961 research outputs found
The effect of magnetic activity saturation in chromospheric flux-flux relationships
We present a homogeneous study of chromospheric and coronal flux-flux
relationships using a sample of 298 late-type dwarf active stars with spectral
types F to M. The chromospheric lines were observed simultaneously in each star
to avoid spread due to long term variability. Unlike other works, we subtract
the basal chromospheric contribution in all the spectral lines studied. For the
first time, we quantify the departure of dMe stars from the general relations.
We show that dK and dKe stars also deviate from the general trend. Studying the
flux-colour diagrams we demonstrate that the stars deviating from the general
relations are those with saturated X-ray emission and that those stars also
present saturation in the H line. Using several age spectral
indicators, we show that they are younger stars than those following the
general relationships. The non-universality of flux-flux relationships found in
this work should be taken into account when converting between fluxes in
different chromospheric activity indicators.Comment: Accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Societ
Temporal activity detection in untrimmed videos with recurrent neural networks
This work proposes a simple pipeline to classify and temporally localize activities in untrimmed videos. Our system uses features from a 3D Convolutional Neural Network (C3D) as input to train a a recurrent neural network (RNN) that learns to classify video clips of 16 frames. After clip prediction, we post-process the output of the RNN to assign a single activity label to each video, and determine the temporal boundaries of the activity within the video. We show how our system can achieve competitive results in both tasks with a simple architecture. We evaluate our method in the ActivityNet Challenge 2016, achieving a 0.5874 mAP and a 0.2237 mAP in the classification and detection tasks, respectively. Our code and models are publicly available at: https://imatge-upc.github.io/activitynet-2016-cvprw/Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Multiwavelength optical observations of chromospherically active binary systems V. FF UMa (2RE J0933+624): a system with orbital period variation
This is the fifth paper in a series aimed at studying the chromospheres of
active binary systems using several optical spectroscopic indicators to obtain
or improve orbital solution and fundamental stellar parameters. We present here
the study of FF UMa (2RE J0933+624), a recently discovered, X-ray/EUV selected,
active binary with strong H_alpha emission. The objectives of this work are, to
find orbital solutions and define stellar parameters from precise radial
velocities and carry out an extensive study of the optical indicators of
chromospheric activity. We obtained high resolution echelle spectroscopic
observations during five observing runs from 1998 to 2004. We found radial
velocities by cross correlation with radial velocity standard stars to achieve
the best orbital solution. We also measured rotational velocity by
cross-correlation techniques and have studied the kinematic by galactic space-
velocity components (U, V, W) and Eggen criteria. Finally, we have determined
the chromospheric contribution in optical spectroscopic indicators, from Ca II
H & K to Ca II IRT lines, using the spectral subtraction technique. We have
found that this system presents an orbital period variation, higher than
previously detected in other RS CVn systems. We determined an improved orbital
solution, finding a circular orbit with a period of 3.274 days. We derived the
stellar parameters, confirming the subgiant nature of the primary component and
obtained rotational velocities (vsini), of 33.57 km/s and 32.38 km/s for the
primary and secondary components respectively. From our kinematic study, we can
deduce its membership to the Castor moving group. Finally, the activity study
has given us a better understanding of the possible mechanisms that produce the
orbital period variation.Comment: Latex file with 16 pages, 18 figures. Available at
http://www.ucm.es/info/Astrof/invest/actividad/actividad_pub.html Accepted
for publication in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A
Quantifying the contamination by old main-sequence stars in young moving groups: the case of the Local Association
The associations and moving groups of young stars are excellent laboratories
for investigating stellar formation in the solar neighborhood. Previous results
have confirmed that a non-negligible fraction of old main-sequence stars is
present in the lists of possible members of young stellar kinematic groups. A
detailed study of the properties of these samples is needed to separate the
young stars from old main-sequence stars with similar space motion, and
identify the origin of these structures. We used stars possible members of the
young (~ 10 - 650 Myr) moving groups from the literature. To determine the age
of the stars, we used several suitable age indicators for young main sequence
stars, i.e., X-ray fluxes and other photometric data. We also used
spectroscopic data, in particular the equivalent width of the lithium line Li I
and Halpha, to constrain the range of ages of the stars. By combining
photometric and spectroscopic data, we were able to separate the young stars
(10 - 650 Myr) from the old (> 1 Gyr) field ones. We found, in particular, that
the Local Association is contaminated by old field stars at the level of ~30%.
This value must be considered as the contamination for our particular sample,
and not of the entire Local Association. For other young moving groups, it is
more difficult to estimate the fraction of old stars among possible members.
