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Imprint of DESI fiber assignment on the anisotropic power spectrum of emission line galaxies
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a multiplexed fiber-fed
spectrograph, is a Stage-IV ground-based dark energy experiment aiming to
measure redshifts for 29 million Emission-Line Galaxies (ELG), 4 million
Luminous Red Galaxies (LRG), and 2 million Quasi-Stellar Objects (QSO). The
survey design includes a pattern of tiling on the sky and the locations of the
fiber positioners in the focal plane of the telescope, with the observation
strategy determined by a fiber assignment algorithm that optimizes the
allocation of fibers to targets. This strategy allows a given region to be
covered on average five times for a five-year survey, but with coverage varying
between zero and twelve, which imprints a spatially-dependent pattern on the
galaxy clustering. We investigate the systematic effects of the fiber
assignment coverage on the anisotropic galaxy clustering of ELGs and show that,
in the absence of any corrections, it leads to discrepancies of order ten
percent on large scales for the power spectrum multipoles. We introduce a
method where objects in a random catalog are assigned a coverage, and the mean
density is separately computed for each coverage factor. We show that this
method reduces, but does not eliminate the effect. We next investigate the
angular dependence of the contaminated signal, arguing that it is mostly
localized to purely transverse modes. We demonstrate that the cleanest way to
remove the contaminating signal is to perform an analysis of the anisotropic
power spectrum and remove the lowest bin, leaving
modes accurate at the few-percent level. Here, is the cosine of the angle
between the line-of-sight and the direction of . We also investigate
two alternative definitions of the random catalog and show they are comparable
but less effective than the coverage randoms method.Comment: Submitted to JCA
The adoption potential of biomass transfer and improved fallow practices in Eastern Uganda : Determining profitable and feasible options from a farmer perspective
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On the Refinement of Write-Ahead Logging
Many hackers worldwide would agree that, had it not been for Smalltalk, the synthesis of voice-over-IP might never have occurred. After years of unfortunate research into mas- sive multiplayer online role-playing games, we verify the understanding of XML. we prove not only that the UNIVAC computer and journaling file systems are always incompati- ble, but that the same is true for virtual ma- chines
Post-temporary ligation intra-operative mesenteric portovenography: comparison with computed tomographic angiography for investigation of portosystemic shunts
Objectives: Comparison of pre-operative computed tomographic angiography and post-temporary full ligation intraoperative mesenteric portovenography for the documentation of the intrahepatic portal vasculature in patients with single extrahepatic portosystemic shunts. Methods: Retrospective study of patients with extrahepatic portosystemic shunts that underwent preoperative computed tomographic angiography and intra-operative mesenteric portovenography after temporary full ligation of an identified shunt vessel. Studies were compared for appearance of the intrahepatic portal vasculature. Results: Fourteen dogs and five cats were included in the study with various single congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts variations. With the exception of those shunts involving the right gastric vein, the identification of the intrahepatic arborisation was similar on both modalities. Subjectively, however, there was improved contrast enhancement, as well as slight enlargement of the intrahepatic portal vasculature, on portovenography compared to computed tomographic angiography. Clinical significance: This paper shows that computed tomographic angiography cannot replace intraoperative mesenteric portovenography after temporary full ligation, which provides information regarding the development of intrahepatic portal vascularity. It is a practical and dynamic procedure providing results which are instantaneously available at the time of surgery. In addition, TFL-IOMP confirmed both that the shunting vessel had been recognised and only one vessel was present
Correction: The Global Threat of Counterfeit Drugs: Why Industry and Governments Must Communicate the Dangers
The Global Threat of Counterfeit Drugs: Why Industry and Governments Must Communicate the Dangers
The production of substandard and fake drugs is a vast and underreported problem, particularly affecting poorer countries. Cockburn and colleagues argue that the pharmaceutical industry and governments must both take actio
The mass-metallicity gradient relation of early-type galaxies
We present a newly observed relation between galaxy mass and radial
metallicity gradients of early-type galaxies. Our sample of 51 early-type
galaxies encompasses a comprehensive mass range from dwarf to brightest cluster
galaxies. The metallicity gradients are measured out to one effective radius by
comparing nearly all of the Lick absorption-line indices to recent models of
single stellar populations. The relation shows very different behaviour at low
