@article{AbeysekaraArchambaultArcheretal.2017,
  author    = {Abeysekara, A. U. and Archambault, S. and Archer, A. and Benbow, Wystan and Bird, Ralph and Buchovecky, M. and Buckley, J. H. and Bugaev, V. and Byrum, K. and Cerruti, M. and Chen, X. and Ciupik, L. and Cui, W. and Dickinson, H. J. and Eisch, J. D. and Errando, M. and Falcone, A. and Feng, Q. and Finley, J. P. and Fleischhack, H. and Fortson, L. and Furniss, A. and Gillanders, G. H. and Griffin, S. and Grube, J. and Hutten, M. and Hakansson, N. and Hanna, D. and Holder, J. and Humensky, T. B. and Johnson, C. A. and Kaaret, P. and Kar, P. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, D. and Krause, M. and Krennrich, F. and Kumar, S. and Lang, M. J. and Maier, G. and McArthur, S. and McCann, A. and Meagher, K. and Moriarty, P. and Mukherjee, R. and Nguyen, T. and Nieto, D. and Ong, R. A. and Otte, A. N. and Park, N. and Pelassa, V. and Pohl, Martin and Popkow, A. and Pueschel, Elisa and Quinn, J. and Ragan, K. and Reynolds, P. T. and Richards, G. T. and Roache, E. and Rulten, C. and Santander, M. and Sembroski, G. H. and Shahinyan, K. and Staszak, D. and Telezhinsky, Igor O. and Tucci, J. V. and Tyler, J. and Wakely, S. P. and Weiner, O. M. and Weinstein, A. and Wilhelm, Alina and Williams, D. A. and Fegan, S. and Giebels, B. and Horan, D. and Berdyugin, A. and Kuan, J. and Lindfors, E. and Nilsson, K. and Oksanen, A. and Prokoph, H. and Reinthal, R. and Takalo, L. and Zefi, F.},
  title     = {A Luminous and Isolated Gamma-Ray Flare from the Blazar B2 1215+30},
  series = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  volume    = {836},
  journal   = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  organization    = {VERITAS Collaboration;Fermi-LAT Collaboration},
  issn      = {0004-637X},
  doi       = {10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/205},
  pages     = {6},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {B2 1215+30 is a BL-Lac-type blazar that was first detected at TeV energies by the MAGIC atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes and subsequently confirmed by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) observatory with data collected between 2009 and 2012. In 2014 February 08, VERITAS detected a large-amplitude flare from B2. 1215+30 during routine monitoring observations of the blazar 1ES. 1218+304, located in the same field of view. The TeV flux reached 2.4 times the Crab Nebula flux with a variability timescale of <3.6 hr. Multiwavelength observations with Fermi-LAT, Swift, and the Tuorla Observatory revealed a correlated high GeV flux state and no significant optical counterpart to the flare, with a spectral energy distribution where the gamma-ray luminosity exceeds the synchrotron luminosity. When interpreted in the framework of a onezone leptonic model, the observed emission implies a high degree of beaming, with Doppler factor delta > 10, and an electron population with spectral index p < 2.3.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GodecMetzler2017,
  author    = {Godec, Aljaž and Metzler, Ralf},
  title     = {First passage time statistics for two-channel diffusion},
  series = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical},
  volume    = {50},
  journal   = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1751-8113},
  doi       = {10.1088/1751-8121/aa5204},
  pages     = {17},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {We present rigorous results for the mean first passage time and first passage time statistics for two-channel Markov additive diffusion in a 3-dimensional spherical domain. Inspired by biophysical examples we assume that the particle can only recognise the target in one of the modes, which is shown to effect a non-trivial first passage behaviour. We also address the scenario of intermittent immobilisation. In both cases we prove that despite the perfectly non-recurrent motion of two-channel Markov additive diffusion in 3 dimensions the first passage statistics at long times do not display Poisson-like behaviour if none of the phases has a vanishing diffusion coefficient. This stands in stark contrast to the standard (one-channel) Markov diffusion counterpart. We also discuss the relevance of our results in the context of cellular signalling.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GorobtsovMercurioBrenneretal.2017,
  author    = {Gorobtsov, O. Yu. and Mercurio, G. and Brenner, G. and Lorenz, Ulf and Gerasimova, N. and Kurta, R. P. and Hieke, F. and Skopintsev, P. and Zaluzhnyy, I. and Lazarev, S. and Dzhigaev, D. and Rose, M. and Singer, A. and Wurth, W. and Vartanyants, I. A.},
  title     = {Statistical properties of a free-electron laser revealed by Hanbury Brown-Twiss interferometry},
  series = {Physical review : A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics},
  volume    = {95},
  journal   = {Physical review : A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  address   = {College Park},
  issn      = {2469-9926},
