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2021-12-08
IGM damping wing constraints on reionisation from covariance reconstruction of two $z\gtrsim7$ QSOs
Bright, high redshift ($z>6$) QSOs are powerful probes of the ionisation state of the intervening intergalactic medium (IGM). The detection of Ly$\alpha$ damping wing absorption imprinted in the spectrum of high-z QSOs can provide strong constraints on the epoch of reionisation (EoR). In this work, we perform an indepe...
2112.04091v1
2022-01-24
A blow-up result for a Nakao-type weakly coupled system with nonlinearities of derivative-type
In this paper, we consider a weakly coupled system of a wave and damped Klein-Gordon equation with nonlinearities of derivative type. We prove a blow-up result for the Cauchy problem associated with this system for nonnegative and compactly supported data by means of an iteration argument.
2201.09462v1
2022-03-11
On the small noise limit in the Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation of nonlinear wave equations with variable friction
We study the validity of a large deviation principle for a class of stochastic nonlinear damped wave equations, of Klein-Gordon type, in the joint small mass and small noise limit. The friction term is assumed to be state dependent.
2203.05923v2
2022-03-28
The higher order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with quadratic nonlinearity on the real axis
The initial value problem is considered for a higher order nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with quadratic nonlinearity. Results on existence and uniqueness of weak solutions are obtained. In the case of an effective at infinity additional damping large-time decay of solutions without any smallness assumptions is also ...
2203.14830v1
2022-04-03
Strong Solution of Modified Anistropic 3D-Navier-Stokes Equations
In this paper we study the anisotropic incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with a logarithm damping $\alpha \log(e+|u|^2)|u|^2u$ in $H^{0.1}$, where we used new methods, new tools and Fourier analysis.
2204.01717v2
2022-04-28
Coupling between turbulence and solar-like oscillations: A combined Lagrangian PDF/SPH approach. II - Mode driving, damping and modal surface effect
The first paper of this series established a linear stochastic wave equation for solar-like p-modes, correctly taking the effect of turbulence thereon into account. In this second paper, we aim at deriving simultaneous expressions for the excitation rate, damping rate, and modal surface effect associated with any given...
2204.13367v1
2022-05-05
Blow-up solutions of damped Klein-Gordon equation on the Heisenberg group
Inthisnote,weprovetheblow-upofsolutionsofthesemilineardamped Klein-Gordon equation in a finite time for arbitrary positive initial energy on the Heisenberg group. This work complements the paper [21] by the first author and Tokmagambetov, where the global in time well-posedness was proved for the small energy solutions...
2205.02705v1
2022-05-23
Extended random-phase-approximation study of fragmentation of giant quadrupole resonance in $^{16}$O
The damping of isoscalar giant quadrupole resonance in $^{16}$O is studied using extended random-phase-approximation approaches derived from the time-dependent density-matrix theory. It is pointed out that the effects of ground-state correlations bring strong fragmentation of quadrupole strength even if the number of t...
2205.11654v2
2022-06-21
Nonlinear Compton scattering and nonlinear Breit-Wheeler pair production including the damping of particle states
In the presence of an electromagnetic background plane-wave field, electron, positron, and photon states are not stable, because electrons and positrons emit photons and photons decay into electron-positron pairs. This decay of the particle states leads to an exponential damping term in the probabilities of single nonl...
2206.10345v2
2022-06-23
Nonlinear Landau damping for the 2d Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons around Penrose-stable equilibria
In this paper, we prove the nonlinear asymptotic stability of the Penrose-stable equilibria among solutions of the $2d$ Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons.
2206.11744v2
2022-07-25
Inviscid limit for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density dependent viscosity
We consider the compressible Navier-Stokes system describing the motion of a barotropic fluid with density dependent viscosity confined in a three-dimensional bounded domain $\Omega$. We show the convergence of the weak solution to the compressible Navier-Stokes system to the strong solution to the compressible Euler s...
2207.12222v1
2022-08-25
Polynomial energy decay rate of a 2D Piezoelectric beam with magnetic effect on a rectangular domain without geometric conditions
In this paper, we investigate the stability of coupled equations modelling a 2D piezoelectric beam with magnetic effect with only one local viscous damping on a rectangular domain without geometric conditions. We prove that the energy of the system decays polynomially with the rate 1/t .
2208.12012v1
2022-10-12
Backward problem for the 1D ionic Vlasov-Poisson equation
In this paper, we study the backward problem for the one-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons, and we show the Landau damping by fixing the asymptotic behaviour of our solution.
