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Lyman alpha Resonant Scattering in Young Galaxies - Predictions from Cosmological Simulations
We present results obtained with a 3D, Ly alpha radiative transfer code,
applied to a fully cosmological galaxy formation simulation. The developed
Monte Carlo code is capable of treating an arbitrary distribution of source Ly
alpha emission, neutral hydrogen density, temperature, and peculiar velocity of
the interstellar medium. We investigate the influence of resonant scattering on
the appearance and properties of young galaxies by applying the code to a
simulated "Lyman Break Galaxy" at redshift z = 3.6, and of star formation rate
22 M_sun/yr and total Ly alpha luminosity 2.0 X 10^43 erg/s. It is found that
resonant scattering of Ly alpha radiation can explain that young galaxies
frequently are observed to be more extended on the sky in Ly alpha than in the
optical. Moreover, it is shown that, for the system investigated, due to the
anisotropic escape of the photons, the appearent maximum surface brightness can
differ by a factor of ~15, and the total derived luminosity by a factor of ~4,
depending on the orientation of the system relative to the observer.Comment: Letter updated to match version published in Ap
Identifying Urban Sources as Cause of Elevated Grass Pollen Concentrations using GIS and Remote Sensing
We examine here the hypothesis that during flowering, the grass pollen concentrations at a specific site reflect the distribution of grass pollen sources within a few kilometres of this site.We perform this analysis on data from a measurement campaign in the city of Aarhus (Denmark) using three pollen traps and by comparing these observations with a novel inventory of grass pollen sources. The source inventory is based on a new methodology developed for urbanscale grass pollen sources. The new methodology is believed to be generally applicable for the European area, as it relies on commonly available remote sensing data combined with management information for local grass areas. The inventory has identified a number of grass pollen source areas present within the city domain. The comparison of the measured pollen concentrations with the inventory shows that the atmospheric concentrations of grass pollen in the urban zone reflect the source areas identified in the inventory, and that the pollen sources that are found to affect the pollen levels are located near or within the city domain. The results also show that during days with peak levels of pollen concentrations there is no correlation between the three urban traps and an operational trap located just 60 km away. This finding suggests that during intense flowering, the grass pollen concentration mirrors the local source distribution and is thus a local-scale phenomenon. Model simulations aimed at assessing population exposure to pollen levels are therefore recommended to take into account both local sources and local atmospheric transport, and not to rely only on describing regional to long-range transport of pollen. The derived pollen source inventory can be entered into local-scale atmospheric transport models in combination with other components that simulate pollen release in order to calculate urban-scale variations in the grass pollen load. The gridded inventory with a resolution of 14m is therefore made available as supplementary material to this paper, and the verifying grass pollen observations are additionally available in tabular form
Domain size effects in Barkhausen noise
The possible existence of self-organized criticality in Barkhausen noise is
investigated theoretically through a single interface model, and experimentally
from measurements in amorphous magnetostrictive ribbon Metglas 2605TCA under
stress. Contrary to previous interpretations in the literature, both simulation
and experiment indicate that the presence of a cutoff in the avalanche size
distribution may be attributed to finite size effects.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted so Physical Review
Electrostatic extraction of cold molecules from a cryogenic reservoir
We present a method which delivers a continuous, high-density beam of slow
and internally cold polar molecules. In our source, warm molecules are first
cooled by collisions with a cryogenic helium buffer gas. Cold molecules are
then extracted by means of an electrostatic quadrupole guide. For ND the
source produces fluxes up to molecules/s with
peak densities up to molecules/cm. For
HCO the population of rovibrational states is monitored by depletion
spectroscopy, resulting in single-state populations up to .Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, changes to the text, updated figures and
reference
Disturbance-diversity relationships in two lakes of similar nutrient chemistry but contrasting disturbance regimes
