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Contemporaneous broad-band photometry and H observations of T Tauri stars
The study of contemporaneous variations of the continuum flux and emission
lines is of great importance to understand the different astrophysical
processes at work in T Tauri stars. In this paper we present the results of a
simultaneous and H photometric monitoring, contemporaneous to
medium-resolution spectroscopy of six T Tauri stars in the Taurus-Auriga star
forming region. We have characterized the H photometric system using
synthetic templates and the contemporaneous spectra of the targets. We show
that we can achieve a precision corresponding to 23 \AA\ in the H
equivalent width, in typical observing conditions. The spectral analysis has
allowed us to determine the basic stellar parameters and the values of
quantities related to the accretion. In particular, we have measured a
significant veiling only for the three targets with the strongest H
emission (T Tau, FM Tau, and DG Tau). The broad-band photometric variations are
found to be in the range 0.050.70 mag and are often paired to variations in
the H intensity, which becomes stronger when the stellar continuum is
weaker. In addition, we have mostly observed a redder and a bluer
color as the stars become fainter. For most of the targets, the timescales of
these variations seem to be longer than the rotation period. One exception is T
Tau, for which the broad-band photometry varies with the rotation period. The
most plausible interpretation of these photometric and H variations is
that they are due to non-stationary mass accretion onto the stars, but
rotational modulation can play a major role in some cases.Comment: 21 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Acta Astronomic
Dark energy from a geometrical gauge scalar-tensor theory of gravity
In this paper we obtain some cosmological solutions that describe the present
period of accelerating expansion of the universe in the framework of a
geometrical gauge scalar-tensor theory of gravity. The background geometry in
the model is the Weyl integrable and we found a class of power law solutions
for the Weyl scalar field when an invariant metric is employed in a power law
expanding universe. We obtain a deceleration and an equation of state
parameters in agreement with PLANCK 2018 observational data for some specific
parameters of the model. The deceleration parameter tends asymptotically to
.Comment: 9 pages, no figure
Novel thermal management of power electronic devices: high power high frequency planar gunn diodes
Thermal management of next generation of semiconductor devices is becoming more challenging, as the device power
increases and device dimensions decrease. The work is addressing novel thermal measurement and management for
planar heterostructure Gunn diodes, which will be of strategic importance for UK technology and industry
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