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Generation of 10^15 - 10^17 eV photons by UHE CR in the Galactic magnetic filed
We show that the deep expected in the diffuse photon spectrum above the
threshold of e+e- pair production, i.e., at energies 10^15 - 10^17 eV, may be
absent due to the synchrotron radiation by the electron component of the
extragalactic Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHE CR) in the Galactic magnetic
filed. The mechanism we propose requires small (less than 2x10^-12 G)
extragalactic magnetic fields and large fraction of photons in the UHE CR. For
a typical photon flux expected in top-down scenarios of UHE CR, the predicted
flux in the region of the deep is close to the existing experimental limit. The
sensitivity of our mechanism to the extragalactic magnetic field may be used to
improve existing bounds on the latter by two orders of magnitude.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX, 1 .ps figure. Numerical error corrected; references
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Fluid Ontologies in the Search for MH370
This paper gives an account of the disappearance of Malaysian Airways Flight MH370 into the southern Indian Ocean in March 2014 and analyses the rare glimpses into remote ocean space this incident opened up. It follows the tenuous clues as to where the aeroplane might have come to rest after it disappeared from radar screens â seven satellite pings, hundreds of pieces of floating debris and six underwater sonic recordings â as ways of entering into and thinking about ocean space. The paper pays attention to and analyses this space on three registers â first, as a fluid, more-than-human materiality with particular properties and agencies; second, as a synthetic situation, a composite of informational bits and pieces scopically articulated and augmented; and third, as geopolitics, delineated by the protocols of international search and rescue. On all three registers â as matter, as data and as law â the ocean is shown to be ontologically fluid, a world defined by movement, flow and flux, posing intractable difficulties for human interactions with it
Re-establishing the âoutsidersâ: English press coverage of the 2015 FIFA Womenâs World Cup
In 2015, the England Womenâs national football team finished third at the Womenâs World Cup in Canada. Alongside the establishment of the Womenâs Super League in 2011, the success of the womenâs team posed a striking contrast to the recent failures of the England menâs team and in doing so presented a timely opportunity to examine the negotiation of hegemonic discourses on gender, sport and football. Drawing upon an âestablished-outsiderâ approach, this article examines how, in newspaper coverage of the England womenâs team, gendered constructions revealed processes of alteration, assimilation and resistance. Rather than suggesting that âestablishedâ discourses assume a normative connection between masculinity and football, the findings reveal how gendered âboundariesâ were both challenged and protected in newspaper coverage. Despite their success, the discursive positioning of the womenâs team as âoutsidersâ, served to (re)establish menâs football as superior, culturally salient and âbetterâ than the womenâs team/game. Accordingly, we contend that attempts to build and, in many instances, rediscover the history of womenâs football, can be used to challenge established cultural representations that draw exclusively from the history of the menâs game. In such instances, the 2015 Womenâs World Cup provides a historical moment from which the womenâs game can be relocated in a context of popular culture