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Mercury and selenium binding biomolecules in terrestrial mammals (Cervus elaphus and Sus scrofa) from a mercury exposed area
Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (PCC-05-004-2, PAI06-0094, PCI-08-0096, PEII09-0032-5329) and the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (CTQ2013-48411-P) for financial support. M.J. Patiño Ropero acknowledges the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha for her PhD. fellowship.Peer reviewedPostprin
A search for new hot subdwarf stars by means of Virtual Observatory tools
Hot subdwarf stars are faint, blue objects, and are the main contributors to
the far-UV excess observed in elliptical galaxies. They offer an excellent
laboratory to study close and wide binary systems, and to scrutinize their
interiors through asteroseismology, as some of them undergo stellar
oscillations. However, their origins are still uncertain, and increasing the
number of detections is crucial to undertake statistical studies. In this work,
we aim at defining a strategy to find new, uncatalogued hot subdwarfs. Making
use of Virtual Observatory tools we thoroughly search stellar catalogues to
retrieve multi-colour photometry and astrometric information of a known sample
of blue objects, including hot subdwarfs, white dwarfs, cataclysmic variables
and main sequence OB stars. We define a procedure to discriminate among these
spectral classes, particularly designed to obtain a hot subdwarf sample with a
low contamination factor. In order to check the validity of the method, this
procedure is then applied to two test sky regions: the Kepler FoV and to a test
region of around (RA:225, DEC:5) deg. As a result, we obtained 38 hot subdwarf
candidates, 23 of which had already a spectral classification. We have acquired
spectroscopy for three other targets, and four additional ones have an
available SDSS spectrum, which we used to determine their spectral type. A
temperature estimate is provided for the candidates based on their spectral
energy distribution, considering two-atmospheres fit for objects with clear
infrared excess. Eventually, out of 30 candidates with spectral classification,
26 objects were confirmed to be hot subdwarfs, yielding a contamination factor
of only 13%. The high rate of success demonstrates the validity of the proposed
strategy to find new uncatalogued hot subdwarfs. An application of this method
to the entire sky will be presented in a forthcoming work.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
The relationship between Mathematical Utility Theory and the Integrability Problem: some arguments in favour
The resort to utility-theoretical issues will permit us to propose a constructive procedure for deriving a homogeneous of degree one, continuous function that gives raise to a primitive demand function under suitably mild conditions. This constitutes the first elementary proof of a necessary and sufficient condition for an integrability problem to have a solution by continuous (subjective utility) functions. Such achievement reinforces the relevance of a technique that was succesfully formalized in Alcantud and Rodríguez-Palmero (2001). The analysis of these two works exposes deep relationships between two apparently separate fields: mathematical utility theory and the revealed preference approach to the integrability problem.Strong Axiom of Homothetic Revelation; revealed preference; continuous homogeneous of degree one utility; integrability of demand.
Variation of proton flux profiles with the observer's latitude in simulated gradual SEP events
We study the variation of the shape of the proton intensity-time profiles in
simulated gradual Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events with the relative
observer's position in space with respect to the main direction of propagation
of an interplanetary (IP) shock. Using a three-dimensional (3D)
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code to simulate such a shock, we determine the
evolution of the downstream-to-upstream ratios of the plasma variables at its
front. Under the assumption of an existing relation between the normalized
ratio in speed across the shock front and the injection rate of
shock-accelerated particles, we model the transport of the particles and we
obtain the proton flux profiles to be measured by a grid of 18 virtual
observers located at 0.4 and 1.0 AU, with different latitudes and longitudes
with respect to the shock nose. The differences among flux profiles are the
result of the way each observer establishes a magnetic connection with the
shock front, and we find that changes in the observer's latitude may result in
intensity changes of up to one order of magnitude at both radial distances
considered here. The peak intensity variation with the radial distance for the
pair of observers located at the same angular position is also derived. This is
the first time that the latitudinal dependence of the peak intensity with the
observer's heliocentric radial distance has been quantified within the
framework of gradual SEP event simulations.Comment: 20 pages, 6 Figures, 2 Table
Few-body decay and recombination in nuclear astrophysics
Three-body continuum problems are investigated for light nuclei of
astrophysical relevance. We focus on three-body decays of resonances or
recombination via resonances or the continuum background. The concepts of
widths, decay mechanisms and dynamic evolution are discussed. We also discuss
results for the triple decay in connection with resonances and
density and temperature dependence rates of recombination into light nuclei
from -particles and neutrons.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures. Proceedings of the 21st European Few Body
Conference held in Salamanca (Spain) in August-September 201
Temperature and doping dependence of normal state spectral properties in a two-orbital model for ferropnictides
Using a second-order perturbative Green's functions approach we determined
the normal state single-particle spectral function
employing a minimal effective model for iron-based superconductors. The
microscopic model, used before to study magnetic fluctuations and
superconducting properties, includes the two effective tight-binding bands
proposed by S.Raghu et al. [Phys. Rev. B 77, 220503 (R) (2008)], and intra- and
inter-orbital local electronic correlations, related to the Fe-3d orbitals.
