Search results for " Cosmogonia"
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Filaments in observed and mock galaxy catalogues
2010
Context. The main feature of the spatial large-scale galaxy distribution is an intricate network of galaxy filaments. Although many attempts have been made to quantify this network, there is no unique and satisfactory recipe for that yet. Aims. The present paper compares the filaments in the real data and in the numerical models, to see if our best models reproduce statistically the filamentary network of galaxies. Methods. We apply an object point process with interactions (the Bisous process) to trace and describe the filamentary network both in the observed samples (the 2dFGRS catalogue) and in the numerical models that have been prepared to mimic the data.We compare the networks. Result…
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. Un epos pseudo-didascalico sul mondo in trasformazione
OLTRE L’UMANO. APOCALISSI E COSMOGONIA NEL PIANETA IRRITABILE DI PAOLO VOLPONI
2021
Il saggio rilegge "Il pianeta irritabile" come storia di una cosmogonia, in cui le istanze fantascientifiche convivono con le ragioni allegoriche e con le suggestioni dell’antropologia. "Il pianeta irritabile" ha inizio dopo una catastrofe atomica, quando un diluvio di acqua, petrolio, sabbia e madreperla cancella il «vecchio ordine» basato sulla sovranità dell’umano e sulla logica artificiale del capitale. Il nano Mamerte, l’oca Plan Calcule, l’elefante Roboamo, sotto la guida del babbuino Epistola, compiono un viaggio alla ricerca di una possibile salvezza. Il passaggio dal caos dell’apocalisse alla rifondazione di un’«immortalità selvaggia» è scandito da prove iniziatiche, da lotte e da …
Axisymmetric simulations of magnetorotational core collapse: approximate inclusion of general relativistic effects
2006
We continue our investigations of the magnetorotational collapse of stellar cores discussing simulations performed with a modified Newtonian gravitational potential that mimics general relativistic effects. The approximate TOV potential used in our simulations catches several features of fully relativistic simulations quite well. It is able to correctly reproduce the behavior of models which show a qualitative change both of the dynamics and the gravitational wave signal when switching from Newtonian to fully relativistic simulations. If this is not the case, the Newtonian and the approximate TOV models differ quantitatively. The collapse proceeds to higher densities with the approximate TO…
JEM–X science analysis software
2003
The science analysis of the data from JEM-X on INTEGRAL is performed through a number of levels including corrections, good time selection, imaging and source finding, spectrum and light-curve extraction. These levels consist of individual executables and the running of the complete analysis is controlled by a script where parameters for detailed settings are introduced. The end products are FITS files with a format compatible with standard analysis packages such as XSPEC. Martinez Nuñez, Silvia, Silvia.Martinez@uv.es
The kinematics of water masers in the stellar molecular outflow source, IRAS 19134+2131
2004
Using the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), we have observed water maser emission in the proto-planetary nebula candidate IRAS 19134+2131, in which the water maser spectrum has two groups of emission features separated in radial velocity by ∼100 km s^−1. The blue-shifted and red-shifted clusters of maser features are clearly separated spatially by ∼150 mas, indicative of a fast collimated flow. However, not all of the maser features are aligned along the axis of the flow, as is seen in the similar high-velocity water maser source, W43A. Comparing the VLA and VLBA maps of the water maser source, we find 4 maser features that were active for 2 years. Using only V…
The REFLEX galaxy cluster survey VIII. Spectroscopic observations and optical atlas
2009
We present the final data from the spectroscopic survey of the ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-ray (REFLEX) catalog of galaxy clusters. The REFLEX survey covers 4.24 steradians (34% of the entire sky) below a declination of 2.5 deg and at high Galactic latitude (|b| > 20 deg). The REFLEX catalog includes 447 entries with a median redshift of 0.08 and is better than 90% complete to a limiting flux fx = 3x10^{-12} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2} (0.1 to 2.4 keV), representing the largest statistically homogeneous sample of clusters drawn from the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) to date. Here we describe the details of the spectroscopic observations carried out at the ESO 1.5 m, 2.2 m, and 3.6 m telescopes, as wel…
REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in 2005
2007
Spectral variability is the main tool for constraining emission models of BL Lac objects. By means of systematic observations of the BL Lac prototype PKS 2155-304 in the infrared-optical band, we explore variability on the scales of months, days and hours. We made our observations with the robotic 60 cm telescope REM located at La Silla, Chile. VRIJHK filters were used. PKS 2155-304 was observed from May to December 2005. The wavelength interval explored, the total number of photometric points and the short integration time render our photometry substantially superior to previous ones for this source. On the basis of the intensity and colour we distinguish three different states of the sour…
Noncanonical approaches to inflation
2019
El paradigma inflacionario provee al Modelo Cosmológico Estándar de un mecanismo que fácilmente resuelve los problemas del horizonte y la planicie y, al mismo tiempo, produce las semillas primordiales que se dieron lugar a las estructuras que hoy vemos en el cielo. Independientemente de la naturaleza precisa del mecanismo, la inflación cosmológica consiste en una etapa de aceleración durante el universo primitivo que sucedió momentos después del big bang. En esta Tesis, cubrimos aproximaciones fenomenológicas y teóricas sobre el estudio de la inflación: desde parametrizaciones independientes de modelos a modificaciones de las leyes de gravedad. Está dividida en cuatro partes. La primera, co…
Relativistic Hydrodynamics and Spectral Evolution of GRB Jets
2017
En la presente tesis hemos estudiado los sistemas progenitores de las erupciones de rayos gamma (ERG, o GRBs por sus siglas en inglés --Gamma-Ray Bursts--) de larga duración mediante modelos numéricos de su evolución dinámica y emisión electromagnética. De todas las posibles clases de eventos, en particular nos centramos en aquellas que muestran una componente prominente de emisión térmica, la cual podría generarse por medio de la interacción de un chorro constituido por plasma relativista con el medio en el que se propaga. La parte central de esta tesis se ha dedicado al modelado de ERG a partir de dos clases diferentes de progenitores: ERG ultra largas dominadas en su espectro de emisión …