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Assessing molecular outflows and turbulence in the protostellar cluster Serpens South
Molecular outflows driven by protostellar cluster members likely impact their
surroundings and contribute to turbulence, affecting subsequent star formation.
The very young Serpens South cluster consists of a particularly high density
and fraction of protostars, yielding a relevant case study for protostellar
outflows and their impact on the cluster environment. We combined CO
observations of this region using the Combined Array for Research in
Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) and the Institut de Radioastronomie
Millim\'{e}trique (IRAM) 30 m single dish telescope. The combined map allows us
to probe CO outflows within the central, most active region at size scales of
0.01 pc to 0.8 pc. We account for effects of line opacity and excitation
temperature variations by incorporating CO and CO data for the
and transitions (using Atacama Pathfinder Experiment and
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory observations for the higher CO transitions),
and we calculate mass, momentum, and energy of the molecular outflows in this
region. The outflow mass loss rate, force, and luminosity, compared with
diagnostics of turbulence and gravity, suggest that outflows drive a sufficient
amount of energy to sustain turbulence, but not enough energy to substantially
counter the gravitational potential energy and disrupt the clump. Further, we
compare Serpens South with the slightly more evolved cluster NGC 1333, and we
propose an empirical scenario for outflow-cluster interaction at different
evolutionary stages.Comment: 26 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical
Journa
The Algebraic Bethe Ansatz and Tensor Networks
We describe the Algebraic Bethe Ansatz for the spin-1/2 XXX and XXZ
Heisenberg chains with open and periodic boundary conditions in terms of tensor
networks. These Bethe eigenstates have the structure of Matrix Product States
with a conserved number of down-spins. The tensor network formulation suggestes
possible extensions of the Algebraic Bethe Ansatz to two dimensions
CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey: Observational Analysis of Filaments in the Serpens South Molecular Cloud
We present the N2H+(J=1-0) map of the Serpens South molecular cloud obtained
as part of the CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey (CLASSy). The
observations cover 250 square arcminutes and fully sample structures from 3000
AU to 3 pc with a velocity resolution of 0.16 km/s, and they can be used to
constrain the origin and evolution of molecular cloud filaments. The spatial
distribution of the N2H+ emission is characterized by long filaments that
resemble those observed in the dust continuum emission by Herschel. However,
the gas filaments are typically narrower such that, in some cases, two or three
quasi-parallel N2H+ filaments comprise a single observed dust continuum
filament. The difference between the dust and gas filament widths casts doubt
on Herschel ability to resolve the Serpens South filaments. Some molecular
filaments show velocity gradients along their major axis, and two are
characterized by a steep velocity gradient in the direction perpendicular to
the filament axis. The observed velocity gradient along one of these filaments
was previously postulated as evidence for mass infall toward the central
cluster, but these kind of gradients can be interpreted as projection of
large-scale turbulence.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, published in ApJL (July 2014
What's the point of knowing how?
Why is it useful to talk and think about knowledge-how? Using Edward Craig’s discussion of the function of the concepts of knowledge and knowledge-how as a jumping off point, this paper argues that considering this question can offer us new angles on the debate about knowledge-how. We consider two candidate functions for the concept of knowledge-how: pooling capacities, and mutual reliance. Craig makes the case for pooling capacities, which connects knowledge-how to our need to pool practical capacities. I argue that the evidence is much more equivocal. My suggested diagnosis is that the concept of knowledge-how plays both functions, meaning that the concept of knowledge-how is inconsistent, and that the debate about knowledge-how is at least partly a metalinguistic negotiation. In closing, I suggest a way to revise the philosophical concept of knowledge how
Evaluational adjectives
This paper demarcates a theoretically interesting class of "evaluational adjectives." This class includes predicates expressing various kinds of normative and epistemic evaluation, such as predicates of personal taste, aesthetic adjectives, moral adjectives, and epistemic adjectives, among others. Evaluational adjectives are distinguished, empirically, in exhibiting phenomena such as discourse-oriented use, felicitous embedding under the attitude verb `find', and sorites-susceptibility in the comparative form. A unified degree-based semantics is developed: What distinguishes evaluational adjectives, semantically, is that they denote context-dependent measure functions ("evaluational perspectives")—context-dependent mappings to degrees of taste, beauty, probability, etc., depending on the adjective. This perspective-sensitivity characterizing the class of evaluational adjectives cannot be assimilated to vagueness, sensitivity to an experiencer argument, or multidimensionality; and it cannot be demarcated in terms of pretheoretic notions of subjectivity, common in the literature. I propose that certain diagnostics for "subjective" expressions be analyzed instead in terms of a precisely specified kind of discourse-oriented use of context-sensitive language. I close by applying the account to `find x PRED' ascriptions
CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey: Project Overview with Analysis of Dense Gas Structure and Kinematics in Barnard 1
We present details of the CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey (CLASSy),
while focusing on observations of Barnard 1. CLASSy is a CARMA Key Project that
spectrally imaged N2H+, HCO+, and HCN (J=1-0 transitions) across over 800
square arcminutes of the Perseus and Serpens Molecular Clouds. The observations
have angular resolution near 7" and spectral resolution near 0.16 km/s. We
imaged ~150 square arcminutes of Barnard 1, focusing on the main core, and the
B1 Ridge and clumps to its southwest. N2H+ shows the strongest emission, with
morphology similar to cool dust in the region, while HCO+ and HCN trace several
molecular outflows from a collection of protostars in the main core. We
identify a range of kinematic complexity, with N2H+ velocity dispersions
ranging from ~0.05-0.50 km/s across the field. Simultaneous continuum mapping
at 3 mm reveals six compact object detections, three of which are new
detections. A new non-binary dendrogram algorithm is used to analyze dense gas
structures in the N2H+ position-position-velocity (PPV) cube. The projected
sizes of dendrogram-identified structures range from about 0.01-0.34 pc.