  doi       = {10.1103/PhysRevA.95.023843},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {We present a comprehensive experimental analysis of statistical properties of the self-amplified spontaneous emission free-electron laser (FEL) FLASH by means of Hanbury Brown and Twiss interferometry. The experiments were performed at FEL wavelengths of 5.5, 13.4, and 20.8 nm. We determined the second-order intensity correlation function for all wavelengths and different operation conditions of FLASH. In all experiments a high degree of spatial coherence (above 50\%) was obtained. Our analysis performed in spatial and spectral domains provided us with the independent measurements of an average pulse duration of the FEL that were below 60 fs. To explain the complicated behavior of the second-order intensity correlation function we developed an advanced theoretical model that includes the presence of multiple beams and external positional jitter of the FEL pulses. By this analysis we determined that in one of the experiments external positional jitter was about 25\% of the beam size. We envision that methods developed in our study will be used widely for analysis and diagnostics of FEL radiation.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PetereitPikovskij2017,
  author    = {Petereit, Johannes and Pikovskij, Arkadij},
  title     = {Chaos synchronization by nonlinear coupling},
  series = {Communications in nonlinear science \& numerical simulation},
  volume    = {44},
  journal   = {Communications in nonlinear science \& numerical simulation},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1007-5704},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.cnsns.2016.09.002},
  pages     = {344 -- 351},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {We study synchronization properties of three nonlinearly coupled chaotic maps. Coupling is introduced in such a way, that it cannot be reduced to pairwise terms, but includes combined action of all interacting units. For two models of nonlinear coupling we characterize the transition to complete synchrony, as well as partially synchronized states. Relation to hypernetworks of chaotic units is also discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RamachandranDasTejetal.2017,
  author    = {Ramachandran, Varsha and Das, S. R. and Tej, A. and Vig, S. and Ghosh, S. K. and Ojha, D. K.},
  title     = {Radio and infrared study of the star-forming region IRAS 20286+4105},
  series = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  volume    = {465},
  journal   = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0035-8711},
  doi       = {10.1093/mnras/stw2906},
  pages     = {4753 -- 4771},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {In this paper, we present a multi wavelength investigation of the star-forming complex IRAS 20286+4105, located in the Cygnus X region. Near-infrared K-band data are used to revisit the cluster/stellar group identified in previous studies. Radio continuum observations at 610 and 1280 MHz show the presence of a H II region possibly powered by a star of spectral type B0-B0.5. The cometary morphology of the ionized region is explained by invoking the bowshock model, where the likely association with a nearby supernova remnant is also explored. A compact radio knot with a non-thermal spectral index is detected towards the centre of the cloud. Mid-infrared data from the Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Cygnus X region show the presence of six Class I young stellar objects inside the cloud. Thermal dust emission in this complex is modelled using Herschel far-infrared data to generate dust temperature and column density maps. Herschel images also show the presence of two clumps in this region, the masses of which are estimated to be similar to 175 and 30 M-circle dot. The mass-radius relation and the surface density of the clumps mean that they do not qualify as massive star-forming sites. An overall picture of a runaway star ionizing the cloud and a triggered population of intermediatemass, Class I sources located towards the cloud centre emerges from this multiwavelength study. Variation in the dust emissivity spectral index is shown to exist in this region and is seen to have an inverse relation with the dust temperature.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZachariasChenWagner2017,
  author    = {Zacharias, Michael and Chen, Xuhui and Wagner, Stefan},
  title     = {Attenuation of TeV gamma-rays by the starlight photon field of the host galaxy},
  series = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  volume    = {465},
  journal   = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0035-8711},
  doi       = {10.1093/mnras/stw3032},
