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    Connection between type B (or C) and F factorizations and construction of algebras

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    In a recent paper (Del Sol Mesa A and Quesne C 2000 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 33 4059), we started a systematic study of the connections among different factorization types, suggested by Infeld and Hull, and of their consequences for the construction of algebras. We devised a general procedure for constructing satellite algebras for all the Hamiltonians admitting a type E factorization by using the relationship between type A and E factorizations. Here we complete our analysis by showing that for Hamiltonians admitting a type F factorization, a similar method, starting from either type B or type C ones, leads to other types of algebras. We therefore conclude that the existence of satellite algebras is a characteristic property of type E factorizable Hamiltonians. Our results are illustrated with the detailed discussion of the Coulomb problem.Comment: minor changes, 1 additional reference, final form to be published in JP

    Stability Properties of Strongly Magnetized Spine Sheath Relativistic Jets

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    The linearized relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) equations describing a uniform axially magnetized cylindrical relativistic jet spine embedded in a uniform axially magnetized relativistically moving sheath are derived. The displacement current is retained in the equations so that effects associated with Alfven wave propagation near light speed can be studied. A dispersion relation for the normal modes is obtained. Analytical solutions for the normal modes in the low and high frequency limits are found and a general stability condition is determined. A trans-Alfvenic and even a super-Alfvenic relativistic jet spine can be stable to velocity shear driven Kelvin-Helmholtz modes. The resonance condition for maximum growth of the normal modes is obtained in the kinetically and magnetically dominated regimes. Numerical solution of the dispersion relation verifies the analytical solutions and is used to study the regime of high sound and Alfven speeds.Comment: 42 pages includes 7 figures, to appear in Ap

    Particle acceleration in electron-ion jets

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    Weibel instability created in collisionless shocks is responsible for particle (electron, positron, and ion) acceleration. Using a 3-D relativistic electromagnetic particle (REMP) code, we have investigated particle acceleration associated with a relativistic electron-ion jet fronts propagating into an ambient plasma without initial magnetic fields with a longer simulation system in order to investigate nonlinear stage of the Weibel instability and its acceleration mechanism. The current channels generated by the Weibel instability induce the radial electric fields. The z component of the Poynting vector (E x B) become positive in the large region along the jet propagation direction. This leads to the acceleration of jet electrons along the jet. In particular the E x B drift with the large scale current channel generated by the ion Weibel instability accelerate electrons effectively in both parallel and perpendicular directions.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings for Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation, AIP proceeding Series, eds . T. Bulik, G. Madejski and B. Ruda

    Validation of a globally-applicable method to measure urban tolerance of birds using citizen science data

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    Understanding species-specific responses to urbanization is essential to mitigate and preserve biodiversity in the face of increasing urbanization, but a major challenge is how to estimate urban tolerances for a wide array of species applicable over disparate regions. A promising approach is to assess urban tolerance by integrating geo-referenced information on species detections from citizen science data with estimations of urbanization intensity based on remotely-sensed night-time lights. While such citizen science urbanness scores (CSUS) are cost-effective, intuitive, and easily-repeatable anywhere in the world, whether the scores accurately describe urban tolerance still awaits empirical verification. By analysing >900 bird species worldwide, we find that CSUS correlates well with a standard measure of urban tolerance based on changes in abundance between urbanized and non-urbanized nearby habitats. Our analyses show that there is substantial variability in the relationship between these two metrics, but nevertheless highlights the potential for the CSUS approach in the future. Future improvements to the index, including incorporating rare species, and understanding the influence of intra-specific variability in response to urbanization, will be necessary to maximize the broad utility of the approach

    Radiation from relativistic jets

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    Nonthermal radiation observed from astrophysical systems containing relativistic jets and shocks, e.g., gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and Galactic microquasar systems usually have power-law emission spectra. Recent PIC simulations of relativistic electron-ion (electron-positron) jets injected into a stationary medium show that particle acceleration occurs within the downstream jet. In the presence of relativistic jets, instabilities such as the Buneman instability, other two-streaming instability, and the Weibel (filamentation) instability create collisionless shocks, which are responsible for particle (electron, positron, and ion) acceleration. The simulation results show that the Weibel instability is responsible for generating and amplifying highly nonuniform, small-scale magnetic fields. These magnetic fields contribute to the electron's transverse deflection behind the jet head. The ``jitter'' radiation from deflected electrons in small-scale magnetic fields has different properties than synchrotron radiation which is calculated in a uniform magnetic field. This jitter radiation, a case of diffusive synchrotron radiation, may be important to understand the complex time evolution and/or spectral structure in gamma-ray bursts, relativistic jets, and supernova remnants.Comment: 8 pages,3 figures, accepted for the Proceedings of Science of the Workshop on Blazar Variability across the Electromagnetic Spectrum, April 22 to 25, 200

    Vida del V. siervo de Dios Antonio Bermejo ...

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    Traducción de la obra de José Agustín Monge Solórzano y BarrientosCopia digital. Valladolid : Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 2009-201

    Magnetic Field Generation in Core-Sheath Jets via the Kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability

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    We have investigated magnetic field generation in velocity shears via the kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (kKHI) using a relativistic plasma jet core and stationary plasma sheath. Our three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations consider plasma jet cores with Lorentz factors of 1.5, 5, and 15 for both electron-proton and electron-positron plasmas. For electron-proton plasmas we find generation of strong large-scale DC currents and magnetic fields which extend over the entire shear-surface and reach thicknesses of a few tens of electron skin depths. For electron-positron plasmas we find generation of alternating currents and magnetic fields. Jet and sheath plasmas are accelerated across the shear surface in the strong magnetic fields generated by the kKHI. The mixing of jet and sheath plasmas generates transverse structure similar to that produced by the Weibel instability.Comment: 28 pages, 12 figures, in press, ApJ, September 10, 201

    Grafica y Accion Directa. Cinco horizontes de circulación en la producción del Taller 4 Rojo

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    In the research “Rojo y más Rojo. Taller 4 Rojo; producción gráfica y acción directa” (2009-2012), which led to a curatorship and a homonyms publication (2015), we paid special attention to broadly outline the visual production developed by the Group Taller 4 Rojo during the 1970s, which have been partially addressed and described by different studies in the field of art history in Colombia; we set out to identify sources and creative practices that characterized the production of this platform of collective creation as well to discuss their circulation. This article is a partial result of this research, from which we tried to point out five creative practices and fields of circulation that demonstrate the horizon of political action that Group Taller 4 Rojo proposed for itself, and was sustained by a combination of subjects, creative processes and practices.En la investigación “Rojo y más Rojo. Taller 4 Rojo; producción gráfica y acción directa” (2009-2012), de la que derivó una curaduría y una publicación homónimas (2015), prestamos especial atención a conformar un espectro amplio sobre la producción visual desarrollada por el Grupo Taller 4 Rojo durante la década de 1970, parcialmente abordada y descrita por diferentes trabajos del campo de la Historia del arte en Colombia; nos propusimos identificar fuentes y prácticas creativas que caracterizaron la producción de esta plataforma de creación colectiva así como sus horizontes de circulación. Este artículo es una lectura parcial sobre dicha investigación con la que esperamos señalar cinco prácticas creativas y campos de circulación que con mayor claridad manifiestan el horizonte de acción política que el Grupo Taller 4 Rojo se propuso, donde la combinación de temas, procesos creativos y prácticas de circulación sustentaron tales intereses
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