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Time-resolved spectroscopy of the rapidly oscillating Ap star KIC 10195926
We report an analysis of high time resolution spectra of the chemically peculiar Ap star KIC 10195926 obtained with the Subaru telescope. We find that the star has low overabundances of rare earth elements compared with other rapidly oscillating Ap stars. We found only upper limits for pulsations from spectral lines of rare earth and other chemical elements. Pulsation was found only for the narrow core of the Hα line with an amplitude of 171 ± 41ms−1 and with the frequency corresponding to photometric frequency obtained from Kepler observations
A 3D study of the photosphere of HD 99563 - I. Pulsation analysis
We have used high-speed spectroscopy of the rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) star HD 99563 to study the pulsation amplitude and phase behaviour of elements in its stratified atmosphere over one 2.91-d rotation cycle. We identify spectral features related to patches in the surface distribution of chemical elements and study the pulsation amplitudes and phases as the patches move across the stellar disc. The variations are consistent with a distorted non-radial dipole pulsation mode. We measure a 1.6 km s−1 rotational variation in the mean radial velocities of Hα and argue that this is the first observation of Hα abundance spots caused by He settling through suppression of convection by the magnetic field on an oblique rotator, in support of a prime theory for the excitation mechanism of roAp star pulsation. We demonstrate that HD 99563 is the second roAp star to show aspect dependence of blue-to-red running wave line profile variations in Nd iii spots
The first evidence for multiple pulsation axes: a new roAp star in the Kepler field, KIC 10195926
We have discovered a new rapidly oscillating Ap star among the Kepler Mission
target stars, KIC 10195926. This star shows two pulsation modes with periods
that are amongst the longest known for roAp stars at 17.1 min and 18.1 min,
indicating that the star is near the terminal age main sequence. The principal
pulsation mode is an oblique dipole mode that shows a rotationally split
frequency septuplet that provides information on the geometry of the mode. The
secondary mode also appears to be a dipole mode with a rotationally split
triplet, but we are able to show within the improved oblique pulsator model
that these two modes cannot have the same axis of pulsation. This is the first
time for any pulsating star that evidence has been found for separate pulsation
axes for different modes. The two modes are separated in frequency by 55
microHz, which we model as the large separation. The star is an alpha^2 CVn
spotted magnetic variable that shows a complex rotational light variation with
a period of Prot = 5.68459 d. For the first time for any spotted magnetic star
of the upper main sequence, we find clear evidence of light variation with a
period of twice the rotation period; i.e. a subharmonic frequency of . We propose that this and other subharmonics are the first observed
manifestation of torsional modes in an roAp star. From high resolution spectra
we determine Teff = 7400 K, log g = 3.6 and v sin i = 21 km/s. We have found a
magnetic pulsation model with fundamental parameters close to these values that
reproduces the rotational variations of the two obliquely pulsating modes with
different pulsation axes. The star shows overabundances of the rare earth
elements, but these are not as extreme as most other roAp stars. The spectrum
is variable with rotation, indicating surface abundance patches.Comment: 17 pages; 16 figures; MNRA
Dissipation in Quasi One-Dimensional Superconducting Single-Crystal Sn Nanowires
Electrical transport measurements were made on single-crystal Sn nanowires to
understand the intrinsic dissipation mechanisms of a one-dimensional
superconductor. While the resistance of wires of diameter larger than 70 nm
drops precipitately to zero at Tc near 3.7 K, a residual resistive tail
extending down to low temperature is found for wires with diameters of 20 and
40 nm. As a function of temperature, the logarithm of the residual resistance
appears as two linear sections, one within a few tenths of a degree below Tc
and the other extending down to at least 0.47 K, the minimum temperature of the
measurements. The residual resistance is found to be ohmic at all temperatures
below Tc of Sn. These findings are suggestive of a thermally activated phase
slip process near Tc and quantum fluctuation-induced phase slip process in the
low temperature regime. When the excitation current exceeds a critical value,
the voltage-current (V-I) curves show a series of discrete steps in approaching
the normal state. These steps cannot be fully understood with the classical
Skocpol-Beasley-Tinkham phase slip center model (PSC), but can be qualitatively
accounted for partly by the PSC model modified by Michotte et al.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures. To be appeared on Physical Review B 71, 200
Stochastic B\"acklund transformations
