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2. Automatic Importance Biasing in FLUKA: Application Scenarios
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Ruiz Francisco Ogallar, Theis Christian, and Vincke Helmut
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Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
In the context of Monte Carlo simulation, importance biasing is a well-established variance reduction technique. It is typically employed to compensate for particle attenuation and is commonly used in FLUKA simulations. However, implementing importance biasing in a simulation can be a rather time-consuming exercise, especially for complex geometries as it requires the segmentation of solids. This document demonstrates the effectiveness of a newly developed tool designed to automate the implementation of problem specific importance biasing schemes in FLUKA simulations, with a focus on user-friendliness. By minimizing user intervention, the tool significantly reduces the amount of time required to implement the biasing scheme. Additionally, it reduces the risk of potential errors by eliminating the need of geometry modifications and manual attribution of importances. The document briefly outlines the tool and focuses on several examples to illustrate its usage and scope. It is important to mention that it does not aim for fully replacing the traditional region-based FLUKA importance biasing. In the hands of an expert the latter might indeed achieve faster convergence, depending on the problem. Yet, the automated solution’s overall benefits become apparent when considering the time investment required for manual implementation and fine-tuning of importance factors.
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- 2024
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3. FLAIR3 – recasting simulation experiences with the Advanced Interface for FLUKA and other Monte Carlo codes
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Donadon André, Hugo Gabrielle, Theis Christian, and Vlachoudis Vasilis
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Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
Particle tracking Monte Carlo codes are complicated programs to use, making them error prone for the end user. To address this problem, and simplify the use of (initially) FLUKA, Flair was born in late 2006. Over the course of time, Flair evolved so much that it established itself as the de-facto standard for working with FLUKA, even to the extent that users often confuse the two programs. Recently a major development effort was routed on separating the interface from the functionality and the tight links with FLUKA. This opened the door to support other Monte Carlo codes. Notably this effort was in line with the new generation of the FLUKA code v5, however also PHITS, MCNP and partially PENELOPE can benefit from this architectural change. The present paper describes the latest developments in the code and some of the most noteworthy Flair features.
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- 2024
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4. „Skaten und Klugschei$en“ – Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf das Skateboarding. Bericht zur 15. Jahrestagung der dvs-Kommission „Sport und Raum“ in Dortmund, 05.–07.10.2023
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Edelhoff, Dominik, primary, Hübner, Christian, additional, Muhsal, Fabian, additional, and Theis, Christian, additional
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- 2024
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5. Bro-Science im Gym – Rechtfertigung von Wissen in fitnesssportiver Jugendkultur
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Theis, Christian, primary
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- 2022
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6. Chirurgische Arbeitstechniken
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Halbach, Elmar, primary, Kroes, Bernd, additional, Lemke, Hans, additional, Nöldeke, Stefan, additional, Pommer, Axel, additional, Theis, Christian, additional, Toomes, Lino, additional, and Wess, Kai-Michael, additional
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- 2022
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7. Impact of delayed type hypersensitivity arthritis on development of heart failure by aortic constriction in mice.
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Theis Christian Tønnessen, Arne Olav Melleby, Ida Marie Hauge-Iversen, Emil Knut Stenersen Espe, Mohammed Shakil Ahmed, Thor Ueland, Espen Andre Haavardsholm, Sara Marie Atkinson, Espen Melum, Håvard Attramadal, Ivar Sjaastad, and Leif Erik Vinge
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
AimsPatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased risk of heart failure (HF). The mechanisms and cardiac prerequisites explaining this association remain unresolved. In this study, we sought to determine the potential cardiac impact of an experimental model of RA in mice subjected to HF by constriction of the ascending aorta.MethodsAorta was constricted via thoracotomy and placement of o-rings with inner diameter 0.55 mm or 0.66 mm, or sham operated. RA-like phenotype was instigated by delayed-type hypersensitivity arthritis (DTHA) two weeks after surgery and re-iterated after additional 18 days. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed before surgery and at successive time points throughout the study. Six weeks after surgery the mice were euthanized, blood and tissue were collected, organ weights were documented, and expression levels of cardiac foetal genes were analysed. In a supplemental study, DTHA-mice were euthanized throughout 14 days after induction of arthritis, and blood was analysed for important markers and mediators of RA (SAP, TNF-α and IL-6). In order to put the latter findings into clinical context, the same molecules were analysed in serum from untreated RA patients and compared to healthy controls.ResultsSignificant elevations of inflammatory markers were found in both patient- and murine blood. Furthermore, the DTHA model appeared clinically relevant when compared to the inflammatory responses observed in three prespecified RA severity disease states. Two distinct trajectories of cardiac dysfunction and HF development were found using the two o-ring sizes. These differences were consistent by both MRI, organ weights and cardiac foetal gene expression levels. Still, no difference within the HF groups, nor within the sham groups, could be found when DTHA was induced.ConclusionDTHA mediated systemic inflammation did not cause, nor modify HF caused by aortic constriction. This indicates other prerequisites for RA-induced cardiac dysfunction.