  pages     = {3767 -- 3774},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The absorption of TeV gamma-ray photons produced in relativistic jets by surrounding soft photon fields is a long-standing problem of jet physics. In some cases, the most likely emission site close to the central black hole is ruled out because of the high opacity caused by strong optical and infrared photon sources, such as the broad-line region. Mostly neglected for jet modelling is the absorption of gamma-rays in the starlight photon field of the host galaxy. Analysing the absorption for arbitrary locations and observation angles of the gamma-ray emission site within the host galaxy, we find that the distance to the galaxy centre, the observation angle, and the distribution of starlight in the galaxy are crucial for the amount of absorption. We derive the absorption value for a sample of 20 TeV-detected blazars with a redshift z(r) < 0.2. The absorption value of the gamma-ray emission located in the galaxy centre may be as high as 20 per cent, with an average value of 6 per cent. This is important in order to determine the intrinsic blazar parameters. We see no significant trends in our sample between the degree of absorption and host properties, such as starlight emissivity, galactic size, half-light radius, and redshift. While the uncertainty of the spectral properties of the extragalactic background light exceeds the effect of absorption by stellar light from the host galaxy in distant objects, the latter is a dominant effect in nearby sources. It may also be revealed in a differential comparison of sources with similar redshifts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FandrichBullerMemczaketal.2017,
  author    = {Fandrich, Artur and Buller, Jens and Memczak, Henry and Stoecklein, W. and Hinrichs, K. and Wischerhoff, E. and Schulz, B. and Laschewsky, Andr{\´e} and Lisdat, Fred},
  title     = {Responsive Polymer-Electrode Interface-Study of its Thermo- and pH-Sensitivity and the Influence of Peptide Coupling},
  series = {Electrochimica acta : the journal of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)},
  volume    = {229},
  journal   = {Electrochimica acta : the journal of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0013-4686},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.electacta.2017.01.080},
  pages     = {325 -- 333},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This study introduces a thermally responsive, polymer-based electrode system. The key component is a surface-attached, temperature-responsive poly(oligoethylene glycol) methacrylate (poly(OEGMA)) type polymer bearing photoreactive benzophenone and carboxy groups containing side chains. The responsive behavior of the polymer in aqueous media has been investigated by turbidimetry measurements. Polymer films are formed on gold substrates by means of the photoreactive 2(dicyclohexylphosphino)benzophenone (DPBP) through photocrosslinking. The electrochemical behavior of the resulting polymer-substrate interface has been investigated in buffered [Fe(CN)6](3-)/[Fe (CN)6](4-)solutions at room temperature and under temperature variation by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The CV experiments show that with increasing temperature structural changes of the polymer layer occur, which alter the output of the electrochemical measurement. Repeated heating/cooling cycles analyzed by CV measurements and pH changes analyzed by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) reveal the reversible nature of the restructuring process. The immobilized films are further modified by covalent coupling of two small biomolecules - a hydrophobic peptide and a more hydrophilic one. These attached components influence the hydrophobicity of the layer in a different way the resulting change of the temperature-caused behavior has been studied by CV indicating a different state of the polymer after coupling of the hydrophobic peptide.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchoellerHubrigFossatietal.2017,
  author    = {Sch{\"o}ller, Markus and Hubrig, Swetlana and Fossati, L. and Carroll, Thorsten Anthony and Briquet, Maryline and Oskinova, Lida and J{\"a}rvinen, S. and Ilyin, Ilya and Castro, N. and Morel, T. and Langer, N. and Przybilla, N. and Nieva, M. -F. and Kholtygin, A. F. and Sana, H. and Herrero, A. and Barba, R. H. and de Koter, A.},
  title     = {B fields in OB stars (BOB)},
  series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  volume    = {599},
  journal   = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  organization    = {BOB Collaboration},
  issn      = {1432-0746},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201628905},
  pages     = {11},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Aims. The B fields in OB stars (BOB) Collaboration is based on an ESO Large Programme to study the occurrence rate, properties, and ultimately the origin of magnetic fields in massive stars. Methods. In the framework of this program, we carried out low-resolution spectropolarimetric observations of a large sample of massive stars using FORS2 installed at the ESO VLT 8m telescope. Results. We determined the magnetic field values with two completely independent reduction and analysis pipelines. Our in-depth study of the magnetic field measurements shows that differences between our two pipelines are usually well within 3 sigma errors. From the 32 observations of 28 OB stars, we were able to monitor the magnetic fields in CPD -57 degrees 3509 and HD164492C, confirm the magnetic field in HD54879, and detect a magnetic field in CPD -62 degrees 2124. We obtain a magnetic field detection rate of 6 +/- 3\% for the full sample of 69 OB stars observed with FORS 2 within the BOB program. For the preselected objects with a nu sin i below 60 km s(-1), we obtain a magnetic field detection rate of 5 +/- 5\%. We also discuss X-ray properties and multiplicity of the objects in our FORS2 sample with respect to the magnetic field detections.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AnielskiBarbosaPfannesBeta2017,