Here, we focus on the study of normal state electronic properties, in
particular the temperature and doping dependence of the total density of
states, , and of in different Brillouin zone
regions, and compare them to the existing angle resolved photoemission
spectroscopy (ARPES) and previous theoretical results in ferropnictides. We
obtain an asymmetric effect of electron and hole doping, quantitative agreement
with the experimental chemical potential shifts as a function of doping, as
well as spectral weight redistributions near the Fermi level as a function of
temperature consistent with the available experimental data. In addition, we
predict a non-trivial dependence of the total density of states with the
temperature, exhibiting clear renormalization effects by correlations.
Interestingly, investigating the origin of this predicted behaviour by
analyzing the evolution with temperature of the k-dependent self-energy
obtained in our approach, we could identify a number of specific Brillouin zone
points, none of them probed by ARPES experiments yet, where the largest
non-trivial effects of temperature on the renormalization are present.Comment: Manuscript accepted in Physics Letters A on Feb. 25, 201
Normal state electronic properties of LaOFBiS superconductors
A good description of the electronic structure of BiS-based
superconductors is essential to understand their phase diagram, normal state
and superconducting properties. To describe the first reports of normal state
electronic structure features from angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy
(ARPES) in LaOFBiS, we used a minimal microscopic model to
study their low energy properties. It includes the two effective tight-binding
bands proposed by Usui et al [Phys.Rev.B 86, 220501(R)(2012)], and we added
moderate intra- and inter-orbital electron correlations related to Bi-(,
) and S-(, ) orbitals. We calculated the electron Green's
functions using their equations of motion, which we decoupled in second-order
of perturbations on the correlations. We determined the normal state spectral
density function and total density of states for LaOFBiS,
focusing on the description of the k-dependence, effect of doping, and the
prediction of the temperature dependence of spectral properties. Including
moderate electron correlations, improves the description of the few
experimental ARPES and soft X-ray photoemission data available for
LaOFBiS. Our analytical approximation enabled us to
calculate the spectral density around the conduction band minimum at
, and to predict the temperature dependence of
the spectral properties at different BZ points, which might be verified by
temperature dependent ARPES.Comment: 9 figures. Manuscript accepted in Physica B: Condensed Matter on Jan.
25, 201
Interplay Between Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States and Multiple Andreev Reflections
Motivated by recent scanning tunneling microscopy experiments on single
magnetic impurities on superconducting surfaces, we present here a
comprehensive theoretical study of the interplay between Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bound
states and (multiple) Andreev reflections. Our theory is based on a combination
of an Anderson model with broken spin degeneracy and nonequilibrium Green's
function techniques that allows us to describe the electronic transport through
a magnetic impurity coupled to superconducting leads for arbitrary junction
transparency. Using this combination we are able to elucidate the different
tunneling processes that give a significant contribution to the subgap
transport. In particular, we predict the occurrence of a large variety of
Andreev reflections mediated by Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bound states that clearly
differ from the standard Andreev processes in non-magnetic systems. Moreover,
we provide concrete guidelines on how to experimentally identify the subgap
features originating from these tunneling events. Overall, our work provides
new insight into the role of the spin degree of freedom in Andreev transport
physics.Comment: 15 pages, 10 figure
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