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Ion sputter textured graphite electrode plates
A specially textured surface of pyrolytic graphite exhibits extremely low yields of secondary electrons and reduced numbers of reflected primary electrons after impingement of high energy primary electrons. Electrode plates of this material are used in multistage depressed collectors. An ion flux having an energy between 500 iV and 1000 iV and a current density between 1.0 mA/sq cm and 6.0 mA/sq cm produces surface roughening or texturing which is in the form of needles or spires. Such textured surfaces are especially useful as anode collector plates in high tube devices
Ion sputter textured graphite
A specially textured surface of pyrolytic graphite exhibits extremely low yields of secondary electrons and reduced numbers of reflected primary electrons after impingement of high energy primary electrons. An ion flux having an energy between 500 eV and 1000 eV and a current density between 1.0 mA/sq cm and 6.0 mA/sq cm produces surface roughening or texturing which is in the form of needles or spines. Such textured surfaces are especially useful as anode collector plates in high efficiency electron tube devices
High-Energy sources before INTEGRAL -- INTEGRAL reference catalog --
We describe the INTEGRAL reference catalog which classifies previously known
bright X-ray and gamma-ray sources before the launch of INTEGRAL. These sources
are, or have been at least once, brighter than ~1 mCrab above 3 keV, and are
expected to be detected by INTEGRAL. This catalog is being used in the INTEGRAL
Quick Look Analysis to discover new sources or significantly variable sources.
We compiled several published X-ray and gamma-ray catalogs, and surveyed recent
publications for new sources. Consequently, there are 1122 sources in our
INTEGRAL reference catalog. In addition to the source positions, we show an
approximate spectral model and expected flux for each source, based on which we
derive expected INTEGRAL counting rates. Assuming the default instrument
performances and at least ~10^5 sec exposure time for any part of the sky, we
expect that INTEGRAL will detect at least ~700 sources below 10 keV and ~400
sources above 20 keV over the mission life.Comment: Accepted to A&A Letter INTEGRAL special issu
X-ray total mass estimate for the nearby relaxed cluster A3571
We constrain the total mass distribution in the cluster A3571, combining
spatially resolved ASCA temperature data with ROSAT imaging data with the
assumption that the cluster is in hydrostatic equilibrium. The total mass
within r_500 (1.7/h_50 Mpc) is M_500 = 7.8[+1.4,-2.2] 10^14/ h_50 Msun at 90%
confidence, 1.1 times smaller than the isothermal estimate. The Navarro, Frenk
& White ``universal profile'' is a good description of the dark matter density
distribution in A3571. The gas density profile is shallower than the dark
matter profile, scaling as r^{-2.1} at large radii, leading to a monotonically
increasing gas mass fraction with radius. Within r_500 the gas mass fraction
reaches a value of f_gas = 0.19[+0.06,-0.03] h_50^{-3/2} (90% confidence
errors). Assuming that this value of f_gas is a lower limit for the the
universal value of the baryon fraction, we estimate the 90% confidence upper
limit of the cosmological matter density to be Omega_m < 0.4.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Ap
Study of advanced antenna techniques for rendezvous radar
Advanced antenna techniques for rendezvous and lunar landing radar system
The ALMA Discovery of the Rotating Disk and Fast Outflow of Cold Molecular Gas in NGC 1275
We present ALMA Band 6 observations of the CO(2-1), HCN(3-2), and
HCO(3-2) lines in the nearby radio galaxy / brightest cluster galaxy
(BCG) of NGC 1275 with the spatial resolution of pc. In the previous
observations, CO(2-1) emission was detected as radial filaments lying in the
east-west direction. We resolved the inner filament and found that the filament
cannot be represented by a simple infalling stream both morphologically and
kinematically. The observed complex nature of the filament resembles the cold
gas structure predicted by recent numerical simulations of cold chaotic
accretion. A crude estimate suggests that the accretion rate of the cold gas
can be higher than that of hot gas. Within the central 100 pc, we detected a
rotational disk of the molecular gas whose mass is \sim10^{8} M_{\sun}. This
is the first evidence of the presence of massive cold gas disk on this spatial
scale for BCGs. The disk rotation axis is approximately consistent with the
axis of the radio jet on subpc scales. This probably suggests that the cold gas
disk is physically connected to the innermost accretion disk which is
responsible for jet launching. We also detected absorption features in the
HCN(3-2) and HCO(3-2) spectra against the radio continuum emission mostly
radiated by -pc size jet. The absorption features are blue-shifted
from the systemic velocity by 300-600~km~s, which suggests the
presence of outflowing gas from the active galactic nucleus (AGN). We discuss
the relation of the AGN feeding with cold accretion, the origin of blue-shifted
absorption, and estimate of black hole mass using the molecular gas dynamics.Comment: Version 2 (accepted version). 18 pages, 16 figures. Accepted for
