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- Algaba, Juan-Carlos, et al.
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Broadband Multi-wavelength Properties of M87 during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope Campaign
- 2021
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal Letters. - : American Astronomical Society. - 2041-8213 .- 2041-8205. ; 911:1
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2017, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration succeeded in capturing the first direct image of the center of the M87 galaxy. The asymmetric ring morphology and size are consistent with theoretical expectations for a weakly accreting supermassive black hole of mass ∼6.5 × 109 M o˙. The EHTC also partnered with several international facilities in space and on the ground, to arrange an extensive, quasi-simultaneous multi-wavelength campaign. This Letter presents the results and analysis of this campaign, as well as the multi-wavelength data as a legacy data repository. We captured M87 in a historically low state, and the core flux dominates over HST-1 at high energies, making it possible to combine core flux constraints with the more spatially precise very long baseline interferometry data. We present the most complete simultaneous multi-wavelength spectrum of the active nucleus to date, and discuss the complexity and caveats of combining data from different spatial scales into one broadband spectrum. We apply two heuristic, isotropic leptonic single-zone models to provide insight into the basic source properties, but conclude that a structured jet is necessary to explain M87's spectrum. We can exclude that the simultaneous γ-ray emission is produced via inverse Compton emission in the same region producing the EHT mm-band emission, and further conclude that the γ-rays can only be produced in the inner jets (inward of HST-1) if there are strongly particle-dominated regions. Direct synchrotron emission from accelerated protons and secondaries cannot yet be excluded.
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- Kim, Hyunwook, et al.
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Numerical and Experimental Analysis for the Interlayer Behavior of Double-Layered Asphalt Pavement Specimens
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of materials in civil engineering. - 0899-1561 .- 1943-5533. ; 23:1, s. 12-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Bonding characteristics between pavement layers have an important influence on responses of pavement structures. This paper deals with this subject by analyzing the interlayer behavior of double-layered asphalt (DLA) specimens taken from an in-service motorway using a coaxial shear test (CAST) and a layer-parallel direct shear (LPDS) test. To analyze and model the influence of the interlayer condition, finite-element simulations of CAST DLA specimens were conducted. In the models, both idealized fully bonded and no-bonding assumptions were used to characterize the interlayer behavior of DLA specimens. Experimental results presented for CAST and LPDS tests demonstrate that there is a strong influence of temperature in the interlayer bonding mechanism. At lower temperatures, there is an increase on the bonding strength produced by the binder stiffening and aggregate interlocking. Further, it was observed that comparisons of CAST experimental and numerical results indicate that the interlayer can be close to the fully bonded condition at low temperatures below 20 degrees C while the interlayer, at higher temperatures, behaves between fully bonded and no-bonding idealized conditions.
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- Proto, Monica, et al.
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Transport Infrastructure Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing : The ISTIMES Project
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Ingår i: Sensors. - : MDPI AG. - 1424-8220. ; 10:12, s. 10620-10639
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ISTIMES project, funded by the European Commission in the frame of a joint Call "ICT and Security" of the Seventh Framework Programme, is presented and preliminary research results are discussed. The main objective of the ISTIMES project is to design, assess and promote an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-based system, exploiting distributed and local sensors, for non-destructive electromagnetic monitoring of critical transport infrastructures. The integration of electromagnetic technologies with new ICT information and telecommunications systems enables remotely controlled monitoring and surveillance and real time data imaging of the critical transport infrastructures. The project exploits different non-invasive imaging technologies based on electromagnetic sensing (optic fiber sensors, Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite platform based, hyperspectral spectroscopy, Infrared thermography, Ground Penetrating Radar-, low-frequency geophysical techniques, Ground based systems for displacement monitoring). In this paper, we show the preliminary results arising from the GPR and infrared thermographic measurements carried out on the Musmeci bridge in Potenza, located in a highly seismic area of the Apennine chain (Southern Italy) and representing one of the test beds of the project.
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