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Neutrino Event Rates from Gamma Ray Bursts
We recalculate the diffuse flux of high energy neutrinos produced by Gamma
Ray Bursts (GRB) in the relativistic fireball model. Although we confirm that
the average single burst produces only ~10^{-2} high energy neutrino events in
a detector with 1 km^2 effective area, i.e. about 10 events per year, we show
that the observed rate is dominated by burst-to-burst fluctuations which are
very large. We find event rates that are expected to be larger by one order of
magnitude, likely more, which are dominated by a few very bright bursts. This
greatly simplifies their detection.Comment: 14 pages, Latex2.09, uses aastex4.0 and epsf.sty, 3 postscript files.
Minor revisions. To be published in ApJ Letter
Low-frequency component electric microfield distributions in plasmas
Low frequency component electric microfield distributions in plasma
Off-duty activity equipment and facilities for advanced spacecraft /preliminary design/
Off-duty activity equipment and facilities preliminary design for advanced spacecraf
Elusive Destiny: The Internationalist Movement in Modern Hawaii
Humanities Open Book Program, a joint initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon FoundationFor nearly two centuries, Hawaii's leaders have endeavored to forge a unique international role for the Islands in Pacific and even in world affairs. Colorful figures such as Kalakaua, Walter Murray Gibson, and a host of others labored mightily to transform the Islands into an oceanic political power. Although their campaigns eventually failed, Hawaii was put forever on the diplomatic map with such ventures as the attempted annexation of a distant South Pacific islands group, the provocation of a quarrel with Germany that led to the brink of war, and the persistent defense of the interests of Pacific islanders in the capitals of Europe and America.
A very different but nonetheless ambitious surge of activism followed Hawaii's annexation by the United States at the turn of the present century. Shortly after World War I, local internationalists formed the Pan-Pacific Union and the Institute of Pacific Relations as the foci of a concerted effort to foster greater political and cultural understanding throughout the Pacific and the world. While both groups frequently created headlines with various programs and proposals, the latter organization became widely known when it came under the attack of the anticommunist movement during the late 1940's and 1950's. Related endeavors in more recent years have produced numerous activities in educational, political, scientific, and commercial circles that presently involve a fair proportion of the Island establishment as well as numerous prominent figures from abroad.
Elusive Destiny brings the details of this little-known but always present impulse in Hawaiian history together for the first time and goes on to speculate about the likely causes of successes or failures. Carefully researched and documented, richly illustrated, and concisely written, the book should interest all persons concerned with the modern Hawaiian experience
Extracting the Gamma Ray Signal from Dark Matter Annihilation in the Galactic Center Region
The GLAST satellite mission will study the gamma ray sky with considerably
greater exposure than its predecessor EGRET. In addition, it will be capable of
measuring the arrival directions of gamma rays with much greater precision.
These features each significantly enhance GLAST's potential for identifying
gamma rays produced in the annihilations of dark matter particles. The combined
use of spectral and angular information, however, is essential if the full
sensitivity of GLAST to dark matter is to be exploited. In this paper, we
discuss the separation of dark matter annihilation products from astrophysical
backgrounds, focusing on the Galactic Center region, and perform a forecast for
such an analysis. We consider both point-like and diffuse astrophysical
backgrounds and model them using a point-spread-function for GLAST. While the
results of our study depend on the specific characteristics of the dark matter
signal and astrophysical backgrounds, we find that in many scenarios it is
possible to successfully identify dark matter annihilation radiation, even in
the presence of significant astrophysical backgrounds.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures. Minor changes, note added. Matches published
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The Milky Way as a Kiloparsec-Scale Axionscope
Very high energy gamma-rays are expected to be absorbed by the extragalactic
background light over cosmological distances via the process of
electron-positron pair production. Recent observations of cosmologically
distant gamma-ray emitters by ground based gamma-ray telescopes have, however,
revealed a surprising degree of transparency of the universe to very high
energy photons. One possible mechanism to explain this observation is the
oscillation between photons and axion-like-particles (ALPs). Here we explore
this possibility further, focusing on photon-ALP conversion in the magnetic
fields in and around gamma-ray sources and in the magnetic field of the Milky
Way, where some fraction of the ALP flux is converted back into photons. We
show that this mechanism can be efficient in allowed regions of the ALP
parameter space, as well as in typical configurations of the Galactic Magnetic
Field. As case examples, we consider the spectrum observed from two HESS
sources: 1ES1101-232 at redshift z=0.186 and H 2356-309 at z=0.165. We also
discuss features of this scenario which could be used to distinguish it from
standard or other exotic models.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures. Matches published versio
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