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ASCA Observation of the Lyman-limit Quasar PKS2145+067
X-ray observation of a famous Lyman-limit quasar PKS2145+067at z_em= 0.990
was carried with ASCA. The source showed a 2-10 keV flux of 1.3 E-11 erg cm^-2
sec^-1 (L_X = 2.5 E46 erg sec^-1 for H_0=50 km s^-1 Mpc^-1) described by a
power-law spectrum with a photon index Gamma=1.63 +/- 0.04 . In the ASCA energy
band, no excess absorption was detected implying the absorption column density
at z_ ab=0.791 was less than 1.6 E21 cm^-2 if absorbing medium had a metal
abundance of 0.5 solar. Comparison with previous Einstein and ROSAT
observations shows that PKS2145+067 has increased its luminosity by a factor of
2--3 between 1991 and 1998.Comment: 15 pages, 3figures, Latex(PASJadd,sty, PASJ95.sty) accepted in PAS
Global Disk Oscillation Modes in Cataclysmic Variables and Other Newtonian Accretors
Diskoseismology, the theoretical study of small adiabatic hydrodynamical
global perturbations of geometrically thin, optically thick accretion disks
around black holes (and other compact objects), is a potentially powerful probe
of the gravitational field. For instance, the frequencies of the normal mode
oscillations can be used to determine the elusive angular momentum parameter of
the black hole. The general formalism developed by diskoseismologists for
relativistic systems can be readily applied to the Newtonian case of
cataclysmic variables (CVs). Some of these systems (e.g., the dwarf nova SS
Cygni) show rapid oscillations in the UV with periods of tens of seconds and
high coherence. In this paper, we assess the possibility that these dwarf nova
oscillations (DNOs) are diskoseismic modes. Besides its importance in
investigating the physical origin of DNOs, the present work could help us to
answer the following question. To what extent are the similarities in the
oscillation phenomenology of CVs and X-ray binaries (XRBs) indicative of a
common physical mechanism?Comment: 1 figur
XMM-Newton Observation of IC 310 in the Outer Region of the Perseus Cluster of Galaxies
We present results from an XMM-Newton observation of the head-tail radio
galaxy IC 310 located in the southwest region of the Perseus cluster. The
spectrum is well-fitted by an absorbed power-law model with a photon index of
with no significant absorption excess. The X-ray image shows a
point-like emission at IC 310 without any signs of a structure correlated with
the radio halo tail. The temperature of the intracluster medium surrounding IC
310 declines as a function of distance from the cluster center, from keV in the northeast corner of the field of view to about 3 keV in the
southwest region. Although we do not find any sharp edges in the surface
brightness profile, a brightness excess over a smooth model by about
20% is seen. The temperature also rises by about 10% in the same region. This
indicates that the IC 310 region is a subcluster probably infalling into the
Perseus cluster, and the gas in front of IC 310 towards the Perseus cluster is
likely to be compressed by the large-scale motion, which supports the view that
the IC 310 system is undergoing a merger.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures (including color), accepted for publication in
PAS
Scaling and memory of intraday volatility return intervals in stock market
We study the return interval between price volatilities that are above
a certain threshold for 31 intraday datasets, including the Standard &
Poor's 500 index and the 30 stocks that form the Dow Jones Industrial index.
For different threshold , the probability density function
scales with the mean interval as
, similar to that found in daily
volatilities. Since the intraday records have significantly more data points
compared to the daily records, we could probe for much higher thresholds
and still obtain good statistics. We find that the scaling function is
consistent for all 31 intraday datasets in various time resolutions, and the
function is well approximated by the stretched exponential, , with and , which indicates the
existence of correlations. We analyze the conditional probability distribution
for following a certain interval , and find
depends on , which demonstrates memory in intraday
return intervals. Also, we find that the mean conditional interval
increases with , consistent with the memory found for
. Moreover, we find that return interval records have long
term correlations with correlation exponents similar to that of volatility
records.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figure
Exploratory ASCA Observations of Broad Absorption Line Quasi-Stellar Objects
We present the analysis and interpretation of a sample of eight ASCA
observations of Broad Absorption Line Quasi-Stellar Objects (BALQSOs). This is
the first moderate-sized sample of sensitive BALQSO observations above 2 keV,
and the BALQSOs in our sample are among the optically brightest known
(B=14.5-18.5). Despite the ability of 2-10 keV X-rays to penetrate large column
densities, we find BALQSOs to be extremely weak sources above 2 keV, and we are
only able to add two new 2-10 keV detections (0226-104 and IRAS 07598+6508) to
those previously reported. By comparison with non-BALQSOs of similar optical
continuum magnitudes, we derive the column densities needed to suppress the
expected X-ray fluxes of our BALQSOs. In several cases we derive column
densities > 5x10^{23} cm^{-2} for a neutral absorber with solar abundances.
These are the largest X-ray column densities yet inferred for BALQSOs, and they
exceed ROSAT lower limits by about an order of magnitude. Optical brightness
does not appear to be a good predictor of 2-10 keV brightness for BALQSOs, but
our data do suggest that the BALQSOs with high optical continuum polarizations
may be the X-ray brighter members of the class. For example, the highly
polarized object PHL 5200 appears to be unusually X-ray bright for a BALQSO
given its optical magnitude. We discuss the implications of our results for
future observations with AXAF and XMM. If the objects in our sample are
representative of the BALQSO population, precision X-ray spectroscopy of most
BALQSOs will unfortunately prove difficult in the near future.Comment: 19 pages, ApJ in press, also available from
http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/papers/papers.htm
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