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Indications for a Detonating Quark-Gluon Plasma
We propose a mechanism which naturally contains the relation of the hadronic gas produced in heavy-ion collisions at CERN. Our
starting assumption is the existence of a sharp front separating the
quark-gluon plasma phase from the hadronic phase. Energy-momentum conservation
across the front leads to the following consequences for an adiabatic process
a) The baryon chemical potential, , is approximately continuous across
the front. b) The temperature in the hadronic gas is higher than the phase
transition temperature due to superheating. c) In the region covered by the
experiments the velocity of the hadronic gas approximately equals the speed of
sound in the hadronic gas.Comment: Latex file 9 pages + 6 figures available as postscript file
Noncommutative Quantum Cosmology
We consider noncommutative quantum cosmology in the case of the low-energy
string effective theory. Exacts solutions are found and compared with the
commutative case.The Noncommutative quantum cosmology is considered in the case
of the low-energy string effective theory. Exacts solutions are found and
compared with the commutative case.Comment: Revtex4, 3 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Gen.Rel.Gra
Cryptotomography: reconstructing 3D Fourier intensities from randomly oriented single-shot diffraction patterns
We reconstructed the 3D Fourier intensity distribution of mono-disperse
prolate nano-particles using single-shot 2D coherent diffraction patterns
collected at DESY's FLASH facility when a bright, coherent, ultrafast X-ray
pulse intercepted individual particles of random, unmeasured orientations. This
first experimental demonstration of cryptotomography extended the
Expansion-Maximization-Compression (EMC) framework to accommodate unmeasured
fluctuations in photon fluence and loss of data due to saturation or background
scatter. This work is an important step towards realizing single-shot
diffraction imaging of single biomolecules.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Secondary phi meson peak as an indicator of QCD phase transition in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions
In a previous paper, we have shown that a double phi peak structure appears
in the dilepton invariant mass spectrum if a first order QCD phase transition
occurs in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. Furthermore, the transition
temperature can be determined from the transverse momentum distribution of the
low mass phi peak. In this work, we extend the study to the case that a smooth
crossover occurs in the quark-gluon plasma to the hadronic matter transition.
We find that the double phi peak structure still exists in the dilepton
spectrum and thus remains a viable signal for the formation of the quark-gluon
plasma in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions.Comment: 8 pages, 9 uuencoded postscript figures included, Latex, LBL-3572
The Northern Middle Lobe of Centaurus A: Circumgalactic Gas in a Starburst Wind
We present deep ultraviolet (GALEX), radio continuum (VLA) and H-alpha (Magellan) images of the circumgalactic medium around Centaurus A (NGC5128). We focus on the Northern Middle Lobe (NML), a region extending more than 50kpc beyond the galaxy and known to host a collection of striking phenomena: emission line filaments, recent star formation, disrupted HI/molecular gas streams, and short-lived X-ray clouds. Far UV emission is tightly correlated with H-alpha emission for more than 50kpc, and loosely associated with a filament of X-ray clouds and with the radio continuum emission. The radio emission in the NML region does not appear to be an extension of the inner radio jet (10kpc) or a typical radio lobe. We speculate that the "weather" seen in the NML region is a short-lived phenomenon, caused by an outflow encountering cool gas deposited by one of the recent merger/encounter events which have characterized the history of NGC5128
Measurement of scintillation efficiency for nuclear recoils in liquid argon
The scintillation light yield of liquid argon from nuclear recoils relative to electronic recoils has been measured as a function of recoil energy from 10 keVr up to 250 keVr at zero electric field. The scintillation efficiency, defined as the ratio of the nuclear recoil scintillation response to the electronic recoil response, is 0.25±0.01+0.01 (correlated) above 20 keVr. © 2012 American Physical Society
UV/Optical Detections of Candidate Tidal Disruption Events by GALEX and CFHTLS
We present two luminous UV/optical flares from the nuclei of apparently
inactive early-type galaxies at z=0.37 and 0.33 that have the radiative
properties of a flare from the tidal disruption of a star. In this paper we
report the second candidate tidal disruption event discovery in the UV by the
GALEX Deep Imaging Survey, and present simultaneous optical light curves from
the CFHTLS Deep Imaging Survey for both UV flares. The first few months of the
UV/optical light curves are well fitted with the canonical t^(-5/3) power-law
decay predicted for emission from the fallback of debris from a tidally
disrupted star. Chandra ACIS X-ray observations during the flares detect soft
X-ray sources with T_bb= (2-5) x 10^5 K or Gamma > 3 and place limits on hard
X-ray emission from an underlying AGN down to L_X (2-10 keV) <~ 10^41 ergs/s.
