The fraction of ionizing photons escaping from high-redshift star-forming galaxies is a key obstacle in evaluating whether galaxies were the primary agents of cosmic reionization. We previously proposed using the covering fraction of low-ionization gas, measured via deep absorption-line spectroscopy, as a proxy. We now present a significant update, sampling seven gravitationally lensed sources at 4 < z < 5. We show that the absorbing gas in our sources is spatially inhomogeneous, with a median covering fraction of 66%. Correcting for reddening according to a dust-in-cloud model, this implies an estimated absolute escape fraction of similar or equal to 19% +/- 6%. With possible biases and uncertainties, collectively we find that the average escape fraction could be reduced to no less than 11%, excluding the effect of spatial variations. For one of our lensed sources, we have sufficient signal-tonoise ratio to demonstrate the presence of such spatial variations and scatter in its dependence on the Ly alpha equivalent width, consistent with recent simulations. If this source is typical, our lower limit to the escape fraction could be reduced by a further factor similar or equal to 2. Across our sample, we find a modest anticorrelation between the inferred escape fraction and the local star formation rate, consistent with a time delay between a burst and leaking Lyman continuum photons. Our analysis demonstrates considerable variations in the escape fraction, consistent with being governed by the small-scale behavior of star-forming regions, whose activities fluctuate over short timescales. This supports the suggestion that the escape fraction may increase toward the reionization era when star formation becomes more energetic and burst-like.

We use the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Cycle 1 to determine spectroscopic redshifts of high-redshift dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) selected by their 1.4 mm continuum emission in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) survey. We present ALMA 3 mm spectral scans between 84 and 114 GHz for 15 galaxies and targeted ALMA 1 mm observations for an additional eight sources. Our observations yield 30 new line detections from CO, [CI], [NII], H2O and NH3. We further present Atacama Pathfinder Experiment [CII] and CO mid-J observations for seven sources for which only a single line was detected in spectral-scan data from ALMA Cycle 0 or Cycle 1. We combine the new observations with previously published and new millimeter/submillimeter line and photometric data of the SPT-selected DSFGs to study their redshift distribution. The combined data yield 39 spectroscopic redshifts from molecular lines, a success rate of >85%. Our sample represents the largest data set of its kind today and has the highest spectroscopic completeness among all redshift surveys of high-z DSFGs. The median of the redshift distribution is z = 3.9 +/- 0.4, and the highest-redshift source in our sample is at z = 5.8. We discuss how the selection of our sources affects the redshift distribution, focusing on source brightness, selection wavelength, and strong gravitational lensing. We correct for the effect of gravitational lensing and find the redshift distribution for 1.4 mm selected sources with a median redshift of z = 3.1 +/- 0.3. Comparing to redshift distributions selected at shorter wavelengths from the literature, we show that selection wavelength affects the shape of the redshift distribution.

We present the stellar mass (M-*)-gas-phase metallicity relation (MZR) and its scatter at intermediate redshifts (0.5 <= z <= 0.7) for 1381 field galaxies collected from deep spectroscopic surveys. The star formation rate (SFR) and color at a given M-* of this magnitude-limited (R less than or similar to 24 AB) sample are representative of normal star-forming galaxies. For masses below 10(9) M-circle dot, our sample of 237 galaxies is similar to 10 times larger than those in previous studies beyond the local universe. This huge gain in sample size enables superior constraints on the MZR and its scatter in the low-mass regime. We find a power-law MZR at 10(8) M-circle dot < M-* < 10(11) M-circle dot: 12 + log (O/H) = (5.83 +/- 0.19)+(0.30 +/- 0.02) log (M-*/M-circle dot). At 10(9) M-circle dot < M-* < 10(10.5) M-circle dot, our MZR shows agreement with others measured at similar redshifts in the literature. Our power-law slope is, however, shallower than the extrapolation of the MZRs of others to masses below 10(9) M-circle dot. The SFR dependence of the MZR in our sample is weaker than that found for local galaxies (known as the fundamental metallicity relation). Compared to a variety of theoretical models, the slope of our MZR for low-mass galaxies agrees well with predictions incorporating supernova energy-driven winds. Being robust against currently uncertain metallicity calibrations, the scatter of the MZR serves as a powerful diagnostic of the stochastic history of gas accretion, gas recycling, and star formation of low-mass galaxies. Our major result is that the scatter of our MZR increases as M-* decreases. Our result implies that either the scatter of the baryonic accretion rate (sigma((M) over dot)) or the scatter of the M-*-M-halo relation (sigma(SHMR)) increases as M-* decreases. Moreover, our measure of scatter at z = 0.7 appears consistent with that found for local galaxies. This lack of redshift evolution constrains models of galaxy evolution to have both sigma((M) over dot) and sigma(SHMR) remain unchanged from z = 0.7 to z = 0.