and high masses, with a sharp transition being seen at a mass of ~ 3.5 x 10^10
M_sun (velocity dispersion of ~140 km/s, M_B ~ -19). Low-mass galaxies form a
tight relation with mass, such that metallicity gradients become shallower with
decreasing mass and positive at the very low-mass end. Above the mass
transition point several massive galaxies have steeper gradients, but a clear
downturn is visible marked by a broad scatter. The results are interpreted in
comparison with competing model predictions. We find that an early star-forming
collapse could have acted as the main mechanism for the formation of low-mass
galaxies, with star formation efficiency increasing with galactic mass. The
high-mass downturn could be a consequence of merging and the observed larger
scatter a natural result of different merger properties. These results suggest
that galaxies above the mass threshold of ~ 3.5 x 10^10 M_sun might have formed
initially by mergers of gas-rich disc galaxies and then subsequently evolved
via dry merger events. The varying efficiency of the dissipative merger-induced
starburst and feedback processes have shaped the radial metallicity gradients
in these high-mass systems.Comment: 5 pageg, 3 figures, accepted by ApJ Lette
An algorithm for the direct reconstruction of the dark matter correlation function from weak lensing and galaxy clustering
The clustering of matter on cosmological scales is an essential probe for
studying the physical origin and composition of our Universe. To date, most of
the direct studies have focused on shear-shear weak lensing correlations, but
it is also possible to extract the dark matter clustering by combining
galaxy-clustering and galaxy-galaxy-lensing measurements. In this study we
develop a method that can constrain the dark matter correlation function from
galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy-lensing measurements, by focusing on the
correlation coefficient between the galaxy and matter overdensity fields. To
generate a mock galaxy catalogue for testing purposes, we use the Halo
Occupation Distribution approach applied to a large ensemble of N-body
simulations to model pre-existing SDSS Luminous Red Galaxy sample observations.
Using this mock catalogue, we show that a direct comparison between the excess
surface mass density measured by lensing and its corresponding galaxy
clustering quantity is not optimal. We develop a new statistic that suppresses
the small-scale contributions to these observations and show that this new
statistic leads to a cross-correlation coefficient that is within a few percent
of unity down to 5 Mpc/h. Furthermore, the residual incoherence between the
galaxy and matter fields can be explained using a theoretical model for
scale-dependent bias, giving us a final estimator that is unbiased to within
1%. We also perform a comprehensive study of other physical effects that can
affect the analysis, such as redshift space distortions and differences in
radial windows between galaxy clustering and weak lensing observations. We
apply the method to a range of cosmological models and show the viability of
our new statistic to distinguish between cosmological models.Comment: 23 pages, 14 figures, accepted by PRD; minor changes to V1, 1 new
figure, more detailed discussion of the covariance of the new ADSD statisti
Testing Standard Cosmology with Large Scale Structure
The galaxy power spectrum contains information on the growth of structure,
the growth rate through redshift space distortions, and the cosmic expansion
through baryon acoustic oscillation features. We study the ability of two
proposed experiments, BigBOSS and JDEM-PS, to test the cosmological model and
general relativity. We quantify the latter result in terms of the gravitational
growth index \gamma, whose value in general relativity is \gamma\approx 0.55.
Significant deviations from this value could indicate new physics beyond the
standard model of cosmology. The results show that BigBOSS (JDEM-PS) would be
capable of measuring \gamma with an uncertainty \sigma(\gamma) = 0.043 (0.054),
which tightens to \sigma(\gamma) = 0.031 (0.038) if we include Stage III data
priors, marginalizing over neutrino mass, time varying dark energy equation of
state, and other parameters. For all dark energy parameters and related figures
of merit the two experiments give comparable results. We also carry out some
studies of the influence of redshift range, resolution, treatment of
nonlinearities, and bias evolution to enable further improvement.Comment: 9 pages, 12 tables, 1 figure; v3 matches MNRAS accepted versio
Expression of recombinant human ceruloplasmin â an absolute requirement for splicing signals in the expression cassette
AbstractWe report the successful expression of recombinant human ceruloplasmin which was made possible by inclusion of splicing signals in the expression vector. Ceruloplasmin cDNA expressed from the vector pNUT in baby hamster kidney cells gave protein yields of 0.03 mg/l which increased to 15 mg/l with splicing signals present. The defect in expression from the intronless cDNA is due to complete retention of ceruloplasmin mRNA in cell nuclei. The block to cytoplasmic export is alleviated by splicing signals, allowing full expression of the mRNA
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