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Solar flare hard X-ray spikes observed by RHESSI: a statistical study
Context. Hard X-ray (HXR) spikes refer to fine time structures on timescales
of seconds to milliseconds in high-energy HXR emission profiles during solar
flare eruptions. Aims. We present a preliminary statistical investigation of
temporal and spectral properties of HXR spikes. Methods. Using a three-sigma
spike selection rule, we detected 184 spikes in 94 out of 322 flares with
significant counts at given photon energies, which were detected from
demodulated HXR light curves obtained by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar
Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). About one fifth of these spikes are also
detected at photon energies higher than 100 keV. Results. The statistical
properties of the spikes are as follows. (1) HXR spikes are produced in both
impulsive flares and long-duration flares with nearly the same occurrence
rates. Ninety percent of the spikes occur during the rise phase of the flares,
and about 70% occur around the peak times of the flares. (2) The time durations
of the spikes vary from 0.2 to 2 s, with the mean being 1.0 s, which is not
dependent on photon energies. The spikes exhibit symmetric time profiles with
no significant difference between rise and decay times. (3) Among the most
energetic spikes, nearly all of them have harder count spectra than their
underlying slow-varying components. There is also a weak indication that spikes
exhibiting time lags in high-energy emissions tend to have harder spectra than
spikes with time lags in low-energy emissions.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figure
The Radio and Gamma-Ray Luminosities of Blazars
Based on the -ray data of blazars in the third EGRET catalog and
radio data at 5 GHz, we studied the correlation between the radio and
-ray luminosities using two statistical methods. The first method was
the partial correlation analysis method, which indicates that there exist
correlations between the radio and -ray luminosities in both high and
low states as well as in the average case.
The second method involved a comparison of expected -ray luminosity
distribution with the observed data using the Kolmogorov--
Smirnov (KS) test. In the second method, we assumed that there is a
correlation between the radio and -ray luminosities and that the
-ray luminosity function is proportional to the radio luminosity
function. The KS test indicates that the expected gamma-ray luminosity
distributions are consistent with the observed data in a reasonable parameter
range. Finally, we used different -ray luminosity functions to estimate
the possible 'observed'
-ray luminosity distributions by GLAST.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, one table, PASJ, 53 (2001
Effects of topological edge states on the thermoelectric properties of Bi nanoribbons
Using first-principles calculations combined with Boltzmann transport theory,
we investigate the effects of topological edge states on the thermoelectric
properties of Bi nanoribbons. It is found that there is a competition between
the edge and bulk contributions to the Seebeck coefficients. However, the
electronic transport of the system is dominated by the edge states because of
its much larger electrical conductivity. As a consequence, a room temperature
value exceeding 3.0 could be achieved for both p- and n-type systems when the
relaxation time ratio between the edge and the bulk states is tuned to be 1000.
Our theoretical study suggests that the utilization of topological edge states
might be a promising approach to cross the threshold of the industrial
application of thermoelectricity
Polarization and Variations of BL Lacertae Objects
BL Lacertae objects are an extreme subclass of AGNs showing rapid and
large-amplitude variability, high and variable polarization, and core-dominated
radio emissions. If a strong beaming effect is the cause of the extreme
observation properties, one would expect that these properties would be
correlated with each other. Based on the relativistic beaming model,
relationships between the polarization and the magnitude variation in
brightness, as well as the core- dominance parameter are derived and used
statistically to compare with the observational data of a BL Lacertae object
sample. The statistical results are consistent with these correlations, which
suggests that the polarization, the variation, and the core-dominance parameter
are possible indications of the beaming effect.Comment: 6 pages, two figures, one table, some revisions. PASJ, 53 (2001
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Quantum superchemistry in an output coupler of coherent matter waves
We investigate the quantum superchemistry or Bose-enhanced atom-molecule
conversions in a coherent output coupler of matter waves, as a simple
generalization of the two-color photo-association. The stimulated effects of
molecular output step and atomic revivals are exhibited by steering the rf
output couplings. The quantum noise-induced molecular damping occurs near a
total conversion in a levitation trap. This suggests a feasible two-trap scheme
to make a stable coherent molecular beam.Comment: 3 figures, accepted by Phys.Rev.A (submitted to prl in July,
transferred to pra in Sep. and accepted in Nov.
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