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Numerical Methods for the 3-dimensional 2-body Problem in the Action-at-a-Distance Electrodynamics
We develop two numerical methods to solve the differential equations with
deviating arguments for the motion of two charges in the action-at-a-distance
electrodynamics. Our first method uses St\"urmer's extrapolation formula and
assumes that a step of integration can be taken as a step of light ladder,
which limits its use to shallow energies. The second method is an improvement
of pre-existing iterative schemes, designed for stronger convergence and can be
used at high-energies.Comment: 17 pages, 11 figure
Out-of-plane magnetic domain structure in a thin film of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 on SrTiO3 (001) observed by magnetic force microscopy
The room temperature out-of-plane magnetization of epitaxial thin films of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 on SrTiO3 (001) has been investigated with magnetic force microscopy, using magnetic tips with very small coercivity, relative to the film. A clear magnetic pattern in the form of a checkerboard, with domain dimensions of a few hundred nanometers, was found for the thin, coherently strained films, which is approximately aligned along the maximum strain [110] and [1[overline 1]0] directions in the film. With increasing in-plane applied magnetic field, the magnetic contrast reduces, reflecting the rotation of the magnetization vector into the plane of the film. This process is reversible with the field. The out-of-plane magnetic pattern is not sensitive to rotation of the in-plane field. We attribute the observed out-of-plane magnetization component to an out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy, which is a remainder of the [111] magnetic easy axis in bulk La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 single crystal
Magnetic superlattice and finite-energy Dirac points in graphene
We study the band structure of graphene's Dirac-Weyl quasi-particles in a one-dimensional magnetic superlattice formed by a periodic sequence of alternating magnetic barriers. The spectrum and the nature of the states strongly depend on the conserved longitudinal momentum and on the barrier width. At the center of the superlattice Brillouin zone we find new Dirac points at finite energies where the dispersion is highly anisotropic, in contrast to the dispersion close to the neutrality point which remains isotropic. This finding suggests the possibility of collimating Dirac-Weyl quasi-particles by tuning the doping
A study of the long term variability of RX J1856.5-3754 with XMM-Newton
We report on a detailed spectral analysis of all the available XMM-Newton
data of RX J1856.5-3754, the brightest and most extensively observed nearby,
thermally emitting neutron star. Very small variations (~1-2%) in the
single-blackbody temperature are detected, but are probably due to an
instrumental effect, since they correlate with the position of the source on
the detector. Restricting the analysis to a homogeneous subset of observations,
with the source at the same detector position, we place strong limits on
possible spectral or flux variations from March 2005 to present-day. A slightly
higher temperature (kT~61.5 eV, compared to the average value kT~61 eV) was
instead measured in April 2002. If this difference is not of instrumental
origin, it implies a rate of variation of about 0.15 eV/yr between April 2002
and March 2005. The high-statistics spectrum from the selected observations is
well fit by the sum of two blackbody models, which extrapolate to an optical
flux level in agreement with the observed value.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the ERPM conference, Zielona
Gora, April 201
Testing Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter through LISA
The idea that primordial black holes (PBHs) can comprise most of the dark
matter of the universe has recently reacquired a lot of momentum. Observational
constraints, however, rule out this possibility for most of the PBH masses,
with a notable exception around . These light PBHs may be
originated when a sizeable comoving curvature perturbation generated during
inflation re-enters the horizon during the radiation phase. During such a
stage, it is unavoidable that gravitational waves (GWs) are generated. Since
their source is quadratic in the curvature perturbations, these GWs are
generated fully non-Gaussian. Their frequency today is about the mHz, which is
exactly the range where the LISA mission has the maximum of its sensitivity.
This is certainly an impressive coincidence. We show that this scenario of PBHs
as dark matter can be tested by LISA by measuring the GW two-point correlator.
