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Classical and relativistic evolution of an extra-galactic jet with back-reaction
We consider a turbulent jet which is moving in a Lane--Emden () medium.
The conserved quantity is the energy flux, which allows finding, to first
order, an analytical expression for the velocity and an approximate trajectory.
The conservation of the relativistic flux for the energy allows deriving, to
first order, an analytical expression for the velocity, and numerically
determining the trajectory. The back-reaction due to the radiative losses for
the trajectory is evaluated both in the classical and the relativistic case.Comment: 19 pages and 11 figure
Semi-analytical formulas for the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
The absolute visual magnitude as function of the observed colour (B-V), also
named Hertzsprung-Russell diagram can be described through five equations; that
in presence of calibrated stars means eight constants. The developed framework
allows to deduce the remaining physical parameters that are mass, radius and
luminosity. This new technique is applied to the first 10 pc, the first 50 pc,
the Hyades and to the determination of the distance of a cluster. The case of
the white dwarfs is analysed assuming the absence of calibrated data: our
equation produces a smaller in respect to the standard
colour-magnitude calibration when applied to the Villanova Catalog of
Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs. The theoretical basis of the
formulae for the colours and the bolometric correction of the stars are
clarified through a Taylor expansion in the temperature of the Planck
distribution.Comment: Pages 35, Figures 1
The relativistic equation of motion in turbulent jets
The turbulent jets are usually described by classical velocities. The
relativistic case can be treated starting from the conservation of the
relativistic momentum. The two key assumptions which allow to obtain a simple
expression for the relativistic trajectory and relativistic velocity are null
pressure and constant density.Comment: 2 figures 7 page
New formulae for the Hubble Constant in a Euclidean Static Universe
It is shown that the Hubble constant can be derived from the standard
luminosity function of galaxies as well as from a new luminosity function as
deduced from the mass-luminosity relationship for galaxies. An analytical
expression for the Hubble constant can be found from the maximum number of
galaxies (in a given solid angle and flux) as a function of the redshift. A
second analytical definition of the Hubble constant can be found from the
redshift averaged over a given solid angle and flux. The analysis of two
luminosity functions for galaxies brings to four the new definitions of the
Hubble constant. The equation that regulates the Malmquist bias for galaxies is
derived and as a consequence it is possible to extract a complete sample. The
application of these new formulae to the data of the two-degree Field Galaxy
Redshift Survey provides a Hubble constant of $( 65.26 \pm 8.22 ) \mathrm{\ km\
s}^{-1}\mathrm{\ Mpc}^{-1}$ for a redshift lower than 0.042. All the results
are deduced in a Euclidean universe because the concept of space-time curvature
is not necessary as well as in a static universe because two mechanisms for the
redshift of galaxies alternative to the Doppler effect are invoked.Comment: 27 pages 10 Figure
The Luminosity Function of Galaxies as modelled by the Generalized Gamma Distribution
Two new luminosity functions of galaxies can be built starting from three and
four parameter generalized gamma distributions. In the astrophysical
conversion, the number of parameters increases by one, due to the addition of
the overall density of galaxies. A third new galaxy luminosity function is
built starting from a three parameter generalized gamma distribution for the
mass of galaxies once a simple nonlinear relationship between mass and
luminosity is assumed; in this case the number of parameters is five because
the overall density of galaxies and a parameter that regulates mass and
luminosity are added. The three new galaxy luminosity functions were tested on
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in five different bands; the results always
produce a "better fit" than the Schechter function. The formalism that has been
developed allows to analyze the Schechter function with a transformation of
location. A test between theoretical and observed number of galaxies as a
function of redshift was done on data extracted from a two-degree field galaxy
redshift survey.Comment: 14 Figures 24 page
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