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- 2022
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8. Fitness als Trend des Jugendsports – eine Wissenskultur
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Bindel, Tim and Theis, Christian
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- 2020
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9. Radiation protection at CERN
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Forkel-Wirth, Doris, Roesler, Stefan, Silari, Marco, Streit-Bianchi, Marilena, Theis, Christian, Vincke, Heinz, and Vincke, Helmut
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Physics - Accelerator Physics ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors - Abstract
This paper gives a brief overview of the general principles of radiation protection legislation; explains radiological quantities and units, including some basic facts about radioactivity and the biological effects of radiation; and gives an overview of the classification of radiological areas at CERN, radiation fields at high-energy accelerators, and the radiation monitoring system used at CERN. A short section addresses the ALARA approach used at CERN., Comment: 22 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Course on High Power Hadron Machines; 24 May - 2 Jun 2011, Bilbao, Spain
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- 2013
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10. Rotation of the Milky Way and the formation of the Magellanic Stream
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Ruzicka, Adam, Theis, Christian, and Palous, Jan
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We studied the impact of the revisited values for the LSR circular velocity of the Milky Way (Reid et al. 2004) on the formation of the Magellanic Stream. The LSR circular velocity was varied within its observational uncertainties as a free parameter of the interaction between the Large (LMC) and the Small (SMC) Magellanic Clouds and the Galaxy. We have shown that the large-scale morphology and kinematics of the Magellanic Stream may be reproduced as tidal features, assuming the recent values of the proper motions of the Magellanic Clouds (Kallivayalil et al. 2006). Automated exploration of the entire parameter space for the interaction was performed to identify all parameter combinations that allow for modeling the Magellanic Stream. Satisfactory models exist for the dynamical mass of the Milky Way within a wide range of 0.6*10^12Msun to 3.0*10^12Msun and over the entire 1-sigma errors of the proper motions of the Clouds. However, the successful models share a common interaction scenario. The Magellanic Clouds are satellites of the Milky Way, and in all cases two close LMC-SMC encounters occurred within the last 4Gyr at t<-2.5Gyr and t approx. -150Myr, triggering the formation of the Stream and of the Magellanic Bridge, respectively. The latter encounter is encoded in the observed proper motions and inevitable in any model of the interaction. We conclude that the tidal origin of the Magellanic Stream implies the previously introduced LMC/SMC orbital history, unless the parameters of the interaction are revised substantially., Comment: 40 pages, 17 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJ, minor corrections, 3 figures replaced
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- 2010
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11. One moment in time - modeling star formation in the Antennae
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Karl, Simon J., Naab, Thorsten, Johansson, Peter H., Kotarba, Hanna, Boily, Christian M., Renaud, Florent, and Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We present a new high-resolution N-body/SPH simulation of an encounter of two gas-rich disk galaxies which closely matches the morphology and kinematics of the interacting Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/39). The simulation includes radiative cooling, star formation and feedback from SNII. The large-scale morphology and kinematics are determined by the internal structure and the orbit of the progenitor disks. The properties of the central region, in particular the starburst in the overlap region, only match the observations for a very short time interval of ~20 Myr after the second encounter. This indicates that the Antennae galaxies are in a special phase only about 40 Myr after the second encounter and 50 Myr before their final collision. This is the only phase in the simulation when a gas-rich overlap region between the nuclei is forming accompanied by enhanced star formation. The star formation rate as well as the recent star formation history in the central region agree well with observational estimates. For the first time this new model explains the distributed extra-nuclear star formation in the Antennae galaxies as a consequence of the recent second encounter. The proposed model predicts that the Antennae are in a later merger stage than the Mice (NGC 4676) and would therefore lose their first place in the classical Toomre sequence., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in ApJL
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- 2010
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12. Fully compressive tides in galaxy mergers
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Renaud, Florent, Boily, Christian, Naab, Thorsten, and Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies - Abstract
The disruptive effect of galactic tides is a textbook example of gravitational dynamics. However, depending on the shape of the potential, tides can also become fully compressive. When that is the case, they might trigger or strengthen the formation of galactic substructures (star clusters, tidal dwarf galaxies), instead of destroying them. We perform N-body simulations of interacting galaxies to quantify this effect. We demonstrate that tidal compression occurs repeatedly during a galaxy merger, independently of the specific choice of parameterization. With a model tailored to the Antennae galaxies, we show that the distribution of compressive tides matches the locations and timescales of observed substructures. After extending our study to a broad range of parameters, we conclude that neither the importance of the compressive tides (~15% of the stellar mass) nor their duration (~ 10 Myr) are strongly affected by changes in the progenitors' configurations and orbits. Moreover, we show that individual clumps of matter can enter compressive regions several times in the course of a simulation. We speculate that this may spawn multiple star formation episodes in some star clusters, through e.g., enhanced gas retention., Comment: 17 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
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- 2009
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13. Starbursts in Isolated Galaxies: the influence of the ISM model
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Theis, Christian and Koeppen, Joachim
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
We study the stability properties of isolated star forming dwarf galaxies which undergo dynamically driven starbursts induced by stellar feedback. Here we focus on the impact of the adopted ISM model, i.e. either a diffuse or a clumpy ISM. We apply a one-zone model extended for active dynamical evolution. We found two major types of repetitive star bursts: one set (type A) of quasi-periodic starbursts is related to the dynamical timescale of the galaxy. In that case, the star formation follows the variations of the gas density induced by decaying virial oscillations. The second set (type B) of starbursts is characterized by long quiescence periods given by the sum of the dynamical and the dissipative timescale: after a first burst, the inserted energy leads to a substantial expansion of the system, by this stopping any significant star formation activity. A next burst might occur, when the gas reaches high densities again, i.e. after the gas recollapsed and the energy injected by stellar feedback is dissipated. In case of a diffuse ISM model, type A bursts are the most common type due to the high efficiency of radiative cooling (no type B bursts are found). Bursts occur then mainly during an initial transitory phase. In case of a clumpy ISM model (i.e. dissipation by inelastic cloud-cloud collisions), the dissipative timescale is of the order of the dynamical time or longer. This allows for both, type A and type B bursts., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proc. of "Galaxies in Isolation: Exloring Nature vs. Nurture", Granada, 2009