On the other hand, we show that the short observation time (as compared to the
age of the universe) and propagation effects of the GWs across the perturbed
universe from the production point to the LISA detector suppress the bispectrum
to an unobservable level. This suppression is completely general and not
specific to our model.Comment: 22 pages, 12 figures. v3: matching published versio
A deep XMM-Newton serendipitous survey of a middle-latitude area
The radio quiet neutron star 1E1207.4-5209 has been the target of a 260 ks
XMM-Newton observation, which yielded, as a by product, an harvest of about 200
serendipitous X-ray sources above a limiting flux of 2E-15 erg/cm2/s, in the
0.3-8 keV energy range. In view of the intermediate latitude of our field (b~10
deg), it comes as no surprise that the logN-logS distribution of our
serendipitous sources is different from those measured either in the Galactic
Plane or at high galactic latitudes. Here we shall concentrate on the analysis
of the brightest sources in our sample, which unveiled a previously unknown
Seyfert-2 galaxy.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication by Astronomy &
Astrophysic
GeomorfologÃa y paisaje en el ordenamiento territorial: valorizando el corredor inferior del rÃo Mapocho
Considering the roles how biological corridor of the lower hydrological system of the Mapocho River, pointing to their integration in the urban planning of the respective communes from an ecologic, environmental and social perspective, is carried on a research about their geomorphological and landscape characteristics and the processes that are leading the evolution of the landscape. With this knowledge and from an ecosystemic perspective of the river territory, the limits of different homogeneous units were determined. Any geomorphological unit recognized, meaning also landscape systems, was characterized by its geology, sedimentology, soils and drainage, hydro-morphodynamic processes and human intervention, which allows through the determination of the quality and fragility of the geomorphic-landscape units, to establish land use proposals with their corresponding scopes on qualifications and restrictions. The resulting mapping contains implicit a proposal for land-use planning from the ecological planning point of view.   Considerando las funciones de corredor biológico del sistema hidrológico inferior del RÃo Mapocho, y apuntando a su integración a la planificación urbana de la intercomuna respectiva desde un punto de vista ecológico-ambiental y social, se reconocen sus caracterÃsticas geomorfológicas y paisajÃsticas, y se establecen los procesos que lideran la evolución del modelado de las formas naturales. Con esta base se delimita el territorio fluvial desde una perspectiva ecosistémica y se determinan los lÃmites de las diferentes unidades homogéneas resultantes. Cada unidad geomorfológica, en alta correspondencia con el sistema de paisajes, es caracterizada en función de su geologÃa, sedimentologÃa, suelos y drenaje, hidro-morfodinámica e intervención humana, lo cual permite mediante la determinación de la calidad y fragilidad de ellas, establecer propuestas de uso del suelo con sus correspondientes alcances sobre aptitudes y restricciones. La cartografÃa resultante contiene implÃcita una propuesta de ordenamiento del territorio desde el punto de vista de la planificación ecológica. Â
Observations of three young gamma-ray pulsars with the Gran Telescopio Canarias
We report the analysis of the first deep optical observations of three
isolated -ray pulsars detected by the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope}: the radio-loud PSR\, J0248+6021 and PSR\, J0631+1036, and the
radio-quiet PSR\, J0633+0632. The latter has also been detected in the X rays.
The pulsars are very similar in their spin-down age (40--60 kyrs),
spin-down energy ( erg s), and dipolar surface
magnetic field (-- G). These pulsars are promising
targets for multi-wavelength observations, since they have been already
detected in rays and in radio or X-rays. None of them has been
detected yet in the optical band. We observed the three pulsar fields in 2014
with the Spanish 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). We could not find any
candidate optical counterpart to the three pulsars close to their most recent
radio or {\em Chandra} positions down to limits of ,
, for PSR\, J0248+6021, J0631+1036, and J0633+0632,
respectively. From the inferred optical upper limits and estimated distance and
interstellar extinction, we derived limits on the pulsar optical luminosity. We
also searched for the X-ray counterpart to PSR\, J0248+6021 with \chan\ but we
did not detect the pulsar down to a 3 flux limit of
erg cm s (0.3--10 keV). For all these pulsars, we compared the
optical flux upper limits with the extrapolations in the optical domain of the
-ray spectra and compared their multi-wavelength properties with those
of other -ray pulsars of comparable age.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
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