publication in Ap
Evolution of the Cluster X-ray Luminosity Function
We report measurements of the cluster X-ray luminosity function out to z=0.8
based on the final sample of 201 galaxy systems from the 160 Square Degree
ROSAT Cluster Survey. There is little evidence for any measurable change in
cluster abundance out to z~0.6 at luminosities less than a few times 10^44
ergs/s (0.5-2.0 keV). However, between 0.6 < z < 0.8 and at luminosities above
10^44 ergs/s, the observed volume densities are significantly lower than those
of the present-day population. We quantify this cluster deficit using
integrated number counts and a maximum-likelihood analysis of the observed
luminosity-redshift distribution fit with a model luminosity function. The
negative evolution signal is >3 sigma regardless of the adopted local
luminosity function or cosmological framework. Our results and those from
several other surveys independently confirm the presence of evolution. Whereas
the bulk of the cluster population does not evolve, the most luminous and
presumably most massive structures evolve appreciably between z=0.8 and the
present. Interpreted in the context of hierarchical structure formation, we are
probing sufficiently large mass aggregations at sufficiently early times in
cosmological history where the Universe has yet to assemble these clusters to
present-day volume densities.Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Gas Density Fluctuations in the Perseus Cluster: Clumping Factor and Velocity Power Spectrum
X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the core of the Perseus Cluster are
analyzed, using deep observations with the Chandra observatory. The amplitude
of gas density fluctuations on different scales is measured in a set of radial
annuli. It varies from 8 to 12 per cent on scales of ~10-30 kpc within radii of
30-160 kpc from the cluster center and from 9 to 7 per cent on scales of ~20-30
kpc in an outer, 60-220 kpc annulus. Using a statistical linear relation
between the observed amplitude of density fluctuations and predicted velocity,
the characteristic velocity of gas motions on each scale is calculated. The
typical amplitudes of the velocity outside the central 30 kpc region are 90-140
km/s on ~20-30 kpc scales and 70-100 km/s on smaller scales ~7-10 kpc. The
velocity power spectrum is consistent with cascade of turbulence and its slope
is in a broad agreement with the slope for canonical Kolmogorov turbulence. The
gas clumping factor estimated from the power spectrum of the density
fluctuations is lower than 7-8 per cent for radii ~30-220 kpc from the center,
leading to a density bias of less than 3-4 per cent in the cluster core.
Uncertainties of the analysis are examined and discussed. Future measurements
of the gas velocities with the Astro-H, Athena and Smart-X observatories will
directly measure the gas density-velocity perturbation relation and further
reduce systematic uncertainties in these quantities.Comment: 16 pages, 15 figures, submitted to MNRAS, comments are welcom
A multiscale analysis of gene flow for the New England cottontail, an imperiled habitat specialist in a fragmented landscape
Landscape features of anthropogenic or natural origin can influence organisms\u27 dispersal patterns and the connectivity of populations. Understanding these relationships is of broad interest in ecology and evolutionary biology and provides key insights for habitat conservation planning at the landscape scale. This knowledge is germane to restoration efforts for the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), an early successional habitat specialist of conservation concern. We evaluated local population structure and measures of genetic diversity of a geographically isolated population of cottontails in the northeastern United States. We also conducted a multiscale landscape genetic analysis, in which we assessed genetic discontinuities relative to the landscape and developed several resistance models to test hypotheses about landscape features that promote or inhibit cottontail dispersal within and across the local populations. Bayesian clustering identified four genetically distinct populations, with very little migration among them, and additional substructure within one of those populations. These populations had private alleles, low genetic diversity, critically low effective population sizes (3.2-36.7), and evidence of recent genetic bottlenecks. Major highways and a river were found to limit cottontail dispersal and to separate populations. The habitat along roadsides, railroad beds, and utility corridors, on the other hand, was found to facilitate cottontail movement among patches. The relative importance of dispersal barriers and facilitators on gene flow varied among populations in relation to landscape composition, demonstrating the complexity and context dependency of factors influencing gene flow and highlighting the importance of replication and scale in landscape genetic studies. Our findings provide information for the design of restoration landscapes for the New England cottontail and also highlight the dual influence of roads, as both barriers and facilitators of dispersal for an early successional habitat specialist in a fragmented landscape
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