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- 2009
14. Starbursts in isolated galaxies. I. The influence of stellar birth function and IMF
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Theis, Christian and Koeppen, Joachim
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies - Abstract
Starbursts and substantial variations in the star formation histories are a common phenomenon in galaxies. We study the stability properties of isolated star-forming dwarf galaxies with the aim of identifying starburst modes. The impact of the stellar birth function, the initial mass function (IMF), the stellar feedback and the interstellar medium (ISM) model are investigated. We apply a one-zone model for a star-gas system coupled by mass and energy transfer. Additionally, we extend the network for active dynamical evolution. This allows for a coupling between the dynamical state of the galaxy and its internal properties. While the influence of the dynamics on the total star formation rate is strong, the coupling of the internal properties (gas temperature) on the dynamics is rather limited, because radiative cooling keeps the gas temperature well below the virial temperature. Because of short cooling and feedback timescales, the star formation rate is close to the equilibrium star formation rates. Quasi-periodic starbursts occur, because star formation follows the variations in the gas density induced by decaying virial oscillations. This behaviour is quite insensitive to the nature and the details of the stellar birth description, viz. whether spontaneous or induced star formation is considered or the IMF is varied. A second type of burst is found as an instability operating when the cooling may drop at very low densities with increasing temperature. Bursts of star formation occur during transitory phases, when dynamical equilibrium is established. Then they are quasi-periodic on the dynamical timescale. Because of short heating and cooling timescales, the star formation rate follows the equilibrium star formation rate corresponding to the actual gas density., Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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- 2009
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15. Did the Milky Way dwarf satellites enter the halo as a group?
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Metz, Manuel, Kroupa, Pavel, Theis, Christian, Hensler, Gerhard, and Jerjen, Helmut
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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
The dwarf satellite galaxies in the Local Group are generally considered to be hosted in dark matter subhalos that survived the disruptive processes during infall onto their host halos. It has recently been argued that if the majority of satellites entered the Milky Way halo in a group rather than individually, this could explain the spatial and dynamical peculiarities of its satellite distribution. Such groups were identified as dwarf galaxy associations that are found in the nearby Universe. In this paper we address the question whether galaxies in such associations can be the progenitors of the Milky Way satellite galaxies. We find that the dwarf associations are much more extended than would be required to explain the disk-like distribution of the Milky Way and Andromeda satellite galaxies. We further identify a possible minor filamentary structure, perpendicular to the supergalactic plane, in which the dwarf associations are located, that might be related to the direction of infall of a progenitor galaxy of the Milky Way satellites, if they are of tidal origin., Comment: acc ApJ
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- 2009
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16. Peculiarities in the stellar velocity distribution of galaxies with a two-armed spiral structure
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Vorobyov, E. I. and Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We expand our pervious numerical study of the properties of the stellar velocity distribution within the disk of a two-armed spiral galaxy by considering spiral stellar density waves with different global Fourier amplitudes, C_2. We confirm our previous conclusion that the ratio \sigma_1:\sigma_2 of smallest versus largest principal axes of the stellar velocity ellipsoid becomes abnormally small near the outer edges of the stellar spiral arms. The extent to which the stellar velocity ellipsoid is elongated (as compared to the unperturbed value typical for the axisymmetric disk) increases with the strength of the spiral density wave. In particular, the C_2=0.06 spiral can decrease the unperturbed value of \sigma_1:\sigma_2 by 20%, while the C_2=0.13 spiral can decrease the unperturbed \sigma_1:\sigma_2 by a factor of 3. The abnormally small values of the \sigma_1:\sigma_2 ratio can potentially be used to track the position of {\it stellar} spiral density waves. The \sigma_{\phi\phi}:\sigma_{rr} ratio is characterized by a more complex behaviour and exhibits less definite minima near the outer edges of the spiral arms. We find that the epicycle approximation is violated near the spiral arms and cannot be used in spiral galaxies with C_2 >= 0.05-0.06 or in galaxies with the amplitude of the spiral stellar density wave (relative to the unperturbed background) of order 0.1 or greater., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, conference presentation at "Galactic and Stellar Dynamics in the Era of High-resolution Surveys", Strasbourg 16-20 March 2008
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- 2008
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17. Determining properties of the Antennae system - Merging ability for restricted N-body
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Petsch, Hanns P. and Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Abstract
Motivated by the closest major merger, the Antennae Galaxies (NGC4038/4039), we want to improve our genetic algorithm based modeling code Minga (Theis 1999). The aim is to reveal the major interaction and galaxy parameters, e.g. orbital information and halo properties of such an equal mass merger system. Together with the sophisticated search strategy of Minga, one needs fast and reliable models in order to investigate the high dimensional parameter space of this problem. Therefore we use a restricted N-body code which is based on the approach by Toomre & Toomre (1972), however with some refinements like consistent orbits of extended dark matter halos. Recently also dynamical friction was included to this code (Petsch 2007). While a good description for dynamical friction was found for mass ratios up to q = 1/3 (Petsch & Theis 2008), major merger systems were only imperfectly remodeled. Here we show recent improvements for a major merger system by including mass-loss and using NFW halos., Comment: To be published in EAS Publication Series (Proceedings of Symposium 7 of the JENAM 2008, Vienna). 4 pages, 2 figures
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- 2008
18. Starburst triggered by compressive tides in galaxy mergers
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Renaud, Florent, Theis, Christian, and Boily, Christian M.