2210.06123v2
2022-10-28
Oblique Quasi-Kink Modes in Solar Coronal Slabs Embedded in an Asymmetric Magnetic Environment: Resonant Damping, Phase and Group Diagrams
There has been considerable interest in magnetoacoustic waves in static, straight, field-aligned, one-dimensional equilibria where the exteriors of a magnetic slab are different between the two sides. We focus on trapped, transverse fundamental, oblique quasi-kink modes in pressureless setups where the density varies c...
2210.16091v1
2022-11-02
Data-driven modeling of Landau damping by physics-informed neural networks
Kinetic approaches are generally accurate in dealing with microscale plasma physics problems but are computationally expensive for large-scale or multiscale systems. One of the long-standing problems in plasma physics is the integration of kinetic physics into fluid models, which is often achieved through sophisticated...
2211.01021v3
2022-11-04
New Clues About Light Sterile Neutrinos: Preference for Models with Damping Effects in Global Fits
This article reports global fits of short-baseline neutrino data to oscillation models involving light sterile neutrinos. In the commonly-used 3+1 plane wave model, there is a well-known 4.9$\sigma$ tension between data sets sensitive to appearance versus disappearance of neutrinos. We find that models that damp the os...
2211.02610v5
2022-12-07
A recipe for orbital eccentricity damping in the type-I regime for low viscosity 2D-discs
It is known that gap opening depends on the disc's viscosity; however, eccentricity damping formulas have only been derived at high viscosities, ignoring partial gap opening. We aim at obtaining a simple formula to model $e$-damping of the type-I regime in low viscosity discs, where even small planets may start opening...
2212.03608v1
2022-12-10
Linear stabilization for a degenerate wave equation in non divergence form with drift
We consider a degenerate wave equation in one dimension, with drift and in presence of a leading operator which is not in divergence form. We impose a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition where the degeneracy occurs and a boundary damping at the other endpoint. We provide some conditions for the uniform exponential...
2212.05264v1
2022-12-31
On the stability of shear flows in bounded channels, II: non-monotonic shear flows
We give a proof of linear inviscid damping and vorticity depletion for non-monotonic shear flows with one critical point in a bounded periodic channel. In particular, we obtain quantitative depletion rates for the vorticity function without any symmetry assumptions.
2301.00288v2
2023-03-18
Spin waves in a superconductor
Spin waves that can propagate in normal and superconducting metals are investigated. Unlike normal metals, the velocity of spin waves becomes temperature-dependent in a superconductor. The low frequency spin waves survive within the narrow region below the superconducting transition temperature. At low temperatures the...
2303.10468v1
2023-04-07
Echo disappears: momentum term structure and cyclic information in turnover
We extract cyclic information in turnover and find it can explain the momentum echo. The reversal in recent month momentum is the key factor that cancels out the recent month momentum and excluding it makes the echo regress to a damped shape. Both rational and behavioral theories can explain the reversal. This study is...
2304.03437v1
2023-04-26
Plasma echoes in graphene
Plasma echo is a dramatic manifestation of plasma damping process reversibility. In this paper we calculate temporal and spatial plasma echoes in graphene in the acoustic plasmon regime when echoes dominate over plasmon emission. We show an extremely strong spatial echo response and discuss how electron collisions redu...
2304.13440v1
2023-06-01
JWST Measurements of Neutral Hydrogen Fractions and Ionized Bubble Sizes at $z=7-12$ Obtained with Ly$α$ Damping Wing Absorptions in 26 Bright Continuum Galaxies
We present volume-averaged neutral hydrogen fractions $x_{\rm \HI}$ and ionized bubble radii $R_{\rm b}$ measured with Ly$\alpha$ damping wing absorption of galaxies at the epoch of reionization. We combine JWST/NIRSpec spectra taken by CEERS, GO-1433, DDT-2750, and JADES programs, and obtain a sample containing 26 bri...
2306.00487v2
2023-06-20
New results on controllability and stability for degenerate Euler-Bernoulli type equations
In this paper we study the controllability and the stability for a degenerate beam equation in divergence form via the energy method. The equation is clamped at the left end and controlled by applying a shearing force or a damping at the right end.
2306.11851v3
2023-08-01
Aerodynamics of the square-back Ahmed body under rainfall conditions
We report an experimental investigation about the aerodynamics of a simplified road vehicle, the so-called square-back Ahmed body, under rainfall conditions. A particular emphasis is put on the evolution of the body base pressure distribution with respect to the operating conditions. It is found that rainfall significa...
2308.00276v1
2023-09-11
Study of damped oscillating structures from charged and neutral K-meson electromagnetic form factors data
The damped oscillating structures (OS) were recently revealed in the proton "effective" form factor (FF) data. For the time being they can be neither confirmed nor disproved by investigations of timelike data on the individual proton electric and proton magnetic FFs because their precision and reliability (especially o...
