397 research outputs found
Spatially Resolved Galaxy Star Formation and its Environmental Dependence I
We use the photometric information contained in individual pixels of 44,964
(0.019<z<0.125 and -23.5<M_r<-20.5) galaxies in the Fourth Data Release (DR4)
of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to investigate the effects of environment on
galaxy star formation (SF). We use the pixel-z technique, which combines
stellar population synthesis models with photometric redshift template fitting
on the scale of individual pixels in galaxy images. Spectral energy
distributions are constructed, sampling a wide range of properties such as age,
star formation rate (SFR), dust obscuration and metallicity. By summing the
SFRs in the pixels, we demonstrate that the distribution of total galaxy SFR
shifts to lower values as the local density of surrounding galaxies increases,
as found in other studies. The effect is most prominent in the galaxies with
the highest star formation, and we see the break in the SFR-density relation at
a local galaxy density of (Mpc/h). Since our method
allows us to spatially resolve the SF distribution within galaxies, we can
calculate the mean SFR of each galaxy as a function of radius. We find that on
average the mean SFR is dominated by SF in the central regions of galaxies, and
that the trend for suppression of SFR in high density environments is driven by
a reduction in this nuclear SF. We also find that the mean SFR in the outskirts
is largely independent of environmental effects. This trend in the mean SFR is
shared by galaxies which are highly star forming, while those which are weakly
star forming show no statistically significant correlation between their
environment and the mean SFR at any radius.Comment: 37 pages, 11 figures. Referee's comments included and matches version
accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. For high resolution
figures, see http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~welikala/pixelz/paper1
Quasar Candidates in the Hubble Deep Field
We focus on the search for unresolved faint quasars and AGN in the crude
combine images using a multicolor imaging analysis that has proven very
successful in recent years. Quasar selection was carried out both in multicolor
space and in "profile space," defined as the multi-parameter space formed by
the radial profiles of the objects in the different images. By combining the
dither frames available for each filter, we were able to obtain well-sampled
radial profiles of the objects and measure their deviation from that of a
stellar source. We also generated synthetic quasar spectra in the range 1.0 < z
< 5.5 and computed expected quasar colors. We determined that the data are 90%
complete for point sources at 26.2, 28.0, 27.8, 26.8 in the F300W, F450W, F606W
and F814W filters, respectively. We find 41 compact objects in the HDF: 8
pointlike objects with colors consistent with quasars or stars, 18 stars, and
15 slightly resolved objects, 12 of which have colors consistent with quasars
or stars. We estimate the upper limit of unresolved and slightly resolved
quasars/AGNs with V < 27.0 and z < 3.5 to be 20 objects (16,200 per deg^2). We
find good agreement among authors on the number of stars and the lack of quasar
candidates with z > 3.5. We find more quasar candidates than previous work
because of our more extensive modeling and use of all of the available color
information. (abridged)Comment: We have clarified our discussion and conclusions, added some
references and removed the appendix, which is now available from the first
author. 37 pages including 10 embedded postscript figures and 6 tables. To
appear in the Feb. 99 issue of A
Consolidación y fragmentación de la investigación de la comunicación en México, 1987-1997
Este artículo expone de una manera breve y general las conclusiones del trabajo de investigación sobre los procesos de estructuración del campo de la investigación académica de la comunicación en México de 1987 a 1997. El acercamiento empírico exploratorio de este trabajo supone el acopio y la sistematización de datos sobre la producción mexicana de conocimiento sobre la comunicación y sus condiciones contextuales; sobre sus productores, tanto individuales como institucionales; y sobre sus productos objetivos, especialmente las publicaciones académicas. A partir de los resultados del análisis de toda esta información, se construyó un modelo heurístico de las determinaciones socioculturales de la estructuración del campo desde la década de 1960 hasta la de 1990, que permite formular la "doble disyuntiva" que se enfrentó en los años noventa para alcanzar la legitimación académica y social
First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data
Spinning neutron stars asymmetric with respect to their rotation axis are potential sources of
continuous gravitational waves for ground-based interferometric detectors. In the case of known pulsars a
fully coherent search, based on matched filtering, which uses the position and rotational parameters
obtained from electromagnetic observations, can be carried out. Matched filtering maximizes the signalto-
noise (SNR) ratio, but a large sensitivity loss is expected in case of even a very small mismatch
between the assumed and the true signal parameters. For this reason, narrow-band analysis methods have
been developed, allowing a fully coherent search for gravitational waves from known pulsars over a
fraction of a hertz and several spin-down values. In this paper we describe a narrow-band search of
11 pulsars using data from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run. Although we have found several initial
outliers, further studies show no significant evidence for the presence of a gravitational wave signal.
