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Rotation Modulations and Distributions of the Flare Occurrence Rates on the Surface of Five UV Ceti Type Stars
In this study, we considered stellar spots, stellar flares, and also the
relation between these two magnetic proccesses that take place on UV Cet stars.
In addition, the hypothesis about slow flares described by Gurzadyan (1986
Ap&SS, 125, 127) was investigated. All of these discussions were based on the
results of three years of observations of UV Cet-type stars: AD Leo, EV Lac,
V1005 Ori, EQ Peg, and V1054 Oph. First of all, the results show that stellar
spot activity occurs on the stellar surface of EV Lac, V1005 Ori, and EQ Peg,
while AD Leo does not show any short-term variability and V1054 Oph does not
exhibit any variability. We report on new ephemerides for EV Lac, V1005 Ori,
and EQ Peg, obtained from time-series analyses. The phases, computed at
intervals of 0.10 phase length, where the mean flare occurence rates to obtain
maximum amplitude; also, the phases of rotational modulation were compared in
order to investigate whether there is any longitudinal relation between stellar
flares and spots. Although the results show that flare events are related with
spotted areas on stellar surfaces during some of the observing seasons, we did
not find any clear correlation among them. Finally, it was tested whether slow
flares are fast flares occurring on the opposite side of the stars according to
the direction of the observers, as mentioned in a hypothesis developed by <A
>Gurzadyan (1986). The flare occurence rates reveal that both slow and fast
flares can occur in any rotational phases. The flare occurence rates of both
fast and slow flares vary in the same way along the longitudes for all program
stars. These results are not expected based on the case mentioned in the
hypothesis.Comment: 24 pages, 15 figures, 6 tabels, 2011PASJ...63..427
V1135 Herculis: a double-lined eclipsing binary with an Anomalous Cepheid
BVR light curves and radial velocities for the double-lined eclipsing binary
V1135\,Her were obtained. The brighter component of V1135\,Her is a Cepheid
variable with a pulsation period of 4.224330.00026 days. The orbital
period of the system is about 39.997820.00233 days, which is the shortest
value among the known Type\,II Cepheid binaries. The observed B, V, and R
magnitudes were cleaned for the intrinsic variations of the primary star. The
remaining light curves, consisting of eclipses and proximity effects, are
obtained. Our analyses of the multi-colour light curves and radial velocities
led to the determination of fundamental stellar properties of both components
of the interesting system V1135\,Her. The system consists of two evolved stars,
G1+K3 between giants and supergiants, with masses of M=1.4610.054
\Msun ~and M=0.5040.040 {\Msun} and radii of R=27.10.4
{\Rsun} and R=10.40.2 {\Rsun}. The pulsating star is almost filling
its corresponding Roche lobe which indicates the possibility of mass loss or
transfer having taken place. We find an average distance of d=7500450 pc
using the BVR magnitudes and also the V-band extinction. Location in the Galaxy
and the distance to the galactic plane with an amount of 1300 pc indicate that
it probably belongs to the thick-disk population. Most of the observed and
calculated parameters of the V1135\,Her and its location on the color-magnitude
and period-luminosity diagrams lead to a classification of an Anomalous
Cepheid.Comment: 25 pages, 9 Tables, 9 Figures, Accepted Revista Mexicana de
Astronom\'ia y Astrof\'isica. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1211.120
Evaluating the impact of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in Trentino (Alps, Northern Italy): first investigations
The spread of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has been causing great concern regarding the survival of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) throughout Europe since the 1990s. The disease was first recorded in Trentino (southern Alps, Italy) in 2012 and has spread throughout the mountain landscape, where ash trees are scattered in small and isolated stands in different valleys. The status of the disease was checked by monitoring the damage to natural regeneration and adult trees in 90 sites spread over the whole region. The survey confirmed the complete colonization by the pathogen of the whole investigated area, with high levels of damage to both young and adult ash trees. Regeneration (both seedlings and saplings) was observed to be affected by the fungus in 88 plots out of 90. Out of 4486 examined young European ashes, 2261 (50.4%) were affected and 789 (17.6%) were already dead. Ten of the 384 assayed flowering ashes (Fraxinus ornus) showed symptoms on branches and apical stems, similar to those observed for European ash. Isolation and molecular analysis proved the presence of the fungus on both symptomatic European and flowering ashes. The examined 386 adult trees showed different levels of damage, sometimes reaching more than 75% of the crown. Some individual trees (42) growing close to severely damaged trees appeared fully healthy, which suggests the possible existence of some resistant/tolerant individuals in the examined populations
Magnetic Field Effects on the Head Structure of Protostellar Jets
We present the results of 3-D SPMHD numerical simulations of
supermagnetosonic, overdense, radiatively cooling jets. Two initial magnetic
configurations are considered: (i) a helical and (ii) a longitudinal field. We
find that magnetic fields have important effects on the dynamics and structure
of radiative cooling jets, especially at the head. The presence of a helical
field suppresses the formation of the clumpy structure which is found to
develop at the head of purely hydrodynamical jets. On the other hand, a cooling
jet embedded in a longitudinal magnetic field retains clumpy morphology at its
head. This fragmented structure resembles the knotty pattern commonly observed
in HH objects behind the bow shocks of HH jets. This suggests that a strong
(equipartition) helical magnetic field configuration is ruled out at the jet
head. Therefore, if strong magnetic fields are present, they are probably
predominantly longitudinal in those regions. In both magnetic configurations,
we find that the confining pressure of the cocoon is able to excite
short-wavelength MHD K-H pinch modes that drive low-amplitude internal shocks
along the beam. These shocks are not strong however, and it likely that they
could only play a secondary role in the formation of the bright knots observed
in HH jets.Comment: 14 pages, 2 Gif figures, uses aasms4.sty. Also available on the web
page http://www.iagusp.usp.br/preprints/preprint.html. To appear in The
Astrophysical Journal Letter
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