Blackbody fits to the UV/optical spectral energy distributions of the flares
indicate peak flare luminosities of > 10^44-10^45 ergs/s. The temperature,
luminosity, and light curves of both flares are in excellent agreement with
emission from a tidally disrupted main sequence star onto a central black hole
of several times 10^7 msun. The observed detection rate of our search over ~
2.9 deg^2 of GALEX Deep Imaging Survey data spanning from 2003 to 2007 is
consistent with tidal disruption rates calculated from dynamical models, and we
use these models to make predictions for the detection rates of the next
generation of optical synoptic surveys.Comment: 28 pages, 27 figures, 11 tables, accepted to ApJ, final corrections
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A contiuum model for low temperature relaxation of crystal steps
High and low temperature relaxation of crystal steps are described in a
unified picture, using a continuum model based on a modified expression of the
step free energy. Results are in agreement with experiments and Monte Carlo
simulations of step fluctuations and monolayer cluster diffusion and
relaxation. In an extended model where mass exchange with neighboring terraces
is allowed, step transparency and a low temperature regime for unstable step
meandering are found.Comment: Submitted to Phys.Rev.Let
Powerful H Emission and Star Formation on the Interacting Galaxy System Arp 143: Observations with Spitzer and GALEX
We present new mid-infrared (m) and ultraviolet (1539 -- 2316 \AA)
observations of the interacting galaxy system Arp 143 (NGC 2444/2445) from the
Spitzer Space Telescope and GALEX. In this system, the central nucleus of NGC
2445 is surrounded by knots of massive star-formation in a ring-like structure.
We find unusually strong emission from warm H associated with an expanding
shock wave between the nucleus and the western knots. At this ridge, the flux
ratio between H and PAH emission is nearly ten times higher than in the
nucleus. Arp 143 is one of the most extreme cases known in that regard. From
our multi-wavelength data we derive a narrow age range of the star-forming
knots between 2 Myr and 7.5 Myr, suggesting that the ring of knots was formed
almost simultaneously in response to the shock wave traced by the H
emission. However, the knots can be further subdivided in two age groups: those
with an age of 2--4 Myr (knots A, C, E, and F), which are associated with
m emission from PAHs, and those with an age of 7-8 Myr (knots D and G),
which show little or no m emission shells surrounding them. We attribute
this finding to an ageing effect of the massive clusters which, after about 6
Myr, no longer excite the PAHs surrounding the knots.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures, including tables at the end; accepted by Ap
Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): End of survey report and data release 2
The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of lowredshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286 deg2 (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r < 19.8 mag, we have collected spectra and reliable redshifts for 238 000 objects using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. In addition, we have assembled imaging data from a number of independent surveys in order to generate photometry spanning the wavelength range 1 nm-1 m. Here, we report on the recently completed spectroscopic survey and present a series of diagnostics to assess its final state and the quality of the redshift data. We also describe a number of survey aspects and procedures, or updates thereof, including changes to the input catalogue, redshifting and re-redshifting, and the derivation of ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry. Finally, we present the second public release ofGAMAdata. In this release, we provide input catalogue and targeting information, spectra, redshifts, ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry, single-component Śersic fits, stellar masses, Hα-derived star formation rates, environment information, and group properties for all galaxies with r < 19.0 mag in two of our survey regions, and for all galaxies with r < 19.4 mag in a third region (72 225 objects in total). The data base serving these data is available at http://www.gama-survey.org/
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