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Caustic Crossing Microlensing Event by Binary MACHOs and Time Scale Bias
Caustic crossing microlensing events provide us a unique opportunity to
measure the relative proper motion of the lens to the source, and so those
caused by binary MACHOs are of great importance for understanding the structure
of the Galactic halo and the nature of MACHOs. The microlensing event
98-SMC-01, occurred in June 1998, is the first event for which the proper
motion is ever measured through the caustic crossing, and this event may be
caused by binary MACHOs as we argue in this Letter. Motivated by the possible
existence of binary MACHOs, we have performed the Monte Carlo simulations of
caustic crossing events by binary MACHOs and investigated the properties and
detectability of the events. Our calculation shows that typical caustic
crossing events have the interval between two caustic crossings ()
of about 5 days. We argue that with the current strategy of binary event search
the proper motions of these typical events are not measurable because of the
short time scale. Therefore the proper motion distribution measured from
caustic crossing events suffers significantly from {`}time scale bias{'}, which
is a bias toward finding long time scale events and hence slowly moving lenses.
We predict there are two times more short time scale events (
days) than long time scale events ( days), and propose an
hourly monitoring observation instead of the nightly monitoring currently
undertaken to detect caustic crossing events by binary MACHOs more efficiently.Comment: 8 pages and 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
Ingredients of nuclear matrix element for two-neutrino double-beta decay of 48Ca
Large-scale shell model calculations including two major shells are carried
out, and the ingredients of nuclear matrix element for two-neutrino double beta
decay are investigated. Based on the comparison between the shell model
calculations accounting only for one major shell (-shell) and those for two
major shells (-shell), the effect due to the excitation across the two
major shells is quantitatively evaluated.Comment: To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Conf. Proc. (ARIS2014); for ver.2, Fig.1
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Dp-branes, NS5-branes and U-duality from nonabelian (2,0) theory with Lie 3-algebra
We derive the super Yang-Mills action of Dp-branes on a torus T^{p-4} from
the nonabelian (2,0) theory with Lie 3-algebra. Our realization is based on Lie
3-algebra with pairs of Lorentzian metric generators. The resultant theory then
has negative norm modes, but it results in a unitary theory by setting VEV's of
these modes. This procedure corresponds to the torus compactification,
therefore by taking a transformation which is equivalent to T-duality, the
Dp-brane action is obtained. We also study type IIA/IIB NS5-brane and
Kaluza-Klein monopole systems by taking other VEV assignments. Such various
compactifications can be realized in the nonabelian (2,0) theory, since both
longitudinal and transverse directions can be compactified, which is different
from the BLG theory. We finally discuss U-duality among these branes, and show
that most of the moduli parameters in U-duality group are recovered. Especially
in D5-brane case, the whole U-duality relation is properly reproduced.Comment: 1+26 page
A Note on Bimodal Accretion Disks
The existence of bimodal disks is investigated. Following a simple argument
based on energetic considerations we show that stationary, bimodal accretion
disk models in which a Shakura--Sunyaev disk (SSD) at large radii matches an
advection dominated accretion flow (ADAF) at smaller radii are never possible
using the standard slim disk approach, unless some extra energy flux is
present. The same argument, however, predicts the possibility of a transition
from an outer Shapiro--Lightman--Eardley (SLE) disk to an ADAF, and from a SLE
disk to a SSD. Both types of solutions have been found.Comment: 9 pages including 9 figures, accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journa
Two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic model for limit-cycle oscillations of luminous accretion disks
We investigate the time evolution of luminous accretion disks around black
holes, conducting the two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic simulations. We
adopt the alpha prescription for the viscosity. The radial-azimuthal component
of viscous stress tensor is assumed to be proportional to the total pressure in
the optically thick region, while the gas pressure in the optically thin
regime. The viscosity parameter, alpha, is taken to be 0.1. We find the
limit-cycle variation in luminosity between high and low states. When we set
the mass input rate from the outer disk boundary to be 100 L_E/c^2, the
luminosity suddenly rises from 0.3L_E to 2L_E, where L_E is the Eddington
luminosity. It decays after retaining high value for about 40 s. Our numerical
results can explain the variation amplitude and duration of the recurrent
outbursts observed in microquasar, GRS 1915+105. We show that the
multi-dimensional effects play an important role in the high-luminosity state.
In this state, the outflow is driven by the strong radiation force, and some
part of radiation energy dissipated inside the disk is swallowed by the black
hole due to the photon-trapping effects. This trapped luminosity is comparable
to the disk luminosity. We also calculate two more cases: one with a much
larger accretion rate than the critical value for the instability and the other
with the viscous stress tensor being proportional to the gas pressure only even
when the radiation pressure is dominant. We find no quasi-periodic light
variations in these cases. This confirms that the limit-cycle behavior found in
the simulations is caused by the disk instability.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ (ApJ 01 April
2006, v640, 2 issue
High-growth-rate magnetohydrodynamic instability in differentially rotating compressible flow
The transport of angular momentum in the outward direction is the fundamental
requirement for accretion to proceed in an accretion disc. This objective can
be achieved if the accretion flow is turbulent. Instabilities are one of the
sources for the turbulence. We study a differentially rotating compressive flow
in the presence of non vanishing radial and azimuthal magnetic field and
demonstrate the occurrence of a high growth rate instability. This instability
operates in a region where magnetic energy density exceeds the rotational
energy density
The molecular front in galaxies; 2, galactic-scale gas phase transition of HI and H2
We have examined the distribution of HI and H_2 gases in four face-on galaxies by using the observed dat a of CO and HI line emissions from the literatures. We demonstrate that the gas phase transition of HI and H_2 occurs suddenly within a narrow range of radi us, which we call the molecular front. We have tried to explain such phase transition in galactic scale with a help of the phase transition theory proposed by Elmegreen. The crucial parameters for determinating the molecular fraction f_{\rm mol} are interstellar pressure P , UV radiation field U, and metallicity Z, and we have constructed a model galaxy in which P, U a nd Z obey an exponential function of the galacto-centric radius. The model shows that the molecular front must be a fundamental feature of galaxies which has an exponentia l disk, and that the metallicity gradient is most crucial for the formation of the molecular front. We have also tried to reproduce the observed molecular fraction f_{\rm mol} by giving the set of (P, U, Z) observationally, and show that the model can describe the variation of the molecular fraction f_ {\rm mol} in galaxies quite well. We discuss the implication of the molecular front for the chemical evolution of galaxies
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