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SCUBA polarisation observations of the magnetic fields in the prestellar cores L1498 and L1517B
We have mapped linearly polarized dust emission from the prestellar cores
L1498 and L1517B with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) using the
Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) and its polarimeter SCUBAPOL
at a wavelength of 850um. We use these measurements to determine the
plane-of-sky magnetic field orientation in the cores. In L1498 we see a
magnetic field across the peak of the core that lies at an offset of 19 degrees
to the short axis of the core. This is similar to the offsets seen in previous
observations of prestellar cores. To the southeast of the peak, in the
filamentary tail of the core, we see that the magnetic field has rotated to lie
almost parallel to the long axis of the filament. We hypothesise that the field
in the core may have decoupled from the field in the filament that connects the
core to the rest of the cloud. We use the Chandrasekhar-Fermi (CF) method to
measure the plane-of-sky field strength in the core of L1498 to be 10 +/- 7 uG.
In L1517B we see a more gradual turn in the field direction from the northern
part of the core to the south. This appears to follow a twist in the filament
in which the core is buried, with the field staying at a roughly constant 25
degree offset to the short axis of the filament, also consistent with previous
observations of prestellar cores. We again use the CF method and calculate the
magnetic field strength in L1517B also to be 30 +/- 10 uG. Both cores appear to
be roughly virialised. Comparison with our previous work on somewhat denser
cores shows that, for the denser cores, thermal and non-thermal (including
magnetic) support are approximately equal, while for the lower density cores
studied here, thermal support dominates.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; accepted for publication by MNRA
Asymptotic Methods for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor Modeling
The behavior of metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) with small aspect ratio and large doping levels is analyzed using formal perturbation techniques. Specifically, the influence of interface layers in the potential on the averaged channel conductivity is closely examined. The interface and internal layers that occur in the potential are resolved in the limit of large doping using the method of matched asymptotic expansions. This approach, together with other asymptotic techniques, provides both a pointwise description of the state variables as well as lumped current-voltage relations that vary uniformly across the various bias regimes. These current-voltage relations are derived for a variable doping model respresenting a particular class of devices
From 2D Integrable Systems to Self-Dual Gravity
We explain how to construct solutions to the self-dual Einstein vacuum
equations from solutions of various two-dimensional integrable systems by
exploiting the fact that the Lax formulations of both systems can be embedded
in that of the self-dual Yang--Mills equations. We illustrate this by
constructing explicit self-dual vacuum metrics on , where
is a homogeneous space for a real subgroup of SL(2, \C) associated
with the two-dimensional system.Comment: 9 pages, LaTex, no figure
Highly Ionised Gas as a Diagnostic of the Inner NLR
The spectra of AGN from the ultraviolet to the near infrared, exhibit
emission lines covering a wide range of ionisation states, from neutral species
such as [O I] 6300A, up to [Fe XIV] 5303A. Here we report on some recent
studies of the properties of highly ionised lines (HILs), plus two case studies
of individual objects. Future IFU observations at high spatial and good
spectral resolution, will probe the excitation and kinematics of the gas in the
zone between the extended NLR and unresolved BLR. Multi-component SED fitting
can be used to link the source of photoionisation with the strengths and ratios
of the HILs.Comment: Proceedings of the IAU Symposium: Co-evolution of Central Black Holes
and Galaxie
ROSAT observations of the dwarf starforming galaxy Holmerg II (UGC 4305)
We present ROSAT PSPC and HRI observations of the dwarf irregular galaxy
Holmberg II (UGC4305). This is one of the most luminous dwarf galaxies (Lx~
10^{40} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2}) detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey. The X-ray
emission comes from a single unresolved point source, coincident with a large
HII region which emits intense radio emission. The source is variable on both
year and day timescales, clearly favouring accretion into a compact object
rather than a supernova remnant or a superbubble interpretation for the origin
of the X-ray emission. However, its X-ray spectrum is well-fit by a a
Raymond-Smith spectrum with kT~0.8 keV, lower than the temperature of X-ray
binaries in nearby spiral galaxies.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRA
Miniature infrared data acquisition and telemetry system
The Miniature Infrared Data Acquisition and Telemetry (MIRDAT) Phase 1 study was performed to determine the technical and commercial feasibility of producing a miniaturized electro-optical telemetry system. This system acquires and transmits experimental data from aircraft scale models for realtime monitoring in wind tunnels. During the Phase 1 study, miniature prototype MIRDAT telemetry devices were constructed, successfully tested in the laboratory and delivered to the user for wind tunnel testing. A search was conducted for commercially available components and advanced hybrid techniques to further miniaturize the system during Phase 2 development. A design specification was generated from laboratory testing, user requirements and discussions with component manufacturers. Finally, a preliminary design of the proposed MIRDAT system was documented for Phase 2 development
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