However, the level of X-ray emission can, at least, help to separate two age
populations: stars with <200 Myr and stars older than this. Our results are
consistent with a scenario in which the moving groups contain both groups of
young stars formed in a recent star-formation episode and old field stars with
similar space motion. Only by combining X-ray and optical spectroscopic data is
it possible to distinguish between these two age populations.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in A&
Rotational modulation of the photospheric and chromospheric activity in the young, single K2-dwarf PW And
High resolution echelle spectra of PW And (HD~1405) have been taken during
eight observing runs from 1999 to 2002. The detailed analysis of the spectra
allow us to determine its spectral type (K2V), mean heliocentric radial
velocity (V_hel = -11.15 km/s) rotational velocity (vsin{i} = 22.6 km/s), and
equivalent width of the lithium line 6707.8 AA (EW(LiI) = 273 mAA). The
kinematic (Galactic Velocity (U, V, W)) confirms its membership of the Local
Association moving group, in agreement with the age (30 to 80 Myrs) inferred
from the color magnitude diagram and the lithium equivalent width. Photospheric
activity (presence of cool spots that disturb the profiles of the photospheric
lines) has been detected as changes in the the bisectors of the cross
correlation function (CCF) resulting of cross-correlate the spectra of PW And
with the spectrum of a non active star of similar spectral type. These
variations of the CCF bisectors are related to the variations in the measured
radial velocities and are modulated with a period similar to the photometric
period of the star. At the same time, chromospheric activity has been analyzed,
using the spectral subtraction technique and simultaneous spectroscopic
observations of the H_alpha, H_beta, NaI D_1 and D_2$, HeI D_3, MgI b triplet,
CaII H&K, and CaII infrared triplet lines. A flare was observed during the last
observing run of 2001, showing an enhancement in the observed chromospheric
lines. A less powerful flare was observed on 2002 August 23. The variations of
the chromospheric activity indicators seem to be related to the photospheric
activity. A correlation between radial velocity, changes in the CCF bisectors
and equivalent width of different chromospheric lines is observed with a
different behaviour between epochs 1999, 2001 and 2002.Comment: Latex file with 20 pages, 21 figures tar'ed gzip'ed. Full postscript
(text, figures and tables) available at
http://www.ucm.es/info/Astrof/users/dmg/pub_dmg.html Accepted for publication
in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A
Chromospheric activity and rotation of FGK stars in the solar vicinity. An estimation of the radial velocity jitter
Context: Chromospheric activity produces both photometric and spectroscopic
variations that can be mistaken as planets. Large spots crossing the stellar
disc can produce planet-like periodic variations in the light curve of a star.
These spots clearly affect the spectral line profiles and their perturbations
alter the line centroids creating a radial velocity jitter that might
contaminate" the variations induced by a planet. Precise chromospheric activity
measurements are needed to estimate the activity-induced noise that should be
expected for a given star. Aims: We obtain precise chromospheric activity
measurements and projected rotational velocities for nearby (d < 25 pc) cool
(spectral types F to K) stars, to estimate their expected activity-related
jitter. As a complementary objective, we attempt to obtain relationships
between fluxes in different activity indicator lines, that permit a
transformation of traditional activity indicators, i.e, CaII H & K lines, to
others that hold noteworthy advantages. Methods: We used high resolution
(~50000) echelle optical spectra. To determine the chromospheric emission of
the stars in the sample, we used the spectral subtraction technique. Rotational
velocities were determined using the cross-correlation technique. To infer
activity-related radial velocity (RV) jitter, we used empirical relationships
between this jitter and the R'_HK index. Results: We measured chromospheric
activity, as given by different indicators throughout the optical spectra, and
projected rotational velocities for 371 nearby cool stars. We have built
empirical relationships among the most important chromospheric emission lines.
Finally, we used the measured chromospheric activity to estimate the expected
RV jitter for the active stars in the sample.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysic
Propuesta de mejoramiento de la eficiencia administrativa del área de metrología de la empresa Ángel Diagnóstica S.A.S. ubicada en la ciudad de Cali, Valle del Cauca.
En la actualidad se puede evidenciar que en la mayorías de las empresas exitosas utilizan procesos administrativos correctamente definidos para manejar sus operaciones ya que este proceso está compuesto por: (planeación, organización, dirección y control). Son estos procesos los necesarios para así logar los objetivos propuestos de cada mes o año. Los procesos administrativos son sumamente importantes en cada organización ya que estos ayudan a evitar una improvisación en algún momento de crisis y así poder superar los retos más difíciles teniendo estos como ayuda en la toma de decisiones más importante. El área de la salud no es ajena a esta problemática, ya que seguir con los procesos administrativos es una parte fundamental, debido a que si se trata de un laboratorio donde se toman muestras y/o exámenes que determinan una enfermedad o la misma vida de un ser humano, cumplir estos procesos correctamente es de vital importancia para así garantizar la entrega de resultados exactos de su estado de salud, así mismo es de igual importancia que cada área que comprende una organización que esté en el área de salud cumpla con procesos del área de metrología de la manera correcta, ya que en el área de la salud se ven casos donde sus colaboradores no le prestan la suficiente atención a estos procesos, los cuales pueden generar sanciones en el caso de auditorías y así mismo generar resultados que no van a ser bien vistos por parte de la organización y la comunidad.PregradoADMINISTRADOR(A) DE EMPRESA
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