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NMR measurements on obliquely evaporated Co-Cr films
The distribution of the hyperfine fields or the resonance frequencies in metals and alloys obtained by NMR measurements have been known for a long time. Recently, new experimental data have been published about thin films for studying their chemical inhomogeneities. An example is the study on sputtered and evaporated Co-Cr layers. In this paper we report on the compositional distribution of co-evaporated Co-Cr films by using the Co spin-echo NMR technique. For comparison single source evaporated samples of Co-Cr and pure Co as well as two alloyed ribbons (¿bulk¿ samples) have also been measured. Based on the NMR results the local Cr concentration of the ferromagnetic and less ferromagnetic regions are determined. In comparison the data from the co-evaporated films, even at low substrate temperature, have clearly shown the presence of a process-induced compositional separation. This is in qualitative agreement with the magnetic properties of the samples
X-Ray Study of the Outer Region of Abell 2142 with Suzaku
We observed outer regions of a bright cluster of galaxies A2142 with Suzaku.
Temperature and brightness structures were measured out to the virial radius
() with good sensitivity. We confirmed the temperature drop from 9 keV
around the cluster center to about 3.5 keV at , with the density
profile well approximated by the model with . Within
0.4\r_{200}, the entropy profile agrees with , as predicted by the
accretion shock model. The entropy slope becomes flatter in the outer region
and negative around . These features suggest that the intracluster
medium in the outer region is out of thermal equilibrium. Since the relaxation
timescale of electron-ion Coulomb collision is expected to be longer than the
elapsed time after shock heating at , one plausible reason of the low
entropy is the low electron temperature compared to that of ions. Other
possible explanations would be gas clumpiness, turbulence and bulk motions of
ICM\@. We also searched for a warm-hot intergalactic medium around
and set an upper limit on the oxygen line intensity. Assuming a line-of-sight
depth of 2 Mpc and oxygen abundance of 0.1 solar, the upper limit of an
overdensity is calculated to be 280 or 380, depending on the foreground
assumption.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figure
Virtual turning points and bifurcation of Stokes curves for higher order ordinary differential equations
For a higher order linear ordinary differential operator P, its Stokes curve
bifurcates in general when it hits another turning point of P. This phenomenon
is most neatly understandable by taking into account Stokes curves emanating
from virtual turning points, together with those from ordinary turning points.
This understanding of the bifurcation of a Stokes curve plays an important role
in resolving a paradox recently found in the Noumi-Yamada system, a system of
linear differential equations associated with the fourth Painleve equation.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Confirming the Detection of an Intergalactic X-ray Absorber Toward PKS 2155-304
We present new observations on PKS 2155-304 with the Chandra Low Energy
Transmission Grating Spectrometer (LETG), using the Advanced CCD Imaging
Spectrometer (ACIS). We confirm the detection of an absorption line plausibly
identified as OVIII Ly-alpha from the warm-hot intergalactic medium associated
with a small group of galaxies along the line of sight, as originally reported
by Fang et al. 2002 (here after FANG02). Combining the previous observations in
FANG02 and five new, long observations on the same target, we increase the
total exposure time by a factor of three, and the total counts per resolution
element by a factor of five. The measured line equivalent width is smaller than
that observed in FANG02, but still consistent at 90% confidence. We also
analyze the XMM-Newton observations on the same target, as well as observations
using the Chandra LETG and the High Resolution Camera (HRC) combination. These
observations have been used to challenge our reported detection. While no line
is seen in either the XMM-Newton and the Chandra LETG+HRC data, we find that
our result is consistent with the upper limits from both data sets. We
attribute the non-detection to (1) higher quality of the Chandra LETG+ACIS
spectrum, and (2) the rather extended wings of the line spread functions of
both the XMM RGS and the Chandra LETG+HRC. We discuss the implication of our
observation on the temperature and density of the absorber. We also confirm the
detection of z ~ 0 OVII absorption and, comparing with previous Chandra
analysis, we obtain much tighter constraints on the line properties.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Locating the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium in the Simulated Local Universe
We present an analysis of mock spectral observation of warm-hot intergalactic
medium (WHIM) using a constrained simulation of the local universe. The
simulated map of oxygen emission lines from local WHIM reproduces well the
observed structures traced by galaxies in the real local universe. We further
attempt to perform mock observations of outer parts of simulated Coma cluster
and A3627 adopting the expected performance of DIOS (Diffuse Intergalactic
Oxygen Surveyor), which is proposed as a dedicated soft X-ray mission to search
for cosmic missing baryons. We find that WHIMs surrounding nearby clusters are
detectable with a typical exposure time of a day, and thus constitute realistic
and promising targets for DIOS. We also find that an X-ray emitting clump in
front of Coma cluster, recently reported in the XMM-Newton observation, has a
counterpart in the simulated local universe, and its observed spectrum can be
well reproduced in the simulated local universe if the gas temperature is set
to the observationally estimated value.Comment: 25 pages, 3 tables, 16 figures. Accepted for publication in PASJ.
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DIOS: the dark baryon exploring mission
DIOS (Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor) is a small satellite aiming for
a launch around 2020 with JAXA's Epsilon rocket. Its main aim is a search for
warm-hot intergalactic medium with high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of
redshifted emission lines from OVII and OVIII ions. The superior energy
resolution of TES microcalorimeters combined with a very wide field of view
(30--50 arcmin diameter) will enable us to look into gas dynamics of cosmic
plasmas in a wide range of spatial scales from Earth's magnetosphere to
unvirialized regions of clusters of galaxies. Mechanical and thermal design of
the spacecraft and development of the TES calorimeter system are described. We
also consider revising the payload design to optimize the scientific capability
allowed by the boundary conditions of the small mission.Comment: 10 pages, 11 figures, Proceedings of the SPIE Astronomical
Instrumentation : Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to
Gamma Ra
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