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Astrophysics - Abstract
The tidal field of galaxies is known generally to be disruptive. However, in the case of galaxy mergers, a compressive mode of tidal wave may develop and last long enough to cocoon the formation of star clusters. Using an N-body simulation of the Antennae galaxies, we derive the positions of these compressive regions and the statistics of their duration. Excellent agreement between the spatial distribution of tides and observed young clusters is found, while the characteristic e-folding times of 10 to 30 Myrs derived for the tidal field compare well with cluster formation time-scales., Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures, to be published in the proceedings of the "Galactic and Stellar Dynamics 2008" conference, Ed. C.M. Boily
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- 2008
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19. Spatial motion of the Magellanic Clouds. Tidal models ruled out?
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Ruzicka, Adam, Theis, Christian, and Palous, Jan
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Astrophysics - Abstract
Recently, Kallivayalil et al. derived new values of the proper motion for the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC, respectively). The spatial velocities of both Clouds are unexpectedly higher than their previous values resulting from agreement between the available theoretical models of the Magellanic System and the observations of neutral hydrogen (HI) associated with the LMC and the SMC. Such proper motion estimates are likely to be at odds with the scenarios for creation of the large-scale structures in the Magellanic System suggested so far. We investigated this hypothesis for the pure tidal models, as they were the first ones devised to explain the evolution of the Magellanic System, and the tidal stripping is intrinsically involved in every model assuming the gravitational interaction. The parameter space for the Milky Way (MW)-LMC-SMC interaction was analyzed by a robust search algorithm (genetic algorithm) combined with a fast restricted N-body model of the interaction. Our method extended the known variety of evolutionary scenarios satisfying the observed kinematics and morphology of the Magellanic large-scale structures. Nevertheless, assuming the tidal interaction, no satisfactory reproduction of the HI data available for the Magellanic Clouds was achieved with the new proper motions. We conclude that for the proper motion data by Kallivayalil et al., within their 1-sigma errors, the dynamical evolution of the Magellanic System with the currently accepted total mass of the MW cannot be explained in the framework of pure tidal models. The optimal value for the western component of the LMC proper motion was found to be pm_w(LMC) > -1.3 mas/yr in case of tidal models. It corresponds to the reduction of the Kallivayalil et al. value for pm_w(LMC) by approx. 40% in its magnitude., Comment: ApJ accepted, 17 pages, 4 figures
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- 2008
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20. Modeling Merging Galaxies using MINGA - Improving Restricted N-body by Dynamical Friction
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Petsch, Hanns P. and Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Abstract
Modeling interacting galaxies to reproduce observed systems is still a challenge due to the extended parameter space (among other problems). Orbit and basic galaxy parameters can be tackled by fast simulation techniques like the restricted N-body method, applied in the fundamental work by Toomre & Toomre (1972). This approach allows today for the study of millions of models in a short time. One difficulty for the classical restricted N-body method is the missing orbital decay, not allowing for galaxy mergers. Here we present an extension of the restricted N-body method including dynamical friction. This treatment has been developed by a quantitative comparison with a set of self-consistent merger simulations. By varying the dynamical friction (formalism, strength and direction), we selected the best-fitting parameters for a set of more than 250000 simulations. We show that our treatment reliably reproduces the orbital decay and tidal features of merging disk galaxies for mass ratios up to q=1/3 between host and satellite. We implemented this technique into our genetic algorithm based modeling code MINGA and present first results., Comment: To be published in the proceedings of the "Galactic and Stellar Dynamics 2008" conference. 4 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables
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- 2008
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21. Towards an accurate model for the Antennae Galaxies
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Karl, Simon J., Naab, Thorsten, Johansson, Peter H., Theis, Christian, and Boily, Christian M.
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Astrophysics - Abstract
In the framework of hierarchical structure formation ellipticals can form from merging of smaller disk galaxies. The nearby interacting 'Antennae' galaxy pair (NGC 4038/39) is one of the best-studied local systems of merging spirals, thus presenting us with an ideal laboratory for the study of galaxy evolution models. The Antennae are believed to be in a state prior to their final encounter with rapid subsequent merging, which puts them in the first position of the Toomre (1977) merger sequence. Here we present first numerical high-resolution, self-consistent, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of the Antennae system, including star formation and stellar feedback, and compare our results to VLA HI observations by Hibbard et al. (2001). We are able to obtain a close, but not yet perfect match to the observed morphology and kinematics of the system., Comment: To be published in the proceedings of the "Galactic and Stellar Dynamics 2008" conference. 4 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
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- 2008
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22. Stellar Velocity Distribution in Galactic Disks
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Theis, Christian and Vorobyov, Eduard
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We present numerical studies of the properties of the stellar velocity distribution in galactic disks which have developed a saturated, two-armed spiral structure. In previous papers we used the Boltzmann moment equations (BME) up to second order for our studies of the velocity structure in self-gravitating stellar disks. A key assumption of our BME approach is the zero-heat flux approximation, i.e. the neglection of third order velocity terms. We tested this assumption by performing test particle simulations for stars in a disk galaxy subject to a rotating spiral perturbation. As a result we corroborated qualitatively the complex velocity structure found in the BME approach. It turned out that an equilibrium configuration in velocity space is only slowly established on a typical timescale of 5 Gyrs or more. Since many dynamical processes in galaxies (like the growth of spirals or bars)act on shorter timescales, pure equilibrium models might not be fully appropriate for a detailed comparison with observations like the local Galactic velocity distribution. Third order velocity moments were typically small and uncorrelated over almost all of the disk with the exception of the 4:1 resonance region (UHR). Near the UHR (normalized) fourth and fifth order velocity moments are still of the same order as the second and third order terms. Thus, at the UHR higher order terms are not negligible., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of "Chaos in Astronomy", Athens, G. Contopoulos & P.A. Patsis (eds.)
