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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Cepheid Variables and their Application to the Cosmological Distance Scale

Hoffmann, Samantha L 03 October 2013 (has links)
In the current era of “precision cosmology”, measuring the expansion rate of the Universe (Hubble constant, or H0) more accurately and precisely helps to better constrain the properties of dark energy. Cepheid-based distances are a critical step in the Extragalactic Distance Scale and have been recently used to measure H0 with a total uncertainty of only 3.4%. I will present my work on Cepheid variables in three different galaxies as part of this effort. NGC 4258 is a galaxy with a very precise and accurate distance (3% uncertainty) based on radio interferometric observations of water masers orbiting its central massive black hole. Therefore, it can be used to obtain a robust absolute calibration of the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation. I analyzed observations of NGC 4258 obtained at Gemini North over four years and increased the number of long-period Cepheids (P>45 days) known in this galaxy. NGC 5584 was the host of type Ia SN 2007af. I applied a difference imaging technique to Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of this galaxy and discovered several hundred Cepheids. I compared my results with previous work based on traditional PSF photometry. The distance estimates of the two samples matched within the errors of the measurements, and so the difference imaging technique was a success. Additionally, I validated the first “white-light” variability search with the HST F350LP filter for discovering Cepheids. NGC 4921 is located in the heart of the Coma cluster at a distance of about 100 Mpc. I conducted a search for Cepheid variables using HST, extending the reach of Hubble by a factor of 3 relative to previous Cepheid work. Since Coma is in the Hubble flow, this approach eliminates the need for a secondary distance indicator and enables a direct determination of H0 based exclusively on a Cepheid distance. I present preliminary results from this challenging project.
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Cinemática estelar, modelos dinâmicos e determinação de massas de buracos negros supermassivos

Drehmer, Daniel Alf January 2015 (has links)
O foco deste trabalho é estudar a influência de buracos negros supermassivos (BNSs) nucleares na dinâmica e na cinemática estelar da região central das galáxias e determinar a massa destes BNSs. Assumindo que a função de distribuição (DF) que descreve a dinâmica da galáxia depende de duas integrais de movimento (f = f(E;Lz), onde E é a energia do sistema e Lz é a componente z do momento angular), construiu-se um modelo dinâmico de Jeans anisotrópico para reproduzir as distribuições de velocidades estelares observadas nas regiões centrais das galáxias ativas NGC4258 e NGC1052. A cinemática estelar das galáxias foi obtida através de observações espectroscópicas na banda-K do infravermelho próximo realizadas com o instrumento NIFS (Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph) no telescópio GEMINI Norte, e mostram que a distribuição de velocidades na região nuclear, em particular dentro do raio de influência do BNS, é dominada por uma alta dispersão de velocidades. Esta observação é consistente com a hipótese da presença de BNSs. Foram usadas imagens no infravermelho próximo obtidas com os instrumentos NICMOS (Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) a bordo do HST (Hubble Space Telescope) e do 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey) para construir modelos de expansão multi-gaussiana (MGE) para parametrizar a distribuição superficial de brilho das galáxias. A partir destes modelos MGE foi possível obter as distribuições de matéria e os potenciais gravitacionais das galáxias. A estes potenciais adicionou-se o potencial de uma fonte pontual representando o BNS central. Estes pares potencial-densidade descritos como funções gaussianas bidimensionais foram então usados para resolver as equações de Jeans semi-isotrópicas com simetria axial e modelar as distribuições de velocidades das galáxias. Comparando a cinemática modelada com as observações concluímos que o BNS no núcleo da galáxia NGC4258 possui uma massa de 4, 8+0,9 -0,8M e que o BNS no núcleo da galáxia NGC1052 possui uma massa de 3,6 108M. / The focus of this work is the study of the in uence of nuclear supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the dynamics and stellar kinematics of the central region of galaxies and determine the masses of these SMBHs. Assuming that the distribution function (DF) that describes the galaxy dynamics depends of two integrals of motion (f = f(E;Lz), where E is the energy of the system and Lz is the z-component of the angular momentum), we have constructed a Jeans anisotropic dynamical model to t the observed stellar velocity distributions of the central regions of the active galaxies NGC4258 and NGC1052. The stellar kinematics of the galaxies was obtained from near-infrared spectroscopic observations in the K-band performed with the instrument NIFS (Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph) of the GEMINI North telescope. The observations show that the velocity distributions in the nuclear regions, particularly inside the black hole sphere of in uence, of the galaxies is dominated by high velocity dispersions. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis of the presence of SMBHs at the nucleus. We have used near-infrared K-band and H-band images obtained with the NICMOS instrument (Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) aboard the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) and from 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey) to build multi-gaussian expansion models (MGE) to parametrise the surface brightness distributions of the galaxies. From these MGE models it was possible to obtain the mass distributions and the gravitational potentials of the galaxies. To these potentials we added the potential of a point source representing the SMBH. These densitypotential pairs described as two-dimensional gaussian functions were then used to obtain the solutions of the semi-isotropic axisymmetric Jeans equations and to model the velocity distributions of the galaxies. By comparing the modelled kinematics with the observed one we concluded that the SMBH in the nucleus of the galaxy NGC4258 has a mass of 4, 8+0,9 -0,8M and that the SMBH in the nucleus of the galaxy NGC1052 has a mass of 3,6 108M.
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Cinemática estelar, modelos dinâmicos e determinação de massas de buracos negros supermassivos

