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In this work we performed density functional theory calculations for a twisted bilayer graphene (BLG). Several conmensurable rotation angles were analyzed and for each one a constant height mode STM image was obtained. These STM images,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-02 E. Cisternas , J. D. Correa

The emission mechanism of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is still a matter of debates. The standard synchrotron energy spectrum of cooling electrons F_E ~ E^{-1/2} is much too soft to account for the majority of the observed spectral slopes.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Boris E. Stern , Juri Poutanen

We report on the first experimental characterisation of a gamma-ray spectrometer designed to spectrally resolve high-flux photon beams with energies in the GeV range. The spectrometer has been experimentally characterised using a…

Over the last few years X-ray observations of broad-line radio galaxies (BLRGs) by ASCA, RXTE and BeppoSAX have shown that these objects seem to exhibit weaker X-ray reflection features (such as the iron K\alpha line) than radio-quiet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. R. Ballantyne , R. R. Ross , A. C. Fabian

A semiclassical model, based on a solution of the Vlasov equation for finite systems with moving-surface, is employed to study the isoscalar dipole modes in nuclei. It is shown that, by taking into account the surface degree of freedom, it…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 V. I. Abrosimov , A. Dellafiore , F. Matera

The attenuation of high-energy gamma-ray spectrum due to the electron-positron pair production against the extragalactic background light (EBL) provides an indirect method to measure the EBL of the universe. We use the measurements of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yan Gong , Asantha Cooray

The electric dipole strength distribution in 120Sn between 5 and 22 MeV has been determined at RCNP Osaka from a polarization transfer analysis of proton inelastic scattering at E_0 = 295 MeV and forward angles including 0{\deg}. Combined…

The radiation released at the transparency radius of an ultrarelativistic flow can account for the observed properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) provided that sufficient energy is dissipated in the sub-photospheric region. Here, I…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Dimitrios Giannios

G-band bright points are small-sized features characterized by high photometric contrast. Theoretical investigations indicate that these features have associated magnetic field strengths between 1-2 kG. Results from observations instead…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Serena Criscuoli , Han Uitenbroek

BeppoSAX observed 8 times the gamma-ray bright blazar PKS 0528+134 in Feb. and Mar. 1997, during a multiwavelength campaign involving EGRET, onboard CGRO, and ground based telescopes. The source was in its faintest X-ray state observed so…

We propose an efficient way to test rotational invariance in the cosmological perturbations by use of galaxy correlation functions. In symmetry-breaking cases, the galaxy power spectrum can have extra angular dependence in addition to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-10 Maresuke Shiraishi , Naonori S. Sugiyama , Teppei Okumura

The level densities and gamma-ray strength functions of 205-208Pb have been measured with the Oslo method, utilizing the (3He, 3He' gamma) and (3He,alpha gamma) reactions on the target nuclei 206Pb and 208Pb. The extracted level densities…

The prompt GRB emission is thought to arise from electrons accelerated in internal shocks propagating within a highly relativistic outflow. The launch of Fermi offers the prospect of observations with unprecedented sensitivity in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Z. Bosnjak , F. Daigne , G. Dubus

The values of some functional dependencies of level density and radiative strength functions that reproduce the experimental intensities of the two-step gamma-cascades to the ground and first excited states of 28Al have been determined. It…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Sukhovoj , V. A. Khitrov , Li Chol , Pham Dinh Khang , Nguyen Xuan Hai , Vuong Huu Tan

X-ray and gamma-ray observations can help understand the origin of the electron and positron signals reported by ATIC, PAMELA, PPB-BETS, and Fermi. It remains unclear whether the observed high-energy electrons and positrons are produced by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-03 Antoine Calvez , Warren Essey , Malcolm Fairbairn , Alexander Kusenko , Michael Loewenstein

The origin of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission still defies explanation, in spite of recent progress made, for example, on the occasional presence of a thermal component in the spectrum along with the ubiquitous non-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 S. Dichiara , C. Guidorzi , L. Amati , F. Frontera , R. Margutti

To further study the "pygmy" resonance phenomena in the photon strength function, we reanalyzed the two-step cascade data for the target nucleus $^{197}$Au using the Dubna group approach. The range of obtained values allows for meaningful…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-10-02 A. M. Sukhovoj , V. A. Khitrov , B. E. Crawford , S. L. Stephenson

A plasma instability theory is presented for the prompt radiation from gamma-ray bursts. In the theory, a highly relativistic shell interacts with the interstellar medium through the filamentation and the two-stream instabilities to convert…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. J. Brainerd