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- 2008
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23. Inflammatory augmentation of the delayed type hypersensitivity arthritis mouse model
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Theis Christian Tønnessen, Thor Ueland, Muhammad Shakil Ahmed, Håvard Attramadal, Ivar Sjaastad, and Leif Erik Vinge
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Pharmacology ,General Medicine ,Toxicology - Published
- 2023
24. Modelling Galaxies with a 3d Multi-Phase ISM
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Harfst, Stefan, Theis, Christian, and Hensler, Gerhard
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We present a new particle code for modelling the evolution of galaxies. The code is based on a multi-phase description for the interstellar medium (ISM). We included star formation (SF), stellar feedback by massive stars and planetary nebulae, phase transitions and interactions between gas clouds and ambient diffuse gas, namely condensation, evaporation, drag and energy dissipation. The latter is realised by radiative cooling and inelastic cloud-cloud collisions. We present new schemes for SF and stellar feedback. They include a consistent calculation of the star formation efficiency (SFE) based on ISM properties as well as a detailed redistribution of the feedback energy into the different ISM phases. As a first test example we show a model of the evolution of a present day Milky-Way-type galaxy. Though the model exhibits a quasi-stationary behaviour in global properties like mass fractions or surface densities, the evolution of the ISM is locally strongly variable depending on the local SF and stellar feedback. We start only with two distinct phases, but a three-phase ISM is formed soon consisting of cold molecular clouds, a warm gas disk and a hot gaseous halo. Hot gas is also found in bubbles in the disk accompanied by type II supernovae explosions. The star formation rate (SFR) is ~1.6 M_sun/year on average decreasing slowly with time due to gas consumption. In order to maintain a constant SFR gas replenishment, e.g. by infall, of the order 1 M_sun/year is required. Our model is in fair agreement with Kennicutt's (1998) SF law including the cut-off at ~10 M_sun/pc^2. Models with a constant SFE, i.e. no feedback on the SF, fail to reproduce Kennicutt's law., Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in A&A, hi-res PDF can be found at http://www.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/~harfst/harfst.pdf
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- 2005
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25. Induced planet formation in stellar clusters - a parameter study of star-disk encounters
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Thies, Ingo, Kroupa, Pavel, and Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We present a parameter study of the possibility of tidally triggered disk instability. Using a restricted N-body model which allows for a survey of an extended parameter space, we show that a passing dwarf star with a mass between 0.1 and 1 M_sun can probably induce gravitational instabilities in the pre-planetary solar disk for prograde passages with minimum separations below 80-170 AU for isothermal or adiabatic disks. Inclined and retrograde encounters lead to similar results but require slightly closer passages. Such encounter distances are quite likely in young moderately massive star clusters (Scally & Clarke 2001; Bonnell et al. 2001). The induced gravitational instabilities may lead to enhanced planetesimal formation in the outer regions of the protoplanetary disk, and could therefore be relevant for the existence of Uranus and Neptune, whose formation timescale of about 100 Myr (Wuchterl, Guillot & Lissauer 2000) is inconsistent with the disk lifetimes of about a few Myr according to observational data by Haisch, Lada & Lada (2001). The relatively small gas/solid ratio in Uranus and Neptune can be matched if the perturbing fly-by occurred after early gas depletion of the solar system, i.e. when the solar system was older than about 5 Myr. We also confirm earlier results by Heller (1993) that the observed 7 degree tilt of the solar equatorial plane relative to the ecliptic plane could be the consequence of such a close encounter., Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, using aas_macros.sty. MNRAS, accepted
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- 2005
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26. The great disk of Milky-Way satellites and cosmological sub-structures
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Kroupa, Pavel, Theis, Christian, and Boily, Christian M.