2309.05354v1
2023-10-31
Variational principle for a damped, quadratically interacting particle chain with nonconservative forcing
A method for designing variational principles for the dynamics of a possibly dissipative and non-conservatively forced chain of particles is demonstrated. Some qualitative features of the formulation are discussed.
2311.00106v2
2024-01-30
Linear stability analysis of the Couette flow for the 2D Euler-Poisson system
This paper is concerned with the linear stability analysis for the Couette flow of the Euler-Poisson system for both ionic fluid and electronic fluid in the domain $\bb{T}\times\bb{R}$. We establish the upper and lower bounds of the linearized solutions of the Euler-Poisson system near Couette flow. In particular, the ...
2401.17102v1
2024-03-21
Non-resonant invariant foliations of quasi-periodically forced systems
We show the existence and uniqueness of invariant foliations about invariant tori in analytic discrete-time dynamical systems. The parametrisation method is used prove the result. Our theory is a foundational block of data-driven model order reduction, that can only be carried out using invariant foliations. The theory...
2403.14771v1
1999-08-09
On the possibility of variation of the fundamental constants of physics in the static universe
A variation of fundamental constants of physics is proposed in a frame of static universe. It is shown when the velocity of light increases (decreases) the Planck's constant increases (decreases) and mass of bodies decreases (increases). This variation of constants leads to the variation of dimensions of bodies and the...
9908082v1
2002-06-17
Cosmological constant and curved 5D geometry
We study the value of cosmological constant in de Sitter brane embedded in five dimensions with positive, vanishing and negative bulk cosmological constant. In the case of negative bulk cosmological constant, we show that not zero but tiny four-dimensional cosmological constant can be realized by tiny deviation from bu...
0206153v1
2003-06-30
Convex Bodies of Constant Width and Constant Brightness
In 1926 S. Nakajima (= A. Matsumura) showed that any convex body in $\R^3$ with constant width, constant brightness, and boundary of class $C^2$ is a ball. We show that the regularity assumption on the boundary is unnecessary, so that balls are the only convex bodies of constant width and brightness.
0306437v1
2010-07-27
The GL-l.u.st.\ constant and asymmetry of the Kalton-Peck twisted sum in finite dimensions
We prove that the Kalton-Peck twisted sum $Z_2^n$ of $n$-dimensional Hilbert spaces has GL-l.u.st.\ constant of order $\log n$ and bounded GL constant. This is the first concrete example which shows different explicit orders of growth in the GL and GL-l.u.st.\ constants. We discuss also the asymmetry constants of $Z_2^...
1007.4692v1
2019-04-02
On geometric constants for (small) Morrey spaces
In this article, we compute Von Neumann-Jordan constant, James constant, and Dunkl-Williams constant for small Morrey spaces. Our approach can also be seen as an alternative way in computing the three constants for the (classical) Morrey spaces. In addition, we prove constructively that Morrey spaces are not uniformly ...
1904.01712v3
2021-08-11
Gravity can be caused by the difference of Coulomb's constants
Coulomb's constant is defined as a value for attraction and repulsion. However, it is strange that only one value can be applied for both attraction and repulsion. A very little difference between coulomb's constant for attraction and coulomb's constant for repulsion can be the source of gravity. The author verified if...
2108.05114v1
2007-10-22
The Hubble constant and dark energy from cosmological distance measures
We study how the determination of the Hubble constant from cosmological distance measures is affected by models of dark energy and vice versa. For this purpose, constraints on the Hubble constant and dark energy are investigated using the cosmological observations of cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscilla...
0710.3995v2
2016-08-19
Kinetic stability and energetics of simulated glasses created by constant pressure cooling
We use computer simulations to study the cooling rate dependence of the stability and energetics of model glasses created at constant pressure conditions and compare the results with glasses formed at constant volume conditions. To examine the stability, we determine the time it takes for a glass cooled and reheated at...
1608.05703v1
2007-04-24
On C$^2$-smooth Surfaces of Constant Width
A number of results for C$^2$-smooth surfaces of constant width in Euclidean 3-space ${\mathbb{E}}^3$ are obtained. In particular, an integral inequality for constant width surfaces is established. This is used to prove that the ratio of volume to cubed width of a constant width surface is reduced by shrinking it along...
0704.3248v1
2009-05-09
Time-like Salkowski and anti-Salkowski curves in Minkowski space $\e_1^3$
Salkowski \cite{salkow}, one century ago, introduced a family of curves with constant curvature but non-constant torsion (Salkowski curves) and a family of curves with constant torsion but non-constant curvature (anti-Salkowski curves) in Euclidean 3-space $\e^3$. In this paper, we adapt definition of such curves to ti...
