11. A Search for Ultra-high-energy Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056 Using the Pierre Auger ObservatoryA. Aab, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Serguei Vorobiov, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, Lukas Zehrer, 2020, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: ultra-high energy neutrinos, blazar TXS 0506+056, the Pierre Auger Observatory, high-energy astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, blazars, transient sources, active galaxies Objavljeno v RUNG: 20.10.2020; Ogledov: 4373; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
12. PHOTO-EXCITATION ENERGY INFLUENCE ON THE PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORSNadiia Pastukhova, 2018, doktorska disertacija Opis: In this work, we experimentally studied the influence of photoexcitation energy
influence on the charge transport in organic semiconductors. Organic semiconductors
were small molecules like corannulene, perylene and pentacene derivatives, polymers
such as polythiophene and benzothiophene derivatives, and graphene, along with
combinations of these materials in heterojunctions or composites.
The first part of this study is focused on the photoexcitation energy influence on
the transient photoconductivity of non-crystalline curved π-conjugated corannulene
layers. The enhanced photoconductivity, in the energy range where optical absorption
is absent, is deduced from theoretical predictions of corannulene gas-phase excited
state spectra. Theoretical analysis reveals a consistent contribution involving
transitions to Super Atomic Molecular Orbitals (SAMOs), a unique set of diffuse
orbitals typical of curved π-conjugated molecules. More, the photoconductivity of the
curved corannulene was compared to the π-conjugated planar N,N′-1H,1H-
perfluorobutyldicyanoperylene-carboxydi-imide
(PDIF-CN2),
where
the
photoexcitation energy dependence of photocurrent closely follows the optical
absorption spectrum.
We next characterized charge transport in poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) layers
deposited from solution. Our results indicate that time-of-flight (TOF) mobility
depends on the photoexcitation energy. It is 0.4× 10 −3 cm 2 /Vs at 2.3 eV (530 nm) and
doubles at 4.8 eV (260 nm). TOF mobility was compared to field-effect (FET) mobility
of P3HT field-effect transistors (OFETs). The FET mobility was similar to the 2.3 eV
excitation TOF mobility. In order to improve charge mobility, graphene nanoparticles
were blended within a P3HT solution before the deposition. We found that the mobility
significantly improves upon the addition of graphene nanoparticles of a weight ratio
as low as 0.2 %. FET mobility increases with graphene concentration up to a value of
2.3× 10 −2 cm 2 /Vs at 3.2 %. The results demonstrate that phase segregation starts to
influence charge transport at graphene concentration of 0.8 % and above. Hence, the
graphene cannot form a bridged conduction channel between electrodes, which would
cancel the semiconducting effect of the polymer composite.
An alternative approach to enhance mobility is to optimize the molecular ordering
of organic semiconductors. For that purpose, we studied an innovative nanomesh
device. Free-standing nanomesh devices were used to form nanojunctions of N,N′-
iiDioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (PTCDI-C8) nanowires and crystalline
bis(triisopropylsilylethinyl)pentacene (TIPS-PEN). We characterized the photocurrent
response time of this novel nanomesh scaffold device. The photoresponse time
depends on the photon energy. It is between 4.5 − 5.6 ns at 500 nm excitation
wavelength and between 6.7 − 7.7 ns at 700 nm excitation wavelength. In addition, we
found that thermal annealing reduces charge carrier trapping in crystalline nanowires.
This confirms that the structural defects are crucial to obtaining high photon-to-charge
conversion efficiency and subsequent transport from pn junction in heterostructured
materials.
Structural defects also influence the power conversion efficiency of organic
heterostructured photovoltaics (OPVs). Anticipating that polymers with different
backbone lengths produce different level of structural defects, we examined charge
transport
dependence
on
the
molecular
weight
of
poly[4,8-bis(5-(2-
ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-(4-(2-
ethylhexyl)-3-fluorothieno[3,4-b]thiophene-)-2-carboxylate-2-6-diyl]
(PTB7-Th)
from 50 kDa to 300 kDa. We found p-type hopping transport in PTB7-Th,
characterized by 0.1 – 3× 10 −2 cm 2 /Vs mobility, which increases with temperature and
electric field. The polymer molecular weight exhibits a non-trivial influence on charge
transport. FET mobility in the saturation regime increases with molecular weight. A
similar trend is observed in TOF mobility and FET mobility in the linear regime,
except for the 100kDa polymer, which manifests in the highest mobility due to reduced
charge trapping. The lowest trapping at the dielectric interface of OFET is observed at
200 kDa. In addition, the 200 kDa polymer exhibits the lowest activation energy of the
charge transport. Although the 100 kDa polymer indicates the highest mobility, OPVs
using the 200 kDa polymer exhibit the best performance in terms of power conversion
efficiency. Ključne besede: organic
semiconductors, optical
absorption
spectroscopy, time-of-flight
photoconductivity, transient photocurrent spectroscopy, organic thin film transistors, atomic force microscopy, superatomic molecular orbitals, pn heterojunction, organic
nanowires, graphene, composites, charge mobility, charge trapping, temperature
dependence, photodetector, photovoltaic, solar cell, organic electronics Objavljeno v RUNG: 08.10.2018; Ogledov: 7300; Prenosov: 173
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13. Searching for lensed supernovae behind galaxy clusters with upcoming telescopesTanja Petrushevska, objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci Opis: Aims. Strong lensing by massive galaxy clusters can provide magnification of the flux and even multiple images of the galaxies that lie behind them. This phenomenon allows one to observe high-redshift supernovae (SNe), that otherwise would remain undetected. Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) detections are of particular interest because of their standard brightness, since they can be used to improve either cluster lensing models or cosmological parameter measurements.
