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Rohit Ghosh

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On the effect of gravitational repulsion on geodesic deviation in the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime

Here we discuss the effect of gravitational repulsion on geodesic deviation in the Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime. In particular, the geodesic deviation shows different behaviour inside or outside a critical surface, which is the divider between attractive and repulsive regions of gravity. This in turn makes it possible to locate the critical surface and regions of gravitational repulsion and attraction from the behaviour of geodesic deviation.

gr-qc

Emergent gravity from nonlinear perturbation of spherical accretion with variable adiabatic index

The main aim of the present work is to demonstrate that the analogue gravity phenomena are not an artifact of linear perturbation, rather gravity-like effects emerge through the non linear higher order perturbation of transonic fluid as well. To establish that fact, a spherically accreting astrophysical system has been considered where the hydrodynamic accretion with a relativistic, multi-component equation of state with position dependent adiabatic index onto compact astrophysical objects has been considered. By extending the acoustic metric formalism beyond the linear regime, it has been shown that the aforementioned perturbations satisfy a covariant wave equation in an effective acoustic spacetime with non-linear corrections, making the analogue geometry dynamical. As a consequence, the acoustic horizon can shift (inward or outward), depending on the relative amplitudes of density, temperature, and mass accretion-rate fluctuations. This provides a more realistic framework to investigate the dynamics of the non-linear analogue spacetime in astrophysically relevant accretion flows.

gr-qc

NuSTAR view of the X-ray transients Swift J174805.3-244637 and IGR J17511-3057

We report on the NuSTAR observations of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J174805.3-244637 (hereafter Swift~J17480) and the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR~J17511-3057 performed on March 4, 2023, and April 8, 2015, respectively. We describe the continuum emission of Swift~J17480 with a combination of two soft thermal components and an additional hard X-ray emission described by a power-law. We suggest that the spectral properties of Swift~J17480 are consistent with a soft spectral state. The source IGR~J17511-3057 exhibits a hard spectrum characterized by a Comptonized emission from the corona. The X-ray spectrum of both sources shows evidence of disc reflection. For the first time, we employ the self-consistent reflection models ({\tt relxill} and {\tt relxillNS}) to fit the reflection features in the \nustar{} spectrum. From the best-fit spectral model, we find an inner disc radius ($R_{in}$) is precisely constrained to $(1.99-2.68)\:R_{ISCO}$ and inclination to $30\pm 1\degree$ for Swift~J17480. We determine an inner disc radius of $\lesssim 1.3\;R_{ISCO}$ and inclination of $44\pm 3\degree$ for IGR~J17511-3057. A low inclination angle of the system is required for both sources. For the source IGR~J17511-3057, spinning at $4.1$ ms, the value of co-rotation radius ($R_{co}$) is estimated to be $\sim 42$ km ($3.6\:R_{ISCO})$, consistent with the position of inner disc radius as $R_{in}\lesssim R_{co}$. We further place an upper limit on the magnetic field strength of the sources, considering the disc is truncated at the magnetospheric radius.

astro-ph.HE

Relativistic X-ray reflection from the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17498-2921

The accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17498-2921 went into X-ray outburst on April 13-15, 2023, for the first time since its discovery on August 11, 2011. Here, we report on the first follow-up \nustar{} observation of the source, performed on April 23, 2023, around ten days after the peak of the outburst. The \nustar{} spectrum of the persistent emission ($3-60$ \kev{} band) is well described by an absorbed blackbody with a temperature of $kT_{bb}=1.61\pm 0.04$\kev{}, most likely arising from the NS surface and a Comptonization component with power-law index $\Gamma=1.79\pm0.02$, arising from a hot corona at $kT_{e}=16\pm 2$ keV. The X-ray spectrum of the source shows robust reflection features which have not been observed before. We use a couple of self-consistent reflection models, {\tt relxill} and {\tt relxillCp}, to fit the reflection features. We find an upper limit to the inner disc radius of $ 6\: R_{ISCO}$ and $ 9\: R_{ISCO}$ from {\tt relxill} and {\tt relxillCp} model, respectively. The inclination of the system is estimated to be $\simeq 40\degr$ from both reflection models. Assuming magnetic truncation of the accretion disc, the upper limit of magnetic field strength at the pole of the NS is found to be $B\lesssim 1.8\times 10^{8}$ G. Furthermore, the \nustar{} observation revealed two type I X-ray bursts and the burst spectroscopy confirms the thermonuclear nature of the burst. The blackbody temperature reaches nearly $2.2$ keV at the peak of the burst.

astro-ph.HE

Fire Spread Modeling using Probabilistic Cellular Automata

A cellular automaton (CA)-based modeling approach to simulate wildfire spread, emphasizing its strengths in capturing complex fire dynamics and its integration with geographic information systems (GIS). The model introduces an enhanced CA-based methodology for wildfire prediction, emphasizing interactions between neighboring cells and incorporating major determinants of fire spread, including wind direction, wind speed, and vegetation density, while also accounting for spotting and probabilistic transitions between states in the model to mirror real-world fire behavior.

nlin.CG

Development and Validation of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection of Critical Findings in Head CT Scans

Importance: Non-contrast head CT scan is the current standard for initial imaging of patients with head trauma or stroke symptoms. Objective: To develop and validate a set of deep learning algorithms for automated detection of following key findings from non-contrast head CT scans: intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and its types, intraparenchymal (IPH), intraventricular (IVH), subdural (SDH), extradural (EDH) and subarachnoid (SAH) hemorrhages, calvarial fractures, midline shift and mass effect. Design and Settings: We retrospectively collected a dataset containing 313,318 head CT scans along with their clinical reports from various centers. A part of this dataset (Qure25k dataset) was used to validate and the rest to develop algorithms. Additionally, a dataset (CQ500 dataset) was collected from different centers in two batches B1 & B2 to clinically validate the algorithms. Main Outcomes and Measures: Original clinical radiology report and consensus of three independent radiologists were considered as gold standard for Qure25k and CQ500 datasets respectively. Area under receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) for each finding was primarily used to evaluate the algorithms. Results: Qure25k dataset contained 21,095 scans (mean age 43.31; 42.87% female) while batches B1 and B2 of CQ500 dataset consisted of 214 (mean age 43.40; 43.92% female) and 277 (mean age 51.70; 30.31% female) scans respectively. On Qure25k dataset, the algorithms achieved AUCs of 0.9194, 0.8977, 0.9559, 0.9161, 0.9288 and 0.9044 for detecting ICH, IPH, IVH, SDH, EDH and SAH respectively. AUCs for the same on CQ500 dataset were 0.9419, 0.9544, 0.9310, 0.9521, 0.9731 and 0.9574 respectively. For detecting calvarial fractures, midline shift and mass effect, AUCs on Qure25k dataset were 0.9244, 0.9276 and 0.8583 respectively, while AUCs on CQ500 dataset were 0.9624, 0.9697 and 0.9216 respectively.

cs.CV