0905.1404v1
2009-08-17
The Interacting and Non-constant Cosmological Constant
We propose a time-varying cosmological constant with a fixed equation of state, which evolves mainly through its interaction with the background during most of the long history of the universe. However, such interaction does not exist in the very early and the late-time universe and produces the acceleration during the...
0908.2303v1
2012-06-04
The Yamabe constant on noncompact manifolds
We prove several facts about the Yamabe constant of Riemannian metrics on general noncompact manifolds and about S. Kim's closely related "Yamabe constant at infinity". In particular we show that the Yamabe constant depends continuously on the Riemannian metric with respect to the fine C^2-topology, and that the Yamabe...
1206.0610v2
2018-10-01
Three geometric constants for Morrey spaces
In this paper we calculate three geometric constants, namely the von Neumann-Jordan constant, the James constant, and the Dunkl-Williams constant, for Morrey spaces and discrete Morrey spaces. These constants measure uniformly nonsquareness of the associated spaces. We obtain that the three constants are the same as th...
1810.00963v3
2019-09-03
Maximal Chow constant and cohomologically constant fibrations
Motivated by the study of rationally connected fibrations (and the MRC quotient) we study different notions of birationally simple fibrations. We say a fibration of smooth projective varieties is Chow constant if pushforward induces an isomorphism on the Chow group of 0-cycles. Likewise we say a fibration is cohomologi...
1909.01483v1
2020-04-08
On Seshadri constants and point-curve configurations
In the note we study the multipoint Seshadri constants of $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^{2}_{\mathbb{C}}}(1)$ centered at singular loci of certain curve arrangements in the complex projective plane. Our first aim is to show that the values of Seshadri constants can be approximated with use of a combinatorial invariant which...
2004.04043v1
2021-10-07
Biconservative hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in space forms
Biconservative hypersurfaces are hypersurfaces which have conservative stress-energy tensor with respect to the bienergy, containing all minimal and constant mean curvature hypersurfaces. The purpose of this paper is to study biconservative hypersurfaces $M^n$ with constant scalar curvature in a space form $N^{n+1}(c)$...
2110.03438v1
2008-03-15
Constant-Rank Codes and Their Connection to Constant-Dimension Codes
Constant-dimension codes have recently received attention due to their significance to error control in noncoherent random linear network coding. What the maximal cardinality of any constant-dimension code with finite dimension and minimum distance is and how to construct the optimal constant-dimension code (or codes) ...
0803.2262v7
1994-02-17
Power Spectrum Constraints from Spectral Distortions in the Cosmic Microwave Background
%The content of this replacement paper is identical to the original. %We have attempted to fix the postscript so that it will print out on %a larger number of printers. Using recent experimental limits on $\mu$ distortions from COBE FIRAS, and the large lever-arm spanning the damping of sub-Jeans scale fluctuations to ...
9402045v2
1995-06-01
The epoch of structure formation in blue mixed dark matter models
Recent data on the high--redshift abundance of damped Ly$\alpha$ systems are compared with theoretical predictions for `blue' (i.e. $n>1$) Mixed Dark Matter models. The results show that decreasing the hot component fraction $\Omega_\nu$ and/or increasing the primordial spectral index $n$ implies an earlier epoch of co...
9506003v2
1996-04-16
Cosmic Emissivity and Background Intensity from Damped Lyman-Alpha Galaxies
We present a new method to compute the cosmic emissivity $\E_\nu$ and background intensity $J_\nu$. Our method is based entirely on data from quasar absorption-line studies, namely, the comoving density of HI and the mean metallicity and dust-to-gas ratio in damped Ly$\alpha$ galaxies. These observations, when combined...
9604091v1
1996-05-24
Identification of a Galaxy Responsible for a High-Redshift Damped Ly-alpha Absorption System
Galaxies believed to be responsible for damped Ly-alpha absorption (DLA) systems in the spectra of high-redshift quasars represent a viable population of progenitors of normal disk galaxies. They appear to contain a substantial fraction of the baryons known to exist in normal galaxies today. Here we report on the detec...
9605154v1
1996-10-18
The absorbers towards Q0836+113
We have performed RIJHK_S imaging of the field around the z=2.67 quasar Q0836+113, which presents several metal line and a damped Ly\alpha absorption systems in its spectrum. The images reveal the existence of a red K_S=18.9 object \approx 11 arcsec from the quasar. On the basis of the empirical relationships between a...