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We show that the shape of the observed distribution of Milky Way (MW) satellites is inconsistent with being drawn from a cosmological sub-structure population with a confidence of 99.5 per cent. Most of the MW satellites therefore cannot be related to dark-matter dominated satellites., Comment: accepted by A&A, 5 pages
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- 2004
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27. On a Formation Scenario of Star Clusters
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Theis, Christian
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Astrophysics - Abstract
Most formation scenarios of globular clusters assume a molecular cloud as the progenitor of the stellar system. However, it is still unclear, how this cloud is transformed into a star cluster, i.e. how the destructive processes related to gas removal or low star formation efficiency can be avoided. Here a scheme of supernova (SN) induced cluster formation is studied. According to this scenario an expanding SN shell accumulates the mass of the cloud. This is accompanied by fragmentation resulting in star formation in the shell. Provided the stellar shell expands sufficiently slow, its self-gravity stops the expansion and the shell recollapses, by this forming a stellar system. I present N-body simulations of collapsing shells which move in a galactic potential on circular and elliptic orbits. It is shown that typical shells (10^5 Msun, 30 pc) evolve to twin clusters over a large range of galactocentric distances. Outside this range single stellar systems are formed, whereas at small galactocentric distances the shells are tidally disrupted. In that case many small fragments formed during the collapse survive as single bound entities. About 1/3 of the twin cluster systems formed on circular orbits merge within 400 Myr. On elliptic orbits the merger rate reduces to less than 4%. Thus, there could be a significant number of twin clusters even in our Galaxy, which, however, might be undetected as twins due to a large phase shift on their common orbit., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to be published in "The Evolution of Galaxies. II. Basic Building Blocks", ed. M. Sauvage et al
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- 2001
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28. Exchange Processes in a Multi-Phase ISM
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Harfst, Stefan, Theis, Christian, and Hensler, Gerhard
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We present a new particle based code with a multi-phase description of the ISM implemented in order to follow the chemo-dynamical evolution of galaxies. The multi-phase ISM consists of clouds (sticky particles) and diffuse gas (SPH): Exchange of matter, energy and momentum is achieved by drag (due to ram pressure) and condensation or evaporation. Based on time scales we show that in Milky-Way-like galaxies the drag force is for molecular clouds only important, if their relative velocities exceed 100 km/s. For the mass exchange we find that clouds evaporate only if the temperature of the ambient gas is higher than one million Kelvin. At lower temperatures condensation takes place at time scales of the order of 1-10 Gyr., Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "The Evolution of Galaxies II. Basic Building Blocks", 2001, eds. M. Sauvage et al
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29. Global spiral modes in multi-component disks
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Orlova, Natalya, Korchagin, Vladimir, and Theis, Christian
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We performed two-dimensional non-linear hydrodynamical simulations of two-component gravitating disks aimed at studying stability properties of these systems. In agreement with previous analytical and numerical simulations, we find that the cold gas component strongly affects the growth rates of the unstable global spiral modes in the disk. Already a five percent admixture of cold gas increases approximately two-fold the growth rate of the most unstable global mode while a twenty percent gas admixture enhances the modal growth rate by a factor of four. The local stability properties of a two-component disk coupled by self-gravity are governed by a stability criterion similar to Toomre's Q-parameter derived for one-component systems. Using numerical simulations, we analyse the applicability of a two-component local stability criterion for the analysis of the stability properties of global modes. The comparison of non-linear simulations with the analytical stability criterion shows that the two-component disks can be globally unstable while being stable to the local perturbations. The minimum value of the local stability criterion provides, however, a rough estimate of the global stability properties of two-component systems. We find that two-component systems with a content of cold gas of ten percent or less are globally stable, if the minimum value of the stability parameter exceeds about 2.5., Comment: 7 pages, with 8 postscript figures, accepted for publication by Astronomy & Astrophysics
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30. Formation of Twin Clusters in a Galactic Tidal Field
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Theis, Christian
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The formation of globular clusters is still an unsolved problem. Though most scenarios assume a massive molecular cloud as the progenitor, it is unclear, how the cloud is transformed into a star cluster. Here a scheme of supernova (SN) induced cluster formation is investigated. In this scenario the expanding SN shell accumulates the mass of the cloud. This is accompanied by fragmentation resulting in star formation in the shell. If this stellar shell expands sufficiently slow, its self-gravity leads to a recollapsing shell, by this forming one or several stellar clusters. In this paper N-body simulations of collapsing shells moving on circular orbits in a galactic potential are presented. It is shown that typical shells (10^5 Msun, 30 pc) evolve to twin clusters in the galactocentric distance range between 3 and 11 kpc. Their masses show a strong radial trend: on orbits inside 5 kpc both clusters have almost equal mass. Outside 5 kpc the more massive twin cluster contains about 55% of the shell's mass, whereas the mass of the smaller decreases linearily to 15% at 11 kpc. Outside 11 kpc the collapsing shells end up in a single cluster. Inside 3 kpc the shells are tidally disrupted and only fragments substantially less massive than the initial shell survive., Comment: 3 pages, To Appear in "Extragalactic Star Clusters, IAU Symposium Series, PASP, Vol. 207, 2001, eds. Eva K. Grebel, Doug Geisler, and Dante Minniti
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31. Multi-method-modeling of interacting galaxies. I. A unique scenario for NGC 4449?
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Theis, Christian and Kohle, Sven
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(abridged) We combined several N-body methods in order to investigate the interaction scenario between NGC 4449 and DDO 125, a close companion in projected space. In a first step fast restricted N-body models are used to confine a region in parameter space reproducing the main observational features. In a second step a genetic algorithm is applied for a uniqueness test of our preferred parameter set. We show that our genetic algorithm reliably recovers orbital parameters, provided that the data are sufficiently accurate, i.e. all the key features are included. In the third step the results of the restricted N-body models are compared with self-consistent N-body simulations. In the case of NGC 4449, the applicability of the simple restricted N-body calculations is demonstrated. Additionally, it is shown that the HI gas can be modeled here by a purely stellar dynamical approach. In a series of simulations, we demonstrate that the observed features of the extended HI disc can be explained by a gravitational interaction between NGC 4449 and DDO 125. According to these calculations the closest approach between both galaxies happened $\sim 4-6 \cdot 10^8$ yr ago at a minimum distance of $\sim 25$ kpc on a parabolic or slightly elliptic orbit. In the case of an encounter scenario, the dynamical mass of DDO 125 should not be smaller than 10% of NGC 4449's mass. Before the encounter, the observed HI gas was arranged in a disc with a radius of 35-40 kpc around the center of NGC 4449. It had the same orientation as the central ellipsoidal HI structure. The origin of this disc is still unclear, but it might have been caused by a previous interaction., Comment: 19 pages with 19 figures, accepted for publication in Astron. & Astrophys., a full PostScript version is available at http://www.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/pershome/theis/pub.html
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32. How to Form (Twin) Globular Clusters?