Finally, we have placed upper limits on the signal strain amplitude lower than the spin-down limit for 5 of
the 11 targets over the bands searched; in the case of J1813-1749 the spin-down limit has been beaten for
the first time. For an additional 3 targets, the median upper limit across the search bands is below the
spin-down limit. This is the most sensitive narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves carried
out so far
Abnormal NK cell lymphocytosis detected after splenectomy: association with repeated infections, relapsing neutropenia, and persistent polyclonal B-cell proliferation
Abnormal NK cell lymphocytosis detected after splenectomy: association with repeated infections, relapsing neutropenia, and persistent polyclonal B-cell proliferation.
Granjo E, Lima M, Fraga M, Santos F, Magalhães C, Queirós ML, Moreira I, Rocha S, Silva AS, Rebelo I, Quintanilha A, Ribeiro ML, Candeias J, Orfão A.
Department of Hematology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal. [email protected]
Abstract
We report the case of a boy with hereditary spherocytosis who presented with mild microcytic hypochromic anemia and recurrent leg ulcers that had been present since childhood. Chronic natural killer (NK) cell and B-cell lymphocytosis was detected 1 year after therapeutic splenectomy during investigation of recurrent episodes of neutropenia and persistent lymphocytosis. NK cells proved to be abnormal at immunophenotyping studies, and B-cells were polyclonal and displayed a normal immunophenotype. Genotypic analysis of T-cell receptor (TCR)-beta and TCR-gamma genes showed a germ-line pattern. The clinical course of this patient was characterized by multiple pulmonary infections and amygdalitis. We discuss the potential roles of persistent immune stimulation due to chronic hemolysis and severe leg ulcers and of splenectomy in the origin of NK cell lymphocytosis and the relationship between NK cells and recurrent infections, relapsing neutropenia, and polyclonal B-cell response
Statistical Properties of the GALEX/SDSS matched source catalogs, and classification of the UV sources
We use the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Medium and All-Sky-Imaging
Survey (MIS & AIS) data from the first public data release (GR1), matched to
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR3 catalog, to perform source
classification. The GALEX surveys provide photometry in far- and near-UV bands
and the SDSS in five optical bands (u,g,r,i,z). The GR1/DR3 overlapping areas
are 363[83]deg^2 for the GALEX AIS[MIS], for sources within the 0.5deg central
area of the GALEX fields. Our sample covers mostly |b|>30deg galactic
latitudes. We present statistical properties of the GALEX/SDSS matched sources
catalog, containing >2x10^6 objects detected in at least one UV band. We
classify the matched sources by comparing the seven-band photometry to model
colors constructed for different classes of astrophysical objects. For sources
with photometric errors <0.3 mag, the corresponding typical AB-magnitude limits
are m_FUV~21.5, m_NUV~22.5 for AIS, and m_FUV~24, m_NUV~24.5 for MIS. At AIS
depth, the number of Galactic and extragalactic objects are comparable, but the
latter predominate in the MIS. Based on our stellar models, we estimate the
GALEX surveys detect hot White Dwarfs throughout the Milky Way halo (down to a
radius of 0.04 R_sun at MIS depth), providing an unprecedented improvement in
the Galactic WD census. Their observed surface density is consistent with Milky
Way model predictions. We also select low-redshift QSO candidates, extending
the known QSO samples to lower magnitudes, and providing candidates for
detailed z~1 follow-up investigations. SDSS optical spectra available for a
large subsample confirm the classification for the photometrically selected
candidates with 97% purity for single hot stars, ~45%(AIS)/31%(MIS) for
binaries containing a hot star and a cooler companion, and about 85% for QSOs.Comment: 33 pages, 11 figures, accepted for the GALEX special issue of ApJS.
For a version with full resolution figures see
http://dolomiti.pha.jhu.edu/publgoto.htm
The banking-industry relationship in Italy: large national banks and small local banks compared (1913-1936)
Using a large dataset of Italian joint-stock companies, this article analyses the networks of corporate interlocks of the major universal banks and twenty most ‘central’ local banks in a critical period of Italian industrialisation. The networks of the two types of banks were largely independent, with universal banks being affiliated principally to larger concerns in electricity, transport and storage, and financials; and local banks to riskier, younger and smaller firms in light manufacturing. The article then explores whether the bank-industry relationship in Italy reflected the hegemony of banks and followed a bank-control model. Our analysis does not support that view. It rather indicates that interlocking directorates were driven principally by a convergence of interests between banks (monitoring customers) and industrial firms (interested in tapping capital and credit flows), with the latter exerting a slightly higher influence over the former. This significantly differentiates Italy from Germany and the USA, where banks had a more dominant position in the corporate system
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