9610141v1
1996-12-13
The 67 Hz Feature in the Black Hole Candidate GRS 1915+105 as a Possible ``Diskoseismic'' Mode
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has made feasible for the first time the search for high-frequency (~ 100 Hz) periodic features in black hole candidate (BHC) systems. Such a feature, with a 67 Hz frequency, recently has been discovered in the BHC GRS 1915+105 (Morgan, Remillard, & Greiner). This feature is weak ...
9612142v2
1997-01-15
Gravitational Lensing of Quasars by Spiral Galaxies
Gravitational lensing by a spiral galaxy occurs when the line-of-sight to a background quasar passes within a few kpc from the center of the galactic disk. Since galactic disks are rich in neutral hydrogen, the quasar spectrum will likely be marked by a damped Lyman-alpha absorption trough at the lens redshift. Therefo...
9701100v1
1997-02-27
Interacting Hot Dark Matter
We discuss the viability of a light particle ($\sim 30$ eV neutrino) with strong self-interactions as a dark matter candidate. The interaction prevents the neutrinos from free-streaming during the radiation dominated regime so galaxy sized density perturbations can survive. Smaller scale perturbations are damped due to...
9702236v1
1997-05-20
Detection of the First Star Clusters With NGST
We calculate the observable signatures of the first generation of stars at high redshift (5<z<100). To determine the cosmic star-formation history, we use an extension of the Press-Schechter formalism for Cold Dark Matter (CDM) cosmologies that incorporates gas pressure. We calibrate the fraction of gas converted into ...
9705144v1
1997-09-04
Cosmic-Ray Momentum Diffusion In Magnetosonic Versus Alfvenic Turbulent Field
Energetic particle transport in a finite amplitude magnetosonic and Alfvenic turbulence is considered using Monte Carlo particle simulations, which involve an integration of particle equation of motion. We show that in a low-Betha plasma cosmic ray can be the most important damping process for magnetosonic waves. Assum...
9709039v2
1997-09-12
Baryonic Features in the Matter Transfer Function
We provide scaling relations and fitting formulae for adiabatic cold dark matter cosmologies that account for all baryon effects in the matter transfer function to better than 10% in the large-scale structure regime. They are based upon a physically well-motivated separation of the effects of acoustic oscillations, Com...
9709112v1
1997-09-23
Nonlinear spherical Alfven waves
We present an one-dimensional numerical study of Alfven waves propagating along a radial magnetic field. Neglecting losses, any spherical Alfven wave, no matter how small its initial amplitude is, becomes nonlinear at sufficiently large radii. From previous simulations of Alfven waves in plane parallel atmospheres we d...
9709222v1
1997-12-10
Effects of Disks on Gravitational Lensing by Spiral Galaxies
Gravitational lensing of a quasar by a spiral galaxy should often be accompanied by damped Lyman-alpha absorption and dust extinction due to the intervening gaseous disk. In nearly edge-on configurations, the surface mass density of the gas and stars in the disk could by itself split the quasar image and contribute sig...
9712138v1
1998-03-20
HI 21cm absoprtion in two low redshift damped Ly-alpha systems
We report the discovery of two low redshift HI 21cm absorbers, one at z = 0.2212 towards the z_{em} = 0.630 quasar OI 363 (B0738+313), and the other at z = 0.3127 towards PKS B1127-145 (z_{em} = 1.187). Both were found during a survey of MgII selected systems at redshifts 0.2 < z < 1 using the new UHF-high system at th...
9803243v1
1998-05-08
Infrared emission-line galaxies associated with damped Lyman-alpha and strong metal absorber redshifts
Eighteen candidates for emission line galaxies were discovered in a narrow-band infrared survey that targeted the redshifts of damped Lyman-alpha or metal lines in the spectra of quasars. The presence of emission lines is inferred from the photometric magnitudes in narrow and broad band interference filters, correspond...
9805103v1
1998-05-12
Resonant Thickening of Disks by Small Satellite Galaxies
We study the vertical heating and thickening of galaxy disks due to accretion of small satellites. Our simulations are restricted to axial symmetry, which largely eliminates numerical evolution of the target galaxy but requires the trajectory of the satellite to be along the symmetry axis of the target. We find that di...
9805145v1
1998-09-14
Collisionless Relaxation of Stellar Systems
The objective of the work summarised here has been to exploit and extend ideas from plasma physics and accelerator dynamics to formulate a unified description of collisionless relaxation that views violent relaxation, Landau damping, and phase mixing as (manifestations of) a single phenomenon. This approach embraces th...
9809178v1
1998-09-30
Discovery of a z=0.808 damped Lyman-alpha system candidate in a UV selected quasar spectrum
We present the observation of a new intermediate redshift damped Lyman-alpha absorption system candidate, discovered in the course of a spectroscopic follow-up for identifying the sources detected in a 150 A wide bandpass UV-imaging survey at 2000 A. The system displays very strong MgII and FeII lines and a high FeII/M...
