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    Molecular Clouds associated with the Type Ia SNR N103B in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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    N103B is a Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We carried out new 12^{12}CO(JJ = 3-2) and 12^{12}CO(JJ = 1-0) observations using ASTE and ALMA. We have confirmed the existence of a giant molecular cloud (GMC) at VLSRV_\mathrm{LSR} \sim245 km s1^{-1} towards the southeast of the SNR using ASTE 12^{12}CO(JJ = 3-2) data at an angular resolution of \sim25"" (\sim6 pc in the LMC). Using the ALMA 12^{12}CO(JJ = 1-0) data, we have spatially resolved CO clouds along the southeastern edge of the SNR with an angular resolution of \sim1.8"" (\sim0.4 pc in the LMC). The molecular clouds show an expanding gas motion in the position-velocity diagram with an expansion velocity of 5\sim5 km s1^{-1}. The spatial extent of the expanding shell is roughly similar to that of the SNR. We also find tiny molecular clumps in the directions of optical nebula knots. We present a possible scenario that N103B exploded in the wind-bubble formed by the accretion winds from the progenitor system, and is now interacting with the dense gas wall. This is consistent with a single-degenerate scenario.Comment: 12 pages, 1 table, 8 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ

    ALMA CO Observations of Supernova Remnant N63A in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Discovery of Dense Molecular Clouds Embedded within Shock-Ionized and Photoionized Nebulae

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    We carried out new 12^{12}CO(JJ = 1-0, 3-2) observations of a N63A supernova remnant (SNR) from the LMC using ALMA and ASTE. We find three giant molecular clouds toward the northeast, east, and near the center of the SNR. Using the ALMA data, we spatially resolved clumpy molecular clouds embedded within the optical nebulae in both the shock-ionized and photoionized lobes discovered by previous Hα\alpha and [S II] observations. The total mass of the molecular clouds is \sim800800 MM_{\odot} for the shock-ionized region and \sim17001700 MM_{\odot} for the photoionized region. Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy reveals that the absorbing column densities toward the molecular clouds are \sim1.51.5-6.0×10216.0\times10^{21} cm2^{-2}, which are \sim1.51.5-1515 times less than the averaged interstellar proton column densities for each region. This means that the X-rays are produced not only behind the molecular clouds, but also in front of them. We conclude that the dense molecular clouds have been completely engulfed by the shock waves, but have still survived erosion owing to their high-density and short interacting time. The X-ray spectrum toward the gas clumps is well explained by an absorbed power-law or high-temperature plasma models in addition to the thermal plasma components, implying that the shock-cloud interaction is efficiently working for both the cases through the shock ionization and magnetic field amplification. If the hadronic gamma-ray is dominant in the GeV band, the total energy of cosmic-ray protons is calculated to be \sim0.30.3-1.4×10491.4\times10^{49} erg with the estimated ISM proton density of \sim190±90190\pm90 cm3^{-3}, containing both the shock-ionized gas and neutral atomic hydrogen.Comment: 18 pages, 4 tables, 8 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ

    Magnetic moment of welded HTS samples: dependence on the current flowing through the welds

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    We present a method to calculate the magnetic moments of the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) samples which consist of a few welded HTS parts. The approach is generalized for the samples of various geometrical shapes and an arbitrary number of welds. The obtained relations between the sample moment and the density of critical current, which flows through the welds, allow to use the magnetization loops for a quantitative characterization of the weld quality in a wide range of temperatures and/or magnetic fields.Comment: RevTeX4, 4 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to Supercond. Sci. Techno

    Selective excitation of metastable atomic states by femto- and attosecond laser pulses

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    The possibility of achieving highly selective excitation of low metastable states of hydrogen and helium atoms by using short laser pulses with reasonable parameters is demonstrated theoretically. Interactions of atoms with the laser field are studied by solving the close-coupling equations without discretization. The parameters of laser pulses are calculated using different kinds of optimization procedures. For the excitation durations of hundreds of femtoseconds direct optimization of the parameters of one and two laser pulses with Gaussian envelopes is used to introduce a number of simple schemes of selective excitation. To treat the case of shorter excitation durations, optimal control theory is used and the calculated optimal fields are approximated by sequences of pulses with reasonable shapes. A new way to achieve selective excitation of metastable atomic states by using sequences of attosecond pulses is introduced.Comment: To be published in Phys. Rev. A, 10 pages, 3 figure

    Molecular Dynamics of XFEL-Induced Photo-Dissociation, Revealed by Ion-Ion Coincidence Measurements

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    X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) providing ultrashort intense pulses of X-rays have proven to be excellent tools to investigate the dynamics of radiation-induced dissociation and charge redistribution in molecules and nanoparticles. Coincidence techniques, in particular multi-ion time-of-flight (TOF) coincident experiments, can provide detailed information on the photoabsorption, charge generation, and Coulomb explosion events. Here we review several such recent experiments performed at the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser (SACLA) facility in Japan, with iodomethane, diiodomethane, and 5-iodouracil as targets. We demonstrate how to utilize the momentum-resolving capabilities of the ion TOF spectrometers to resolve and filter the coincidence data and extract various information essential in understanding the time evolution of the processes induced by the XFEL pulses
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