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Observations of Lick Standard Stars Using the SCORPIO Multi-Slit Unit at the SAO 6-m Telescope
We present Lick line-index measurements of standard stars from the list of
Worthey. The spectra were taken with the multi-slit unit of the SCORPIO
spectrograph at the 6-m Special Astrophysical observatory telescope. We
describe in detail our method of analysis and explain the importance of using
the Lick index system for studying extragalactic globular clusters. Our results
show that the calibration of our instrumental system to the standard Lick
system can be performed with high confidence.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure
Simulation of Light Antinucleus-Nucleus Interactions
Creations of light anti-nuclei (anti-deuterium, anti-tritium, anti-He3 and
anti-He4) are observed by collaborations at the LHC and RHIC accelerators. Some
cosmic ray experiments are aimed to find the anti-nuclei in cosmic rays. To
support the experimental studies of the anti-nuclei a Monte Carlo simulation of
anti-nuclei interactions with matter is implemented in the Geant4 toolkit. The
implementation combines practically all known theoretical approaches to the
problem of antinucleon-nucleon interactions.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Investigation of the new cataclysmic variable 1RXS J180834.7+101041
We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic studies of the
new eclipsing cataclysmic variable star 1RXS J180834.7+101041. Its spectrum
exhibits double-peaked hydrogen and helium emission lines. The Doppler maps
constructed from hydrogen lines show a nonuniform distribution of emission in
the disk similar to that observed in IP Peg. This suggests that the object can
be a cataclysmic variable with tidal density waves in the disk. We have
determined the component masses (M_WD =0.8 \pm 0.22 M_sun and M_RD =0.14 \pm
0.02 M_sun) and the binary inclination (i =78 \pm 1.5 deg) based on well-known
relations between parameters for cataclysmic variable stars. We have modeled
the binary light curves and showed that the model of a disk with two spots is
capable of explaining the main observed features of the light curves.Comment: 22 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, published in Astronomy Letters, 2011,
37, 845-85
Spectroscopy of Stellar-Like Objects Contained in the Second Byurakan Survey. I
The results of spectroscopic observations of 363 star-like objects from the
Second Byurakan Survey (SBS) are reported. This SBS's subsample has proven to
be a rich source of newly identified quasars, Seyfert type galaxies, degenerate
stars and hot subdwarfs. In the subsample here studied, we identified 35 new
QSOs, 142 White Dwarfs (WDs) the majority of which, 114 are of DA type, 55
subdwarfs (29 of which are sdB-type stars), 10 HBB, 16 NHB, 54 G-type and 25
F-type stars, two objects with composite spectra, four Cataclismic Variables
(CV), two peculiar emission line stars, 17 objects with continuous spectra, as
well as one planetary nebula. Among the 35 QSOs we have found two Broad
Absorption Line (BAL) QSOs, namely SBS 1423+500 and SBS 1435+500A. Magnitudes,
redshifts, and slit spectra for all QSOs, also some typical spectra of the
peculiar stars are presented. We estimate the minimum surface density of bright
QSOs in redshift range 0.3<z<2.2 to be 0.05 per sq. deg. for B<17.0 and 0.10
per sq. deg. for B<17.5.Comment: 22 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures, PASP in pres
Study of the structure and kinematics of the NGC 7465/64/63 triplet galaxies
This paper is devoted to the analysis of new observational data for the group
of galaxies NGC 7465/64/63, which were obtained at the 6-m telescope of the
Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS)
with the multimode instrument SCORPIO and the Multi Pupil Fiber Spectrograph.
For one of group members (NGC 7465) the presence of a polar ring was suspected.