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Theis, Christian
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Though it is generally assumed that massive molecular clouds are the progenitors of globular clusters, their detailed formation mechanism is still unclear. Standard scenarios based on the collapse of a smooth matter distribution suffer from strong requirements with respect to cluster formation time scale, binding energy and star formation efficiency. An alternative model assuming cluster formation due to the recollapse of a supernova-induced, fragmented shell can relax these difficulties. In this paper the final collapse stages of the different scenarios are compared by N-body simulations for shells and spheres. It is shown that fragmentation is much more pronounced for shells. Taking a galactic tidal field into account shells preferably form twin (or multiple) systems, whereas spheres end up as single clusters. The twins are characterized by identical metallicities, and stellar mass functions; some of them show counter-rotating cores. Their orbital evolution can result in both, a final merger or well separated twins sharing a common galactic orbit., Comment: 7 pages, with 2 postscript figures, to appear in Dynamics of Star Clusters and the Milky Way, eds. S. Deiters et al. (ASP Conference Series); some movies are available at http://www.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/pershome/theis/globular.html
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- 2000
33. Studies of Binary Star Cluster Candidates in the Bar of the LMC. I: SL 353 & SL 349
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Dieball, Andrea, Grebel, Eva K., and Theis, Christian
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We present a detailed study of the cluster pair SL 353 & SL 349. This candidate binary cluster is located at the northwestern rim of the LMC bar. Based on photometric data we find that both clusters are coeval with an age of 550 +/- 100 Myr. We use the Ca II triplet in the spectra of individual red giants to derive radial velocities. Both components of the binary cluster candidate show very similar mean velocities (approx. 274 +/- 10 km/sec for SL 349 and approx. 279 +/- 4 km/sec for SL 353) while the field stars show lower velocities (approx. 240 +/- 19 km/sec). These findings suggest a common origin of the two clusters from the same GMC. In this sense the cluster pair may constitute a true binary cluster. We furthermore investigate the stellar densities in and around the star clusters and compare them with isopleths created from artificial, interacting as well as non-interacting star clusters. Gravitational interaction leads to a distortion which can also be found in the observed pair., Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Main Journal
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- 2000
34. Modeling Interacting Galaxies Using a Parallel Genetic Algorithm
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Theis, Christian and Harfst, Stefan
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Astrophysics - Abstract
Modeling of interacting galaxies suffers from an extended parameter space prohibiting traditional grid based search strategies. As an alternative approach a combination of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) with fast restricted N-body simulations can be applied. A typical fit takes about 3-6 CPU-hours on a PentiumII processor. Here we present a parallel implementation of our GA which reduces the CPU-requirement of a parameter determination to a few minutes on 100 nodes of a CRAY T3E., Comment: To appear in "Galaxy dynamics: from the early universe to the present", ASP Conference Series, F. Combes, G.A. Mamon, V. Charmandaris (eds.). LaTeX, 2 pages, 1 postscript figure, newpasp.sty included
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35. Modeling Encounters of Galaxies: The Case of NGC4449
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Theis, Christian
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(abridged) Several N-body methods were combined in order to develop a method for the determination of the parameters of interacting galaxies. This method has been applied to the HI distribution of NGC4449. In a first step the fast restricted N-body models were used to confine a region in parameter space reproducing the main observational features. In a second step a genetic algorithm is introduced which allows for an automated search in parameter space as well as for a uniqueness test of special parameter sets. Using artificial data I show that the genetic algorithm reliably recovers orbital parameters. In the third step the results of the restricted N-body models are compared with detailed self-consistent N-body simulations. In the case of NGC4449 the applicability of the simple restricted N-body calculations is demonstrated. NGC4449 is an active star-forming dwarf galaxy of Magellanic type. From radio observations van Woerden et al. (1975) found an extended HI-halo around NGC4449 which is at least a factor of 10 larger than the optical diameter. More recently, Bajaja et al. (1994) and Hunter et al. (1998) discerned details in the HI-halo: a disc-like feature around the center of NGC4449 and a lopsided arm structure. In a series of simulations it is demonstrated that the main features can be obtained by a gravitational interaction between NGC4449 and DDO125, another nearby dwarf galaxy. According to these calculations the closest approach between both galaxies happened 350 Myr ago at a minimum distance of 25 kpc on a nearly parabolic orbit. In case of the encounter scenario, the dynamical mass of DDO125 should not be smaller than 10% of NGC4449's mass. The origin of this disc is still unclear, but it might be caused by a previous interaction., Comment: 26 pages, 18 figures, to appear in Proc. of the Annual Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Heidelberg, 1998, Rev. Mod. Astron. 12, a full PostScript version is available at http://www.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/papers/papers_aghen/e-theis_99.html
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36. Global Spiral Modes in Star-Forming Gravitating Disks
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Korchagin, Vladimir and Theis, Christian
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Using 2D nonlinear simulations, we study the generation and nonlinear evolution of spiral structure in a star-forming multi-component gravitating disk. We confirm in agreement with previous studies the destabilizing role of a cold gaseous component and extend this conclusion for multi-component star-forming disks exchanging mass and momentum between its components. We show that the spiral structure growing on a non-stationary multi-phase background reaches its saturation in a similar manner like the one-component disks. The spiral structure survives even if most of the gas is transformed into stellar remnants of larger velocity dispersion., Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures, Accepted for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Main Journal, a complete version is also available at http://www.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/papers/papers_aghen/e-theis_99b.html
