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Scattering in the vicinity of relativistic jets: a method for constraining jet parameters
Relativistic jets of radio loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce highly
directed, intense beams of radiation. A fraction of this beamed radiation
scatters on the thermal plasma generally surrounding an AGN. The morphology of
the scattered emission can thus provide constraints on the physical properties
of the jet. We present a model to study the feasibility of constraining the
parameters of a jet, especially its inclination angle and bulk Lorentz factor
in this way. We apply our model to the well studied jet of M87 and the
surrounding diffuse gas and find that the observational limits of the surface
brightness measured in the region of the putative counterjet provide the
tightest constraints on the jet parameters consistent with constraints derived
by other methods. We briefly discuss the applicability of our model to other
sources exhibiting relativistic motionsComment: 17 pages, 15 figures, to appear in A&A, 420, 33 (2004
Notes on the Tertiary and Pleistocene Geology of East Gelderland, The Netherlands
Für den Raum des östlichen Teiles der Provinz Gelderland wurden, im Hinblick auf den für die Zukunft zu erwartenden starken Anstieg des Trink- und Industriewasserbedarfes, in den Jahren 1964 bis 1967 die hydrogeologischen und wasserwirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse eingehend untersucht. Einige der wichtigsten aus diesen Untersuchungen gewonnenen geologischen Ergebnisse werden kurz dargelegt. Das rund 162 500 ha große Arbeitsgebiet zwischen der deutsch-niederländischen Grenze und dem Fluß IJssel kann vom morphologischen Standpunkt in zwei unterschiedliche Landschaften unterteilt werden: das ostniederländische Tertiär-Plateau, das von marinen tonführenden Sanden und schweren Tonen des Oligo-Miozän aufgebaut ist, und ein pleistozänes Becken, in dem vorwiegend grobkörnige Sande und Schotter des Rheines und schotterführende fluvioglazialen Sande abgelagert worden sind. Auf der Grundlage von einigen älteren Einzelarbeiten, 400 älteren Bohrungen, 100 Explorations- und Produktionsbohrungen, die von der Wassergesellschaft „Ost Gelderland" in dieser Gegend abgesenkt wurden, und 130 neuen Explorationsbohrungen des Instituts für Kulturtechnik und Wasserwirtschaft in Wageningen sowie mehrerer geoelektrischer Einzelarbeiten wurde erstmals ein zusammenhängender und leicht faßbarer Einblick in die Untergrundverhältnisse des Arbeitsgebietes gewonnen. Auf dem Tertiär-Plateau sowie in dem Pleistozän-Becken wurden mehrere begrabene Talsysteme verschiedenen Alters und unterschiedlicher Richtung nachgewiesen. Die Herkunft und die stratigraphische Lage der Talaufschüttungen wird kurz erörtert. Bei einem dieser begrabenen Täler handelt es sich um einen Arm des Rheines, der vom Dorf Dinxperlo an der Staatsgrenze im Süden bis am Dorf Borculo im Norden des Arbeitsgebietes im Untergrund nachgewiesen werden konnte. Die in diesem Flußarm abgelagerten schotterreichen Grobsande weisen in ihrer Schwermineral-Zusammensetzung (mit besonders hohen Gehalten an vulkanischen Mineralen wie Augit) deutlich auf Rhein-Ablagerungen hin. An einer Stelle werden die Sande von saalezeitlichem Geschiebelehm bedeckt, womit erwiesen ist, daß der Rhein-Arm aus der frühen Saale-Eiszeit oder dem späten Holstein-Interglazial stammt. Ein zweites begrabenes Talsystem, ebenfalls aus der Saale-Eiszeit, konnte nachgewiesen werden von der Stadt Vreden in Deutschland über Winterswijk und Aalten nach Dinxperlo, wo es wieder die Staatsgrenze überquert. Das Tal wurde vom Schmelzwasser im Hochglazial ausgeräumt und später mit glaziofluvialen Ablagerungen aufgefüllt. Das Schmelzwasser-Tal quert den genannten ehemaligen Rhein-Arm, ist also etwas jünger. Die Tiefe des Talbodens nimmt in südwestlicher Richtung beträchtlich zu, erreicht in der Nähe von Dinxperlo etwa 70 m unter Meeresspiegel. Hieraus geht hervor, daß während der Saale-Eiszeit der Meeresspiegel mindestens 100 m tiefer gelegen haben muß als heute.researc
Anomalous HI kinematics in Centaurus A: evidence for jet-induced star formation
We present new 21-cm HI observations performed with ATCA of the large HI
filament located about 15 kpc NE from the centre of Centaurus A and discovered
by Schiminovich et al.(1994). This HI cloud is situated (in projection) near
the radio jet of Centaurus A, as well as near a large filament of ionised gas
of high excitation and turbulent velocities and near regions with young stars.
