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Autocorrelation and power spectrum analysis for X-ray and gamma ray spectrometer data
Autocorrelation and power spectrum analysis computer programs for signal analysis of X ray and gamma ray emitting pulsar
Four Measures of the Intracluster Medium Temperature and Their Relation to a Cluster's Dynamical State
We employ an ensemble of hydrodynamic cluster simulations to create spatially
and spectrally resolved images of quality comparable to Chandra's expected
performance. Emission from simulation mass elements is represented using the
XSPEC mekal program assuming 0.3 solar metallicity, and the resulting spectra
are fit with a single-temperature model. Despite significant departures from
isothermality in the cluster gas, single-temperature models produce acceptable
fits to 20,000 source photon spectra. The spectral fit temperature T_s is
generally lower than the mass weighted average temperature T_m due to the
influence of soft line emission from cooler gas being accreted as part of the
hierarchical clustering process. In a Chandra-like bandpass of 0.5 to 9.5 keV
we find a nearly uniform fractional bias of (T_m-T_s)/T_s = 20% with occasional
large deviations in smaller clusters. In the more traditional 2.0 to 9.5 keV
bandpass, the fractional deviation is scale-dependent and on average follows
the relation (T_m-T_s)/T_s = 0.2 log(T_m). This bias results in a spectral
mass-temperature relationship with slope about 1.6, intermediate between the
virial relation M ~ T_m^{3/2} and the observed relation M_{ICM} ~ T^2. Imaging
each cluster in the ensemble at 16 epochs in its evolutionary history, we
catalogue merger events with mass ratios exceeding 10% in order to investigate
the relationship between spectral temperature and proximity to a major merger
event. Clusters that are very cool relative to the mean mass-temperature
relationship lie preferentially close to a merger, suggesting a viable
observational method to cull a subset of dynamically young clusters from the
general population.Comment: 34 pages, including 2 tables and 14 figures (one in color). Compiled
using LaTeX 2.09 with graphics package and aaspp4 style. The simulated
spectral data files used in this paper are available for public consumption
at http://redshift.stanford.edu/bfm
Site amplification, attenuation, and scattering from noise correlation amplitudes across a dense array in Long Beach, CA
For accurate seismic hazard evaluation, both the spatial and frequency-dependent variabilities in the amplitudes of earthquake ground motions are needed. While this information is rarely fully available due to the paucity of relevant seismic data, dense arrays like the 5200-geophone array in Long Beach, California provide the opportunity to study this amplitude variability. Here we show that ambient noise correlation amplitudes from the Long Beach array can be used to directly determine frequency-dependent site amplification factors. We analyze Rayleigh-wavefield amplitude gradients from ambient noise correlations that are processed so that relative amplitudes satisfy the wave equation and are therefore meaningful. Ultimately, we construct maps of site amplification across Long Beach at frequencies of 0.67, 1.0, and 2.0 Hz. These maps correlate well with local structure, notably the Newport-Inglewood Fault and also to known velocity structure. Through this process, we also obtain constraints on average attenuation structure and local scattering
Broken time-reversal symmetry in Josephson junction involving two-band superconductors
A novel time-reversal symmetry breaking state is found theoretically in the
Josephson junction between the two-gap superconductor and the conventional
s-wave superconductor. This occurs due to the frustration between the three
order parameters analogous to the two antiferromagnetically coupled XY-spins
put under a magnetic field. This leads to the interface states with the
energies inside the superconducting gap. Possible experimental observations of
this state with broken time-reversal symmetry are discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur
SAMPEX Spin Stabilized Mode
The Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX), the first of the Small Explorer series of spacecraft, was launched on July 3, 1992 into an 82' inclination orbit with an apogee of 670 km and a perigee of 520 km and a mission lifetime goal of 3 years. After more than 15 years of continuous operation, the reaction wheel began to fail on August 18,2007. With a set of three magnetic torquer bars being the only remaining attitude actuator, the SAMPEX recovery team decided to deviate from its original attitude control system design and put the spacecraft into a spin stabilized mode. The necessary operations had not been used for many years, which posed a challenge. However, on September 25, 2007, the spacecraft was successfully spun up to 1.0 rpm about its pitch axis, which points at the sun. This paper describes the diagnosis of the anomaly, the analysis of flight data, the simulation of the spacecraft dynamics, and the procedures used to recover the spacecraft to spin stabilized mode
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Antrodia cinnamomea reduces obesity and modulates the gut microbiota in high-fat diet-fed mice.
BackgroundObesity is associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis, disrupted intestinal barrier and chronic inflammation. Given the high and increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide, anti-obesity treatments that are safe, effective and widely available would be beneficial. We examined whether the medicinal mushroom Antrodia cinnamomea may reduce obesity in mice fed with a high-fat diet (HFD).MethodsMale C57BL/6J mice were fed a HFD for 8 weeks to induce obesity and chronic inflammation. The mice were treated with a water extract of A. cinnamomea (WEAC), and body weight, fat accumulation, inflammation markers, insulin sensitivity and the gut microbiota were monitored.ResultsAfter 8 weeks, the mean body weight of HFD-fed mice was 39.8±1.2 g compared with 35.8±1.3 g for the HFD+1% WEAC group, corresponding to a reduction of 4 g or 10% of body weight (P<0.0001). WEAC supplementation reduced fat accumulation and serum triglycerides in a statistically significant manner in HFD-fed mice. WEAC also reversed the effects of HFD on inflammation markers (interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α), insulin resistance and adipokine production (leptin and adiponectin). Notably, WEAC increased the expression of intestinal tight junctions (zonula occludens-1 and occludin) and antimicrobial proteins (Reg3g and lysozyme C) in the small intestine, leading to reduced blood endotoxemia. Finally, WEAC modulated the composition of the gut microbiota, reducing the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio and increasing the level of Akkermansia muciniphila and other bacterial species associated with anti-inflammatory properties.ConclusionsSupplementation with A. cinnamomea produces anti-obesogenic, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic effects in HFD-fed mice by maintaining intestinal integrity and modulating the gut microbiota
Marine ice-sheet profiles and stability under Coulomb basal conditions
The behavior of marine-terminating ice sheets, such as the West Antarctic ice sheet, is of
interest due to the possibility of rapid grounding-line retreat and consequent catastrophic loss of ice.
Critical to modeling this behavior is a choice of basal rheology, where the most popular approach is to
relate the ice-sheet velocity to a power-law function of basal stress. Recent experiments, however,
suggest that near-grounding line tills exhibit Coulomb friction behavior. Here we address how Coulomb
conditions modify ice-sheet profiles and stability criteria. The basal rheology necessarily transitions to
Coulomb friction near the grounding line, due to low effective stresses, leading to changes in ice-sheet
properties within a narrow boundary layer. Ice-sheet profiles ‘taper off’ towards a flatter upper surface,
compared with the power-law case, and basal stresses vanish at the grounding line, consistent with
observations. In the Coulomb case, the grounding-line ice flux also depends more strongly on flotation
ice thickness, which implies that ice sheets are more sensitive to climate perturbations. Furthermore,
with Coulomb friction, the ice sheet grounds stably in shallower water than with a power-law rheology.
This implies that smaller perturbations are required to push the grounding line into regions of negative
bed slope, where it would become unstable. These results have important implications for ice-sheet
stability in a warming climate
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