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37. Resistance exercise: a mighty tool that adapts, destroys, rebuilds and modulates the molecular and structural environment of skeletal muscle
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Bersiner, Käthe, primary, Park, So-Young, additional, Schaaf, Kirill, additional, Yang, Woo-Hwi, additional, Theis, Christian, additional, Jacko, Daniel, additional, and Gehlert, Sebastian, additional
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38. Impact of timing and combination of different BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1-S COVID-19 basic and booster vaccinations on humoral immunogenicity and reactogenicity in adults
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Dedroogh, Simon, primary, Schmiedl, Sven, additional, Thürmann, Petra A., additional, Graf, Katharina, additional, Appelbaum, Sebastian, additional, Koß, Reinhard, additional, Theis, Christian, additional, Zia, Zewarudin, additional, Tebbenjohanns, Jürgen, additional, Thal, Serge C., additional, and Dedroogh, Michael, additional
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- 2023
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39. Radiological characterisation for the clearance of burnable waste produced at CERN
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Harbron, Richard, primary, Charousset, Renaud, additional, Dumont, Gerald, additional, Magistris, Matteo, additional, Menaa, Nabil, additional, Giunio Pisano, Paolo, additional, and Theis, Christian, additional
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40. Diagnostics of νLa.max and Glycolytic Energy Contribution Indicate Individual Characteristics of Anaerobic Glycolytic Energy Metabolism Contributing to Rowing Performance
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Schünemann, Frederik, primary, Park, So-Young, additional, Wawer, Corinna, additional, Theis, Christian, additional, Yang, Woo-Hwi, additional, and Gehlert, Sebastian, additional
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- 2023
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41. Spectrum and Yield to Dose Conversion Coefficients for Beta Skin Doses Linked to the Q System
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Frosio, Thomas, Bertreix, Philippe, Köster, Ulli, Theis, Christian, and Magistris, Matteo
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- 2019
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42. A Combined Approach for the Calculation of Activation Yields and Characterisation of Materials for a Medical Cyclotron
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Bonvin, Valentin, primary, Bochud, François, additional, Theis, Christian, additional, Vincke, Helmut, additional, Damet, Jérôme, additional, and Geyer, Reiner, additional
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- 2023
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43. A Multi-Phase Chemo-Dynamical SPH Code for Galaxy Evolution. Testing the Code
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Berczik, Peter, Hensler, Gerhard, Theis, Christian, Spurzem, Rainer, Hensler, Gerhard, editor, Stasińska, Grażyna, editor, Harfst, Stefan, editor, Kroupa, Pavel, editor, and Theis, Christian, editor
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- 2003
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44. Star Formation in a Multi-Phase ISM
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Harfst, Stefan, Theis, Christian, Hensler, Gerhard, Hensler, Gerhard, editor, Stasińska, Grażyna, editor, Harfst, Stefan, editor, Kroupa, Pavel, editor, and Theis, Christian, editor
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45. M51 Revisited: A Genetic Algorithm Approach of Its Interaction History
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Theis, Christian, Spinneker, Christian, Hensler, Gerhard, editor, Stasińska, Grażyna, editor, Harfst, Stefan, editor, Kroupa, Pavel, editor, and Theis, Christian, editor
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46. Unsöld, Albrecht
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Theis, Christian, Hockey, Thomas, editor, Trimble, Virginia, editor, Williams, Thomas R., editor, Bracher, Katherine, editor, Jarrell, Richard A., editor, Marché, Jordan D., II, editor, Palmeri, JoAnn, editor, and Green, Daniel W. E., editor
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47. Inflammatory augmentation of the delayed type hypersensitivity arthritis mouse model.
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Tønnessen, Theis Christian, Ueland, Thor, Ahmed, Muhammad Shakil, Attramadal, Håvard, Sjaastad, Ivar, and Vinge, Leif Erik
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2012; 14 (3): R134. doi: 10.1186/ar3867 5 Atkinson SM, Nansen A. Pharmacological value of murine delayed-type hypersensitivity arthritis: a robust mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis in C57BL/6 mice. As blood sampling could only be performed once a week, mice in each intervention group were randomized to either blood sampling just before mBSA injection (baseline) or blood sampling 24 h after mBSA injections (at assumed peak inflammation). Keywords: animal models; arthritis; inflammation; mouse model; rheumatoid arthritis EN animal models arthritis inflammation mouse model rheumatoid arthritis 551 555 5 05/15/23 20230601 NES 230601 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most prevalent autoimmune disease with an incidence of about 0.5%-1% of the general population.[1] Several experimental mouse models mimicking RA exist.[2] All these models harbour various experimental features ranging from specific pathophysiological mechanisms, as well as degree and durability of inflammation. Animal models, arthritis, inflammation, mouse model, rheumatoid arthritis. [Extracted from the article]
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48. Chemo-Dynamical Evolution of the ISM in Galaxies
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Harfst, Stefan, Hensler, Gerhard, Theis, Christian, de Avillez, Miguel A., editor, and Breitschwerdt, Dieter, editor
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49. Chemodynamical Modelling of Galaxy Formation and Evolution
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Berczik, Peter, Spurzem, Rainer, Hensler, Gerhard, Theis, Christian, Sauvage, Marc, editor, Stazińska, Grażyna, editor, and Schaerer, Daniel, editor
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50. On a Formation Scenario of Star Clusters
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Theis, Christian, Sauvage, Marc, editor, Stazińska, Grażyna, editor, and Schaerer, Daniel, editor
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