The data harvest from the Voyagers' (V1 and V2) Ultraviolet Spectrometers (UVS) covers encounters with the outer planets, measurements of the heliosphere sky-background, and stellar spectrophotometry. Because their period of operation overlaps with many ultraviolet missions, the calibration of V1. and V2 UVS with other spectrometers is invaluable. Here we revisit the UVS calibration to assess the intriguing sensitivity enhancements of 243% (V1) and 156% (V2) proposed recently. Using the Ly alpha airglow from Saturn, observed in situ by both Voyagers, and remotely by International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), we match the Voyager values to IUE, taking into account the shape of the Saturn Ly alpha line observed with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope. For all known ranges of the interplanetary hydrogen density, we show that the V1 and V2 UVS sensitivities cannot be enhanced by the amounts thus far proposed. The same diagnostic holds for distinct channels covering the diffuse He I 58.4 nm emission. Our prescription is to keep the original calibration of the Voyager UVS with a maximum uncertainty of 30%, making both instruments some of the most stable EUV/FUV spectrographs in the history of space exploration. In that frame, we reassess the excess Ly alpha emission detected by Voyager UVS deep in the heliosphere, to show its consistency with a heliospheric but not galactic origin. Our finding confirms results obtained nearly two decades ago-namely, the UVS discovery of the distortion of the heliosphere and the corresponding obliquity of the local interstellar magnetic field (similar to 40 degrees from upwind) in the solar system neighborhood-without requiring any revision of the Voyager UVS calibration.

The far-infrared fine-structure line [C II] at 1900.5 GHz is known to be one of the brightest cooling lines in local galaxies, and therefore it has been suggested to be an efficient tracer for star formation in very high redshift galaxies. However, recent results for galaxies at z > 6 have yielded numerous non-detections in star-forming galaxies, except for quasars and submillimetre galaxies. We report the results of ALMA observations of two lensed, star-forming galaxies at z = 6.029 and z = 6.703. The galaxy A383-5.1 (star formation rate [SFR] of 3.2 M-circle dot yr(-1) and magnification of mu = 11.4 +/- 1.9) shows a line detection with L-[C II] = 8.9 x 10(6) L-circle dot, making it the lowest L-[C II] detection at z > 6. For MS0451-H (SFR = 0.4 M-circle dot yr(-1) and mu = 100 +/- 20) we provide an upper limit of L-[C II] < 3 x 10(5) L-circle dot, which is 1 dex below the local SFR-L-[C II] relations. The results are consistent with predictions for low-metallicity galaxies at z > 6; however, other effects could also play a role in terms of decreasing L-[CII]. The detection of A383-5.1 is encouraging and suggests that detections are possible, but much fainter than initially predicted.

We present the discovery of seven new proplyds (i.e., sources surrounded by cometary H alpha emission characteristic of offset ionization fronts (IFs)) in NGC 1977, located about 30' north of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) at a distance of similar to 400 pc. Each of these proplyds is situated at projected distances 0.04-0.27 pc from the B1V star 42 Orionis (c Ori), which is the main source of UV photons in the region. In all cases the IFs of the proplyds are clearly pointing toward the common ionizing source, 42 Ori, and six of the seven proplyds clearly show tails pointing away from it. These are the first proplyds to be found around a B star, with previously known examples instead being located around O stars, including those in the ONC around theta(1) Ori C. The radii of the offset IFs in our proplyds are between similar to 200 and 550 au; two objects also contain clearly resolved central sources that we associate with disks of radii 50-70 au. The estimated strength of the FUV radiation field impinging on the proplyds is around 10-30 times less than that incident on the classic proplyds in the ONC. We show that the observed proplyd sizes are however consistent with recent models for FUV photoevaporation in relatively weak FUV radiation fields.