Drehmer, Daniel Alf January 2015 (has links)
O foco deste trabalho é estudar a influência de buracos negros supermassivos (BNSs) nucleares na dinâmica e na cinemática estelar da região central das galáxias e determinar a massa destes BNSs. Assumindo que a função de distribuição (DF) que descreve a dinâmica da galáxia depende de duas integrais de movimento (f = f(E;Lz), onde E é a energia do sistema e Lz é a componente z do momento angular), construiu-se um modelo dinâmico de Jeans anisotrópico para reproduzir as distribuições de velocidades estelares observadas nas regiões centrais das galáxias ativas NGC4258 e NGC1052. A cinemática estelar das galáxias foi obtida através de observações espectroscópicas na banda-K do infravermelho próximo realizadas com o instrumento NIFS (Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph) no telescópio GEMINI Norte, e mostram que a distribuição de velocidades na região nuclear, em particular dentro do raio de influência do BNS, é dominada por uma alta dispersão de velocidades. Esta observação é consistente com a hipótese da presença de BNSs. Foram usadas imagens no infravermelho próximo obtidas com os instrumentos NICMOS (Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) a bordo do HST (Hubble Space Telescope) e do 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey) para construir modelos de expansão multi-gaussiana (MGE) para parametrizar a distribuição superficial de brilho das galáxias. A partir destes modelos MGE foi possível obter as distribuições de matéria e os potenciais gravitacionais das galáxias. A estes potenciais adicionou-se o potencial de uma fonte pontual representando o BNS central. Estes pares potencial-densidade descritos como funções gaussianas bidimensionais foram então usados para resolver as equações de Jeans semi-isotrópicas com simetria axial e modelar as distribuições de velocidades das galáxias. Comparando a cinemática modelada com as observações concluímos que o BNS no núcleo da galáxia NGC4258 possui uma massa de 4, 8+0,9 -0,8M e que o BNS no núcleo da galáxia NGC1052 possui uma massa de 3,6 108M. / The focus of this work is the study of the in uence of nuclear supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the dynamics and stellar kinematics of the central region of galaxies and determine the masses of these SMBHs. Assuming that the distribution function (DF) that describes the galaxy dynamics depends of two integrals of motion (f = f(E;Lz), where E is the energy of the system and Lz is the z-component of the angular momentum), we have constructed a Jeans anisotropic dynamical model to t the observed stellar velocity distributions of the central regions of the active galaxies NGC4258 and NGC1052. The stellar kinematics of the galaxies was obtained from near-infrared spectroscopic observations in the K-band performed with the instrument NIFS (Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph) of the GEMINI North telescope. The observations show that the velocity distributions in the nuclear regions, particularly inside the black hole sphere of in uence, of the galaxies is dominated by high velocity dispersions. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis of the presence of SMBHs at the nucleus. We have used near-infrared K-band and H-band images obtained with the NICMOS instrument (Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) aboard the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) and from 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey) to build multi-gaussian expansion models (MGE) to parametrise the surface brightness distributions of the galaxies. From these MGE models it was possible to obtain the mass distributions and the gravitational potentials of the galaxies. To these potentials we added the potential of a point source representing the SMBH. These densitypotential pairs described as two-dimensional gaussian functions were then used to obtain the solutions of the semi-isotropic axisymmetric Jeans equations and to model the velocity distributions of the galaxies. By comparing the modelled kinematics with the observed one we concluded that the SMBH in the nucleus of the galaxy NGC4258 has a mass of 4, 8+0,9 -0,8M and that the SMBH in the nucleus of the galaxy NGC1052 has a mass of 3,6 108M.
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Cinemática estelar, modelos dinâmicos e determinação de massas de buracos negros supermassivos

