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Length-weight relationships of coral reef fishes from the Alacran Reef, Yucatan, Mexico
Length-weight relationships were computed for 42 species of coral reef fishes from 14 families from the Alacran Reef (Yucatan, Mexico). A total of 1 892 individuals was used for this purpose. The fish species were caught by different fishing techniques such as fishhooks, harpoons, gill and trawl nets. The sampling period was from March 1998 to January 2000
Matrix Product States, Random Matrix Theory and the Principle of Maximum Entropy
Using random matrix techniques and the theory of Matrix Product States we
show that reduced density matrices of quantum spin chains have generically
maximum entropy.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Galactic conformity measured in semi-analytic models
We study the correlation between the specific star formation rate of central
galaxies and neighbour galaxies, also known as 'galactic conformity', out to 20
Mpc/h using three semi-analytic models (SAMs, one from L-GALAXIES and other two
from GALFORM). The aim is to establish whether SAMs are able to show galactic
conformity using different models and selection criteria. In all the models,
when the selection of primary galaxies is based on an isolation criterion in
real space, the mean fraction of quenched galaxies around quenched primary
galaxies is higher than that around star-forming primary galaxies of the same
stellar mass. The overall signal of conformity decreases when we remove
satellites selected as primary galaxies, but the effect is much stronger in
GALFORM models compared with the L-GALAXIES model. We find this difference is
partially explained by the fact that in GALFORM once a galaxy becomes a
satellite remains as such, whereas satellites can become centrals at a later
time in L-GALAXIES. The signal of conformity decreases down to 60% in the
L-GALAXIES model after removing central galaxies that were ejected from their
host halo in the past. Galactic conformity is also influenced by primary
galaxies at fixed stellar mass that reside in dark matter haloes of different
masses. Finally, we explore a proxy of conformity between distinct haloes. In
this case the conformity is weak beyond ~ 3 Mpc/h (<3% in L-GALAXIES, <1-2% in
GALFORM models). Therefore, it seems difficult that conformity is directly
related with a long-range effect.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRA
VLT and GTC observations of SDSS J0123+00: a type 2 quasar triggered in a galaxy encounter?
We present long-slit spectroscopy, continuum and [OIII]5007 imaging data
obtained with the Very Large Telescope and the Gran Telescopio Canarias of the
type 2 quasar SDSS J0123+00 at z=0.399. The quasar lies in a complex, gas-rich
environment. It appears to be physically connected by a tidal bridge to another
galaxy at a projected distance of ~100 kpc, which suggests this is an
interacting system. Ionized gas is detected to a distance of at least ~133 kpc
from the nucleus. The nebula has a total extension of ~180 kpc. This is one of
the largest ionized nebulae ever detected associated with an active galaxy.
Based on the environmental properties, we propose that the origin of the nebula
is tidal debris from a galactic encounter, which could as well be the
triggering mechanism of the nuclear activity. SDSS J0123+00 demonstrates that
giant, luminous ionized nebulae can exist associated with type 2 quasars of low
radio luminosities, contrary to expectations based on type 1 quasar studies.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letter
XMM-Newton and Deep Optical Observations of the OTELO fields: the Groth-Westphal Strip
OTELO (OSIRIS Tunable Emission Line Object Survey) will be carried out with
the OSIRIS instrument at the 10 m GTC telescope at La Palma, and is aimed to be
the deepest and richest survey of emission line objects to date. The deep
narrow-band optical data from OSIRIS will be complemented by means of
additional observations that include: (i) an exploratory broad-band survey that
is already being carried out in the optical domain, (ii) FIR and sub-mm
observations to be carried with the Herschel space telescope and the GTM, and
(iii) deep X-Ray observations from XMM-Newton and Chandra.Here we present a
preliminary analysis of public EPIC data of one of the OTELO targets,the
Groth-Westphal strip, gathered from the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA). EPIC
images are combined with optical BVRI data from our broadband survey carried
out with the 4.2m WHT at La Palma. Distance-independent diagnostics (involving
X/O ratio, hardness ratios, B/T ratio) are tested.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, uses graphicx package. To appear in proceedings
