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Testing asteroseismology with Gaia DR2: Hierarchical models of the Red Clump
Asteroseismology provides fundamental stellar parameters independent of
distance, but subject to systematics under calibration. Gaia DR2 has provided
parallaxes for a billion stars, which are offset by a parallax zero-point. Red
Clump (RC) stars have a narrow spread in luminosity, thus functioning as
standard candles to calibrate these systematics. This work measures how the
magnitude and spread of the RC in the Kepler field are affected by changes to
temperature and scaling relations for seismology, and changes to the parallax
zero-point for Gaia. We use a sample of 5576 RC stars classified through
asteroseismology. We apply hierarchical Bayesian latent variable models,
finding the population level properties of the RC with seismology, and use
those as priors on Gaia parallaxes to find the parallax zero-point offset. We
then find the position of the RC using published values for the zero-point. We
find a seismic temperature insensitive spread of the RC of ~0.03 mag in the
2MASS K band and a larger and slightly temperature-dependent spread of ~0.13
mag in the Gaia G band. This intrinsic dispersion in the K band provides a
distance precision of ~1% for RC stars. Using Gaia data alone, we find a mean
zero-point of -41 10 as. This offset yields RC absolute magnitudes
of -1.634 0.018 in K and 0.546 0.016 in G. Obtaining these same
values through seismology would require a global temperature shift of ~-70 K,
which is compatible with known systematics in spectroscopy.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRA
APM 08279+5255: an ultraluminous BAL quasar at a redshift z=3.87
We report on the discovery of a highly luminous, broad absorption line quasar
at a redshift of which is positionally coincident, within one
arcsecond, with the IRAS FSC source F08279+5255. A chance alignment of the
quasar and the IRAS source is extremely unlikely and we argue that the optical
and FIR flux are different manifestations of the same object. With an R-band
magnitude of 15.2, and an IRAS 60\mum flux of 0.51\jy, APM 08279+5255 is
(apparently) easily the most intrinsically luminous object known, with
L_{Bol}\sim5\times10^{15}L_{\odot}}. Imaging suggests that gravitational
lensing may play a role in amplifying the intrinsic properties of the system.
The optical spectrum of the quasar clearly reveals the presence of three
potential lensing galaxies, \mg absorption systems at and ,
and a \ly absorption system at . We estimate the total amplification of
the optical component to be , but, due to the larger scale of the
emitting region, would expect the infrared amplification to be significantly
less. Even making the conservative assumption that all wavelengths are
amplified by a factor 40, APM 08279+5255 still possesses a phenomenal
luminosity of \simgt 10^{14L_{\odot}}, indicating that it belongs to a small,
but significant population of high--redshift, hyperluminous objects with
copious infrared emission.Comment: 15 Pages with Four figures. Accepted for publication in the
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The Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue (IIFSCz)
We present a new catalogue, the Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue
(IIFSCz), of 60,303 galaxies selected at 60 micron from the IRAS Faint Source
Catalogue (FSC). The IIFSCz consists of accurate position, optical,
near-infrared and/or radio identifications, spectroscopic redshift (if
available) or photometric redshift (if possible), predicted far-infrared (FIR)
and submillimetre (submm) fluxes ranging from 12 to 1380 micron based upon the
best-fit infrared template. About 55% of the galaxies in the IIFSCz have
spectroscopic redshifts and a further 20% have photometric redshifts obtained
through either the training set or the template-fitting method. For S(60)>0.36
Jy, the 90% completeness limit of the FSC, 90% of the sources have either
spectroscopic or photometric redshifts. Scientific applications of the IIFSCz
include validation of current and forthcoming infrared and submm/mm surveys
such as AKARI, Planck and Herschel, follow-up studies of rare source
populations, large-scale structure and galaxy bias, local multiwavelength
luminosity functions and source counts. The catalogue is publicly available
from http://astro.imperial.ac.uk/~mrr/fss/Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures, 1 table. Revised on 23/04/09. The catalogue has
been revised to correct the fluxes of extended sources. Accepted for
publication in MNRA
Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of the use of Physical ACtivity monitors in an exercise referral setting: the PACERS study
OH detection by absorption of frequency-doubled diode laser radiation at 308nm
Radiation at 308 nm has been obtained by frequency doubling the output of a commercial diode laser cooled to 165 K. A single pass through a crystal of LiIO3 converted 1 mW of 616 nm radiation to 50 pW of UV, and this was used to detect the OH radical in absorption in a flow tube. Possible extensions of the method for detection of OH in the atmosphere are discussed
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The metabolome regulates the epigenetic landscape during naive-to-primed human embryonic stem cell transition.
For nearly a century developmental biologists have recognized that cells from embryos can differ in their potential to differentiate into distinct cell types. Recently, it has been recognized that embryonic stem cells derived from both mice and humans exhibit two stable yet epigenetically distinct states of pluripotency: naive and primed. We now show that nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) and the metabolic state regulate pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Â Specifically, in naive hESCs, NNMT and its enzymatic product 1-methylnicotinamide are highly upregulated, and NNMT is required for low S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) levels and the H3K27me3 repressive state. NNMT consumes SAM in naive cells, making it unavailable for histone methylation that represses Wnt and activates the HIF pathway in primed hESCs. These data support the hypothesis that the metabolome regulates the epigenetic landscape of the earliest steps in human development
The Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue: luminosity functions, evolution and galaxy bias
We present the luminosity function and selection function of 60 micron
galaxies selected from the Imperial IRAS-FSC Redshift Catalogue (IIFSCz). Three
methods, including the 1/Vmax} and the parametric and non-parametric maximum
likelihood estimator, are used and results agree well with each other. A
density evolution proportional to (1+z)^3.4 or a luminosity evolution exp(1.7
t_L / \tau)$ where t_L is the look-back time is detected in the full sample in
the redshift range [0.02, 0.1], consistent with previous analyses. Of the four
infrared subpopulations, cirrus-type galaxies and M82-type starbursts show
similar evolutionary trends, galaxies with significant AGN contributions show
stronger positive evolution and Arp 220-type starbursts exhibit strong negative
evolution. The dominant subpopulation changes from cirrus-type galaxies to
M82-type starbursts at log (L_60 / L_Sun) ~ 10.3.
In the second half of the paper, we derive the projected two-point spatial
correlation function for galaxies of different infrared template type. The mean
relative bias between cirrus-type galaxies and M82-type starbursts, which
correspond to quiescent galaxies with optically thin interstellar dust and
actively star-forming galaxies respectively, is calculated to be around 1.25.
The relation between current star formation rate (SFR) in star-forming galaxies
and environment is investigated by looking at the the dependence of clustering
on infrared luminosity. We found that M82-type actively star-forming galaxies
show stronger clustering as infrared luminosity / SFR increases. The
correlation between clustering strength and SFR in the local Universe seems to
echo the basic trend seen in star-forming galaxies in the Great Observatories
Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) fields at z ~ 1.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
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