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Calorimetric investigation of the precipitation of calcium monohydrogen phosphate in water/AOT/n-heptane microemulsions
2000
Abstract The molar enthalpies of precipitation of calcium monohydrogen phosphate (CaHPO 4 ) in water/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)/ n -heptane microemulsions were measured at 25°C by a calorimetric technique as a function of the molar ratio R ( R = [water]/[AOT]) at a fixed AOT concentration. Calorimetric data indicate the formation of CaHPO 4 nanoparticles encapsulated in the aqueous core of the AOT reversed micelles displaying a slow growing process with time. Their energetic state is initially different from that in bulk water approaching the value in water at longer times. The observed growing process results to be completely inhibited by the presence of small amounts o…
Calorimetric investigation on the formation of palladium nanoparticles in water/AOT/n-heptane microemulsions
1995
The formation enthalpy of palladium nanoparticles in water/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)n-heptane microemulsions as a function of the waterAOT molar ratio (R = [water][AOT]) was measured by a calorimetric technique. The results indicate that at R < 10 the energetic state of the palladium nanoparticles compartmentalized within the reversed AOT micelles is signficantly different from that in bulk water. Effects due to the small size of the palladium nanoparticles and to interactions between nanoparticles and the waterAOT interface are discussed.
Impact of CMS dijets in 5.02 TeV pPb and pp collisions on EPPS16 nuclear PDFs
2018
The CMS measurement of dijet pseudorapidity distributions in pPb versus pp collisions at 5.02 TeV provides a direct probe on nuclear gluon PDFs. We show that while the predicted pPb pseudorapidity distributions suffer from sizable free-proton PDF uncertainties, the ratios of the pPb and pp distributions are practically insensitive to scale and free-proton PDF choices. We find the CMS data on pPb to pp ratios to be in good agreement with the EPPS16 nuclear modifications. Using a non-quadratic extension of the Hessian PDF reweighting method, we study the impact of these data on the EPPS16 nuclear PDFs. Relative to EPPS16, we find stronger evidence for mid-x gluon antishadowing as well as indi…
Laser heterodyne displacement measuring using PLZT frequency shifter
1991
Abstract The implementation of a frequency shifter based on lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramic (PLZT) and a voltage-controlled λ/4 plate is described. The capabilities of these elements are demonstrated with results from a Michelson-type laser heterodyne displacement measuring interferometer with 0.01 μm accuracy and 1 Hz display update rate.
Stroboscopic detection of nuclear resonance in an arbitrary scattering channel
2015
The theory of heterodyne/stroboscopic detection of nuclear resonance scattering is developed, starting from the total scattering matrix as a product of the matrix of the reference sample and the sample under study. This general approach holds for any dynamical scattering channel. The forward channel, which is discussed in detail in the literature, reveals the speciality that electronic scattering causes only an energy independent diminution of the intensity. For all other channels, complex resonance line shapes in the heterodyne/stroboscopic spectra - as a result of interference of electronic and nuclear scattering - is encountered. The grazing incidence case is evaluated and described in d…
On the peculiar long-term orbital evolution of the eclipsing accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1749.4-2807
2022
We present the pulsar timing analysis of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1749.4-2807 monitored by NICER and XMM-Newton during its latest outburst after almost eleven years of quiescence. From the coherent timing analysis of the pulse profiles, we updated the orbital ephemerides of the system. Large phase jumps of the fundamental frequency phase of the signal are visible during the outburst, consistent with what was observed during the previous outburst. Moreover, we report on the marginally significant evidence for non-zero eccentricity ($e\simeq 4\times 10^{-5}$) obtained independently from the analysis of both the 2021 and 2010 outbursts and we discuss possible compatible sc…
Recent GRBs observed with the 1.23m CAHA telescope and the status of its upgrade
2010
We report on optical observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) followed up by our collaboration with the 1.23m telescope located at the Calar Alto observatory. The 1.23m telescope is an old facility, currently undergoing upgrades to enable fully autonomous response to GRB alerts. We discuss the current status of the control system upgrade of the 1.23m telescope. The upgrade is being done by our group based on the Remote Telescope System, 2nd Version (RTS2), which controls the available instruments and interacts with the EPICS database of Calar Alto. (Our group is called ARAE (Robotic Astronomy & High-Energy Astrophysics) and is based on members of IAA (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía). …
Partial stellar tidal disruption events and their rates
2023
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) of stars operated by massive black holes (MBHs) will be detected in thousands by upcoming facilities such as the Vera Rubin Observatory. In this work, we assess the rates of standard total TDEs, destroying the entire star, and partial TDEs, in which a stellar remnant survives the interaction, by solving 1-D Fokker-Planck equations. Our rate estimates are based on a novel definition of the loss cone whose size is commensurate to the largest radius at which partial disruptions can occur, as motivated by relativistic hydrodynamical simulations. Our novel approach unveils two important results. First, partial TDEs can be more abundant than total disruptions by a f…
Classification of the core-collapse supernova explosion mechanism with learned dictionaries
2021
Core-collapse supernovae (CCSN) are a prime source of gravitational waves. Estimations of their typical frequencies make them perfect targets for the current network of advanced, ground-based detectors. A successful detection could potentially reveal the underlying explosion mechanism through the analysis of the waveform. This has been illustrated using the SupernovaModel Evidence Extractor (SMEE; Logue et al. (2012)), an algorithm based on principal-component analysis and Bayesian model selection. Here, we present a complementary approach to SMEE based on (supervised) dictionary-learning and show that it is able to reconstruct and classify CCSN signals according to their morphology. Our wa…
The TANAMI Program
2010
The TANAMI (Tracking AGN with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry) program provides comprehensive VLBI monitoring of extragalactic gamma-ray sources south of declination -30 degrees. Operating at two radio frequencies (8 and 22 GHz), this program is a critical component of the joint quasi-simultaneous observations with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and ground based observatories to discriminate between competing theoretical blazar emission models. We describe the TANAMI program and present early results on the 75 sources currently being monitored.