Size-linewidth relations using those structures show that non-thermal
line-of-sight velocity dispersion varies weakly with projected size, while rms
variation in the centroid velocity rises steeply with projected size. Comparing
these relations, we propose that all dense gas structures in Barnard 1 have
comparable depths into the sky, around 0.1-0.2 pc; this suggests that
over-dense, parsec-scale regions within molecular clouds are better described
as flattened structures rather than spherical collections of gas. Science-ready
PPV cubes for Barnard 1 molecular emission are available for download.Comment: Accepted to The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), 51 pages, 27 figures
(some with reduced resolution in this preprint); Project website is at
http://carma.astro.umd.edu/class
Bipolar molecular outflow of the very low-mass star Par-Lup3-4
Very low-mass stars are known to have jets and outflows, which is indicative
of a scaled-down version of low-mass star formation. However, only very few
outflows in very low-mass sources are well characterized. We characterize the
bipolar molecular outflow of the very low-mass star Par-Lup3-4, a 0.12
M object known to power an optical jet. We observed Par-Lup3-4 with
ALMA in Bands 6 and 7, detecting both the continuum and CO molecular gas. In
particular, we studied three main emission lines: CO(2-1), CO(3-2), and
CO(3-2). Our observations reveal for the first time the base of a
bipolar molecular outflow in a very low-mass star, as well as a stream of
material moving perpendicular to the primary outflow of this source. The
primary outflow morphology is consistent with the previously determined jet
orientation and disk inclination. The outflow mass is
, with an outflow rate of
A new fitting to the
spectral energy distribution suggests that Par-Lup3-4 may be a binary system.
We have characterized Par-Lup3-4 in detail, and its properties are consistent
with those reported in other very low-mass sources. This source provides
further evidence that very low-mass sources form as a scaled-down version of
low-mass stars.Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables. Accepted in A&
The Circumstellar Disk and Asymmetric outflow of the EX Lup Outburst System
We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations
at 0.3 arcsec-resolution of EX Lup, the prototype of the EXor class of
outbursting pre-main sequence stars. The circumstellar disk of EX Lup is
resolved for the first time in 1.3mm continuum emission and in the =2--1
spectral line of three isotopologues of CO. At the spatial resolution and
sensitivity achieved, the compact dust continuum disk shows no indications of
clumps, fragments, or asymmetries above 5-sigma level. Radiative transfer
modeling constrains the characteristic radius of the dust disk to 23 au and a
total dust mass of 1.010 M (33 M_earth), similar to
other EXor sources. The CO and CO line emission trace the disk
rotation and are used to constrain the disk geometry, kinematics, and a total
gas disk mass of 5.110 M. The CO emission extends
out to a radius of 200 au and is asymmetric, with one side deviating from
Keplerian rotation. We detect blue-shifted, CO arc-like emission located
0.8 arcsec to the north-west, and spatially disconnected from the disk
emission. We interpret this extended structure as the brightened walls of a
cavity excavated by an outflow, which are more commonly seen in FUor sources.
Such outflows have also been seen in the borderline FU/EXor object V1647 Ori,
but not towards EXor objects. Our detection provides evidence that the outflow
phenomenon persists into the EXor phase, suggesting that FUor and EXor objects
are a continuous population in which outflow activity declines with age, with
transitional objects such as EX Lup and V1647 Ori
The Loss of Telomerase Activity in Highly Differentiated CD8+CD28−CD27− T Cells Is Associated with Decreased Akt (Ser473) Phosphorylation
The enzyme telomerase is essential for maintaining the replicative capacity of memory T cells. Although CD28 costimulatory signals can up-regulate telomerase activity, human CD8 + T cells lose CD28 expression after repeated activation. Nevertheless, telomerase is still inducible in CD8 + CD28 − T cells. To identify alternative costimulatory pathways that may be involved, we introduced chimeric receptors containing the signaling domains of CD28, CD27, CD137, CD134, and ICOS in series with the CD3 zeta (ζ) chain into primary human CD8 + T cells. Although CD3 ζ-chain signals alone were ineffective, triggering of all the other constructs induced proliferation and telomerase activity. However, not all CD8 + CD28 − T cells could up-regulate this enzyme. The further fractionation of CD8 + CD28 − T cells into CD8 + CD28 − CD27 + and CD8 + CD28 − CD27 − subsets showed that the latter had significantly shorter telomeres and extremely poor telomerase activity. The restoration of CD28 signaling in CD8 + CD28 − CD27 − T cells could not reverse the low telomerase activity that was not due to decreased expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase, the enzyme catalytic subunit. Instead, the defect was associated with decreased phosphorylation of the kinase Akt, that phosphorylates human telomerase reverse transcriptase to induce telomerase activity. Furthermore, the defective Akt phosphorylation in these cells was specific for the Ser 473 but not the Thr 308 phosphorylation site of this molecule. Telomerase down-regulation in highly differentiated CD8 + CD28 − CD27 − T cells marks their inexorable progress toward a replicative end stage after activation. This limits the ability of memory CD8 + T cells to be maintained by continuous proliferation in vivo
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