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Neutrino Fluxes from Active Galaxies: a Model-Independent Analysis
There are tantalizing hints that jets, powered by supermassive black holes at
the center of active galaxies, are true cosmic proton accelerators. They
produce photons of TeV energy, possible higher, and may be the enigmatic source
of the highest energy cosmic rays. Photoproduction of neutral pions by
accelerated protons on UV light is the source of the highest energy photons, in
which most of the bolometric luminosity of the galaxy may be emitted. The case
that proton beams power active galaxies is, however, far from conclusive.
Neutrinos from the decay of charged pions represent an uncontrovertible
signature for the proton induced cascades. We show that their flux can be
estimated by model-independent methods, based on dimensional analysis and
textbook particle physics. Our calculations also demonstrate why different
models for the proton blazar yield very similar results for the neutrino flux,
consistent with the ones obtained here.Comment: Latex 2.09 with epsf.sty. 12 pages, 2 postscript figures. Compressed
postscript version of paper with figures also available soon at
http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1997/madph-97-982.ps.Z or at
ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1997/madph-97-982.ps.
Uncovering CDM halo substructure with tidal streams
Models for the formation and growth of structure in a cold dark matter
dominated universe predict that galaxy halos should contain significant
substructure. Studies of the Milky Way, however, have yet to identify the
expected few hundred sub-halos with masses greater than about 10^6 Msun. Here
we propose a test for the presence of sub-halos in the halos of galaxies. We
show that the structure of the tidal tails of ancient globular clusters is very
sensitive to heating by repeated close encounters with the massive dark
sub-halos. We discuss the detection of such an effect in the context of the
next generation of astrometric missions, and conclude that it should be easily
detectable with the GAIA dataset. The finding of a single extended cold stellar
stream from a globular cluster would support alternative theories, such as
self-interacting dark matter, that give rise to smoother halos.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, submitted to MNRA
The Role of Cold Flows in the Assembly of Galaxy Disks
We use high resolution cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to demonstrate
that cold flow gas accretion, particularly along filaments, modifies the
standard picture of gas accretion and cooling onto galaxy disks. In the
standard picture, all gas is initially heated to the virial temperature of the
galaxy as it enters the virial radius. Low mass galaxies are instead dominated
by accretion of gas that stays well below the virial temperature, and even when
a hot halo is able to develop in more massive galaxies there exist dense
filaments that penetrate inside of the virial radius and deliver cold gas to
the central galaxy. For galaxies up to ~L*, this cold accretion gas is
responsible for the star formation in the disk at all times to the present.
Even for galaxies at higher masses, cold flows dominate the growth of the disk
at early times. Within this modified picture, galaxies are able to accrete a
large mass of cold gas, with lower initial gas temperatures leading to shorter
cooling times to reach the disk. Although star formation in the disk is
mitigated by supernovae feedback, the short cooling times allow for the growth
of stellar disks at higher redshifts than predicted by the standard model.Comment: accepted to Ap
NASA interdisciplinary collaboration in tribology. A review of oxidational wear
An in-depth review of oxidational wear of metals is presented. Special emphasis is given to a description of the concept of oxidational wear and the formulation of an Oxidational Wear Theory. The parallelism between the formation of an oxide film for dry contact conditions and the formation of other surface films for a lubricated contact is discussed. The description of oxidational wear is prefaced with a unification of wear modes into two major classes of mild and severe wear including both lubricated and dry contacts. Oxidational wear of metals is a class of mild wear where protective oxide films are formed at real areas of contact and during the time of contact at temperataure T sub c. When the oxide reaches a critical thickness, frequently in the range of 1 to 3 microns, the oxide breaks up and eventually appears as a wear particle. These oxides are preferentially formed on plateaux which alternately carry the load as they reach their critical thickness and are removed. If the system is operated at elevated temperatures, thick oxides can form both out of contact and between the plateaux. Temperature is important in determining the structure of the oxide film present. Spinel oxide (Fe3O4) which forms above 300 C is more protective than the lower temperature rhomobohedral (alpha-Fe2O3) oxide which is abrasive. An Oxidational Wear Theory is derived using a modified Archard wear law expressed in terms of activation energy (Qp) and Arrhenius constant (Ap)
The Limits of Intention in the Common Law
In criminal law, intention functions as the concept whereby human actions, and the reasons for them, are understood in relation to a criminal system. If there is no law, then there can be no punishment; but what if there is law, what then? How are the actions of the accused supposed to be understood in relation to the criminal law? One is very much aware that the criminal law, as it is presently conducted, generally pits the smallness of an individual against the corporate greatness and might of the state. What ought to serve to balance these competing interests?