Methods. We present a ground-based, near-infrared search for lensed SNe behind the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Our survey was based on 15 epochs of J-band observations with the HAWK-I instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We use Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry to infer the global properties of the multiply-imaged galaxies. Using a recently published lensing model of Abell 370, we also present the predicted magnifications and the time-delays between the images.
Results. In our survey, we did not discover any live SNe from the 13 lensed galaxies with 47 multiple images behind Abell 370. This is consistent with the expectation of 0.09 ± 0.02 SNe calculated based on the measured star formation rate. We compare the expectations of discovering strongly lensed SNe in our survey and that performed with HST during the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) program. We also show the expectations of search campaigns that can be conducted with future facilities, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) or the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). We show that NIRCam instrument aboard the JWST will be sensitive to most SN multiple images in the strongly-lensed galaxies and thus able to measure their time-delays if observations are scheduled accordingly. Ključne besede: JWST, WFIRST, lensed supernovae, transient search Objavljeno v RUNG: 29.01.2018; Ogledov: 4175; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
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15. iPTF Discoveries of Recent Core-Collapse SupernovaeFrancesco Taddia, Tanja Petrushevska, 2015, drugi sestavni deli Opis: The intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (ATel #4807) reports the discovery and classification of the following Core-Collapse SNe.
Our automated candidate vetting to distinguish a real astrophysical source (1.0) from bogus artifacts (0.0) is powered by three generations of machine learning algorithms: RB2 (Brink et al. 2013MNRAS.435.1047B), RB4 (Rebbapragada et al. 2015AAS...22543402R) and RB5 (Wozniak et al. 2013AAS...22143105W). See ATel #7112 for additional details.
The approved classification (and/or subsequent) spectra are made publicly available through WISeREP (Yaron & Gal-Yam 2012). Ključne besede: supernova, transient Objavljeno v RUNG: 25.01.2018; Ogledov: 4348; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
16. iPTF Transient Classification Report for 2016-05-28Tanja Petrushevska, 2016, drugi sestavni deli Ključne besede: Transient, Supernova, 2016com, SN2016com, SN 2016com, 2016col, SN2016col, SN 2016col, 2016coo, SN2016coo, SN 2016coo, 2016con, SN2016con, SN 2016con Objavljeno v RUNG: 25.01.2018; Ogledov: 3782; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
17. iPTF Transient Discovery Report for 2016-05-28Tanja Petrushevska, 2016, drugi sestavni deli Ključne besede: Transient, Supernova, 2016coo, SN2016coo, SN 2016coo, iPTF16avw, 2016col, SN2016col, SN 2016col, iPTF16ark, 2016com, SN2016com, SN 2016com, iPTF16ars, 2016con, SN2016con, SN 2016con, iPTF16asx Objavljeno v RUNG: 25.01.2018; Ogledov: 4121; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
18. iPTF Transient Classification Report for 2016-09-29Tanja Petrushevska, 2016, drugi sestavni deli Ključne besede: Transient, Supernova, 2016gmw, SN2016gmw, SN 2016gmw, 2016gdq, SN2016gdq, SN 2016gdq, 2016glz, SN2016glz, SN 2016glz, 2016gbf, SN2016gbf, SN 2016gbf, 2016glg, SN2016glg, SN 2016glg, 2016fzm, SN2016fzm, SN 2016fzm, 2016gdy, SN2016gdy, SN 2016gdy Objavljeno v RUNG: 25.01.2018; Ogledov: 3757; Prenosov: 0 Gradivo ima več datotek! Več... |
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