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Luminosity segregation in galaxy clusters as an indication of dynamical evolution
Theoretical models describing the dynamical evolution of self-gravitating systems predict a spatial mass segregation for more evolved systems, with the more massive objects concentrated toward the center of the configuration. From the observational point of view, however, the existence of mass segregation in galaxy clusters seems to be a matter of controversy. A special problem in this connection is the formation of cD galaxies in the centers of galaxy clusters. The most promising scenarios of their formation are galaxy cannibalism (merger scenario) and growing by cooling flows. It seems to be plausible to consider the swallowing of smaller systems by a dominant galaxy as an important process in the evolution of a cD galaxy. The stage of the evolution of the dominant galaxy should be reflected by the surrounding galaxy population, especially by possible mass segregation effects. Assuming that mass segregation is tantamount to luminosity segregation we analyzed luminosity segregation in roughly 40 cD galaxy clusters. Obviously there are three different groups of clusters: (1) clusters with luminosity segregation, (2) clusters without luminosity segregation, and (3) such objects exhibiting a phenomenon which we call antisegregation in luminosity, i.e. a deficiency of bright galaxies in the central regions of clusters. This result is interpreted in the sense of different degrees of mass segregation and as an indication for different evolution stages of these clusters. The clusters are arranged in the three segregation classes 2, 1, and 0 (S2 = strong mass segregation, S1 = moderate mass segregation, S0 = weak or absent mass segregation). We assume that a galaxy cluster starts its dynamical evolution after virialization without any radial mass segregation. Energy exchange during encounters of cluster members as well as merger processes between cluster galaxies lead to an increasing radial mass segregation in the cluster (S1). If a certain degree of segregation (S2) has been established, an essential number of slow-moving and relative massive cluster members in the center will be cannibalized by the initial brightest cluster galaxy. This process should lead to the growing of the predominate galaxy, which is accompanied by a diminution of the mass segregation (transition to S1 and S0, respectively) in the neighborhood of the central very massive galaxy. An increase of the areal density of brighter galaxies towards the outer cluster regions (antisegregation of luminosity), i.e. an extreme low degree of mass segregation was estimated for a substantial percentage of cD clusters. This result favors the cannibalism scenario for the formation of cD galaxies
The Nonlinear Dynamic Conversion of Analog Signals into Excitation Patterns
Local periodic perturbations induce frequency-dependent propagation waves in
an excitable spatio-temporally chaotic system. We show how segments of
noise-contaminated and chaotic perturbations induce characteristic sequences of
excitations in the model system. Using a set of tuned excitable systems, it is
possible to characterize signals by their spectral composition of excitation
pattern. As an example we analyze an epileptic spike-and-wave time series.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figure
Verification and Control of Partially Observable Probabilistic Real-Time Systems
We propose automated techniques for the verification and control of
probabilistic real-time systems that are only partially observable. To formally
model such systems, we define an extension of probabilistic timed automata in
which local states are partially visible to an observer or controller. We give
a probabilistic temporal logic that can express a range of quantitative
properties of these models, relating to the probability of an event's
occurrence or the expected value of a reward measure. We then propose
techniques to either verify that such a property holds or to synthesise a
controller for the model which makes it true. Our approach is based on an
integer discretisation of the model's dense-time behaviour and a grid-based
abstraction of the uncountable belief space induced by partial observability.
The latter is necessarily approximate since the underlying problem is
undecidable, however we show how both lower and upper bounds on numerical
results can be generated. We illustrate the effectiveness of the approach by
implementing it in the PRISM model checker and applying it to several case
studies, from the domains of computer security and task scheduling
Single Leptoquark Production at and Colliders
We consider single production of leptoquarks (LQ's) at and
colliders, for two values of the centre-of-mass energy,
GeV and 1 TeV. We find that LQ's which couple within the first
generation are observable for LQ masses almost up to the kinematic limit, both
at and colliders, for the LQ coupling strength equal to
. The cross sections for single production of - and
-generation LQ's at colliders are too small to be observable.
In collisions, on the other hand, -generation LQ's with
masses much larger than can be detected. However,
-generation LQ's can be seen at colliders only for
masses at most , making their observation more probable via the
pair production mechanism.Comment: plain TeX, 14 pages, 6 figures (not included but available on
request), some minor changes to the text, one reference added, figures and
conclusions unchanged, UdeM-LPN-TH-93-152, McGill-93/2
Laser photon merging in proton-laser collisions
The quantum electrodynamical vacuum polarization effects arising in the
collision of a high-energy proton beam and a strong, linearly polarized laser
field are investigated. The probability that laser photons merge into one
photon by interacting with the proton`s electromagnetic field is calculated
taking into account the laser field exactly. Asymptotics of the probability are
then derived according to different experimental setups suitable for detecting
perturbative and nonperturbative vacuum polarization effects. The
experimentally most feasible setup involves the use of a strong optical laser
field. It is shown that in this case measurements of the polarization of the
outgoing photon and and of its angular distribution provide promising tools to
detect these effects for the first time.Comment: 38 pages, 9 figure
Photon emission by an ultra-relativistic particle channeling in a periodically bent crystal
This paper is devoted to a detailed analysis of the new type of the undulator
radiation generated by an ultra-relativistic charged particle channeling along
a crystal plane, which is periodically bent by a transverse acoustic wave, as
well as to the conditions limiting the observation of this phenomenon. This
mechanism makes feasible the generation of electromagnetic radiation, both
spontaneous and stimulated, emitted in a wide range of the photon energies,
from X- up to gamma-rays
On Forward J/\psi Production at Fermilab Tevatron
The D0 Collaboration has recently reported the measurement of J/\psi
production at low angle. We show here that the inclusion of color octet
contributions in any framework is able to reproduce this data.Comment: 1 page, Revtex, uses epsfig.sty, 2 postscript figure
Estimations of electron-positron pair production at high-intensity laser interaction with high-Z targets
Electron-positron pairs' generation occuring in the interaction of
-~W/cm laser radiation with high-Z targets are examined.
Computational results are presented for the pair production and the positron
yield from the target with allowance for the contribution of pair production
processes due to electrons and bremsstrahlung photons.
Monte-Carlo simulations using the PRIZMA code confirm the estimates obtained.
The possible positron yield from high-Z targets irradiated by picosecond lasers
of power -~TW is estimated to be -
One loop photon-graviton mixing in an electromagnetic field: Part 2
In part 1 of this series compact integral representations had been obtained
for the one-loop photon-graviton amplitude involving a charged spin 0 or spin
1/2 particle in the loop and an arbitrary constant electromagnetic field. In
this sequel, we study the structure and magnitude of the various polarization
components of this amplitude on-shell. Explicit expressions are obtained for a
number of limiting cases.Comment: 31 pages, 3 figure
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