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The Optically Unbiased GRB Host (TOUGH) survey. IV. Lyman-alpha emitters
We report the results of a spectroscopic search for Lyman-alpha emission from
gamma-ray burst host galaxies. Based on the well-defined TOUGH sample of 69
X-ray selected Swift GRBs, we have targeted the hosts of a subsample of 20 GRBs
known from afterglow spectroscopy to be in the redshift range 1.8-4.5. We
detect Lya emission from 7 out of the 20 hosts, with the typical limiting
3sigma line flux being 8E-18 erg/cm2/s, corresponding to a Lya luminosity of
6E41 erg/s at z=3. The Lya luminosities for the 7 hosts in which we detect Lya
emission are in the range (0.6-2.3)E42 erg/s corresponding to star-formation
rates of 0.6-2.1 Msun/yr (not corrected for extinction). The rest-frame Lya
equivalent widths (EWs) for the 7 hosts are in the range 9-40A. For 6 of the 13
hosts for which Lya is not detected we place fairly strong 3sigma upper limits
on the EW (<20A), while for others the EW is either unconstrained or has a less
constraining upper limit. We find that the distribution of Lya EWs is
inconsistent with being drawn from the Lya EW distribution of bright Lyman
break galaxies at the 98.3% level, in the sense that the TOUGH hosts on average
have larger EWs than bright LBGs. We can exclude an early indication, based on
a smaller, heterogeneous sample of pre-Swift GRB hosts, that all GRB hosts are
Lya emitters. We find that the TOUGH hosts on average have lower EWs than the
pre-Swift GRB hosts, but the two samples are only inconsistent at the 92%
level. The velocity centroid of the Lya line is redshifted by 200-700 km/s with
respect to the systemic velocity, similar to what is seen for LBGs, possibly
indicating star-formation driven outflows from the host galaxies. There seems
to be a trend between the Lya EW and the optical to X-ray spectral index of the
afterglow (beta_OX), hinting that dust plays a role in the observed strength
and even presence of Lya emission. [ABRIDGED]Comment: ApJ accepted (v2: minor changes in the Subject headings and reference
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1/z-renormalization of the mean-field behavior of the dipole-coupled singlet-singlet system HoF_3
The two main characteristics of the holmium ions in HoF_3 are that their
local electronic properties are dominated by two singlet states lying well
below the remaining 4f-levels, and that the classical dipole-coupling is an
order of magnitude larger than any other two-ion interactions between the
Ho-moments. This combination makes the system particularly suitable for testing
refinements of the mean-field theory. There are four Ho-ions per unit cell and
the hyperfine coupled electronic and nuclear moments on the Ho-ions order in a
ferrimagnetic structure at T_C=0.53 K. The corrections to the mean-field
behavior of holmium triflouride, both in the paramagnetic and ferrimagnetic
phase, have been calculated to first order in the high-density 1/z-expansion.
The effective medium theory, which includes the effects of the single-site
fluctuations, leads to a substantially improved description of the magnetic
properties of HoF_3, in comparison with that based on the mean-field
approximation.Comment: 26pp, plain-TeX, JJ
Diet in mangrove snails: preliminary data on gut contents and stable isotope analysis
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 acutely affects renal blood flow and urinary flow rate in spontaneously hypertensive rats despite significantly reduced renal expression of GLP-1 receptors
Sierpinski signal generates spectra
We investigate the row sum of the binary pattern generated by the Sierpinski
automaton: Interpreted as a time series we calculate the power spectrum of this
Sierpinski signal analytically and obtain a unique rugged fine structure with
underlying power law decay with an exponent of approximately 1.15. Despite the
simplicity of the model, it can serve as a model for spectra in a
certain class of experimental and natural systems like catalytic reactions and
mollusc patterns.Comment: 4 pages (4 figs included). Accepted for publication in Physical
Review
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