The higher velocity and spatial resolution of the new data reveals that, apart
from the smooth velocity gradient corresponding to the overall rotation of the
cloud around Centaurus A, HI with anomalous velocities of about 100 km/s is
present at the southern tip of this cloud. This is interpreted as evidence for
an ongoing interaction between the radio jet and the HI cloud. Gas stripped
from the HI cloud gives rise to the large filament of ionised gas and the star
formation regions that are found downstream from the location of the
interaction. The implied flow velocities are very similar to the observed
anomalous HI velocities. Given the amount of HI with anomalous kinematics and
the current star formation rate, the efficiency of jet-induced star formation
is at most of the order of a percent.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 7 pages, 4 figures. The full paper
with high resolution images can be downloaded from
http://www.astron.nl/~morganti/Papers/cena.paper.pd
Semiclassical approach to black hole absorption of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a rotating charge
We consider an electric charge, minimally coupled to the Maxwell field,
rotating around a Schwarzschild black hole. We investigate how much of the
radiation emitted from the swirling charge is absorbed by the black hole and
show that most of the photons escape to infinity. For this purpose we use the
Gupta-Bleuler quantization of the electromagnetic field in the modified Feynman
gauge developed in the context of quantum field theory in Schwarzschild
spacetime. We obtain that the two photon polarizations contribute quite
differently to the emitted power. In addition, we discuss the accurateness of
the results obtained in a full general relativistic approach in comparison with
the ones obtained when the electric charge is assumed to be orbiting a massive
object due to a Newtonian force.Comment: 8 pages (revtex), 8 figure
A Metabolomic Approach to Diagnosing Prosthetic Joint Infection
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/wetterhahnsymposium-2018/1000/thumbnail.jp
4135 Age and gender differences in optic disc area, cup area and vertical cup-to-discratio? The rotterdam study
Extended-Cavity Single-Frequency Semiconductor Lasers using Ring Filters in Low-Loss SiN Technology
Real-time gauge/gravity duality: Prescription, Renormalization and Examples
We present a comprehensive analysis of the prescription we recently put
forward for the computation of real-time correlation functions using
gauge/gravity duality. The prescription is valid for any holographic
supergravity background and it naturally maps initial and final data in the
bulk to initial and final states or density matrices in the field theory. We
show in detail how the technique of holographic renormalization can be applied
in this setting and we provide numerous illustrative examples, including the
computation of time-ordered, Wightman and retarded 2-point functions in
Poincare and global coordinates, thermal correlators and higher-point
functions.Comment: 85 pages, 13 figures; v2: added comments and reference
Triggered Star Formation in a Massive Galaxy at z=3.8: 4C41.17
Spectropolarimetric observations obtained with the W. M. Keck Telescope of
the z=3.8 radio galaxy 4C41.17 show that the UV continuum emission from this
galaxy, which is aligned with the radio axis, is unpolarized (P[2sigma] <
2.4%). This implies that scattered AGN light, which is generally the dominant
contributor to the rest-frame UV emission in z~1 radio galaxies, is unlikely to
be a major component of the UV flux from 4C41.17. The spectrum shows absorption
lines that are similar to those detected in the spectra of the recently
discovered population of star forming galaxies at z~2-3. A galaxian outflow may
contribute partially to the low ionization absorption lines; however, the high
velocity wings of the high ionization lines are unlikely to be dominated by a
galaxian wind since the implied outflow mass is very large. The detection of
stellar absorption lines, the shape of the SiIV profile, the unpolarized
continuum, the inability of any AGN-related processes to account for the UV
flux, and the similarity of the UV continuum spectra of 4C41.17 and the nearby
starburst region NGC 1741B1 suggest that the UV light in 4C41.17 is dominated
by young stars. If so, the implied star-formation rate is roughly
140-1100Msun/yr. We discuss the possibility that star formation in 4C41.17 was
triggered by the radio source. Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that
4C41.17 is undergoing its major epoch of star formation at z~4, and that by z~1
it will have evolved to have spectral and morphological properties similar to
those observed in known z~1 powerful radio galaxies.Comment: 28 pages (Latex text + figures); Accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journal (Dec 1, 1997 issue
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