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Population synthesis of HII galaxies
We study the stellar population of galaxies with active star formation,
determining ages of the stellar components by means of spectral population
synthesis of their absorption spectra. The data consist of optical spectra of
185 nearby () emission line galaxies. They are mostly HII
galaxies, but we also include some Starbursts and Seyfert 2s, for comparison
purposes. They were grouped into 19 high signal-to-noise ratio template
spectra, according to their continuum distribution, absorption and emission
line characteristics. The templates were then synthesized with a star cluster
spectral base. The synthesis results indicate that HII galaxies are typically
age-composite stellar systems, presenting important contribution from
generations up to as old as 500 Myr. We detect a significant contribution of
populations with ages older than 1 Gyr in two groups of HII galaxies. The age
distributions of stellar populations among Starbursts can vary considerably
despite similarities in the emission line spectra. In the case of Seyfert 2
groups we obtain important contributions of old population, consistent with a
bulge. From the diversity of star formation histories, we conclude that typical
HII galaxies in the local universe are not systems presently forming their
first stellar generation.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, MNRAS in pres
The Gelfand map and symmetric products
If A is an algebra of functions on X, there are many cases when X can be
regarded as included in Hom(A,C) as the set of ring homomorphisms. In this
paper the corresponding results for the symmetric products of X are introduced.
It is shown that the symmetric product Sym^n(X) is included in Hom(A,C) as the
set of those functions that satisfy equations generalising f(xy)=f(x)f(y).
These equations are related to formulae introduced by Frobenius and, for the
relevant A, they characterise linear maps on A that are the sum of ring
homomorphisms. The main theorem is proved using an identity satisfied by
partitions of finite sets.Comment: 14 pages, Late
Anisotropic valence-->core x-ray fluorescence from a [Rh(en)3][Mn(N)(CN)5]·H2O single crystal: Experimental results and density functional calculations
High resolution x-ray fluorescence spectra have been recorded for emission in different directions from a single crystal of the compound [Rh(en)3][Mn(N)(CN)5]·H2O. The spectra are interpreted by comparison with density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations. The Kbeta[double-prime] line, which is strongly polarized along the Mn–N axis, can be viewed as an N(2s)-->Mn(1s) transition, and the angular dependence is understood within the dipole approximation. The so-called Kbeta2,5 region has numerous contributions but is dominated by Mn(4p) and C(2s)-->Mn(1s) transitions. Transition energy splittings are found in agreement with those of calculated occupied molecular orbitals to within 1 eV. Computed relative transition probabilities reproduce experimentally observed trends
Lagrangian approach to a symplectic formalism for singular systems
We develop a Lagrangian approach for constructing a symplectic structure for
singular systems. It gives a simple and unified framework for understanding the
origin of the pathologies that appear in the Dirac-Bergmann formalism, and
offers a more general approach for a symplectic formalism, even when there is
no Hamiltonian in a canonical sense. We can thus overcome the usual limitations
of the canonical quantization, and perform an algebraically consistent
quantization for a more general set of Lagrangian systems.Comment: 30 page
The Eliashberg Function of Amorphous Metals
A connection is proposed between the anomalous thermal transport properties
of amorphous solids and the low-frequency behavior of the Eliashberg function.
By means of a model calculation we show that the size and frequency dependence
of the phonon mean-free-path that has been extracted from measurements of the
thermal conductivity in amorphous solids leads to a sizeable linear region in
the Eliashberg function at small frequencies. Quantitative comparison with
recent experiments gives very good agreement.Comment: 4pp., REVTeX, 1 uuencoded ps fig. Original posting had a corrupted
raw ps fig appended. Published as PRB 51, 689 (1995
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