240 research outputs found
Precise radial velocities of giant stars. X. Bayesian stellar parameters and evolutionary stages for 372 giant stars from the Lick planet search
The determination of accurate stellar parameters of giant stars is essential
for our understanding of such stars in general and as exoplanet host stars in
particular. Precise stellar masses are vital for determining the lower mass
limit of potential substellar companions with the radial velocity method. Our
goal is to determine stellar parameters, including mass, radius, age, surface
gravity, effective temperature and luminosity, for the sample of giants
observed by the Lick planet search. Furthermore, we want to derive the
probability of these stars being on the horizontal branch (HB) or red giant
branch (RGB), respectively. We compare spectroscopic, photometric and
astrometric observables to grids of stellar evolutionary models using Bayesian
inference. We provide tables of stellar parameters, probabilities for the
current post-main sequence evolutionary stage, and probability density
functions for 372 giants from the Lick planet search. We find that of
the stars in our sample are more probably on the HB. In particular, this is the
case for 15 of the 16 planet host stars in the sample. We tested the
reliability of our methodology by comparing our stellar parameters to
literature values and find very good agreement. Furthermore, we created a small
test sample of 26 giants with available asteroseismic masses and evolutionary
stages and compared these to our estimates. The mean difference of the stellar
masses for the 24 stars with the same evolutionary stages by both methods is
only . We do not find any
evidence for large systematic differences between our results and estimates of
stellar parameters based on other methods. In particular we find no significant
systematic offset between stellar masses provided by asteroseismology to our
Bayesian estimates based on evolutionary models.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Precise radial velocities of giant stars. XI. Two brown dwarfs in 6:1 mean motion resonance around the K giant star Ophiuchi
We present radial-velocity (RV) measurements for the K giant Oph (=
HIP88048, HD163917, HR6698), which reveal two brown dwarf companions with a
period ratio close to 6:1. For our orbital analysis we use 150 precise RV
measurements taken at Lick Observatory between 2000 and 2011, and we combine
them with RV data for this star available in the literature. Using a stellar
mass of for Oph and applying a self-consistent N-body
model we estimate the minimum dynamical companion masses to be and ,
with orbital periods d and d. We study a
large set of potential orbital configurations for this system, employing a
bootstrap analysis and a systematic grid-search coupled with our
dynamical fitting model, and we examine their long-term stability. We find that
the system is indeed locked in a 6:1 mean motion resonance (MMR), with and all six resonance angles librating
around 0. We also test a large set of coplanar inclined configurations,
and we find that the system will remain in a stable resonance for most of these
configurations. The Oph system is important for probing planetary
formation and evolution scenarios. It seems very likely that the two brown
dwarf companions of Oph formed like planets in a circumstellar disk
around the star and have been trapped in a MMR by smooth migration capture.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures. New version with corrected number in title. No
other change
Tell me, what are you most afraid of? Exploring the Effects of Agent Representation on Information Disclosure in Human-Chatbot Interaction
Self-disclosure counts as a key factor influencing successful health
treatment, particularly when it comes to building a functioning
patient-therapist-connection. To this end, the use of chatbots may be
considered a promising puzzle piece that helps foster respective information
provision. Several studies have shown that people disclose more information
when they are interacting with a chatbot than when they are interacting with
another human being. If and how the chatbot is embodied, however, seems to play
an important role influencing the extent to which information is disclosed.
Here, research shows that people disclose less if the chatbot is embodied with
a human avatar in comparison to a chatbot without embodiment. Still, there is
only little information available as to whether it is the embodiment with a
human face that inhibits disclosure, or whether any type of face will reduce
the amount of shared information. The study presented in this paper thus aims
to investigate how the type of chatbot embodiment influences self-disclosure in
human-chatbot-interaction. We conducted a quasi-experimental study in which
participants were asked to interact with one of three settings of a
chatbot app. In each setting, the humanness of the chatbot embodiment was
different (i.e., human vs. robot vs. disembodied). A subsequent discourse
analysis explored difference in the breadth and depth of self-disclosure.
