the intrinsic scatter in
the optical-IR colors is small and nearly constant with redshift, indicating
that the majority of giant, early-type galaxies in clusters share a common star
formation history, with little perturbation due to uncorrelated episodes of
later star formation. Taken together, our results are consistent with models in
which most early-type galaxies in rich clusters are old, formed the majority of
their stars at high redshift in a well-synchronized fashion, and evolved
quiescently thereafter.Comment: 55 pages, 24 figures, uses AASTeX. Accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journa
Host Galaxy Evolution in Radio-Loud AGN
We investigate the luminosity evolution of the host galaxies of radio-loud
AGN through Hubble Space Telescope imaging of 72 BL Lac objects, including new
STIS imaging of nine z > 0.6 BL Lacs. With their intrinsically low accretion
rates and their strongly beamed jets, BL Lacs provide a unique opportunity to
probe host galaxy evolution independent of the biases and ambiguities implicit
in quasar studies. We find that the host galaxies of BL Lacs evolve strongly,
consistent with passive evolution from a period of active star formation in the
range 0.5 <~ z <~ 2.5, and inconsistent with either passive evolution from a
high formation redshift or a non-evolving population. This evolution is broadly
consistent with that observed in the hosts of other radio-loud AGN, and
inconsistent with the flatter luminosity evolution of quiescent early types and
radio-quiet hosts. This indicates that active star formation, and hence galaxy
interactions, are associated with the formation for radio-loud AGN, and that
these host galaxies preferentially accrete less material after their formation
epoch than galaxies without powerful radio jets. We discuss possible
explanations for the link between merger history and the incidence of a radio
jet.Comment: 37 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ, for full PDF
incl. figures see
http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~modowd/papers/odowdurry2005.pd
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