9809402v1
1998-10-02
Gravity-modes in ZZ Ceti Stars. II. Effects of Turbulent Dissipation
We investigate dynamical interactions between turbulent convection and g-mode pulsations in ZZ Ceti variables (DAVs). Since our understanding of turbulence is rudimentary, we are compelled to settle for order of magnitude results. A key feature of these interactions is that convective response times are much shorter th...
9810038v1
1999-02-11
Element Abundances at High Redshifts
I review measurements of element abundances in different components of the high redshift universe, including the Lyman alpha forest, damped Lyman alpha systems, and Lyman break galaxies. Although progress is being made in all three areas, recent work has also produced some surprises and shown that established ideas abo...
9902173v1
1999-03-09
Numerical simulation of prominence oscillations
We present numerical simulations, obtained with the Versatile Advection Code, of the oscillations of an inverse polarity prominence. The internal prominence equilibrium, the surrounding corona and the inert photosphere are well represented. Gravity and thermodynamics are not taken into account, but it is argued that th...
9903128v1
1999-03-26
Nature and evolution of Damped Lyman alpha systems
The main properties of Damped Lyman alpha (DLA) systems are briefly reviewed with the aim of studying the nature and evolution of the galaxies associated with this class of QSO absorbers. Candidate DLA galaxies identified at z </= 1 in the fields of background QSOs show a variety of morphological types without a predom...
9903406v1
1999-11-09
Viscous Boundary Layer Damping of R-Modes in Neutron Stars
Recent work has raised the exciting possibility that r-modes (Rossby waves) in rotating neutron star cores might be strong gravitational wave sources. We estimate the effect of a solid crust on their viscous damping rate and show that the dissipation rate in the viscous boundary layer between the oscillating fluid and ...
9911155v1
1999-11-30
The formation and evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies
We discuss constraints on the assembly history of supermassive black holes from the observed remnant black holes in nearby galaxies and from the emission caused by accretion onto these black holes. We also summarize the results of a specific model for the evolution of galaxies and their central black holes which traces...
9911514v1
1999-12-06
The Metallicity evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha systems
We have collected data for 69 Damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) systems, to investigate the chemical evolution of galaxies in the redshift interval 0.0 < z < 4.4. In doing that, we have adopted the most general approach used so far to correct for dust depletion. The best solution, obtained through chi^2 minimization, gives as o...
9912112v2
1999-12-22
Alfvenic Heating of Protostellar Accretion Disks
We investigate the effects of heating generated by damping of Alfven waves on protostellar accretion disks. Two mechanisms of damping are investigated, nonlinear and turbulent, which were previously studied in stellar winds (Jatenco-Pereira & Opher 1989a, b). For the nominal values studied, f=delta v/v_{A}=0.002 and F=...
9912478v1
2000-01-18
Metallicity in damped Lyman-alpha systems: evolution or bias?
Assuming that damped Lyman-alpha(DLA) systems are galactic discs, we calculate the corresponding evolution of metal abundances. We use detailed multi-zone models of galactic chemical evolution (reproducing successfully the observed properties of disc galaxies) and appropriate statistics (including geometrical propabili...
0001313v1
2000-02-24
Optical Counterparts to Damped Lyman Alpha Systems
Previously we have shown (Maller et al, 1998) that the kinematics of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems (DLAS) as measured by Prochaska and Wolfe (1998) can be reproduced in a multiple disk model (MDM) if the gaseous disks are of sufficient radial extent. Here we discuss this model's predictions for the relationship between DL...
0002452v1
2000-02-24
Damped Ly-alpha Systems in Semi-Analytic Models: Sensitivity to dynamics, disk properties, and cosmology
Previously we have shown that it is possible to account for the kinematic properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAS) in the context of semi-analytic models. In these models, hierarchical structure formation is approximated by constructing a merger tree for each dark matter halo. A natural consequence is that every...
0002454v1
2000-07-31
UVES observations of QSO 0000-2620: Molecular hydrogen abundance in the damped Ly-alpha system at z_abs = 3.3901
We have discovered molecular hydrogen in a fourth quasar damped Ly-alpha system (hereafter DLA). The UVES spectrograph on the 8.2m ESO Kueyen telescope has allowed the detection of H2 in gas with low metallicity, Z/Z_solar ~= 10^{-2}, and high neutral hydrogen column density, N(HI) ~= 2.6*10^{21} cm^{-2}, at redshift z...
