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Thermal Properties of a Simulated Lunar Material in Air and in Vacuum
Thermal properties of simulated lunar material in air and in vacuu
Applications of Wavelets to the Analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background Maps
We consider wavelets as a tool to perform a variety of tasks in the context
of analyzing cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps. Using Spherical Haar
Wavelets we define a position and angular-scale-dependent measure of power that
can be used to assess the existence of spatial structure. We apply planar
Daubechies wavelets for the identification and removal of points sources from
small sections of sky maps. Our technique can successfully identify virtually
all point sources which are above 3 sigma and more than 80% of those above 1
sigma. We discuss the trade-offs between the levels of correct and false
detections. We denoise and compress a 100,000 pixel CMB map by a factor of
about 10 in 5 seconds achieving a noise reduction of about 35%. In contrast to
Wiener filtering the compression process is model independent and very fast. We
discuss the usefulness of wavelets for power spectrum and cosmological
parameter estimation. We conclude that at present wavelet functions are most
suitable for identifying localized sources.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to MNRA
A review of carbon monoxide sources, sinks, and concentrations in the earth's atmosphere
Carbon monoxide is a toxic pollutant which is continually introduced into the earth's atmosphere in significant quantities. There are apparently some mechanisms operating which destroy most of the CO in the atmosphere, i.e., a carbon monoxide sink. These mechanisms have not as yet been established in a quantitative sense. This report discusses the various possible removal mechanisms which warrant serious consideration. Particular emphasis is given to chemical reactions (especially that with OH), soil bacteria and other biological action, and transport effects. The sources of carbon monoxide, both natural and anthropogenic, are reviewed and it is noted that there is quite possibly a significant undefined natural source. Atmospheric CO concentrations are discussed and their implications on carbon monoxide lifetime, sinks and sources are considered
CMB Likelihood Functions for Beginners and Experts
Although the broad outlines of the appropriate pipeline for cosmological
likelihood analysis with CMB data has been known for several years, only
recently have we had to contend with the full, large-scale, computationally
challenging problem involving both highly-correlated noise and extremely large
datasets (). In this talk we concentrate on the beginning and end of
this process. First, we discuss estimating the noise covariance from the data
itself in a rigorous and unbiased way; this is essentially an iterated
minimum-variance mapmaking approach. We also discuss the unbiased determination
of cosmological parameters from estimates of the power spectrum or experimental
bandpowers.Comment: Long-delayed submission. In AIP Conference Proceedings "3K Cosmology"
held in Rome, Oct 5-10, 1998, edited by Luciano Maiani, Francesco Melchiorri
and Nicola Vittorio, 343-347, New York, American Institute of Physics 199
Parton distribution functions from nonlocal light-cone operators with definite twist
We introduce the chiral-even and chiral-odd quark distributions as forward
matrix elements of related bilocal quark operators with well-defined
(geometric) twist. Thereby, we achieve a Lorentz invariant classification of
these distributions which differ from the conventional ones by explicitly
taking into account the necessary trace terms. The relations between both kinds
of distribution functions are given and the mismatch between their different
definition of twist is discussed. Wandzura-Wilczek--like relations between the
conventional distributions (based on dynamical twist) are derived by means of
geometric twist distribution functions.Comment: 17 pages, REVTEX, Extended version, The Introduction has been
rewritten, Setion V "Wandzura-Wilczek--like relations" and App. B are added;
Sign errors are correcte
WQ 2059-247: An unusual high redshift X-ray cluster
X-ray, optical, and radio observations of a high redshift, Bautz-Morgan type I cluster of galaxies are reported. The cD galaxy contains a powerful, flat spectrum radio source coincident with the possibly stellar nucleus. The cluster is an extremely luminous X-ray source; however, unlike nearby luminous X-ray clusters the X-ray spectrum appears to be rather soft. Two possible interpretations of the soruces are suggested: either the intracluster gas is much cooler in high redshift clusters because they are less relaxed, or the X-ray and radio emissions from WQ 2059-247 are the result of a non thermal QSO/BL Lac type object in the nucleus of the cD
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