Drehmer, Daniel Alf January 2015 (has links)
O foco deste trabalho é estudar a influência de buracos negros supermassivos (BNSs) nucleares na dinâmica e na cinemática estelar da região central das galáxias e determinar a massa destes BNSs. Assumindo que a função de distribuição (DF) que descreve a dinâmica da galáxia depende de duas integrais de movimento (f = f(E;Lz), onde E é a energia do sistema e Lz é a componente z do momento angular), construiu-se um modelo dinâmico de Jeans anisotrópico para reproduzir as distribuições de velocidades estelares observadas nas regiões centrais das galáxias ativas NGC4258 e NGC1052. A cinemática estelar das galáxias foi obtida através de observações espectroscópicas na banda-K do infravermelho próximo realizadas com o instrumento NIFS (Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph) no telescópio GEMINI Norte, e mostram que a distribuição de velocidades na região nuclear, em particular dentro do raio de influência do BNS, é dominada por uma alta dispersão de velocidades. Esta observação é consistente com a hipótese da presença de BNSs. Foram usadas imagens no infravermelho próximo obtidas com os instrumentos NICMOS (Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) a bordo do HST (Hubble Space Telescope) e do 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey) para construir modelos de expansão multi-gaussiana (MGE) para parametrizar a distribuição superficial de brilho das galáxias. A partir destes modelos MGE foi possível obter as distribuições de matéria e os potenciais gravitacionais das galáxias. A estes potenciais adicionou-se o potencial de uma fonte pontual representando o BNS central. Estes pares potencial-densidade descritos como funções gaussianas bidimensionais foram então usados para resolver as equações de Jeans semi-isotrópicas com simetria axial e modelar as distribuições de velocidades das galáxias. Comparando a cinemática modelada com as observações concluímos que o BNS no núcleo da galáxia NGC4258 possui uma massa de 4, 8+0,9 -0,8M e que o BNS no núcleo da galáxia NGC1052 possui uma massa de 3,6 108M. / The focus of this work is the study of the in uence of nuclear supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the dynamics and stellar kinematics of the central region of galaxies and determine the masses of these SMBHs. Assuming that the distribution function (DF) that describes the galaxy dynamics depends of two integrals of motion (f = f(E;Lz), where E is the energy of the system and Lz is the z-component of the angular momentum), we have constructed a Jeans anisotropic dynamical model to t the observed stellar velocity distributions of the central regions of the active galaxies NGC4258 and NGC1052. The stellar kinematics of the galaxies was obtained from near-infrared spectroscopic observations in the K-band performed with the instrument NIFS (Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph) of the GEMINI North telescope. The observations show that the velocity distributions in the nuclear regions, particularly inside the black hole sphere of in uence, of the galaxies is dominated by high velocity dispersions. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis of the presence of SMBHs at the nucleus. We have used near-infrared K-band and H-band images obtained with the NICMOS instrument (Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer) aboard the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) and from 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey) to build multi-gaussian expansion models (MGE) to parametrise the surface brightness distributions of the galaxies. From these MGE models it was possible to obtain the mass distributions and the gravitational potentials of the galaxies. To these potentials we added the potential of a point source representing the SMBH. These densitypotential pairs described as two-dimensional gaussian functions were then used to obtain the solutions of the semi-isotropic axisymmetric Jeans equations and to model the velocity distributions of the galaxies. By comparing the modelled kinematics with the observed one we concluded that the SMBH in the nucleus of the galaxy NGC4258 has a mass of 4, 8+0,9 -0,8M and that the SMBH in the nucleus of the galaxy NGC1052 has a mass of 3,6 108M.

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