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The Evolution of the Global Star Formation History as Measured from the Hubble Deep Field
The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is the deepest set of multicolor optical
photometric observations ever undertaken, and offers a valuable data set with
which to study galaxy evolution. Combining the optical WFPC2 data with
ground-based near-infrared photometry, we derive photometrically estimated
redshifts for HDF galaxies with J<23.5. We demonstrate that incorporating the
near-infrared data reduces the uncertainty in the estimated redshifts by
approximately 40% and is required to remove systematic uncertainties within the
redshift range 1<z<2. Utilizing these photometric redshifts, we determine the
evolution of the comoving ultraviolet (2800 A) luminosity density (presumed to
be proportional to the global star formation rate) from a redshift of z=0.5 to
z=2. We find that the global star formation rate increases rapidly with
redshift, rising by a factor of 12 from a redshift of zero to a peak at z~1.5.
For redshifts beyond 1.5, it decreases monotonically. Our measures of the star
formation rate are consistent with those found by Lilly et al. (1996) from the
CFRS at z 2, and
bridge the redshift gap between those two samples. The overall star formation
or metal enrichment rate history is consistent with the predictions of Pei and
Fall (1995) based on the evolving HI content of Lyman-alpha QSO absorption line
systems.Comment: Latex format, 10 pages, 3 postscript figures. Accepted for
publication in Ap J Letter
Discrete Morse functions for graph configuration spaces
We present an alternative application of discrete Morse theory for
two-particle graph configuration spaces. In contrast to previous constructions,
which are based on discrete Morse vector fields, our approach is through Morse
functions, which have a nice physical interpretation as two-body potentials
constructed from one-body potentials. We also give a brief introduction to
discrete Morse theory. Our motivation comes from the problem of quantum
statistics for particles on networks, for which generalized versions of anyon
statistics can appear.Comment: 26 page
Control of Coercivities in (Ga,Mn)As Thin Films by Small Concentrations of MnAs Nanoclusters
We demonstrate that low concentrations of a secondary magnetic phase in
(Ga,Mn)As thin films can enhance the coercivity by factors up to ~100 without
significantly degrading the Curie temperature or saturation magnetisation.
Magnetic measurements indicate that the secondary phase consists of MnAs
nanoclusters, of average size ~7nm. This approach to controlling the coercivity
while maintaining high Curie temperature, may be important for realizing
ferromagnetic semiconductor based devices.Comment: 8 pages,4 figures. accepted for publication in Appl. Phys. Let
Double Potts chain and exact results for some two-dimensional models
A closed-form exact analytical solution for the q-state Potts model on a
ladder 2 x oo with arbitrary two-, three-, and four-site interactions in a unit
cell is presented. Using the obtained solution it is shown that the finite-size
internal energy equation yields an accurate value of the critical temperature
for the triangular Potts lattice with three-site interactions in alternate
triangular faces. It is argued that the above equation is exact at least for
self-dual models on isotropic lattices.Comment: 13 pages in latex and 2 ps figures. preprint ICTP IC/2000/176; ZhETF
120 (2001) (in press
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