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Angular two-point correlation functions for cosmological gamma-ray burst model
We compute the angular two-point correlation functions of the gamma-ray
bursts at cosmological distances. Since the gamma-ray burst emission mechanism
is not yet established, we simply assume that the gamma-ray burst sources are
associated with high-redshift galaxies in some way. Then on the basis of
several simple models for the evolution of galaxy spatial correlations, we
calculate the amplitude of angular two-point correlation functions on scales
appropriate for the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory data. we find that in most
cases the predicted correlations are difficult to detect with the current data
rate and the angular resolution, but models in which the bursts preferentially
occur at relatively low redshift (z \simlt 0.5) predict correlation
amplitudes on which will be marginally detectable with
the Gamma Ray Observatory data in several years. If future observations detect
a signal of angular correlations, it will imply useful information on the
correlation of galaxies at high redshifts provided that the gamma-ray bursts
are cosmological.Comment: 16 page
A Neural Correlate of Predicted and Actual Reward-Value Information in Monkey Pedunculopontine Tegmental and Dorsal Raphe Nucleus during Saccade Tasks
Dopamine, acetylcholine, and serotonin, the main modulators of the central nervous system, have been proposed to play important roles in the execution of movement, control of several forms of attentional behavior, and reinforcement learning. While the response pattern of midbrain dopaminergic neurons and its specific role in reinforcement learning have been revealed, the role of the other neuromodulators remains rather elusive. Here, we review our recent studies using extracellular recording from neurons in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus, where many cholinergic neurons exist, and the dorsal raphe nucleus, where many serotonergic neurons exist, while monkeys performed eye movement tasks to obtain different reward values. The firing patterns of these neurons are often tonic throughout the task period, while dopaminergic neurons exhibited a phasic activity pattern to the task event. The different modulation patterns, together with the activity of dopaminergic neurons, reveal dynamic information processing between these different neuromodulator systems
Systematic Errors in the Hubble Constant Measurement from the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
The Hubble constant estimated from the combined analysis of the
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and X-ray observations of galaxy clusters is
systematically lower than those from other methods by 10-15 percent. We examine
the origin of the systematic underestimate using an analytic model of the
intracluster medium (ICM), and compare the prediction with idealistic triaxial
models and with clusters extracted from cosmological hydrodynamical
simulations. We identify three important sources for the systematic errors;
density and temperature inhomogeneities in the ICM, departures from
isothermality, and asphericity. In particular, the combination of the first two
leads to the systematic underestimate of the ICM spectroscopic temperature
relative to its emission-weighed one. We find that these three systematics well
reproduce both the observed bias and the intrinsic dispersions of the Hubble
constant estimated from the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect.Comment: 26 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ, Minor change
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