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Review of SIS Experimental Results on Strangeness
>A review of meson emission in heavy ion collisions at incident energies
around 1 -- 2 GeV is presented. It is shown how the shape of the
spectra and the various particle yields vary with system size, with centrality
and with incident energy. A statistical model assuming thermal and chemical
equilibrium and exact strangeness conservation (i.e. strangeness conservation
per collision) explains most of the observed features.
Emphasis is put onto the study of and emission. In the framework
of this statistical model it is shown that the experimentally observed equality
of and rates at threshold corrected energies is due to a crossing of two excitation functions. Furthermore,
the independence of the to ratio on the number of participating
nucleons observed between 1 and 10 GeV is consistent with this model.
The observed flow effects are beyond the scope of this model.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, Strangeness 2000, V International Conference on
Strangeness in Quark Matter, July, 2000, Berkeley, Californi
Multiplexed communication over a high-speed quantum channel
In quantum information systems it is of particular interest to consider the
best way in which to use the non-classical resources consumed by that system.
Quantum communication protocols are integral to quantum information systems and
are amongst the most promising near-term applications of quantum information
science. Here we show that a multiplexed, digital quantum communications system
supported by comb of vacuum squeezing has a greater channel capacity per photon
than a source of broadband squeezing with the same analogue bandwidth. We
report on the time-resolved, simultaneous observation of the first dozen teeth
in a 2.4 GHz comb of vacuum squeezing produced by a sub-threshold OPO, as
required for such a quantum communications channel. We also demonstrate
multiplexed communication on that channel
The final two redshifts for radio sources from the equatorial BRL sample
Best, Rottgering and Lehnert (1999, 2000a) defined a new sample of powerful
radio sources from the Molonglo Reference Catalogue, for which redshifts were
compiled or measured for 177 of the 178 objects. For the final object,
MRC1059-010 (3C249), the host galaxy is here identified using near-infrared
imaging, and the redshift is determined from VLT spectroscopy. For one other
object in the sample, MRC0320+053 (4C05.14), the literature redshift has been
questioned: new spectroscopic observations of this object are presented,
deriving a corrected redshift. With these two results, the spectroscopic
completeness of this sample is now 100%.
New redshifts are also presented for PKS0742+10 from the Wall & Peacock 2.7
GHz catalogue, and PKS1336+003 from the Parkes Selected Regions. PKS0742+10
shows a strong neutral hydrogen absorption feature in its Lyman-alpha emission
profile.Comment: 4 pages. LaTeX. Accepted for publication in MNRA
On Quasar Masses and Quasar Host Galaxies
The mass of massive black holes in quasar cores can be deduced using the
typical velocities of Hb-emitting clouds in the Broad Line Region (BLR) and the
size of this region. However, this estimate depends on various assumptions and
is susceptible to large systematic errors. The Hb-deduced black hole mass in a
sample of 14 bright quasars is found here to correlate with the quasar host
galaxy luminosity, as determined with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This
correlation is similar to the black hole mass vs. bulge luminosity correlation
found by Magorrian et al. in a sample of 32 nearby normal galaxies. The
similarity of the two correlations is remarkable since the two samples involve
apparently different types of objects and since the black hole mass estimates
in quasars and in nearby galaxies are based on very different methods.
This similarity provides a ``calibration'' of the Hb-deduced black hole mass
estimate, suggesting it is accurate to +-0.5 on log scale. The similarity of
the two correlations also suggests that quasars reside in otherwise normal
galaxies, and that the luminosity of quasar hosts can be estimated to +-0.5 mag
based on the quasar continuum luminosity and the Hb line width. Future imaging
observations of additional broad-line active galaxies with the HST are required
in order to explore the extent, slope, and scatter of the black hole mass vs.
host bulge luminosity correlation in active galaxies.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters, 7 pages, aas2pp4.st
A submillimetre survey of the star-formation history of radio galaxies
We present the results of the first major systematic submillimetre survey of
radio galaxies spanning the redshift range 1 < z < 5. The primary aim of this
work is to elucidate the star-formation history of this sub-class of elliptical
galaxies by tracing the cosmological evolution of dust mass. Using SCUBA on the
JCMT we have obtained 850-micron photometry of 47 radio galaxies to a
consistent rms depth of 1 mJy, and have detected dust emission in 14 cases. The
radio galaxy targets have been selected from a series of low-frequency radio
surveys of increasing depth (3CRR, 6CE, etc), in order to allow us to separate
the effects of increasing redshift and increasing radio power on submillimetre
luminosity. Although the dynamic range of our study is inevitably small, we
find clear evidence that the typical submillimetre luminosity (and hence dust
mass) of a powerful radio galaxy is a strongly increasing function of redshift;
the detection rate rises from 15 per cent at z 2.5,
and the average submillimetre luminosity rises as (1+z)^3 out to z~4. Moreover
our extensive sample allows us to argue that this behaviour is not driven by
underlying correlations with other radio galaxy properties such as radio power,
radio spectral index, or radio source size/age. Although radio selection may
introduce other more subtle biases, the redshift distribution of our detected
objects is in fact consistent with the most recent estimates of the redshift
distribution of comparably bright submillimetre sources discovered in blank
field surveys. The evolution of submillimetre luminosity found here for radio
galaxies may thus be representative of massive ellipticals in general.Comment: 31 pages - 10 figures in main text, 3 pages of figures in appendix.
This revised version has been re-structured, but the analysis and conclusions
have not changed. Accepted for publication in MNRA
Cross-Correlation of the Cosmic Microwave Background with Radio Sources: Constraints on an Accelerating Universe
We present a new limit on the cosmological constant based on the absence of
correlations between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the distribution
of distant radio sources. In the cosmological constant-cold dark matter models
currently favored, such correlations should have been produced via the
integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect, assuming that radio sources trace the local
(z=1) matter density. We find no evidence of correlations between the COBE 53Hz
microwave map and the NVSS 1.4 GHz radio survey. The implied 95% CL limit on
the cosmological constant is Lambda < 0.74, in marginal agreement with the
values suggested by recent measurements of the CMB anisotropy and type-IA
supernovae observations, 0.6 < Lambda < 0.7. If the cosmological model does lie
in this range, then the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect should be detectable with
upcoming CMB maps and radio surveys.Comment: 5 pages; 3 figures; submitted to PR
Optical measurement of torque exerted on an elongated object by a non-circular laser beam
We have developed a scheme to measure the optical torque, exerted by a laser
beam on a phase object, by measuring the orbital angular momentum of the
transmitted beam. The experiment is a macroscopic simulation of a situation in
optical tweezers, as orbital angular momentum has been widely used to apply
torque to microscopic objects. A hologram designed to generate LG02 modes and a
CCD camera are used to detect the orbital component of the beam. Experimental
results agree with theoretical numerical calculations, and the strength of the
orbital component suggest its usefulness in optical tweezers for
micromanipulation.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, v2: minor typographical correction
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