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arXiv2013

Planck 2013 results. XXIX. Planck catalogue of Sunyaev-Zeldovich sources

We describe the all-sky Planck catalogue of clusters and cluster candidates derived from Sunyaev--Zeldovich (SZ) effect detections using the first 15.5 months of Planck satellite observations. The catalogue contains 1227 entries, making it over six times the size of the Planck Early SZ (ESZ) sample and the largest SZ-selected catalogue to date. It contains 861 confirmed clusters, of which 178 have been confirmed as clusters, mostly through follow-up observations, and a further 683 are previously-known clusters. The remaining 366 have the status of cluster candidates, and we divide them into three classes according to the quality of evidence that they are likely to be true clusters. The Planck SZ catalogue is the deepest all-sky cluster catalogue, with redshifts up to about one, and spans the broadest cluster mass range from (0.1 to 1.6) 10^{15}Msun. Confirmation of cluster candidates through comparison with existing surveys or cluster catalogues is extensively described, as is the statistical characterization of the catalogue in terms of completeness and statistical reliability. The outputs of the validation process are provided as additional information. This gives, in particular, an ensemble of 813 cluster redshifts, and for all these Planck clusters we also include a mass estimated from a newly-proposed SZ-mass proxy. A refined measure of the SZ Compton parameter for the clusters with X-ray counter-parts is provided, as is an X-ray flux for all the Planck clusters not previously detected in X-ray surveys.

astro-ph.CO↗

arXiv2010

Doppler images of the RS CVn binary II Pegasi during the years 1994-2002

We publish 16 Doppler imaging temperature maps for the years 1994-2002 of the active RS CVn star II Peg. The six maps from 1999-2002 are based on previously unpublished observations. Through Doppler imaging we want to study the spot evolution of the star and in particular compare this with previous results showing a cyclic spot behaviour and persistent active longitudes. The observations were collected with the SOFIN spectrograph at the Nordic Optical Telescope. The temperature maps were calculated using a Doppler imaging code based on Tikhonov regularization. During 1994-2001, our results show a consistent trend in the derived longitudes of the principal and secondary temperature minima over time such that the magnetic structure appears to rotate somewhat more rapidly than the orbital period of this close binary. A sudden phase jump of the active region occured between the observing seasons of 2001 and 2002. No clear trend over time is detected in the derived latitudes of the spots, indicating that the systematic motion could be related to the drift of the spot generating mechanism rather than to differential rotation. The derived temperature maps are quite similar to the ones obtained earlier with a different methods, the main differences occurring in the spot latitudes and relative strength of the spot structures. We observe both longitude and latitude shifts in the spot activity of II Peg. However, our results are not consistent with the periodic behaviour presented in previous studies.

astro-ph.SR↗

arXiv2004

High Resolution Spectroscopy of the high galactic latitude RV Tauri star CE Virginis

Analysis of the surface composition of the suspected cool RV Tauri star CE Vir shows no systematic trend in depletions of elements with respect to condensation temperature. However, there is a significant depletion of the elements with respect to the first ionization potential of the element. The derived Li abundance of log $ε$ (Li) = 1.5$\pm$0.2 indicates production of Li in the star. Near infrared colours indicate sporadic dust formation close to the photosphere.

astro-ph↗

arXiv1995

Topological Charge Distribution and $CP^1$ Model with $θ$ Term

The two dimensional $CP^1$ model with $θ$ term is simulated. We compute the topological charge distribution $P(Q)$ by employing the ``set method" and ``trial function method", which are effective in the calculations for very wide range of $Q$ and large volume. The distribution $P(Q)$ shows the Gaussian behavior in the small $β$ (inverse coupling constant) region and deviates from it in the large $β$ region. The free energy and its moment are calculated as a function of $θ$. For small $β$, the partition function is given by the elliptic theta function, and the distribution of its zeros on the complex $θ$ plane leads to the first order phase transition at $θ=π$. In the large $β$ region, on the other hand, this first order phase transition disappears, but definite conclusion concerning the transition is not reached due to large errors.

hep-lat↗