The X-ray spectra of the luminous LMXBs in NGC 3379: Field and globular cluster sources

Astrophysical Journal 725:2 (2010) 1805-1823

Authors:

NJ Brassington, G Fabbiano, S Blake, A Zezas, L Angelini, RL Davies, J Gallagher, V Kalogera, DW Kim, AR King, A Kundu, G Trinchieri, S Zepf

Abstract:

From a deep multi-epoch Chandra observation of the elliptical galaxy NGC 3379 we report the spectral properties of eight luminous LMXBs (LX < 1.2 × 1038 erg s-1). We also present a set of spectral simulations, produced to aid the interpretation of low-count single-component spectral modeling. These simulations demonstrate that it is possible to infer the spectral states of X-ray binaries from these simple models and thereby constrain the properties of the source. Of the eight LMXBs studied, three reside within globular clusters (GCs) and one is a confirmed field source. Due to the nature of the luminosity cut, all sources are either neutron star (NS) binaries emitting at or above the Eddington luminosity or black hole (BH) binaries. The spectra from these sources are well described by single-component models, with parameters consistent with Galactic LMXB observations, where hard-state sources have a range in photon index of 1.5-1.9 and thermally dominant (TD) sources have inner-disk temperatures between ∼0.7 and 1.55 keV. The large variability observed in the brightest GC source (LX< 4×1038 erg s-1) suggests the presence of a BH binary. At its most luminous this source is observed in a TD state with kTin = 1.5 keV, consistent with a BH mass of ∼4M ⊙. This observation provides further evidence that GCs are able to retain such massive binaries. We also observed a source transitioning from a bright state (LX ∼ 1 × 1039 erg s-1), with prominent thermal and non-thermal components, to a less luminous hard state (LX = 3.8 × 1038 erg s-1, Λ = 1.85). In its high flux emission, this source exhibits a cool-disk component of ∼0.14 keV, similar to spectra observed in some ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs). Such a similarity indicates a possible link between "normal" stellar-mass BHs in a high accretion state and ULXs. © 2010. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Observation of a Centrality-Dependent Dijet Asymmetry in Lead-Lead Collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society (APS) 105:25 (2010) 252303

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First Season QUIET Observations: Measurements of CMB Polarization Power Spectra at 43 GHz in the Multipole Range 25 <= ell <= 475

ArXiv 1012.3191 (2010)

Authors:

QUIET Collaboration, C Bischoff, A Brizius, I Buder, Y Chinone, K Cleary, RN Dumoulin, A Kusaka, R Monsalve, SK Næss, LB Newburgh, R Reeves, KM Smith, IK Wehus, JA Zuntz, JTL Zwart, L Bronfman, R Bustos, SE Church, C Dickinson, HK Eriksen, PG Ferreira, T Gaier, JO Gundersen, M Hasegawa, M Hazumi, KM Huffenberger, ME Jones, P Kangaslahti, DJ Kapner, CR Lawrence, M Limon, J May, JJ McMahon, AD Miller, H Nguyen, GW Nixon, TJ Pearson, L Piccirillo, SJE Radford, ACS Readhead, JL Richards, D Samtleben, M Seiffert, MC Shepherd, ST Staggs, O Tajima, KL Thompson, K Vanderlinde, R Williamson, B Winstein

Abstract:

The Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET) employs coherent receivers at 43GHz and 95GHz, operating on the Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert in Chile, to measure the anisotropy in the polarization of the CMB. QUIET primarily targets the B modes from primordial gravitational waves. The combination of these frequencies gives sensitivity to foreground contributions from diffuse Galactic synchrotron radiation. Between 2008 October and 2010 December, >10,000hours of data were collected, first with the 19-element 43GHz array (3458hours) and then with the 90-element 95GHz array. Each array observes the same four fields, selected for low foregrounds, together covering ~1000deg^2. This paper reports initial results from the 43GHz receiver which has an array sensitivity to CMB fluctuations of 69uK sqrt(s). The data were extensively studied with a large suite of null tests before the power spectra, determined with two independent pipelines, were examined. Analysis choices, including data selection, were modified until the null tests passed. Cross correlating maps with different telescope pointings is used to eliminate a bias. This paper reports the EE, BB and EB power spectra in the multipole range ell=25-475. With the exception of the lowest multipole bin for one of the fields, where a polarized foreground, consistent with Galactic synchrotron radiation, is detected with 3sigma significance, the E-mode spectrum is consistent with the LCDM model, confirming the only previous detection of the first acoustic peak. The B-mode spectrum is consistent with zero, leading to a measurement of the tensor-to-scalar ratio of r=0.35+1.06-0.87. The combination of a new time-stream double-demodulation technique, Mizuguchi-Dragone optics, natural sky rotation, and frequent boresight rotation leads to the lowest level of systematic contamination in the B-mode power so far reported, below the level of r=0.1

Measurement of underlying event characteristics using charged particles in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 900 GeV$ and 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ArXiv 1012.0791 (2010)

Investigating the merger origin of early-type galaxies using ultra-deep optical images

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 6:S277 (2010) 238-241

Authors:

PA Duc, JC Cuillandre, K Alatalo, L Blitz, M Bois, F Bournaud, M Bureau, M Cappellari, P Côté, RL Davies, TA Davis, PT De Zeeuw, E Emsellem, L Ferrarese, E Ferriere, S Gwyn, S Khochfar, D Krajnovic, H Kuntschner, PY Lablanche, L MacArthur, RM McDermid, L Michel-Dansac, R Morganti, T Naab, T Oosterloo, M Sarzi, N Scott, P Serra, A Weijmans, LM Young

Abstract:

The mass assembly of galaxies leaves various imprints on their surroundings, such as shells, streams and tidal tails. The frequency and properties of these fine structures depend on the mechanism driving the mass assembly: e.g. a monolithic collapse, rapid cold-gas accretion followed by violent disk instabilities, minor mergers or major dry/wet mergers. Therefore, by studying the outskirts of galaxies, one can learn about their main formation mechanism. I present here our on-going work to characterize the outskirts of Early-Type Galaxies (ETGs), which are powerful probes at low redshift of the hierarchical mass assembly of galaxies. This work relies on ultra-deep optical images obtained at CFHT with the wide-field of view MegaCam camera of field and cluster ETGs obtained as part of the ATLAS3D and NGVS projects. State of the art numerical simulations are used to interpret the data. The images reveal a wealth of unknown faint structures at levels as faint as 29 mag arcsec-2 in the g-band. Initial results for two galaxies are presented here. © Copyright International Astronomical Union 2011.