Large-scale brightness distributions, velocity and velocity dispersion fields
of the ionized gas for all three galaxies as well as line-of-sight velocity
curves on the basis of emission and absorption lines and a stellar velocity
field in the central region for NGC 7465 were constructed. As a result of the
analysis of the obtained information, we revealed an inner stellar disk (r ~
0.5 kpc) and a warped gaseous disk in addition to the main stellar disk, in NGC
7465. On the basis of the joint study of photometric and spectral data it was
ascertained that NGC 7464 is the irregular galaxy of the IrrI type, whose
structural and kinematic peculiarities resulted most likely from the
gravitational interaction with NGC 7465. The velocity field of the ionized gas
of NGC 7463 turned out typical for spiral galaxies with a bar, and the bending
of outer parts of its disk could arise owing to the close encounter with one of
galaxies of the environment.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figure
Ionized and neutral gas in the peculiar star/cluster complex in NGC 6946
The characteristics of ionized and HI gas in the peculiar star/cluster
complex in NGC 6946, obtained with the 6-m telescope (BTA) SAO RAS, the Gemini
North telescope, and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), are
presented. The complex is unusual as hosting a super star cluster, the most
massive known in an apparently non-interacting giant galaxy. It contains a
number of smaller clusters and is bordered by a sharp C-shaped rim. We found
that the complex is additionally unusual in having peculiar gas kinematics. The
velocity field of the ionized gas reveals a deep oval minimum, ~300 pc in size,
centered 7" east of the supercluster. The Vr of the ionized gas in the dip
center is 100 km/s lower than in its surroundings, and emission lines within
the dip appear to be shock excited. This dip is near the center of an HI hole
and a semi-ring of HII regions. The HI (and less certainly, HII) velocity
fields reveal expansion, with the velocity reaching ~30 km/s at a distance
about 300 pc from the center of expansion, which is near the deep minimum
position. The super star cluster is at the western rim of the minimum. The
sharp western rim of the whole complex is plausibly a manifestation of a
regular dust arc along the complex edge. Different hypotheses about the complex
and the Vr depression origins are discussed, including a HVC/dark mini-halo
impact, a BCD galaxy merging, and a gas outflow due to release of energy from
the supercluster stars.Comment: MN RAS, accepte
Predictions for the Cosmogenic Neutrino Flux in Light of New Data from the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) has measured the spectrum and composition
of the ultrahigh energy cosmic rays with unprecedented precision. We use these
measurements to constrain their spectrum and composition as injected from their
sources and, in turn, use these results to estimate the spectrum of cosmogenic
neutrinos generated in their propagation through intergalactic space. We find
that the PAO measurements can be well fit if the injected cosmic rays consist
entirely of nuclei with masses in the intermediate (C, N, O) to heavy (Fe, Si)
range. A mixture of protons and heavier species is also acceptable but (on the
basis of existing hadronic interaction models) injection of pure light nuclei
(p, He) results in unacceptable fits to the new elongation rate data. The
expected spectrum of cosmogenic neutrinos can vary considerably, depending on
the precise spectrum and chemical composition injected from the cosmic ray
sources. In the models where heavy nuclei dominate the cosmic ray spectrum and
few dissociated protons exceed GZK energies, the cosmogenic neutrino flux can
be suppressed by up to two orders of magnitude relative to the all-proton
prediction, making its detection beyond the reach of current and planned
neutrino telescopes. Other models consistent with the data, however, are
proton-dominated with only a small (1-10%) admixture of heavy nuclei and
predict an associated cosmogenic flux within the reach of upcoming experiments.
Thus a detection or non-detection of cosmogenic neutrinos can assist in
discriminating between these possibilities.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
2D Spectroscopy of Candidate Polar-Ring Galaxies: I. The Pair of Galaxies UGC 5600/09
Observations of the pair of galaxies VV 330 with the SCORPIO multimode
instrument on the 6-m Special Astrophysical Observatory telescope are
presented. Large-scale velocity fields of the ionized gas in H-alfa and
brightness distributions in continuum and H-alfa have been constructed for both
galaxies with the help of a scanning Fabry Perot interferometer. Long-slit
spectroscopy is used to study the stellar kinematics. Analysis of the data
obtained has revealed a complex structure in each of the pair components. Three
kinematic subsystems have been identified in UGC 5600: a stellar disk, an inner
gas ring turned with respect to the disk through ~80degrees, and an outer gas
disk. The stellar and outer gas disks are noncoplanar. Possible scenarios for
the formation of the observed multicomponent kinematic galactic structure are
considered, including the case where the large-scale velocity field of the gas
is represented by the kinematic model of a disk with a warp. The velocity field
in the second galaxy of the pair, UGC 5609, is more regular. A joint analysis
of the data on the photometric structure and the velocity field has shown that
this is probably a late-type spiral galaxy whose shape is distorted by the
gravitational interaction, possibly, with UGC 5600.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figure
The Hitting Times with Taboo for a Random Walk on an Integer Lattice
For a symmetric, homogeneous and irreducible random walk on d-dimensional
integer lattice Z^d, having zero mean and a finite variance of jumps, we study
the passage times (with possible infinite values) determined by the starting
point x, the hitting state y and the taboo state z. We find the probability
that these passages times are finite and analyze the tails of their cumulative
distribution functions. In particular, it turns out that for the random walk on
Z^d, except for a simple (nearest neighbor) random walk on Z, the order of the
tail decrease is specified by dimension d only. In contrast, for a simple
random walk on Z, the asymptotic properties of hitting times with taboo
essentially depend on the mutual location of the points x, y and z. These
problems originated in our recent study of branching random walk on Z^d with a
single source of branching
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