0007472v1
2000-08-11
The Evolution and Space Density of Damped Lyman-alpha Galaxies
The results of a new spectroscopic survey of 66 $z \simgt 4$ quasars for Damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems are presented. The search led to the discovery of 30 new DLA candidates which are analysed in order to compute the comoving mass density of neutral gas in a non-zero lambda Universe. The possible sources of un...
0008172v1
2000-09-06
Damped Lyman-Alpha Galaxies
Some results from an imaging program to identify low-redshift (0.09<z<1.63) damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) galaxies are presented. The standard paradigm that was widely accepted a decade ago, that DLA galaxies are the progenitors of luminous disk galaxies, is now being seriously challenged. The indisputable conclusion from i...
0009096v2
2000-09-07
On ionisation effects and abundance ratios in damped Lyman-alpha systems
The similarity between observed velocity structures of Al III and singly ionised species in damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) suggests the presence of ionised gas in the regions where most metal absorption lines are formed. To explore the possible implications of ionisation effects we construct a simplified two-regio...
0009107v1
2000-10-20
An Imaging and Spectroscopic Study of the z=3.38639 Damped Lyman Alpha System in Q0201+1120: Clues to Star Formation Rate at High Redshift
We present the results of a series of imaging and spectroscopic observations aimed at identifying and studying the galaxy responsible for the z = 3.38639 damped lya system in the z = 3.61 QSO Q0201+1120. We find that the DLA is part of a concentration of matter which includes at least four galaxies (probably many more)...
0010427v1
2000-10-31
Non-Linear Evolution of the r-Modes in Neutron Stars
The evolution of a neutron-star r-mode driven unstable by gravitational radiation (GR) is studied here using numerical solutions of the full non-linear fluid equations. The amplitude of the mode grows to order unity before strong shocks develop which quickly damp the mode. In this simulation the star loses about 40% of...
0010653v2
2000-11-07
Damped Lyman-alpha absorption from a nearby Low Surface Brightness galaxy
Ground-based & HST images of the nearby galaxy SBS 1543+593 (z=0.009) show it to be a Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxy with a central surface brightness of mu_B(0)=23.2 mag/arcsec-2 and scale length 0.9 h-1 kpc, values typical for the local LSB galaxy population. The galaxy lies directly in front of the QSO HS 1543+...
0011134v1
2000-11-25
Molecular hydrogen abundance in the dust-free damped Ly-alpha galaxy at z = 3.4
New results from the search for H2 absorption in the damped Ly-alpha galaxy at redshift z = 3.4 toward QSO 0000-2620 (z_em = 4.1) are reported. The high-resolution (lambda/Delta lambda = 48,000) spectra of Q0000-2620 were obtained using the Ultraviolet - Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) on the 8.2m ESO Kueyen telesco...
0011470v1
2000-11-25
The Metallicity Evolution of Damped Lyman-alpha Systems
According to Pei, Fall & Hauser (1999), the global metallicity evolution of the Universe can be represented by the ratio of the total metal content to the total gas content measured in Damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) systems (the ``column density weighted metallicity'' `a la Pettini). To minimize dust obscuration effects, a D...
0011473v1
2000-12-04
ATCA search for 21 cm emission from a candidate damped Ly-$α$ absorber at z = 0.101
We report a deep search for 21 cm emission/absorption from the $z \sim 0.101$ candidate damped Lyman-$\alpha$ system towards PKS 0439-433, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The spectrum shows a weak absorption feature --- at the $3.3 \sigma$ level --- which yields a lower limit of 730 K on the spin te...
0012079v1
2000-12-05
Lost and Found: The Damped Lyman Alpha Absorbers in the QSO OI 363
The galaxy giving rise to the damped Ly$\alpha$ absorbing system in the QSO OI 363 with z=0.221 has been found. A galaxy which is probably associated with the second DLA in this same QSO at z=0.0912 has also been found. Neither galaxy is very luminous, and neither galaxy shows signs of extensive current star formation,...
0012109v1
2001-01-05
Constraints from the damping tail
The detection of anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background on arcminute scales by the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) provides us with our first measurement of the damping tail and closes one chapter in the CMB story. We now have experimental verification for all of the features in the temperature anisotropy spectru...
0101086v2
2001-01-10
Magnetized gravitational waves
We investigate the influence of cosmic magnetic fields on gravitational wave perturbations, and find exact solutions on large scales. We show that a large-scale magnetic field can generate large-scale non-decaying gravitational waves. In the general case where gravitational waves are generated by other mechanisms, a la...
