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Thinking ethically about the global in âGlobal Ethicsâ
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Global Ethics on 2014-04-29, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17449626.2014.89657
Asymmetry measures for QSOs and companions
An asymmetry index is derived from ellipse-fitting to galaxy images, that
gives weight to faint outer features and is not strongly redshift-dependent.
These measures are made on a sample of 13 2MASS QSOs and their neighbour
galaxies, and a control sample of field galaxies from the same wide-field
imaging data. The QSO host galaxy asymmetries correlate well with visual tidal
interaction indices previously published. The companion galaxies have somewhat
higher asymmetry than the control galaxy sample, and their asymmetry is
inversely correlated with distance from the QSO. The distribution of
QSO-companion asymmetry indices is different from that for matched control
field galaxies at the significance level. We present the data and
discuss this evidence for tidal and other disturbances in the vicinity of QSOs.Comment: 13 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures; to appear in A
Gendered Humanitarianism: Reconsidering the ethics of war
"The aim of this work is to supplement the usual emphasis on strategic and national issues of war in the interest of theorizing aspects of war from the point of view of individual experience, be the individual a combatant, a casualty, a ..
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