  author    = {Anielski, Alexander and Barbosa Pfannes, Eva Katharina and Beta, Carsten},
  title     = {Adaptive microfluidic gradient generator for quantitative chemotaxis experiments},
  series = {Review of scientific instruments : a monthly journal devoted to scientific instruments, apparatus, and techniques},
  volume    = {88},
  journal   = {Review of scientific instruments : a monthly journal devoted to scientific instruments, apparatus, and techniques},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Melville},
  issn      = {0034-6748},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.4978535},
  pages     = {10},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Chemotactic motion in a chemical gradient is an essential cellular function that controls many processes in the living world. For a better understanding and more detailed modelling of the underlying mechanisms of chemotaxis, quantitative investigations in controlled environments are needed. We developed a setup that allows us to separately address the dependencies of the chemotactic motion on the average background concentration and on the gradient steepness of the chemoattractant. In particular, both the background concentration and the gradient steepness can be kept constant at the position of the cell while it moves along in the gradient direction. This is achieved by generating a well-defined chemoattractant gradient using flow photolysis. In this approach, the chemoattractant is released by a light-induced reaction from a caged precursor in a microfluidic flow chamber upstream of the cell. The flow photolysis approach is combined with an automated real-time cell tracker that determines changes in the cell position and triggers movement of the microscope stage such that the cell motion is compensated and the cell remains at the same position in the gradient profile. The gradient profile can be either determined experimentally using a caged fluorescent dye or may be alternatively determined by numerical solutions of the corresponding physical model. To demonstrate the function of this adaptive microfluidic gradient generator, we compare the chemotactic motion of Dictyostelium discoideum cells in a static gradient and in a gradient that adapts to the position of the moving cell. Published by AIP Publishing.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LeussuUsoskinValliappanetal.2017,
  author    = {Leussu, R. and Usoskin, IIlya G. and Valliappan, Senthamizh Pavai and Diercke, Andrea and Arlt, Rainer and Denker, Carsten and Mursula, K.},
  title     = {Wings of the butterfly},
  series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  volume    = {599},
  journal   = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal},
  publisher = {EDP Sciences},
  address   = {Les Ulis},
  issn      = {1432-0746},
  doi       = {10.1051/0004-6361/201629533},
  pages     = {8},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The spatio-temporal evolution of sunspot activity, the so-called Maunder butterfly diagram, has been continously available since 1874 using data from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, extended by SOON network data after 1976. Here we present a new extended butterfly diagram of sunspot group occurrence since 1826, using the recently digitized data from Schwabe (1826-1867) and Sporer (1866-1880). The wings of the diagram are separated using a recently developed method based on an analysis of long gaps in sunspot group occurrence in different latitude bands. We define characteristic latitudes, corresponding to the start, end, and the largest extent of the wings (the F, L, and H latitudes). The H latitudes (30 degrees-45 degrees) are highly significantly correlated with the strength of the wings (quantified by the total sum of the monthly numbers of sunspot groups). The F latitudes (20 degrees-30 degrees) depict a weak tendency, especially in the southern hemisphere, to follow the wing strength. The L latitudes (2 degrees-10 degrees) show no clear relation to the wing strength. Overall, stronger cycle wings tend to start at higher latitudes and have a greater wing extent. A strong (5-6)-cycle periodic oscillation is found in the start and end times of the wings and in the overlap and gaps between successive wings of one hemisphere. While the average wing overlap is zero in the southern hemisphere, it is two to three months in the north. A marginally significant oscillation of about ten solar cycles is found in the asymmetry of the L latitudes. The new long database of butterfly wings provides new observational constraints to solar dynamo models that discuss the spatio-temporal distribution of sunspot occurrence over the solar cycle and longer.},
  language  = {en}
}