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Temperature evolution of magnetic structure of HoFeO by single crystal neutron diffraction
We have investigated the temperature evolution of the magnetic structures of
HoFeO by single crystal neutron diffraction. The three different magnetic
structures found as a function of temperature for \hfo\ are described by the
magnetic groups Pbn, Pbn and Pbn and are stable in the
temperature ranges 600-55~K, 55-37~K and 35~K respectively. In
all three the fundamental coupling between the Fe sub-lattices remains the same
and only their orientation and the degree of canting away from the ideal axial
direction varies. The magnetic polarisation of the Ho sub-lattices in these two
higher temperature regions, in which the major components of the Fe moment lie
along and , is very small. The canting of the moments from the axial
directions is attributed to the antisymmetric interactions allowed by the
crystal symmetry. They include contributions from single ion anisotropy as well
as the Dzyaloshinski antisymmetric exchange. In the low temperature phase two
further structural transitions are apparent in which the spontaneous
magnetisation changes sign with respect to the underlying antiferromagnetic
configuration. In this temperature range the antisymmetric exchange energy
varies rapidly as the the Ho sub-lattices begin to order. So long as the
ordered Ho moments are small the antisymmetric exchange is due only to Fe-Fe
interactions, but as the degree of Ho order increases the Fe-Ho interactions
take over whilst at the lowest temperatures, when the Ho moments approach
saturation the Ho-Ho interactions dominate. The reversals of the spontaneous
magnetisation found in this study suggest that in \hfo\ the sums of the Fe-Fe
and Ho-Ho antisymmetric interactions have the same sign as one another, but
that of the Ho-Fe terms is opposite
Antikaons in nuclei and dense nuclear matter
We present recent progress on the properties of antikaons in nuclei and dense
nuclear matter as obtained from two {\bar K}N interaction models: one based on
the lowest-order meson-baryon chiral lagrangian and the other derived from a
meson-exchange picture.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of HYP200
The Megamaser Cosmology Project. III. Accurate Masses of Seven Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galaxies with Circumnuclear Megamaser Disks
Observations of HO masers from circumnuclear disks in active galaxies for
the Megamaser Cosmology Project allow accurate measurement of the mass of
supermassive black holes (BH) in these galaxies. We present the Very Long
Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) images and kinematics of water maser emission in
six active galaxies: NGC~1194, NGC~2273, NGC~2960 (Mrk~1419), NGC~4388,
NGC~6264 and NGC~6323. We use the Keplerian rotation curves of these six
megamaser galaxies, plus a seventh previously published, to determine accurate
enclosed masses within the central pc of these galaxies, smaller than
the radius of the sphere of influence of the central mass in all cases. We also
set lower limits to the central mass densities of between 0.12 and 60 ~pc. For six of the seven disks, the high central
densities rule out clusters of stars or stellar remnants as the central
objects, and this result further supports our assumption that the enclosed mass
can be attributed predominantly to a supermassive black hole. The seven BHs
have masses ranging between 0.76 and 6.510. The BH mass
errors are \%, dominated by the uncertainty of the Hubble constant.
We compare the megamaser BH mass determination with other BH mass measurement
techniques. The BH mass based on virial estimation in four galaxies is
consistent with the megamaser BH mass given the latest empirical value of
, but the virial mass uncertainty is much greater. MCP
observations continue and we expect to obtain more maser BH masses in the
future.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures. This paper has been submitted to ApJ. An updated
version of this paper will be posted when it gets accepte
Suppression of core polarization in halo nuclei
We present a microscopic study of halo nuclei, starting from the Paris and
Bonn potentials and employing a two-frequency shell model approach. It is found
that the core-polarization effect is dramatically suppressed in such nuclei.
Consequently the effective interaction for halo nucleons is almost entirely
given by the bare G-matrix alone, which presently can be evaluated with a high
degree of accuracy. The experimental pairing energies between the two halo
neutrons in He and Li nuclei are satisfactorily reproduced by our
calculation. It is suggested that the fundamental nucleon-nucleon interaction
can be probed in a clearer and more direct way in halo nuclei than in ordinary
nuclei.Comment: 11 pages, RevTex, 2 postscript figures; major revisions, matches
version to appear in Phys. Rev. Letter
Radio continuum of galaxies with HO megamaser disks: 33 GHz VLA data
We investigate the nuclear environment of galaxies with observed 22 GHz water
megamaser in their subparsec edge-on accretion disks, using 33 GHz (9mm) radio
continuum data from VLA, with a resolution of ~ 0.2-0.5 arcsecs, and relate the
maser and host galaxy properties to those of its radio continuum emission.