0101151v3
2001-01-15
Damping time and stability of density fermion perturbations in the expanding universe
The classic problem of the growth of density perturbations in an expanding Newtonian universe is revisited following the work of Bisnovatyi-Kogan and Zel'dovich. We propose a more general analytical approach: a system of free particles satisfying semi-degenerate Fermi-Dirac statistics on the background of an exact expa...
0101222v1
2001-02-09
A new deuterium abundance measurement from a damped Ly-alpha system at z_abs = 3.025
We present the first D/H measurement in a damped Ly-alpha system at z_abs = 3.025 towards QSO 0347-3819 obtained from the UVES-VLT spectra. The DLA absorber has a metallicity of [Zn/H] = -1.25 and a relatively simple velocity structure, with two dominating components detected in several metal lines. The hydrogen Lyman ...
0102162v1
2001-03-19
Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background I: Form Factors and their Calculation in Synchronous Gauge
It is shown that the fluctuation in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background in any direction may be evaluated as an integral involving scalar and dipole form factors, which incorporate all relevant information about acoustic oscillations before the time of last scattering. A companion paper gives asymptotic ...
0103279v2
2001-04-24
21-cm H I emission from the Damped Lyman-alpha absorber SBS 1543+593
We detect 21-cm emission from the Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxy SBS 1543+593, which gives rise to a Damped Lyman-alpha (DLA) absorption line in the spectrum of the background QSO HS 1543+5921 (z=0.807). We obtain an accurate measure of the velocity of the H I gas in the LSB galaxy, v=2868 km/s, and derive a mass ...
0104396v1
2001-05-23
Mapping the Dark Matter through the CMB Damping Tail
The lensing of CMB photons by intervening large-scale structure leaves a characteristic imprint on its arcminute-scale anisotropy that can be used to map the dark matter distribution in projection on degree scales or ~100 Mpc/h comoving. We introduce a new algorithm for mass reconstruction which optimally utilizes info...
0105424v2
2001-06-30
Chandra Detection of X-ray Absorption Associated with a Damped Lyman Alpha System
We have observed three quasars, PKS 1127-145, Q 1331+171 and Q0054+144, with the ACIS-S aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory, in order to measure soft X-ray absorption associated with intervening 21-cm and damped Ly$\alpha$ absorbers. For PKS 1127-145, we detect absorption which, if associated with an intervening z_{ab...
0107003v1
2001-08-08
The Evolution of Neutral Gas in the Universe as Traced by Damped Lyman Alpha Systems
We discuss our recent results on the statistical properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) at low redshift (z<1.65) (Rao & Turnshek 2000). Contrary to expectations, we found that the cosmological neutral gas mass density as traced by DLAs, $\Omega_{DLA}$, does not evolve from redshifts $z \approx 4$ to $z \approx...
0108141v1
2001-08-08
Properties of Low-Redshift Damped Lyman Alpha Galaxies
Images of five QSO fields containing six damped Lyman alpha (DLA) systems at redshifts 0.09<z<0.53 are presented. Identifications for the DLA galaxies giving rise to the DLA systems are made. The observed and modeled characteristics of the DLA galaxies are discussed. The DLA galaxies have impact parameters ranging from...
0108146v1
2001-08-29
The impact of dust and ionization effects on abundance measurements of Damped Ly alpha systems
Studies of elemental abundances are a fundamental tool for unveiling the nature of the high-redshift (proto-)galaxies associated to Damped Ly alpha systems (DLAs). The present contribution analyses the impact of dust and ionization effects on abundance measurements in DLAs. The behaviour of the alpha/Fe abundance ratio...
0108466v2
2001-08-30
Reconciling Damped Ly-alpha Statistics and 21cm Studies at z=0
Blind 21cm surveys in the local universe have shown that the local HI mass density, Omega_HI, is dominated by luminous, high surface brightness, spiral galaxies. On the other hand, surveys for host galaxies of damped Ly-alpha systems have not always been successful in finding bright spiral galaxies. From an analysis of...
0108498v1
2001-09-03
GRB 000301C: a possible short/intermediate duration burst connected to a DLA system
We discuss two main aspects of the GRB 000301C afterglow (Fynbo et al. 2000, Jensen et al. 2000); its short duration and its possible connection with a Damped Ly-alpha Absorber (DLA). GRB 000301C falls in the short class of bursts, though it is consistent with belonging to the proposed intermediate class or the extreme...
0109020v1
2001-10-16
The UCSD HIRES/KeckI Damped Lya Abundance Database: I. The Data
We present new chemical abundance measurements of 16 damped Lya systems at z>1.5 and update our previous abundance analyses. The entire database presented here was derived from HIRES observations on the Keck I telescope, reduced with the same software package, and analysed with identical techniques. Altogether, we pres...
0110350v1