Phytoplankton diversity was studied in two North German lakes of comparable nutrient chemistry but different exposure to winds. In both lakes, phytoplankton was primarily N-limited but diatoms were Si-limited. Plußsee had a very constant mixing depth during summer, while week-to-week changes of several meters were quite common in the more exposed Behler See. In Plußsee, phytoplankton biomass during summer came closer to the carrying capacity as defined by the available total N. In Plußsee there was a marked decline of diversity during the summer maximum of biomass, while this decline was less pronounced in Behler See. It is concluded that disturbances which prevented phytoplankton from reaching the carrying capacity also maintained a high level of diversity. A negative response of diversity to undisturbed conditions became apparent, after phytoplankton biomass had exceeded about 5% of the carrying capacity
Chasing Lyman alpha-emitting galaxies at z = 8.8
With a total integration time of 168 hours and a narrowband (NB) filter tuned
to Lyman alpha at z = 8.8, the UltraVISTA survey has set out to find some of
the most distant galaxies, on the verge of the Epoch of Reionization. Previous
calculations of the expected number of detected Lya-emitting galaxies (LAEs) at
this redshift did not explicitly take into account the radiative transfer (RT)
of Lya. In this work we combine a theoretical model for the halo mass function
with numerical results from high-res cosmological hydrosimulations with LyC+Lya
RT, assessing the visibility of LAEs residing in these halos. Uncertainties
such as cosmic variance and the anisotropic escape of Lya are taken into
account, and it is predicted that once the survey has finished, the
probabilities of detecting none, one, or more than one are ~90%, ~10%, and ~1%;
a significantly smaller success rate compared to earlier predictions, due to
the combined effect of a highly neutral IGM scattering Lya to such large
distances from the galaxy that they fall outside the observational aperture,
and to the actual depth of the survey being less than predicted. Because the
IGM affects NB and broadband (BB) magnitudes differently, we argue for a
relaxed color selection criterion of NB - BB ~ +0.85. But since the flux is
continuum-dominated, even if a galaxy is detectable in the NB its probability
of being selected as a NB excess object is <~35%. Various properties of
galaxies at this redshift are predicted, e.g. UV and Lya LFs, M*-Mh relation,
spectral shape, optimal aperture, and the anisotropic escape of Lya through
both a dusty ISM and a partly neutral IGM. Finally, we describe and publish a
fast numerical code for adding numbers with asymmetric uncertainties
("x_{-sigma_1}^{+sigma_2}") proving to be significantly better than the
standard, but wrong, way of adding upper and lower uncertainties in quadrature
separately.Comment: Submitted to A&A, comments are welcom
Preparing for N(f) = 2 simulations at small lattice spacings
We discuss some large effects of dynamical fermions. One is a cutoff effect, others concern the contribution of multi-pion states to correlation functions and are expected to survive the continuum limit. We then turn to the preparation for simulations at small lattice spacings which we are planning down to around a=0.04fm in order to understand the size of O(a^2)-effects of the standard O(a)-improved theory. The dependence of the lattice spacing on the bare coupling is determined through the Schr'odinger functional renormalized coupling
Yang-Mills gauge anomalies in the presence of gravity with torsion
The BRST transformations for the Yang-Mills gauge fields in the presence of
gravity with torsion are discussed by using the so-called Maurer-Cartan
horizontality conditions. With the help of an operator \d which allows to
decompose the exterior spacetime derivative as a BRST commutator we solve the
Wess-Zumino consistency condition corresponding to invariant Chern-Simons terms
and gauge anomalies.Comment: 24 pages, report REF. TUW 94-1
The Initial Mass Function in disc galaxies and in galaxy clusters: the chemo-photometric picture
The observed brightness of the Tully-Fisher relation suggests a low stellar
M/L ratio and a "bottom-light" IMF in disc galaxies, but the corresponding
efficiency of chemical enrichment tends to exceed the observational estimates.
Either suitable tuning of the IMF slope and mass limits or metal outflows from
disc galaxies must then be invoked.
A standard Solar Neighbourhood IMF cannot explain the high metallicity of the
hot intra-cluster medium: a different IMF must be at work in clusters of
galaxies. Alternatively, if the IMF is universal and chemical enrichment is
everywhere as efficient as observed in clusters, substantial loss of metals
must occur from the Solar Neighbourhood and from disc galaxies in general; a
"non-standard" scenario challenging our understanding of disc galaxy formation.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures; in Proceedings of IMF@50: the Initial Mass
Function 50 years later; Corbelli, Palla and Zinnecker (eds.
k-strings and baryon vertices in SU(N) gauge theories
It is pointed out that the sine law for the k-string tension emerges as the
critical threshold below which the spatial Z_N symmetry of the static baryon
potential is spontaneously broken. This result applies not only to SU(N) gauge
theories, but to any gauge system with stable k-strings admitting a baryon
vertex made with N sources in the fundamental representation. Some simple
examples are worked out.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, v2: reference added, v3: comments and references
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