How does one introduce randomness into a classical dynamical system in order
to produce something which is related to the `corresponding' quantum system? We
consider this question from a probabilistic point of view, in the context of
some integrable Hamiltonian systems
CAIRNS: The Cluster And Infall Region Nearby Survey I. Redshifts and Mass Profiles
The CAIRNS (Cluster And Infall Region Nearby Survey) project is a
spectroscopic survey of the infall regions surrounding eight nearby, rich,
X-ray luminous clusters of galaxies. We collect 15665 redshifts (3471 new or
remeasured) within \sim 5-10 Mpc of the centers of the clusters, making it the
largest study of the infall regions of clusters. We determine cluster
membership and the mass profiles of the clusters based on the phase space
distribution of the galaxies. All of the clusters display decreasing velocity
dispersion profiles. The mass profiles are fit well by functional forms based
on numerical simulations but exclude an isothermal sphere. Specifically, NFW
and Hernquist models provide good descriptions of cluster mass profiles to
their turnaround radii. Our sample shows that the predicted infall pattern is
ubiquitous in rich, X-ray luminous clusters over a large mass range. The
caustic mass estimates are in excellent agreement with independent X-ray
estimates at small radii and with virial estimates at intermediate radii. The
mean ratio of the caustic mass to the X-ray mass is 1.03\pm0.11 and the mean
ratio of the caustic mass to the virial mass (when corrected for the surface
pressure term) is 0.93\pm0.07. We further demonstrate that the caustic
technique provides reasonable mass estimates even in merging clusters.Comment: 54 pages, 18 figures, to appear in The Astronomical Journa
Class I methanol masers in low-mass star formation regions
Four Class I maser sources were detected at 44, 84, and 95 GHz toward
chemically rich outflows in the regions of low-mass star formation NGC 1333I4A,
NGC 1333I2A, HH25, and L1157. One more maser was found at 36 GHz toward a
similar outflow, NGC 2023. Flux densities of the newly detected masers are no
more than 18 Jy, being much lower than those of strong masers in regions of
high-mass star formation. The brightness temperatures of the strongest peaks in
NGC 1333I4A, HH25, and L1157 at 44 GHz are higher than 2000 K, whereas that of
the peak in NGC 1333I2A is only 176 K. However, rotational diagram analysis
showed that the latter source is also a maser. The main properties of the newly
detected masers are similar to those of Class I methanol masers in regions of
massive star formation. The former masers are likely to be an extension of the
latter maser population toward low luminosities of both the masers and the
corresponding YSOs.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, Proc. IAU Symp. 287 "Cosmic Masers: from OH to
H0". LSR velocities of the HH25 masers, which are presented in Table 1, are
correcte
The detection of Class I methanol masers towards regions of low-mass star formation
Six young bipolar outflows in regions of low-to-intermediate-mass star
formation were observed in the 7_0-6_1A+, 8_0-7_1A+, and 5_{-1}-4_0E methanol
lines at 44, 95, and 84 GHz, respectively. Narrow features were detected
towards NGC 1333IRAS4A, HH 25MMS, and L1157 B1. Flux densities of the detected
lines are no higher than 11 Jy, which is much lower than the flux densities of
strong maser lines in regions of high-mass star formation. Analysis shows that
most likely the narrow features are masers.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Astronomy Report
Excited Hydroxyl Outflow in the High-Mass Star-Forming Region G34.26+0.15
G34.26+0.15 is a region of high-mass star formation that contains a broad
range of young stellar objects in different stages of evolution, including a
hot molecular core, hyper-compact HII regions and a prototypical cometary
ultra-compact HII region. Previous high-sensitivity single dish observations by
our group resulted in the detection of broad 6035 MHz OH absorption in this
region; the line showed a significant blue-shifted asymmetry indicative of
molecular gas expansion. We present high-sensitivity Karl G. Jansky Very Large
Array (VLA) observations of the 6035 MHz OH line conducted to image the
absorption and investigate its origin with respect to the different star
formation sites in the region. In addition, we report detection of 6030 MHz OH
absorption with the VLA and further observations of 4.7 GHz and 6.0 GHz OH
lines obtained with the Arecibo Telescope. The 6030 MHz OH line shows a very
similar absorption profile as the 6035 MHz OH line. We found that the 6035 MHz
OH line absorption region is spatially unresolved at " scales, and it
is coincident with one of the bright ionized cores of the cometary HII region
that shows broad radio recombination line emission. We discuss a scenario where
the OH absorption is tracing the remnants of a pole-on molecular outflow that
is being ionized inside-out by the ultra-compact HII region.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical
Journa
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