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On the determination of age and mass functions of stars in young open star clusters from the analysis of their luminosity functions
Based on the CCD observations of remote young open clusters NGC 2383, NGC
2384, NGC 4103, NGC 4755, NGC 7510 and Hogg 15, we constructed their observed
luminosity functions (LFs). The observed LFs are corrected for field star
contamination determined with the help of galactic star count model. In the
case of Hogg 15 and NGC 2383 we also considered the additional contamination
from neighbouring clusters NGC 4609 and NGC 2384 respectively. These
corrections provided the realistic pattern of cluster LF in the vicinity of the
MS turn on point and at fainter magnitudes, revealed the so called H-feature
arising due to transition of the Pre-MS phase to MS, which is dependent on the
cluster age. The theoretical LFs were constructed representing a cluster
population model with continuous star formation for a short time scale and a
power law Initial Mass Function (IMF) and these were fitted to the observed LF.
As a result we are able to determine for each cluster a set of parameters,
describing cluster population (the age, duration of star formation, IMF slope
and percentage of field star contamination). It was found that in spite of the
non-monotonic behaviour of observed LFs, cluster IMFs can be described as the
power law functions with slopes similar to Salpeter's value. The present MS
turn on cluster ages are several times lower than those derived from the
fitting of theoretical isochrones to the turn off region of the upper Main
Sequences.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, To appear in MNRA
K0s and \Lambda\ production in Pb--Pb collisions with the ALICE experiment
We present the study of K0s and Lambda production performed with the ALICE
experiment at the LHC in Pb--Pb collisions at \sqrt{s_NN}=2.76 TeV and pp
collisions at \sqrt{s}=0.9 and 7 TeV. The K0s and Lambda particles are
reconstructed via their V0 decay topology allowing their identification up to
high transverse momenta. The corresponding baryon/meson ratios as a function of
transverse momentum are extracted for Pb--Pb collisions in centrality bins and
in the transverse momentum range from 1 to 6 GeV/c. They are also compared with
those measured in pp events at the LHC energies of 0.9 and 7 TeV as well as in
Au--Au collisions at \sqrt{s_NN} = 62.4 and 200 GeV from RHIC.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of Quark Matter 2011 (May 23rd-28th
2011, Annecy, France
The harmonic measure of diffusion-limited aggregates including rare events
We obtain the harmonic measure of diffusion-limited aggregate (DLA) clusters using a biased random-walk sampling technique which allows us to measure probabilities of random walkers hitting sections of clusters with unprecedented accuracy; our results include probabilities as small as 10- 80. We find the multifractal D(q) spectrum including regions of small and negative q. Our algorithm allows us to obtain the harmonic measure for clusters more than an order of magnitude larger than those achieved using the method of iterative conformal maps, which is the previous best method. We find a phase transition in the singularity spectrum f(α) at α≈14 and also find a minimum q of D(q), qmin=0.9±0.05
Исследование углекислого газа и метана в глобальном и региональном (Сибирь) масштабах: обзор
Статья на рус. яз. с.
The impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market
This paper presents information on how artificial intelligence has affected the worldwide labor market. Both positive and negative effects on the labor market are described
Polarization of Tau Leptons Produced in Quasielastic Neutrino--Nucleon Scattering
A numerical analysis of the polarization vector of tau leptons produced
through quasielastic neutrino and antineutrino interactions with free nucleons
is given with two models for vector electromagnetic form factors of proton and
neutron. The impact of G parity violating axial and vector second-class
currents is investigated by applying a simple heuristic model for the induced
scalar and tensor form factors.Comment: Thesis of a talk given at the 8th Scientific Conference (SCYSS-04),
Dubna, Russia, 2 - 6 Feb 2004. 11 pages, 6 figures; added references, figures
and discussion; conclusions unchange
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