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Overall properties of the Gaia DR1 reference frame
We compare quasar positions of the auxiliary quasar solution with ICRF2
sources using different samples and evaluate the influence on the {\it Gaia}
DR1 reference frame owing to the Galactic aberration effect over the
J2000.0-J20015.0 period. Then we estimate the global rotation between TGAS with
{\it Tycho}-2 proper motion systems to investigate the property of the {\it
Gaia} DR1 reference frame. Finally, the Galactic kinematics analysis using the
K-M giant proper motions is performed to understand the property of {\it Gaia}
DR1 reference frame. The positional comparison between the auxiliary quasar
solution and ICRF2 shows negligible orientation and validates the declination
bias of \mas~in {\it Gaia} quasar positions with respect to ICRF2.
Galactic aberration effect is thought to cause an offset \mas~of
the axis direction of {\it Gaia} DR1 reference frame. The global rotation
between TGAS and {\it Tycho}-2 proper motion systems, obtained by different
samples, shows a much smaller value than the claimed value \masyr. For
the Galactic kinematics analysis of the TGAS K-M giants, we find possible
non-zero Galactic rotation components beyond the classical Oort constants: the
rigid part \masyr~and the differential part
\masyr~around the axis of Galactic
coordinates, which indicates possible residual rotation in {\it Gaia} DR1
reference frame or problems in the current Galactic kinematical model.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in A&
X-Ray Spectral Variability in Cygnus X-1
Spectral variability in different energy bands of X-rays from Cyg X-1 in
different states is studied with RXTE observations and time domain approaches.
In the hard tail of energy spectrum above keV, average peak aligned
shots are softer than the average steady emission and the hardness ratio
decreases when the flux increases during a shot for all states. In regard to a
soft band lower keV, the hardness in the soft state varies in an
opposite way: it peaks when the flux of the shot peaks. For the hard and
transition states, the hardness ratio in respect to a soft band during a shot
is in general lower than that of the steady component and a sharp rise is
observed at about the shot peak. For the soft state, the correlation
coefficient between the intensity and hardness ratio in the hard tail is
negative and decreases monotonically as the timescale increases from 0.01 s to
50 s, which is opposite to that in regard to a soft band. For the hard and
transition states, the correlation coefficients are in general negative and
have a trend of decrease with increasing timescale.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Ap
Design and analysis of a wire-driven flexible manipulator for bronchoscopic interventions
Bronchoscopic interventions are widely performed for the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases. However, for most endobronchial devices, the lack of a bendable tip restricts their access ability to get into distal bronchi with complex bifurcations. This paper presents the design of a new wire-driven continuum manipulator to help guide these devices. The proposed manipulator is built by assembling miniaturized blocks that are featured with interlocking circular joints. It has the capability of maintaining its integrity when the lengths of actuation wires change due to the shaft flex. It allows the existence of a relatively large central cavity to pass through other instruments and enables two rotational degrees of freedom. All these features make it suitable for procedures where tubular anatomies are involved and the flexible shafts have to be considerably bent in usage, just like bronchoscopic interventions. A kinematic model is built to estimate the relationship between the translations of actuation wires and the manipulator tip position. A scale-up model is produced for evaluation experiments and the results validate the performance of the proposed mechanism
Mediating exchange bias by Verwey transition in CoO/Fe3O4 thin film
We report the tunability of the exchange bias effect by the first-order
metal-insulator transition (known as the Verwey transition) of Fe3O4 in CoO (5
nm)/Fe3O4 (40 nm)/MgO (001) thin film. In the vicinity of the Verwey
transition, the exchange bias field is substantially enhanced because of a
sharp increase in magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant from high-temperature
cubic to lowtemperature monoclinic structure. Moreover, with respect to the
Fe3O4 (40 nm)/MgO (001) thin film, the coercivity field of the CoO (5 nm)/Fe3O4
(40 nm)/MgO (001) bilayer is greatly increased for all the temperature range,
which would be due to the coupling between Co spins and Fe spins across the
interface
Cross sections for pentaquark baryon production from protons in reactions induced by hadrons and photons
Using hadronic Lagrangians that include the interaction of pentaquark
baryon with and , we evaluate the cross sections for its
production from meson-proton, proton-proton, and photon-proton reactions near
threshold. With empirical coupling constants and form factors, the predicted
cross sections are about 1.5 mb in kaon-proton reactions, 0.1 mb in rho-nucleon
reactions, 0.05 mb in pion-nucleon reactions, 20 b in proton-proton
reactions, and 40 nb in photon-proton reactions.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure
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