In any philosophical exploration one attempts to return to the source of the issue under scrutiny. In this exploration of intention the sources have been wide and varied and, at times, rare and difficult to obtain. There seem to be no clear and precise links from one moment of legal history to another. One is required to make educated guesses, thoughtful assumptions, and proffer what seem to be reasonable links from one epoch into the next. One reading of the sources suggests that intention is a volitive concept. Its beginnings as malice aforethought suggest that the accused had been moved to break the law (a law which was believed to have a moral foundation) because of his own disruption of character and moral disquietude. One did the deed, not thought the deed.
However, the violation of a law which had a moral foundation leads one to ask further questions about both law and morals. Law and morals have distinct spheres. Is it possible that there is a common link between the ability to break a social law, and the ability to break a moral law? From history one will remember how both Bracton and Fleta admitted how both spheres could surround a human act. At times the spheres overlap, and at other times they are separate. Common, however, to each sphere is the ability and capacity of mankind to move within those spheres. This leads into the old and common effort to inquire into the nature of mankind.
Without doubt, it is true that mankind possesses a nature. Whether that nature can be deciphered, decoded, and put into well defined, nonambiguous sets of linguistic propositions has been and is the rub. Historic modes of thought about human nature identified two broad differences: intellect and will. For centuries these broad conceptual differences seemed to take on concrete forms of their own. One\u27s will and intellect seemed to be reified in moral and theological writings, as if each were possessed of its own distinct identity, acting for its own distinct ends. Added to this reification of will and intellect, one further distinction was set forth that something about man\u27s nature put him into both a world of matter (mass and extension) and of spirit (energy and infinitude). Could any more contradictory sets of postulates have been integrated into a growing legal system
Quantum Hall Spherical Systems: the Filling Fraction
Within the newly formulated composite fermion hierarchy the filling fraction
of a spherical quantum Hall system is obtained when it can be expressed as an
odd or even denominator fraction. A plot of as a function
of for a constant number of particles (up to N=10001) exhibits structure
of the fractional quantum Hall effect. It is confirmed that
for all particle-hole conjugate systems, except systems with , and
.Comment: 3 pages, Revtex, 7 PostScript figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
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A spectropolarimetric view on the nature of the peculiar Type I SN 2005hk
We report two spectropolarimetric observations of SN 2005hk, which is a close
copy of the "very peculiar" SN 2002cx, showing low peak luminosity, slow
decline, high ionization near peak and an unusually low expansion velocity of
only about 7,000 km s^-1. Further to the data presented by Chornock et al.,
(2006), at -4 days before maximum, we present data of this object taken on 9
November 2005 (near maximum) and 23 November (+ two weeks) that show the
continuum and most of the spectral lines to be polarized at levels of about
0.2-0.3%. At both epochs the data corresponds to the Spectropolarimetric Type
D1. The general low level of line polarization suggests that the line forming
regions for most species observed in the spectrum have a similar shape to that
of the photosphere, which deviates from a spherical symmetry by <10%. In
comparison with spectropolarimetry of Type Ia and Core-collapse SNe at similar
epochs, we find that the properties of SN 2005hk are most similar to those of
Type Ia SNe. In particular, we find the low levels of continuum and line
polarization to indicate that the explosion mechanism is approximately
spherical, with homogeneous ejecta (unlike the chemically segregated ejecta of
CCSNe). We discuss the possibility that SN 2005hk was the result of the pure
deflagration of a white dwarf and note the issues concerning this
interpretation.Comment: ApJ accepted, uses emulateapj, 16 pages, 10 figures, figures 3 and 4
update
Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia SN 2007sr Two Months After Maximum Light
We present late time spectropolarimetric observations of SN 2007sr, obtained
with the VLT telescope at ESO Paranal Observatory when the object was 63 days
after maximum light. The late time spectrum displays strong line polarization
in the CaII absorption features. SN 2007sr adds to the case of some normal Type
Ia SNe that show high line polarization or repolarization at late times, a fact
that might be connected with the presence of high velocity features at early
times
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