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The Slitless Spectroscopy Data Extraction Software aXe
The methods and techniques for the slitless spectroscopy software aXe, which
was designed to reduce data from the various slitless spectroscopy modes of
Hubble Space Telescope instruments, are described. aXe can treat slitless
spectra from different instruments such as ACS, NICMOS and WFC3 through the use
of a configuration file which contains all the instrument dependent parameters.
The basis of the spectral extraction within aXe are the position, morphology
and photometry of the objects on a companion direct image. Several aspects of
slitless spectroscopy, such as the overlap of spectra, an extraction dependent
on object shape and the provision of flat-field cubes, motivate a dedicated
software package, and the solutions offered within aXe are discussed in detail.
The effect of the mutual contamination of spectra can be quantitatively
assessed in aXe, using spectral and morphological information from the
companion direct image(s). A new method named 'aXedrizzle' for 2D rebinning and
co-adding spectral data, taken with small shifts or dithers, is described. The
extraction of slitless spectra with optimal weighting is outlined and the
correction of spectra for detector fringing for the ACS CCD's is presented.
Auxiliary software for simulating slitless data and for visualizing the results
of an aXe extraction is outlined.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in PASP. A high
resolution version is available at
http://www.stecf.org/software/slitless_software/axe/axe_PASP.pd
“Prothetic h-” in Khotanese and the reconstruction of Proto-Iranic
Workshop presentation about reconstruction of sounds preserved only in marginal daughter languages attested later than the earliest daughter
Metallicities of Emission-Line Galaxies from HST ACS PEARS and HST WFC3 ERS Grism Spectroscopy at 0.6 < z < 2.4
Galaxies selected on the basis of their emission line strength show low
metallicities, regardless of their redshifts. We conclude this from a sample of
faint galaxies at redshifts between 0.6 < z < 2.4, selected by their prominent
emission lines in low-resolution grism spectra in the optical with the Advanced
Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and in the
near-infrared using Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Using a sample of 11 emission
line galaxies (ELGs) at 0.6 < z < 2.4 with luminosities of -22 < M_B < -19,
which have [OII], H\beta, and [OIII] line flux measurements from the
combination of two grism spectral surveys, we use the R23 method to derive the
gas-phase oxygen abundances: 7.5 < 12+log(O/H) < 8.5. The galaxy stellar masses
are derived using Bayesian based Markov Chain Monte Carlo (\piMC^2) fitting of
their Spectral Energy Distribution (SED), and span the mass range 8.1 <
log(M_*/M_\sun) < 10.1. These galaxies show a mass-metallicity (M-L) and
Luminosity-Metallicity (L-Z) relation, which is offset by --0.6 dex in
metallicity at given absolute magnitude and stellar mass relative to the local
SDSS galaxies, as well as continuum selected DEEP2 samples at similar
redshifts. The emission-line selected galaxies most resemble the local "green
peas" galaxies and Lyman-alpha galaxies at z~0.3 and z~2.3 in the M-Z and L-Z
relations and their morphologies. The G-M_{20} morphology analysis shows that
10 out of 11 show disturbed morphology, even as the star-forming regions are
compact. These galaxies may be intrinsically metal poor, being at early stages
of formation, or the low metallicities may be due to gas infall and accretion
due to mergers.Comment: 24 pages with 7 figure
Collective Excitations and Ground State Correlations
A generalized RPA formalism is presented which treats pp and ph correlations
on an equal footing. The effect of these correlations on the single-particle
Green function is discussed and it is demonstrated that a self-consistent
treatment of the single-particle Green function is required to obtain stable
solutions. A simple approximation scheme is presented which incorporates for
this self-consistency requirement and conserves the number of particles.
Results of numerical calculations are given for O using a G-matrix
interaction derived from a realistic One-Boson-Exchange potential.Comment: 16 Pages + 2 Figures (included at the end as uuencoded ps-files),
TU-18089
The road to the red sequence: A detailed view of the formation of a massive galaxy at z~2
(Abridged) We present here a detailed analysis of the star formation history
(SFH) of FW4871, a massive galaxy at z=1.893+-0.002. We compare rest-frame
optical and NUV slitless grism spectra from the Hubble Space Telescope with a
large set of composite stellar populations to constrain the underlying star
formation history. Even though the morphology features prominent tidal tails,
indicative of a recent merger, there is no sign of on-going star formation
within an aperture encircling one effective radius, which corresponds to a
physical extent of 2.6 kpc. A model assuming truncation of an otherwise
constant SFH gives a formation epoch zF~10, with a truncation after 2.7 Gyr,
giving a mass-weighted age of 1.5 Gyr and a stellar mass of 0.8-3E11Msun,
implying star formation rates of 30-110 Msun/yr. A more complex model including
a recent burst of star formation places the age of the youngest component at
145 Myr, with a mass contribution lower than 20%, and a maximum amount of dust
reddening of E(B-V)<0.4 mag (95% confidence levels). This low level of dust
reddening is consistent with the low emission observed at 24 micron,
corresponding to rest-frame 8 micron, where PAH emission should contribute
significantly if a strong formation episode were present. The colour profile of
FW4871 does not suggest a significant radial trend in the properties of the
stellar populations out to 3Re. We suggest that the recent merger that formed
FW4871 is responsible for the quenching of its star formation.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables. In press (Astronomical Journal
Catalytic activity of nanoalloys from gold and palladium
We present a quantitative study of the catalytic activity of well defined faceted gold palladium nanoalloys which are immobilized on cationic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes. The spherical polyelectrolyte brush particles used as carriers for the nanoalloys consist of a solid polystyrene core onto which cationic polyelectrolyte chains of 2 aminoethylmethacrylate are attached. Au Pd nanoalloy particles with sizes in the range from 1 to 3 nm have been generated which are homogeneously distributed on the surface of the spherical polyelectrolyte brushes. The reduction of 4 nitrophenol has been chosen as a well controlled model reaction allowing us to determine the catalytic activity of the nanoalloys as a function of the Au Pd composition. The absorption behavior was studied by Langmuir Hinshelwood kinetics. We find a pronounced maximum of the catalytic activity at 75 molar Au. A comparison of gold, platinum, palladium and gold palladium alloy nanoparticles is made in terms of Langmuir Hinshelwood kinetics. Density functional calculations for Au Pd clusters with up to 38 atoms show that the density of states at the Fermi level increases with increasing Pd content, and that the highest occupied orbitals are associated with Pd atoms. The calculations confirm that small changes in the atomic arrangement can lead to pronounced changes in the particles electronic properties, indicating that the known importance of surface effects is further enhanced in nanoalloy
Ionic and electronic structure of sodium clusters up to N=59
We determined the ionic and electronic structure of sodium clusters with even
electron numbers and 2 to 59 atoms in axially averaged and three-dimensional
density functional calculations. A local, phenomenological pseudopotential that
reproduces important bulk and atomic properties and facilitates structure
calculations has been developed. Photoabsorption spectra have been calculated
for , , and to
. The consistent inclusion of ionic structure considerably
improves agreement with experiment. An icosahedral growth pattern is observed
for to . This finding is supported by
photoabsorption data.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev. B 62. Version with figures in better quality
can be requested from the author
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