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Nature of W51e2: Massive Cores at Different Phases of Star Formation
We present high-resolution continuum images of the W51e2 complex processed
from archival data of the Submillimeter Array (SMA) at 0.85 and 1.3 mm and the
Very Large Array (VLA) at 7 and 13 mm. We also made line images and profiles of
W51e2 for three hydrogen radio recombination lines (H26\alpha, H53\alpha, and
H66\alpha) and absorption of two molecular lines of HCN(4-3) and CO(2-1). At
least four distinct continuum components have been detected in the 3" region of
W51e2 from the SMA continuum images at 0.85 and 1.3 mm with resolutions of
0.3"x0.2" and 1.4"x0.7", respectively. The west component, W51e2-W, coincides
with the UC HII region reported from previous radio observations. The H26\alpha
line observation reveals an unresolved hyper-compact ionized core (<0.06" or
<310 AU) with a high electron temperature of 1.2x10^4 K, with corresponding
emission measure EM>7x10^{10} pc cm^{-6} and electron density N_e>7x10^6
cm^{-3}. The inferred Lyman continuum flux implies that the HII region W51e2-W
requires a newly formed massive star, an O8 star or a cluster of B-type stars,
to maintain the ionization. The east component, W51e2-E, has a total mass of
~140 M_{\sun} according to our SED analysis and a large infall rate of >
1.3x10^{-3} M_{\sun}yr^{-1} inferred from the absorption of HCN. W51e2-E
appears to be the accretion center in W51e2 and to host one or more growing
massive proto-stars. Located 2" northwest from W51e2-E, W51e2-NW is not
detected in the continuum emission at \lambda>=7 mm. Along with the maser
activities previously observed, our analysis suggests that W51e2-NW is at an
earlier phase of star formation. W51e2-N is located 2" north of W51e2-E and has
only been detected at 1.3 mm with a lower angular resolution (~1"), suggesting
that it is a primordial, massive gas clump in the W51e2 complex.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, 3 table, accepted for publication in Ap
Polar codes and polar lattices for the Heegard-Berger problem
Explicit coding schemes are proposed to achieve the rate-distortion function of the Heegard-Berger problem using polar codes. Specifically, a nested polar code construction is employed to achieve the rate-distortion function for doublysymmetric binary sources when the side information may be absent. The nested structure contains two optimal polar codes for lossy source coding and channel coding, respectively. Moreover, a similar nested polar lattice construction is employed when the source and the side information are jointly Gaussian. The proposed polar lattice is constructed by nesting a quantization polar lattice and a capacity-achieving polar lattice for the additive white Gaussian noise channel
Geochemistry and petrogenesis of volcanic rocks from Daimao Seamount (South China Sea) and their tectonic implications
The South China Sea (SCS) experienced three episodes of seafloor spreading and left three fossil spreading centers presently located at 18°N, 17°N and 15.5°N. Spreading ceased at these three locations during magnetic anomaly 10, 8, and 5c, respectively. Daimao Seamount (16.6. Ma) was formed 10. my after the cessation of the 17°N spreading center. Volcaniclastic rocks and shallow-water carbonate facies near the summit of Daimao Seamount provide key information on the seamount's geologic history. New major and trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic compositions of basaltic breccia clasts in the volcaniclastics suggest that Daimao and other SCS seamounts have typical ocean island basalt-like composition and possess a 'Dupal' isotopic signature. Our new analyses, combined with available data, indicate that the basaltic foundation of Daimao Seamount was formed through subaqueous explosive volcanic eruptions at 16.6. Ma. The seamount subsided rapidly (>. 0.12. mm/y) at first, allowing the deposition of shallow-water, coral-bearing carbonates around its summit and, then, at a slower rate (<. 0.12. mm/y). We propose that the parental magmas of SCS seamount lavas originated from the Hainan mantle plume. In contrast, lavas from contemporaneous seamounts in other marginal basins in the western Pacific are subduction-related
Polarizabilities of the 87Sr Clock Transition
In this paper, we propose an in-depth review of the vector and tensor
polarizabilities of the two energy levels of the 87Sr clock transition whose
measurement was reported in [P. G. Westergaard et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106,
210801 (2011)]. We conduct a theoretical calculation that reproduces the
measured coefficients. In addition, we detail the experimental conditions used
for their measurement in two Sr optical lattice clocks, and exhibit the
quadratic behaviour of the vector and tensor shifts with the depth of the
trapping potential and evaluate their impact on the accuracy of the clock
Charge Transfer Fluctuations as a QGP Signal
In this study, we analyze the recently proposed charge transfer fluctuations
within a finite pseudo-rapidity space. As the charge transfer fluctuation is a
measure of the local charge correlation length, it is capable of detecting
inhomogeneity in the hot and dense matter created by heavy ion collisions. We
predict that going from peripheral to central collisions, the charge transfer
fluctuations at midrapidity should decrease substantially while the charge
transfer fluctuations at the edges of the observation window should decrease by
a small amount. These are consequences of having a strongly inhomogeneous
matter where the QGP component is concentrated around midrapidity. We also show
how to constrain the values of the charge correlations lengths in both the
hadronic phase and the QGP phase using the charge transfer fluctuations.
Current manuscript is based on the preprints hep-ph/0503085 (to appear in
Physical Review C) and nucl-th/0506025.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of 18th International Conference on
Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions: Quark Matter 2005 (QM 2005),
Budapest, Hungary, 4-9 Aug 200
A non-LTE study of neutral and singly-ionized iron line spectra in 1D models of the Sun and selected late-type stars
A comprehensive model atom for Fe with more than 3000 energy levels is
presented. As a test and first application of this model atom, Fe abundances
are determined for the Sun and five stars with well determined stellar
parameters and high-quality observed spectra. Non-LTE leads to systematically
depleted total absorption in the Fe I lines and to positive abundance
corrections in agreement with the previous studies, however, the magnitude of
non-LTE effect is smaller compared to the earlier results. Non-LTE corrections
do not exceed 0.1 dex for the solar metallicity and mildly metal-deficient
stars, and they vary within 0.21 dex and 0.35 dex in the very metal-poor stars
HD 84937 and HD 122563, respectively, depending on the assumed efficiency of
collisions with hydrogen atoms. Based on the analysis of the Fe I/Fe II
ionization equilibrium in these two stars, we recommend to apply the Drawin
formalism in non-LTE studies of Fe with a scaling factor of 0.1. For the Fe II
lines, non-LTE corrections do not exceed 0.01 dex in absolute value. The solar
non-LTE abundance obtained from 54 Fe I lines is 7.56+-0.09 and the abundance
from 18 Fe II lines varies between 7.41+-0.11 and 7.56+-0.05 depending on the
source of the gf-values. Thus, gf-values available for the iron lines are not
accurate enough to pursue high-accuracy absolute abundance determinations.
Lines of Fe I give, on average, a 0.1 dex lower abundance compared to those of
Fe II lines for HD 61421 and HD 102870, even when applying a differential
analysis relative to the Sun. A disparity between Fe I and Fe II points to
problems of stellar atmosphere modelling or/and effective temperature
determination.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, online material, accepted by A&
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