of "The X-Ray Universe 2005", San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain, September
26-30, 200
Modelling the relative velocities of isolated pairs of galaxies
We study the comoving relative velocities, v12, of model isolated galaxy
pairs at z=0.5. For this purpose, we use the predictions from the GALFORM
semi-analytical model of galaxy formation and evolution based on a Lambda cold
dark matter cosmology consistent with the results from WMAP7. In real space, we
find that isolated pairs of galaxies are predicted to form an angle t with the
line-of-sight that is uniformily distributed as expected if the Universe is
homogeneous and isotropic. We also find that isolated pairs of galaxies
separated by a comoving distance between 1 and 3 Mpc/h are predicted to have
=0. For galaxies in this regime, the distribution of the angle t is
predicted to change minimally from real to redshift space, with a change
smaller than 5% in . However, the distances defining the comoving
regime strongly depends on the applied isolation criteria.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, SF2A 2013 Proceedin
Improved superposition schemes for approximate multi-caloron configurations
Two improved superposition schemes for the construction of approximate
multi-caloron-anticaloron configurations, using exact single (anti)caloron
gauge fields as underlying building blocks, are introduced in this paper. The
first improvement deals with possible monopole-Dirac string interactions
between different calorons with non-trivial holonomy. The second one, based on
the ADHM formalism, improves the (anti-)selfduality in the case of small
caloron separations. It conforms with Shuryak's well-known ratio-ansatz when
applied to instantons. Both superposition techniques provide a higher degree of
(anti-)selfduality than the widely used sum-ansatz, which simply adds the
(anti)caloron vector potentials in an appropriate gauge. Furthermore, the
improved configurations (when discretized onto a lattice) are characterized by
a higher stability when they are exposed to lattice cooling techniques.Comment: New version accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys. B. Text partly
shortened, changes in the introduction, new results added on the comparison
with exact solution
Vortex ratchet reversal: The role of interstitial vortices
Triangular arrays of Ni nanotriangles embedded in superconducting Nb films
exhibit unexpected dynamical vortex effects. Collective pinning with a vortex
lattice configuration different from the expected fundamental triangular
"Abrikosov state" is found. The vortex motion which prevails against the
triangular periodic potential is produced by channelling effects between
triangles. Interstitial vortices coexisting with pinned vortices in this
asymmetric potential, lead to ratchet reversal, i.e. a DC output voltage which
changes sign with the amplitude of an applied alternating drive current. In
this landscape, ratchet reversal is always observed at all magnetic fields (all
numbers of vortices) and at different temperatures. The ratchet reversal is
unambiguously connected to the presence of two locations for the vortices:
interstitial and above the artificial pinning sites.Comment: 21 pages, 4 figures, 1 Tabl
Near-infrared photometry of isolated spirals with and without an AGN. I: The Data
We present infrared imaging data in the J and K' bands obtained for 18 active
spiral galaxies, together with 11 non active galaxies taken as a control
sample. All of them were chosen to satisfy well defined isolation criteria so
that the observed properties are not related to gravitational interaction. For
each object we give: the image in the K' band, the sharp-divided image
(obtained by dividing the observed image by a filtered one), the difference
image (obtained by subtracting a model to the observed one), the color J-K'
image, the ellipticity and position angle profiles, the surface brightness
profiles in J and K', their fits by bulge+disk models and the color gradient.
We have found that four (one) active (control) galaxies previously classified
as non-barred turn out to have bars when observed in the near-infrared. One of
these four galaxies (UGC 1395) also harbours a secondary bar. For 15 (9 active,
6 control) out of 24 (14 active, 10 control) of the optically classified barred
galaxies (SB or SX) we find that a secondary bar (or a disk, a lense or an
elongated ring) is present. The work presented here is part of a large program
(DEGAS) aimed at finding whether there are differences between active and non
active galaxies in the properties of their central regions that could be
connected with the onset of nuclear activity.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement
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