Using a sample of nearly half a million galaxies, intersected by over 7 million lines of sight from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 12, we trace H alpha + [N II] emission from a galactocentric projected radius, r(p), of 5 kpc to more than 100 kpc. The emission flux surface brightness is alpha r(p) 1.9 +/- 0.4. We obtain consistent results using only the Ha or [N II] flux. We measure a stronger signal for the bluer half of the target sample than for the redder half on small scales, r(p) < 20 kpc. We obtain a 3 sigma detection of H alpha + [N II] emission in the 50-100 kpc r(p) bin. The mean emission flux within this bin is (1.10 +/- 0.35) x 10(-20) erg cm(-2) s(-1) angstrom(-1), which corresponds to 1.87 x 10(-20) erg cm(-2) s(-1) arcsec(-2) or 0.0033 Rayleigh. This detection is 34 times fainter than a previous strict limit obtained using deep narrow-band imaging. The faintness of the signal demonstrates why it has been so difficult to trace recombination radiation out to large radii around galaxies. This signal, combined with published estimates of n(H), leads us to estimate the temperature of the gas to be 12,000 K, consistent with independent empirical estimates based on metal ion absorption lines and expectations from numerical simulations.

The wideband channel has been analyzed at the University of Gävle by using millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) frequency for improving the fifth-generation (5G) in Radio-frequency (RF) characterization. The proposed mm-Wave frequency is 24GHz, which is carried out from measurement testbed at the Robotics Lab. To explore the channel behaviors of the ISM band and mobile radio, three typically environments have been created inside of the Robotics Lab at the University of Gävle in which are Higher reflection (HR), natural reflection (NR), and Ultra reflection (UR). The relative motion of the transmitter (Tx) is carried out by adjoining the omnidirectional antenna to a KUKA robot's arm inside the Robotics lab at the University of Gävle, Sweden. The radio channel behavior is observed at different circumstances with two different movements of KUKA’s arm e.g., higher speed (2m/s) and slower speed (1m/s) for the Line of sight (LOS) and Non-Line of sight (NLOS) condition. We then achieve the time-varying power delay profile (PDP) and frequency-varying Doppler spectral density (DSD) from scattering components of the experiment environment. The Wide-band channel characteristics have been based on the (PDP) and (DSD), we analyze the root-mean-square of the (RMS) delay spread, RMS Doppler spread, Coherence time, Coherence bandwidth, and mean delay, Doppler shift from 24 different scenarios for behaviors of the mobile radio channels and indoor wireless application. / <p>Actually, My thesis title is '' A Study of Multipath Propagation and Doppler Effect at 24GHz ISM band''. I have generated mm-wave frequency from my testbed which is 24GHz. For better analysis, i was designed and created a Multipath environment inside of the  Robotics Lab at University of Gävle, I also used KUKA Robot and designed two diffrient motion for the Transmitter,such as ''C'' type and '' inverse ''type .</p>

The concept of using spread spectrum and open radio standards to provide license-free, short range Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication is explored. This research makes use of the Time Compression Overlap Add (TC-OLA) algorithm to transparently spread the spectrum of the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) standard; this allows for reuse of existing hardware, software, and expertise relating to this well established protocol. Initial high level hardware designs of a communication device established the need to implement a proof of concept system which could be validated against Radio Frequency (RF) regulations. This proof of concept system was constructed using a hardware implementation of DMR processed through custom TC-OLA blocks in GNU Radio (GR). A spectral and performance analysis of this system was performed, showing that this approach has several benefits over existing license free communication options. / Graduate / 2020-07-11