Eighty-seven percent (21 out of 24) galaxies in our sample show 33 GHz radio
continuum emission at levels of 4.5-240 . Five sources show extended
emission, including one source with two main components and one with three main
components. The remaining detected 16 sources exhibit compact cores within the
sensitivity limits. Little evidence is found for extended jets (>300 pc) in
most sources. Either they do not exist, or our chosen frequency of 33 GHz is
too high for a detection of these supposedly steep spectrum features. In only
one source among those with known maser disk orientation, NGC4388, we found an
extended jet-like feature that appears to be oriented perpendicular to the
water megamaser disk. Smaller 100-300 pc sized jets might also be present, as
is suggested by the beam-deconvolved morphology of our sources. Whenever
possible, central positions with accuracies of 20-280 mas are provided. A
correlation analysis shows that the 33 GHz luminosity weakly correlates with
the infrared luminosity. The 33 GHz luminosity is anticorrelated with the
circular velocity of the galaxy. The black hole masses show stronger
correlations with water maser luminosity than with 1.4 GHz, 33 GHz, or hard
X-ray luminosities. Furthermore, the inner radii of the disks show stronger
correlations with 1.4 GHz, 33 GHz, and hard X-ray luminosities than their outer
radii, suggesting that the outer radii may be affected by disk warping, star
formation, or peculiar density distributions.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures, Accepted for publication in A&
Mass Hierarchies and the Seesaw Neutrino Mixing
We give a general analysis of neutrino mixing in the seesaw mechanism with
three flavors. Assuming that the Dirac and u-quark mass matrices are similar,
we establish simple relations between the neutrino parameters and individual
Majorana masses. They are shown to depend rather strongly on the physical
neutrino mixing angles. We calculate explicitly the implied Majorana mass
hierarchies for parameter sets corresponding to different solutions to the
solar neutrino problem.Comment: 11 pages, no figures, replaced with final version. Minor corrections
and one typo corrected. Added one referenc
Hypoxia in the York River, 1991
This data report describes field studies conducted during the summer of 1991 by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) when both the physical environment and the dissolved oxygen regime were monitored, with the objective of better understanding how physical transport processes affect DO. The 1991 data sets will be presented here. Analysis and interpretation of the data is the subject of other scientific reports
Using Megamaser Disks to Probe Black Hole Accretion
We examine the alignment between H_2O megamaser disks on sub-pc scales with
circumnuclear disks and bars on <500 pc scales observed with HST/WFC3. The HST
imaging reveals young stars, indicating the presence of gas. The megamaser
disks are not well aligned with the circumnuclear bars or disks as traced by
stars in the HST images. We speculate on the implications of the observed
misalignments for fueling supermassive black holes in gas-rich spiral galaxies.
In contrast, we find a strong preference for the rotation axes of the megamaser
disks to align with radio continuum jets observed on >50 pc scales, in those
galaxies for which radio continuum detections are available. Sub-arcsecond
observations of molecular gas with ALMA will enable a more complete
understanding of the interplay between circumnuclear structures.Comment: Error in Figure 4 corrected, references added. 7 pages, 4 figures, to
be published in the Astrophysical Journa
The Megamaser Cosmology Project. X. High Resolution Maps and Mass Constraint for SMBHs
We present high resolution (sub-mas) VLBI maps of nuclear H2O megamasers for
seven galaxies. In UGC6093, the well-aligned systemic masers and high-velocity
masers originate in an edge-on, flat disk and we determine the mass of the
central SMBH to be M_SMBH = 2.58*10^7Msun(+-7%). For J1346+5228, the
distribution of masers is consistent with a disk, but the faint high-velocity
masers are only marginally detected, and we constrain the mass of the SMBH to
be in the range 1.5-2.0*10^7Msun. The origin of the masers in Mrk1210 is less
clear, as the systemic and high-velocity masers are misaligned and show a
disorganized velocity structure. We present one possible model in which the
masers originate in a tilted, warped disk, but we do not rule out the
possibility of other explanations including outflow masers. In NGC6926, we
detect a set of redshifted masers, clustered within a pc of each other, and a
single blueshifted maser about 4.4pc away, an offset that would be unusually
large for a maser disk system. Nevertheless, if it is a disk system, we
estimate the enclosed mass to be M_SMBH<4.8*10^7 Msun . For NGC5793, we detect
redshifted masers spaced about 1.4pc from a clustered set of blueshifted
features. The orientation of the structure supports a disk scenario as
suggested by Hagiwara et al.(2001). We estimate the enclosed mass to be M
SMBH<1.3*10^7 Msun. For NGC2824 and J0350-0127, the masers may be associated
with pc or sub-pc scale jets or outflows.Comment: Accepted by Ap
Seesaw mechanism in three flavors
We advance a method used to analyse the neutrino properties (masses and
mixing) in the seesaw mechanism. Assuming the hierarchical Dirac and light
neutrino masses we establish rather simple relations between the light and the
heavy neutrino parameters in the favored region of the solar and the
atmospheric neutrino experiments. A empirical condition satisfied by the RH
mixing angles is obtained.Comment: 19 pages. Acceptted by Phys. Rev. D The part about the neutrino
experiments is selected as a single section. The mistakes in spelling and
grammer are corrected. Also, some equations are neewly numbere
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