Results show that non-human embodiment seems to have little effect on
self-disclosure. Yet, our data also shows, that, contradicting to previous
work, human embodiment may have a positive effect on the breadth and depth of
self-disclosure.Comment: 13 page
The role of sulfonate groups and hydrogen bonding in the proton conductivity of two coordination networks
The proton conductivity of two coordination networks, [Mg(H(2)O)(2)(H(3)L)]·H(2)O and [Pb(2)(HL)]·H(2)O (H(5)L = (H(2)O(3)PCH(2))(2)-NCH(2)-C(6)H(4)-SO(3)H), is investigated by AC impedance spectroscopy. Both materials contain the same phosphonato-sulfonate linker molecule, but have clearly different crystal structures, which has a strong effect on proton conductivity. In the Mg-based coordination network, dangling sulfonate groups are part of an extended hydrogen bonding network, facilitating a “proton hopping” with low activation energy; the material shows a moderate proton conductivity. In the Pb-based metal-organic framework, in contrast, no extended hydrogen bonding occurs, as the sulfonate groups coordinate to Pb(2+), without forming hydrogen bonds; the proton conductivity is much lower in this material
Isostructural Family of Rare‐Earth MOFs Synthesized from 1,1,2,2‐Tetrakis(4‐phosphonophenyl)ethylene
The tetraphosphonic acid 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(4-phosphonophenyl)ethylene (H8L) was used as linker in the synthesis of eight new isostructural, phosphonate-based metal-organic frameworks of composition [M2(H2O)2(H2L)] ⋅ xH2O (M=Y3+, Tb3+, Dy3+, Ho3+, Er3+, Tm3+, Yb3+, Lu3+; 1.5<x<4), denoted as M-CAU-34. The compounds were synthesized under hydrothermal reaction conditions, using the corresponding metal nitrates as starting materials. The determination of the crystal structure was achieved by a combination of electron and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. In addition, a thorough characterization by thermogravimetric and elemental analysis, IR- and Raman-spectroscopy as well as H2O-sorption is given
Lag Length Selection for Unit Root Tests in the Presence of Nonstationary Volatility
A number of recent papers have focused on the problem of testing for a unit root in the case where the driving shocks may be unconditionally heteroskedastic. These papers have, however, taken the lag length in the unit root test regression to be a deterministic function of the sample size, rather than data-determined, the latter being standard empirical practice. We investigate the finite sample impact of unconditional heteroskedasticity on conventional data-dependent lag selection methods in augmented Dickey–Fuller type regressions and propose new lag selection criteria which allow for unconditional heteroskedasticity. Standard lag selection methods are shown to have a tendency to over-fit the lag order under heteroskedasticity, resulting in significant power losses in the (wild bootstrap implementation of the) augmented Dickey–Fuller tests under the alternative. The proposed new lag selection criteria are shown to avoid this problem yet deliver unit root tests with almost identical finite sample properties as the corresponding tests based on conventional lag selection when the shocks are homoskedastic
Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections in Elective Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery: The Role of Diabetes Mellitus
Surgical site infection (SSI) after elective orthopedic foot and ankle surgery is uncommon and may be higher in selected patient groups. Our main aim was to investigate the risk factors for SSI in elective orthopedic foot surgery and the microbiological results of SSI in diabetic and non-diabetic patients, in a tertiary foot center between 2014 and 2022. Overall, 6138 elective surgeries were performed with an SSI risk of 1.88%. The main independent associations with SSI in a multivariate logistic regression analysis were an ASA score of 3-4 points, odds ratio (OR) 1.87 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.20-2.90), internal, OR 2.33 (95% CI 1.56-3.49), and external material, OR 3.08 (95% CI 1.56-6.07), and more than two previous surgeries, OR 2.86 (95% CI 1.93-4.22). Diabetes mellitus showed an increased risk in the univariate analysis, OR 3.94 (95% CI 2.59-5.99), and in the group comparisons (three-fold risk). In the subgroup of diabetic foot patients, a pre-existing diabetic foot ulcer increased the risk for SSI, OR 2.99 (95% CI 1.21-7.41), compared to non-ulcered diabetic patients. In general, gram-positive cocci were the predominant pathogens in SSI. In contrast, polymicrobial infections with gram-negative bacilli were more common in contaminated foot surgeries. In the latter group, the perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis by second-generation cephalosporins did not cover 31% of future SSI pathogens. Additionally, selected groups of patients revealed differences in the microbiology of the SSI. Prospective studies are required to determine the importance of these findings for optimal perioperative antibiotic prophylactic measures
New HARPS and FEROS observations of GJ1046
In this paper we present new precise Doppler data of GJ1046 taken between
November 2005 and July 2018 with the HARPS and the FEROS high-resolution
spectographs. In addition, we provide a new stellar mass estimate of GJ1046 and
we update the orbital parameters of the GJ1046 system. These new data and
analysis could be used together with the GAIA epoch astrometry, when available,
for braking the degeneracy and revealing the true mass of the GJ1046
system.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure, 1 table with RV data (available only in the
Astro-PH version of the paper), Accepted by RNAA
Prognostic value of O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase loss in salivary gland carcinomas
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