Nebulosas Planetárias (PNe) são consequência do processo de evolução estelar de estrelas de massa intermediária e se formam devido à ejeção de massa da estrela na fase pós-AGB; a interação entre o gás de diferentes episódios de ejeção forma objetos com diferentes morfologias, como descrito pela teoria dos ventos interagentes. A diversidade morfológica das PNe ainda é um assunto de intensa discussão, os cenários de formação ainda estão em aberto e as simulações hidrodinâmicas são ainda de pouca utilidade na discussão de um alvo, em particular neste caso a reconstrução da estrutura tridimensional assim como da cinemática são de grande valia. Utilizando dados espectroscópicos e imagens fotométricas a estrutura de uma amostra de PNe é reconstruída com o software SHAPE. Os dados observacionais são modelados o que permite uma série de inferências a respeito do objeto, inclusive sobre seu cenário de formação. Usando dados obtidos no OPD assim como de dados do levantamento SPM foram construídos modelos para cinco PNe. O papel dos choques nos mecanismos de ionização e excitação também foi estudado, baseado nos modelos de choques disponíveis na literatura. Os modelos são baseados em estruturas simples e na maioria das vezes simétricas, todos os campos de velocidade utilizados são lineares e a distribuição de densidade visa reproduzir o brilho superficial de cada objeto. Os dados espectroscópicos reproduzidos são os diagramas P-V (posição - velocidade). NGC 6818, NGC 6153 e NGC 3211 foram modeladas e os diagramas P-V obtidos no OPD, sendo adequadamente reproduzidos. Constatou-se que os choques em NGC 6818 e NGC 6153 são bastante relevantes, o que não era esperado. NGC 2440 foi reproduzida como uma PN com duas componentes bipolares, sua região central apresenta uma estrutura toroidal fragmentada em, no mínimo, três pedaços. Utilizando a cinemática desta região foi obtida uma distância de 1,8 kpc para a mesma; um halo esférico não concêntrico envolve toda a sua estrutura os choques são o mecanismo dominante nas bordas deste objeto. NGC 6445 foi modelada como uma PN octopolar, possuindo um toróide na região central. Concluímos que o retângulo central visível nas imagens deste objeto é fruto de um efeito de sobreposição, e que os choques são dominantes no mesmo. Dentro deste cenário, acompanhado da análise dos choques em NGC 6302, sugere-se que os choques nas nebulosas planetárias do tipo I precisam ser considerados para um cálculo adequado das abundâncias, já que podem ter impacto sobre os fatores de correção de ionização. / Planetary Nebulae (PNe) are consequence of the stellar evolution process of intermediate mass stars, they form due the mass-ejection at the post-AGB phase. The interaction of the ejected gas in dierent mass-loss episodes shapes their morphology, as described by the interacting winds theory. The morphological diversity of PNe remains a subject of intense debate, their formation scenarios are still opened and hydrodynamical simulations still have little use. For a particular target, structure reconstruction and description of the kinematics are very useful. By using images and spectroscopical data, structures for a sample of PNe are reconstructed, the observational data are modeled, what allows a series of conclusions about the objects, including their formation scenarios. Using data from OPD (Pico dos Dias Observatory), as well as from the SPM survey, we constructed models for five PNe, the role of shocks in the ionization and excitation mechanisms were studied as well, based on the models for shocks available in the literature. Our models are based on simple structures, most of them symmetrical. All velocity fields are linear and density distributions aim to reproduce the surface brightness. The reproduced data are P-V (position - velocity) diagrams. We modeled NGC 6818, NGC 6153 and NGC 3211, reproducing their P-V diagrams appropriately. For NGC 6818 e NGC 6153, we found that shocks are relevant, what was not expected. NGC 2440 was reproduced with two bipolar components, its central region consists in a torus fragmented in at least three pieces. By using the kinematical properties of the central region, a distance of 1.8 kpc was derived to this nebula. A non-concentrical spherical halo involves the whole structure, and the shocks dominate the ionization and excitation process at the rims of this object. NGC 6445 was modeled as a multipolar PN with four bipolar components, a central toroidal structure completes the model. We conclude that the central rectangle visible in the images of this object is a consequence of an overlap of structures. Within this scenario for NGC 6445, combined with the analysis of shocks in NGC 6302, we suggest that the shocks have to be considered in abundance estimates of type I PNe, since they may have an impact on the ionization correction factors.