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Distance Measurement of Galaxies to Redshift of 0.1 using the CO-Line Tully-Fisher Relation
We report on the first results of a long-term project to derive distances of
galaxies at cosmological distances by applying the CO-line width-luminosity
relation. We have obtained deep CO-line observations of galaxies at redshifts
up to 29,000 km/s using the Nobeyama 45-m mm-wave Telescope, and some
supplementary data were obtained by using the IRAM 30-m telescope. We have
detected the CO line emission for several galaxies, and used their CO line
widths to estimate the absolute luminosities using the line-width-luminosity
relation. In order to obtain photometric data and inclination correction, we
also performed optical imaging observations of the CO-detected galaxies using
the CFHT 3.6-m telescope at high resolution. The radio and optical data have
been combined to derive the distance moduli and distances of the galaxies, and
Hubble ratios were estimated for these galaxies. We propose that the CO line
width-luminosity relation can be a powerful method to derive distances of
galaxies to redfhift of z = 0.1 and to derive the Hubble ratio in a significant
volume of the universe.
Key words: Cosmology - Galaxies: general - Distance scale - CO lineComment: To appear in PASJ, Plain Tex, 3 figures (in 10 ps files
Comparing phenomenological recipes with a microscopic model for the electric amplitude in strangeness photoproduction
Corrections to the Born approximation in photo-induced strangeness production
off a proton are calculated in a semi-realistic microscopic model. The vertex
corrections and internal contributions to the amplitude of the reaction are included on the one-loop level. Different
gauge-invariant phenomenological prescriptions for the modification of the Born
contribution via the introduction of form factors and contact terms are
discussed. In particular, it is shown that the popular minimal-substitution
method of Ohta corresponds to a special limit of the more realistic approach.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures in the tex
Gauge-Invariant Approach to Meson Photoproduction Including the Final-State Interaction
A gauge-invariant formalism is presented for the practical treatment of
photo- and electroproduction of pseudoscalar mesons off nucleons that allows an
explicit incorporation of hadronic final-state interactions. The
semi-phenomenological approach is based on a field theory developed by one of
the authors. It generalizes an earlier approach by allowing for systematic
improvement of approximations in a controlled manner. The practical feasibility
is illustrated by applying the lowest-order result to the photoproduction of
both neutral and charged pions.Comment: Plenary talk given at the N*2005 Workshop (Oct. 2005, Tallahassee,
FL); to appear in the Proceedings (to be publ. by WorldScientific
Extragalactic Zeeman Detections in OH Megamasers
We have measured the Zeeman splitting of OH megamaser emission at 1667 MHz
from five (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies ([U]LIRGs) using the 305 m Arecibo
telescope and the 100 m Green Bank Telescope. Five of eight targeted galaxies
show significant Zeeman-splitting detections, with 14 individual masing
components detected and line-of-sight magnetic field strengths ranging from
~0.5-18 mG. The detected field strengths are similar to those measured in
Galactic OH masers, suggesting that the local process of massive star formation
occurs under similar conditions in (U)LIRGs and the Galaxy, in spite of the
vastly different large-scale environments. Our measured field strengths are
also similar to magnetic field strengths in (U)LIRGs inferred from synchrotron
observations, implying that milligauss magnetic fields likely pervade most
phases of the interstellar medium in (U)LIRGs. These results provide a
promising new tool for probing the astrophysics of distant galaxies.Comment: 32 pages, 14 figures, 8 tables. Accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journal v680n2, June 20, 2008; corrected 2 typo
English language programme for periodontologists
1. The ESP teacher and science What happens to a linguist when faced with the task of teaching ESP to scientists? I am talking of the “normal”, average English language teacher, in France the agrégé or certifié for example, whose education is heavily, not to say exclusively, Arts-oriented, who was trained to deal with literary texts, with language for everyday communicative purposes, and with grammar; who has frequently used journalistic and perhaps even economic texts in his or her own teach..
Desempeño del cemento pórtland adicionado con calizas de diferentes grados de pureza
En este artículo se determina la incidencia de adicionar calizas de diferentes calidades al cementoPórtland tipo III, en contraste a la caliza de alta calidad que la empresa Cementos El Cairo S. A., está incorporando a su cemento. Se sustituyó en el cemento 15, 20 y 25% de calizas con títulos (% de CaCO3) and lt; 70%, 70 – 80% y and gt;80%. Se evaluó la resistencia mecánica de morteros curados bajo condiciones estándar a 3, 7 y 28 días. En pastas se determinó la evolución mineralógica durante el proceso de hidratación usando Difracción de Rayos-X y Análisis Termogravimétrico. Se encontró que las calizas 75% (ASTM C311), estas calizas no presentan actividad puzolámica porque no producen las modificaciones mineralógicas que se esperan de una puzolana
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