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Enhanced photoinduced nematic reorientation in mixture with azo-dye-substituted polymer
The optically induced reorientation of nematic liquid crystal doped with
azo-dye substituted polymer is investigated measuring photoinduced
birefringence. These measurement reveal the value (Dn~0.1) of induced
birefringence of liquid crystal with dye polymer which significantly exceeds
the value of birefringence previously obtained in nematic mixture with the low
molecular weight dye. More than one order of enhancement is connected with
lower diffusivity of polymer.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
On the Class II Methanol Maser Periodic Variability due to the Rotating Spiral Shocks in the Gaps of Disks Around Young Binary Stars
We argue that the periodic variability of Class II methanol masers can be
explained by variations of the dust temperature in the accretion disk around
proto-binary star with at least one massive component. The dust temperature
variations are caused by rotation of hot and dense material of the spiral shock
wave in the disk central gap. The aim of this work is to show how different can
be the Class II methanol maser brightness in the disk during the Moment of
Maximum Illumination by the Spiral Shock material (hereafter MMISS) and the
Moment when the disk is Illuminated by the Stars Only (MISO). We used the code
CLOUDY (v13.02) to estimate physical conditions in the flat disk in the MISO
and the MMISS. Model physical parameters of the disk were then used to estimate
the brightness of 6.7, 9.9, 12.1 and 107 GHz masers at different impact
parameters using LVG approximation. It was shown that the strong masers
experience considerable brightness increase during the MMISS with respect to
MISO. There can happen both flares and dips of the 107 GHz maser brightness
under the MMISS conditions, depending on the properties of the system. The
brightest 9.9 GHz masers in the MMISS are situated at the greater than the
strong 6.7, 12.1 and 107 GHz masers that are situated at AU. The
brightness of 9.9 GHz maser in the MMISS suppressed at AU and increase
at AU.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 9 figure
Star formation in the S233 region
The main objective of this paper is to study the possibility of triggered
star formation on the border of the HII region S233, which is formed by a
B-star. Using high-resolution spectra we determine the spectral class of the
ionizing star as B0.5 V and the radial velocity of the star to be -17.5(1.4)
km/s. This value is consistent with the velocity of gas in a wide field across
the S233 region, suggesting that the ionizing star was formed from a parent
cloud belonging to the S233 region. By studying spatial-kinematic structure of
the molecular cloud in the S233 region, we detected an isolated clump of gas
producing CO emission red-shifted relative to the parent cloud. In the UKIDSS
and WISE images, the clump of gas coincides with the infrared source containing
a compact object and bright-rimmed structure. The bright-rimmed structure is
perpendicular to the direction of the ionizing star. The compact source
coincides in position with IRAS source 05351+3549. All these features indicate
a possibility of triggering formation of a next-generation star in the S233
region. Within the framework of a theoretical one-dimensional model we conclude
that the "collect-and-collapse" process is not likely to take place in the S233
region. The presence of the bright-rimmed structure and the compact infrared
source suggest that the "collapse of the pre-existing clump" process is taking
place.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figure
On the methanol emission detection in the TW Hya disc: the role of grain surface chemistry and non-LTE excitation
The recent detection of gas-phase methanol (CHOH) lines in the disc of TW
Hya by Walsh et al. provided the first observational constraints on the complex
O-bearing organic content in protoplanetary discs. The emission has a ring-like
morphology, with a peak at au and an inferred column density of
cm. A low CHOH fractional abundance of (with respect to H) is derived, depending on the
assumed vertical location of the CHOH molecular layer. In this study, we
use a thermo-chemical model of the TW Hya disc, coupled with the ALCHEMIC
gas-grain chemical model, assuming laboratory-motivated, fast diffusivities of
the surface molecules to interpret the CHOH detection. Based on this disc
model, we performed radiative transfer calculations with the LIME code and
simulations of the observations with the CASA simulator. We found that our
model allows to reproduce the observations well. The CHOH emission in our
model appears as a ring with radius of au. Synthetic and observed line
flux densities are equal within the rms noise level of observations. The
synthetic CHOH spectra calculated assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium
(LTE) can differ by up to a factor of 3.5 from the non-LTE spectra. For the
strongest lines, the differences between LTE and non-LTE flux densities are
very small and practically negligible. Variations in the diffusivity of the
surface molecules can lead to variations of the CHOH abundance and,
therefore, line flux densities by an order of magnitude.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 8 pages, 8 figure
Properties of dwarf stars in Cygnus OB2
We present the results of investigation of five stars, originally classified
as dwarfs, belonging to Cyg OB2 association, their stellar and wind properties.
Using both TLUSTY and CMFGEN codes we derived effective temperatures, surface
gravities, chemical abundances, mass-loss rates and projected rotation
velocities. Due to the fact that distance to the stars is well known, we were
able to estimate their luminosities. Using evolutionary models we estimated the
ages of these sample stars and find that lower mass ones - MT282 and MT343 -
belong to older population of the association. Their ages are greater than 10
Myr. The ages of three other stars - MT317, MT299, MT259 - are between 4-6 Myr.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in PAS
Performance of the MPD Experiment for the Anisotropic Flow Measurements
The main goal of the future MPD experiment at collider NICA( JINR,Dubna) is to explore the QCD phase diagram in the region corresponding to the highest baryon chemical potential. Properties of such dense matter can be studied using the azimuthal anisotropy of the produced particles. Performance of the detector response based on simulations with realistic reconstruction procedure is presented for centrality determination, reaction plane estimation, directed and elliptic flow coefficients
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